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Darth Bri
Rage of Inferno
Burning Ambition
21
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Posted - 2012.09.27 13:12:00 -
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They just seem so blatantly obvious that it seems like no one would ever fall for it.
What's the worst scam you have fallen for? Own up here!!!
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Cannibal Kane
Umkhonto We Sizwe
556
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Posted - 2012.09.27 13:15:00 -
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Yes people do...
If they did not people would not be scamming.
I'm not a Pirate, I'm a Terrorist.
The Crazy Space Poor South African.
*Hair done by LGÇÖOr+¬al, because I'm worth it. |
Pak Narhoo
Knights of Kador
699
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Posted - 2012.09.27 13:21:00 -
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Yup I bought once a faction shield priced at 33 mil and paid 330 mil. 
The worst thing was when trying to pull of the same scam to get my money back I misplaced the dot so I sold it back for 33 mil.
That week I was mister double head desk. 
Hi, I'm CCP Arrow, I screwed up the.. ummm... |
Istvaan Shogaatsu
Guiding Hand Social Club
571
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Posted - 2012.09.27 13:22:00 -
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Yes, and often. Keep in mind Jita is the first likely system visited by a new player looking to pick up gear. New players are easily parted with their money. Aside from that, it's also rammed with wealthier, older market types looking to snag good deals - some scams are tailored to catch those folks specifically. |
Lord Ryan
True Xero
643
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Posted - 2012.09.27 13:31:00 -
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I paid 1.4bil instead of 1.4mil for an autocannon once off the market. **** happens!
Do not assume-áanything above this line-áwas typed by me.
Nerf the Truth, it's inconvenient.
Nerf it cause I can't fly it.
I want to fly a badass Mon Calamari stlye-ácruiser painted to match my Tron clothes. |
Adoro
Reikoku
The Retirement Club
7
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Posted - 2012.09.27 13:52:00 -
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I nearly fell for the 1mil for a faction frig scam.
Three contracts get linked, 2 are sold where the price shows 1mil. The third one is for 1bil though. But because you think the other two must have sold really fast you tend to quickly hit accept to get the last '1mil' faction frig and end up paying 1bil.
Didn't fall for it though, but thought this one was pretty clever. Better than the, send me 100mil and ill double it type of scams. |
William Bowman
Natural Cycle of Decay
3
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Posted - 2012.09.27 13:58:00 -
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I know someone who nearly fell for a couple of scams, one was a tengu where the sub systems where books, so always make sure it says fitted is the best way to avoid that one..
The other was a plex where it was up for a little cheaper than normal but it but contract did not only ask for the money but also has "you will give 1x plex" so i guess it works by you buying it but then it takes it right back! god knows how, i tryied it myself and it failed haha, then i gave up trying to scam.
The scams are interesting i think, the bots that spam the crap are not... |
Hrothgar Nilsson
Black Guards
Black Core Alliance
106
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Posted - 2012.09.27 14:02:00 -
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If people didn't, people wouldn't bother with scamming.
I may have never noticed it much before, but the one selling a T3 cruisers with scammers putting subsystems skillbooks (listed simply as 'Subsystems') with the aim of making thinking people think they're actual subsystems seems to be getting rather popular.
Legit Tengu: http://s19.postimage.org/hflb6vvmb/legittengu.jpg
Scam Tengu: http://s19.postimage.org/adndkos0j/scamtengu.jpg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTzA_xesrL8 |
Jim Era
3802
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Posted - 2012.09.27 14:06:00 -
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I've yet to understand how people get scammed so easily :I
Its not that hard to not let go of your money before inspecting the product. |
Trax Chasmwalker
Monkey Attack Squad
Goonswarm Federation
3
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Posted - 2012.09.27 14:06:00 -
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Once I fell on margin trading scam. And nearly fell to "you will give 1x plex". Also "double isk" is a good scam, because it like poker, once I won 10kk, but then lost 20 ). |
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Hrothgar Nilsson
Black Guards
Black Core Alliance
106
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Posted - 2012.09.27 14:11:00 -
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Trax Chasmwalker wrote:Once I fell on margin trading scam. And nearly fell to "you will give 1x plex". Also "double isk" is a good scam, because it like poker, once I won 10kk, but then lost 20 ).
