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TheSysX	Posted - 2005.03.20 19:33:00 - [1] Edited by: TheSysX on 21/03/2005 13:05:45 There is a new type of scam around. Players say they are quitting and giving away there billions while playing little isk games with people. Wolfgang H played some games for ISK, answer the question right, send some ISK, and you'll get send more back. Wolfgang was honest and everyone got his ISK and extra millions. However this got some bad people to ideas, the next day, a guy named Samiell III did the same, but at the end he kept all ISK that was send to him. I lost 311 mill, some other guy 340, etc, etc. I will stop playing EVE, i can by no means cope with this loss, it was my 4 months savings. So PPL, PLZ BE WARNED FOR THIS TYPE OF SCAM *Removed last line, due to scam accusations :S
KIAHicks	Posted - 2005.03.20 19:37:00 - [2] Edited by: KIAHicks on 20/03/2005 19:39:48 If you can't cope with the loss maybe you shouldn't have risked losing it in a game? Even if the game turned out to be a scam, I'm sure in the real game there would have been many legitimate losers as well. If something is too good to be true, thats because it is. Why if someone is giving away isk would they be asking for isk to be sent to them first? That said, at least your willing to warn others :) But then by asking for help I assume you mean isk, which could in and of itself be a scam to get money for yourself off the more generous and trusting forum peeps. So I would recommend nobody sends you isk. Nice try though Keenon: "After sitting in the system for FIVE hours without even a (go away)"...
TheSysX	Posted - 2005.