Eh, I've messed around with the double ISK thing, each time they'd double, but I'd only send back 1.5x the amount I sent last, they got bored because they wouldn't come out ahead.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTzA_xesrL8 |
James 315
Experimental Fun Times Corp
2827
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Posted - 2012.09.27 14:23:00 -
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People don't fall for the scams in Jita, except for a tiny percentage of people. But given the large amount of traffic, and the low cost of setting up a scam, that tiny percentage can mean big profits. So scams abound. 
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Chribba
Otherworld Enterprises
Otherworld Empire
4934
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Posted - 2012.09.27 15:36:00 -
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Plus the fact that CCP does nothing about spambots making them easy to maintain even if it takes hours before someone falls for a scamtract.
/c
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Muad 'dib
The Imperial Fedaykin
522
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Posted - 2012.09.27 15:45:00 -
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were are these scams, how much are they.
WHERE CAN I GET ONE?! is it just jita? I MUST HAVE ONE
http://img299.imageshack.us/img299/4375/mynewsig2.jpg |
Warde Guildencrantz
TunDraGon
73
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Posted - 2012.09.27 16:19:00 -
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the ones where they put a contract for a plex at cheap prices and ask for a plex in return as well sneakily probably are sometimes accidentally accepted by people who are trying to get into plex selling and don't know a lot about contracts. |
Jim Era
3817
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Posted - 2012.09.27 16:23:00 -
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Warde Guildencrantz wrote:the ones where they put a contract for a plex at cheap prices and ask for a plex in return as well sneakily probably are sometimes accidentally accepted by people who are trying to get into plex selling and don't know a lot about contracts.
They shouldn't get in over their heads then should they? |
Korg Leaf
Nocturnal Romance
47
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Posted - 2012.09.27 16:47:00 -
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I once annoyed a scammer In Jita, he was trying to sell a retriever as a hulk. I told him to list it as a mackinaw in a private convo and he got butt hurt and called me every name under the sun. So I bought a retriever and within 5 minutes of posting it in Jita local I sold it as a mackinaw. Guy raged quite hard after that. |
Sarah Schneider
PonyWaffe
Test Alliance Please Ignore
1561
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Posted - 2012.09.27 16:54:00 -
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Almost fallen for that margin trading scam during my first few months of playing.
"I think weGÇÖre just getting closer and closer to a place where the people we lose are people that itGÇÖs okay to lose."
-Kristoffer Touborg, Eve lead designer |
Warde Guildencrantz
TunDraGon
73
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Posted - 2012.09.27 17:14:00 -
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Jim Era wrote:Warde Guildencrantz wrote:the ones where they put a contract for a plex at cheap prices and ask for a plex in return as well sneakily probably are sometimes accidentally accepted by people who are trying to get into plex selling and don't know a lot about contracts. They shouldn't get in over their heads then should they?
lawl i wasn't saying it should be stopped, i was just saying that one probably works sometimes |
Telegram Sam
Shoot To Thrill.
383
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Posted - 2012.09.27 17:15:00 -
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Adoro wrote:I nearly fell for the 1mil for a faction frig scam.
Three contracts get linked, 2 are sold where the price shows 1mil. The third one is for 1bil though. But because you think the other two must have sold really fast you tend to quickly hit accept to get the last '1mil' faction frig and end up paying 1bil.
Didn't fall for it though, but thought this one was pretty clever. Better than the, send me 100mil and ill double it type of scams.
I almost fell for this one on four Claws. Got three at the great price, then almost clicked on Accept for the fourth one at the scam price. But did "count the zeroes, 1, 2, 3, 4..." and didn't. Was pretty happy about nibbling the bait off the hook and getting three Stilettos cheap. |
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Ifly Uwalk
Empire Tax Collection Agency
313
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Posted - 2012.09.27 17:19:00 -
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I inadvertently scammed myself one time when I put up a sell order for a faction BS for 350K or however much they were at the time.
That's right, "K" not "M." 
That was the fastest I ever sold a faction BS. Oh, and it was an order of 2. |
Pak Narhoo
Knights of Kador
704
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Posted - 2012.09.27 18:45:00 -
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Warde Guildencrantz wrote:the ones where they put a contract for a plex at cheap prices and ask for a plex in return as well sneakily probably are sometimes accidentally accepted by people who are trying to get into plex selling and don't know a lot about contracts.
Its more like that the you pay part is broken up into 2 pieces.
One above 'you get' and one completely at the bottom where you don't expect it.
CCP humor I guess, easily overlooked.
Hi, I'm CCP Arrow, I screwed up the.. ummm... |
lanyaie
536
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Posted - 2012.09.27 19:17:00 -
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Marigin trade scams complete quite easily in less populated trade hubs also(easy way to gain ISK so please come do it )
PS: Do not clear your escrow and use a item sold in another hub for a low price thats the best way to margin trade scam and do it around Rens or Dodixie
Hay |
Momoyo
Interwebs Cooter Explosion
Fatal Ascension
39
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Posted - 2012.09.27 20:33:00 -
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I paid 400mill for the amarr cruiser skill book once...needless to say i make sure to check the decimal places a bit better now and not buy stuff at the end of the day when I can barely keep my eyes open.
Though market scams are a bit different from the ******** contract scams in local. The tears when they moved faction ships then faction items to market were hilarious. |
Tarinara
Avenged Sevenfold Industries
3
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Posted - 2012.09.27 21:39:00 -
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On my very 1st 'Toon ( who was biomassed he was so bad ) I fell for the only buying 1 of a mineral when the description says bunches. Chalk that one up to new char who didn't know how things actually work. Luckily that one didn't cost me a whole heck of a lot. 2nd one was a 'supposedly' rigged Raven which instead had the BPO's for the rigs in the hold. I *swear* it looked like it was the actual rigs...
You live and learn. You're also more careful reading any contract in the future... |
Ager Agemo
Saturn Reaper
104
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Posted - 2012.09.27 21:50:00 -
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Friends of mine actually got hit by the marging trading scam, i think they bough some weird rig for god knows what about electronics for like 450 mill and when they tried to sell it for 1 bill guess what... |
James Amril-Kesh
4S Corporation
RAZOR Alliance
754
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Posted - 2012.09.27 22:14:00 -
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I once tried a couple of scams on an alt. I never could get them to work though.
One was the Charon/carbon scam. I sold carbon in a contract along with the caldari freighter skillbook for 2b. A few people called me ********, other people thought it was clever. Nobody fell for it.
Then I bought a Guardian and a Vexor...
http://themittani.com/features/local-problem
A simple fix to the local intel problem |
Dersk
Paxton Industries
Gentlemen's Agreement
120
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Posted - 2012.09.27 22:40:00 -
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Given the availability of the (would be) scammer's name, you can use that to check contract history. My casual browsing of scammers' contract histories suggests most get about one scam a day, give or take for activity.
You're free to look through the history of the people that accepted those contracts, too. It's almost like reading the obituaries looking for someone you know. |
Selinate
1013
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Posted - 2012.09.28 00:15:00 -
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not as often as people make it out to be, but yes, people do fall for them... |
Ghazu
199
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Posted - 2012.09.28 00:56:00 -
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Well didn't get scammed but lost money, changing the price on my sell order, typed in 1 less digit and pressed enter, poof sold my thing for 7.8 mil instead of 78 mil. |
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Akirei Scytale
Test Alliance Please Ignore
2459
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Posted - 2012.09.28 00:59:00 -
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Nooo.
TEST Alliance BEST Alliance |
Mr Epeen
It's All About Me
1798
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Posted - 2012.09.28 01:14:00 -
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Darth Bri wrote:
What's the worst scam you have fallen for? Own up here!!!
I will admit to getting nailed on a margin trading scam. Not as bad as it might have been since I actually had the items requested. All it cost me was time to transport and confusion when the sale failed. I had no idea what the trading skills did at that time. And, as did many before me and since, thought it was some kind of bot or hack. The whole margin trading scam thing is a hard one to get your brain around when you are first trying to figure it out. I believe it's the only skill you can train that is only there for scamming. It has no other practical use.
Oh and I bought a 2.7 million shuttle. But that's not a scam, it's stupidity.
Mr Epeen 
There is no excuse beyond fatalistic self-indulgence and sheer laziness for doing nothing --á Iain Banks |
Tinja Soikutsu
Orbital Horizons University
GALACTIC UNI0N
31
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Posted - 2012.09.28 01:20:00 -
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Darth Bri wrote:They just seem so blatantly obvious that it seems like no one would ever fall for it.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity. |
Shizuken
Venerated Stars
97
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Posted - 2012.09.28 01:21:00 -
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Darth Bri wrote:They just seem so blatantly obvious that it seems like no one would ever fall for it.
What's the worst scam you have fallen for? Own up here!!!
I havent, but I did hear of one last night I totally would have fallen for. Its the one where they contract you a T3 cruiser and then include the subsystem skillbooks instead of actual subsystems... It looked so legit to me in the contract window |
Natsett Amuinn
GoonWaffe
Goonswarm Federation
284
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Posted - 2012.09.28 01:49:00 -
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Guy was posting a contract for a faction item he was selling at 1.5 billion the other day. On the market was a buy order for that same item at 2 billion, which was 1.5 billion more then the next highest buy order in Jita. The buy order was listed for four of them, and had the minimum volume set to 4.
I'm sure that the same guy that with the contract is the same guy with the buy order. I pointed it out in passing in Jita, it was just way to smart not to say anything. I'm pretty sure someone fell for it.
I think that's the most impressive scam I've seen in Jita. |
Tesal
44
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Posted - 2012.09.28 02:11:00 -
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Just assume that everything in Jita local is a scam, because it usually is. |
Creedling
10
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Posted - 2012.09.28 05:04:00 -
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I lost assets in Phaser Inc scheme, but that felt more eye-opening and awesome to be a victim of since it was on such an epic scale.
Was one of those moments that made me realise what a great place EvE can be and got me even more invested in the game. |
Touval Lysander
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
159
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Posted - 2012.09.28 05:12:00 -
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I do remember buying a "really cheap" BPC once for some cool-sounding pirate mod.
Until I went to buy just one of the mats required to make it which just happened to be listed by same dealer.
Loss was only the cost of the BPC but it could have been much worse. Would have taken a while to setup. |
Kult Altol
Republican Industries
Epsilon Fleet
114
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Posted - 2012.09.28 05:55:00 -
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So since ccp doesn't give a crap bout scam bots where do I get one?
A narrow mind is a focused mind. |
Cipher Jones
The Thomas Edwards Taco Tuesday All Stars
565
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Posted - 2012.09.28 06:24:00 -
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Darth Bri wrote:They just seem so blatantly obvious that it seems like no one would ever fall for it.
What's the worst scam you have fallen for? Own up here!!!
paid for a load of mex one zero too many once.
one zero too many on a DCUII once.
The worst ones so far have been somer blink and eve hold em. Blink because I willingly participated in a lottery, and Eve Hold em because I assumed there was no collusion simply b/c its against the rules.
Ironically one of my Eve buddies was a professional poker player. He was able to make money IRL and on every website, and was only able to break even on Eve hold em by having anti-collusion collusion.
We now return you to your regularly scheduled **** poast. |
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James Amril-Kesh
4S Corporation
RAZOR Alliance
755
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Posted - 2012.09.28 08:01:00 -
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Kult Altol wrote:So since ccp doesn't give a crap bout scam bots where do I get one?
Type your scam into local, hit enter, then run a keyboard macro that does Ctrl+Up every 30 seconds and presses enter.
(At least, that's how I would do it).
http://themittani.com/features/local-problem
A simple fix to the local intel problem |
Touval Lysander
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
160
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Posted - 2012.09.28 08:16:00 -
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James Amril-Kesh wrote:(At least, that's how I do it).
fixed it for ya |
Mars Theran
Caldari Provisions
Caldari State
318
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Posted - 2012.09.28 11:06:00 -
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Momoyo wrote:I paid 400mill for the amarr cruiser skill book once...needless to say i make sure to check the decimal places a bit better now and not buy stuff at the end of the day when I can barely keep my eyes open.
Though market scams are a bit different from the ******** contract scams in local. The tears when they moved faction ships then faction items to market were hilarious.
Simplest way to avoid the market scam is to put lowest price first, so all the high prices are down at the bottom of the list. Might have to scroll a bit to get to your current available market on station sometimes though.
Maybe I was actually sleeping in front of my computer and dreamed I posted. Certainly, it's not there now. |
Ryshca
24th Imperial Crusade
Amarr Empire
7
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Posted - 2012.09.28 11:32:00 -
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Scams will work so long as the mankind is greedy.
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JackknifedII
Battlestar Federation
Fade 2 Black
1
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Posted - 2012.09.28 12:35:00 -
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I once did the whole "i will double your isk" in jita local a few times out of boredom and a guy sent me something silly like 5.6 million isk and an evemail saying if i doubled it he would be able to buy a cruiser he really wanted and that was all the isk he had, if only he had more, etc etc.
I felt bad and refunded it, then sent him double anyway....
...I think he scammed me...
Minmatar....we are generally unpleasent to be around....
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Kitty Bear
Disturbed Friends Of Diazepam
Disturbed Acquaintance
42
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Posted - 2012.09.28 12:35:00 -
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Adoro wrote:
Didn't fall for it though, but thought this one was pretty clever. Better than the, send me 100mil and ill double it type of scams.
But there are people that do believe the lie, and send thier isk.
The really sad part is, the universe will allow them to breed  |
Kult Altol
Republican Industries
Epsilon Fleet
114
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Posted - 2012.09.28 13:06:00 -
[47] - Quote
lol, thanks for the tips guys, on my way to be a billionaire!
A narrow mind is a focused mind. |
James Amril-Kesh
4S Corporation
RAZOR Alliance
756
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Posted - 2012.09.28 13:09:00 -
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Touval Lysander wrote:James Amril-Kesh wrote:(At least, that's how I do it). fixed it for ya
I don't condone AFK "gameplay" of any form, whether it uses automated tools or not. I did, in my much earlier days, download a mining bot program to look at, but I never actually used it.
http://themittani.com/features/local-problem
A simple fix to the local intel problem |
Mortimer Civeri
Aliastra
Gallente Federation
196
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Posted - 2012.09.28 15:43:00 -
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"There is a sucker born every minute." P. T. Barnum
"Every crowd has a silver lining. " P. T. Barnum
"I don't know which is worse, ...that everyone has his price, or that the price is always so low." Calvin
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William Bowman
Natural Cycle of Decay
5
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Posted - 2012.09.28 15:53:00 -
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i know a good scam, if you send me 50million isk ill tell you. |
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Keno Skir
Vectis Covert Solutions
230
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Posted - 2012.09.28 17:42:00 -
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William Bowman wrote:i know a good scam, if you send me 50million isk ill tell you.
^ This is so far from original i feel sorry for you..
Anyway.
Once when i won a ship on the lottery, i recieved a contract minutes after claiming the prize. This is the usual way to recieve prizes from the lottery.
Catch was the player had seen me win on the lottery site and issued his own contract to me before they did, his contract was for a billion isk instead of for free. I'm so used to just quick accepting these prize contracts i honestly almost fell for it. Player issuing the contract was even called LOTTERY PRIZE FUND or something similar.
Nice :)
If you have any further thoughts on something i've posted, or want to ask an unrelated question feel free to contact me by EvE Mail or by private conversation if i'm online.
BUDDY TRIALS AVAILABLE - 21days plus big ISK bonus and starting assistance |
ACE McFACE
24th Imperial Crusade
Amarr Empire
824
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Posted - 2012.09.29 00:23:00 -
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I like the double your ISK scams that tell you to read their bio and its all some story about how their doing a study about trust in a gaming environment for a psychology degree.
"7 pages of people insulting me - aka trolling" - Lady Hofstedar
What s/he (probobly he) meant:
"7 pages of people disagreeing with my terrible idea - aka trolling" - Lady Hofstedar |
Mars Theran
Caldari Provisions
Caldari State
321
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Posted - 2012.09.29 01:33:00 -
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I did once a long time ago, aside from the not so scammy Margin Trading games. Those are more like long, elaborate cons; truly they are more effective the longer someone spends on them.
The ones I fell for were relatively invested, with long histories and in one case, actual T2 Rigs that you might expect to be profitable. Actually both had T2 Rigs, but one had something I was somewhat convinced might be a Collectible, which was the marketed item, in addition to the rigs.
I actually figured if the marketed item didn't fly, the rigs would cover the majority of my losses. I'd calculated, between the 2 Contracts, I stood to make nearly 1.4 Billion profit off the rigs alone. I was wrong. Someone had stitched the price history together going back a month or more, then lumped all the T2 Rigs, (small, and mostly drone rigs which was the issue), into 2 contracts on different characters.
Might have been two players, but I doubt it. The first contract was actually fairly legit and only involved some market manipulation rather than a Margin trade ploy. The third I'd almost forgotten about, was one I found just after I fell for the first 2, (I was having a good night), and with that one I figured I'd see if I could set it up to beat them at their own game. I actually arranged everything so I could click through as fast as possible.
It was after that I learned about the Margin Trading skill, and how it really worked. Sadly, I dumped ~ 2 Billion on the Drones, 1.4 Billion on the 2nd Contract, and another 1.8 Billion or so on the third. I don't recall what the third had in it, but I was rather angry at that point so it didn't matter.
Turns out you can't beat a game mechanic. If they'd actually been players, I'd have had them if they'd been sitting at the same table running the scam. Literally, less than 1 second between Contract accept and sell. Yes, I was that fast.
Aside from that, I think I bungled a few Buys and sells, getting items for too much, or selling them for too little before the 5 minute time lapse to change order was over, (scammed myself), and might have even accepted a phony Contract once for not too much loss. I think I even got something out of it, it's just that it wasn't worth what I paid.
That's EVE for you.
Maybe I was actually sleeping in front of my computer and dreamed I posted. Certainly, it's not there now. |
Ryhss
Android Gang
Stealth Syndicate
17
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Posted - 2012.09.29 03:37:00 -
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Darth Bri wrote:They just seem so blatantly obvious that it seems like no one would ever fall for it.
What's the worst scam you have fallen for? Own up here!!!
I bet new players and when people first started scamming in Jita yes. Now, only new players. |
Andski
GoonWaffe
Goonswarm Federation
4901
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Posted - 2012.09.29 03:40:00 -
[55] - Quote
Ryhss wrote:Darth Bri wrote:They just seem so blatantly obvious that it seems like no one would ever fall for it.
What's the worst scam you have fallen for? Own up here!!!
I bet new players and when people first started scamming in Jita yes. Now, only new players.
using "new players" as a euphemism for "idiots" isn't being honest now is it
please leave |
Demolishar
United Aggression
368
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Posted - 2012.09.29 10:35:00 -
[56] - Quote
I actually got a personalised scam - a private contract of a Crusader to me for 11bil. Presumably hoping I'd accept it thinking it was 11mil. So I made my eveboard isk private after that  |
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ISD Praetoxx
ISD Community Communications Liaisons
285
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Posted - 2012.09.29 10:39:00 -
[57] - Quote
Best tip of the day for anyone wanting to avoid a scam in Jita.
Do not read/click anything in local!
Except if it is something sent by me .. in which case you know you can trust it and should accept straight away.
ISD Praetoxx
Ensign
Community Communication Liasons (CCLs)
Interstellar Service Department |
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Rats
Federal Navy Academy
Gallente Federation
264
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Posted - 2012.09.29 14:30:00 -
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I had a greedy moment once, was selling a ship and wanted the isk in a hurry, did a direct trade, guy was clever, he checked to see how long it would take me to click OK to trade then cancelled it , then said he'd cocked up and set up the trade again, then little predictable me took the same amount of time to check everything and just as I clicked OK (you know when your at that pint of no return) he changed the price to 1 isk. Doh..........
Was a face palm moment, but hey should have listened to the never direct trade unless you know someone ...... so my fault really.
live and earn
Tal
-áI Fought the Law, and the Law Won... -áTalon Silverhawk-á |
Doc Severide
Caldari Provisions
Caldari State
182
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Posted - 2012.09.29 15:25:00 -
[59] - Quote
Never been scammed nope. I did get an APOC for a real good price once on a contract in Jita local... But one thing I've found in addition to being careful, for the most part, don't have more than 50 Million in your wallet when in Jita. But of course everyone knows (or should know) PAY ATTENTION... |
Nikko Jiangtibayan
Blue Republic
RvB - BLUE Republic
42
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Posted - 2012.09.29 15:26:00 -
[60] - Quote
I think when it's safe to go to Jita, I'm going to try this out.
Hello...mate. |
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Hazz Ardous
Sundown Logistics
SpaceMonkey's Alliance
0
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Posted - 2012.09.29 22:24:00 -
[61] - Quote
Not Jita scam but I once paid 880 mil for a shuttle. Been avoiding this one for years, but one night too many beers, needed shuttle quick and there you go. |
Medytujacy w'Jita
Imperial Academy
Amarr Empire
0
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Posted - 2012.09.29 22:46:00 -
[62] - Quote
Medytujacy w'Jita > hi
xxxx > hello
Medytujacy w'Jita > you realy double isk ?
xxxx > yes sir
Medytujacy w'Jita > how?
Medytujacy w'Jita > you here?
xxxx > so what I do is I buy guns from far out solar systems for low
Medytujacy w'Jita > hmm
Medytujacy w'Jita > so if i sent you 100.000 isk you sent me 200.000?
xxxx > and I come back to jita and sell them super high and I get usually around triple the origanol investment i pocket the extra and give u exactley double ur origanol investment
xxxx > i usually have a minimum investment of 10 mil
Medytujacy w'Jita > so lets try 100.000 if you sent me 200.000 i sent you 2mil isk and you sent me 4mil
Medytujacy w'Jita > and than 40mil
xxxx > ehh
xxxx > ill lower it two 5 mil
xxxx> but now lower
Medytujacy w'Jita > ;/
xxxx > because its a very low profit margin for me
xxxx > how about this when i double ur 5 and then ill double ur 40 and then ill triple ur last investment
Medytujacy w'Jita > i wont risk so much mony at start first you need prof you duble it
Medytujacy w'Jita > so if i sent you 100k you sent me 200k
Medytujacy w'Jita > and next i sent you 20mil isk
Medytujacy w'Jita > and you 40
xxxx > alright deal
Medytujacy w'Jita > sent
xxxx > sent
Medytujacy w'Jita > hahaha
xxxx > hahaha
Medytujacy w'Jita > that how scamer got scamed :D
Medytujacy w'Jita > i love that feeling :P
Medytujacy w'Jita > hahahahaa
Medytujacy w'Jita > you made my day
Medytujacy w'Jita > :D
xxxx > alright well im not a scammer so?
Medytujacy w'Jita > yes you are
xxxx > well if ur done investing have a nice day
Medytujacy w'Jita > hahaha
Medytujacy w'Jita > come on don lie your self :)
Medytujacy w'Jita > you get scamed by 100.000
Medytujacy w'Jita > and i win ;D
Ps. End of transmision, Emo rage logofski :D |
Herzog Wolfhammer
Sigma Special Tactics Group
1769
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Posted - 2012.09.30 01:21:00 -
[63] - Quote
I think the biggest scam of all is how they get people to buy more than one account "just to survive".
The worst part is, the victims of this scam perpetuate it by saying "well, in order to survive in this game, you need a scout alt, an indy alt, a tackle alt, a PVP alt, a high sec mission/incursion alt to pay for the PVP alt...blah blah blah".
One of the reasons why this game is not hitting big time in subs, yet remains top of the genre is due to this scam, because most people see it as such. |
Leysritt
The Last Remnant
31
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Posted - 2012.09.30 01:32:00 -
[64] - Quote
Scams do work, if it didn't people wouldn't bother in the first place.
I personally find it is boring to do and having to spam post contracts constantly is rather tedious.
I'm certain many people have fallen for a scam before, may not be in this game or recently, but I'm sure that many have fallen for a scam.
I fell for a scam back when i was in middle school playing Runescape. I gave my best sword to a high lvl player on the promises that he'll allow me into his clan, he logged off and blocked me.
I did however report it. He got banned and I got my sword back. |
Deise Koraka
Caldari Investigations and Forensics
53
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Posted - 2012.09.30 22:25:00 -
[65] - Quote
I once won 1 of every navy faction frigate from Jita local...it pays to watch the feed, sometimes people give stuff away for trivia etc.
I myself occasionally give away stacks of t2 ammo for correctly answering classic cartoon trivia!
That said...you should probably ignore Jita local chat anyways.
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I am a carebear, and I support High Sec ganking and PvP.
Just please, don't blow up my Hulk*. <3
*Mackinaw as of Inferno 1.2 |
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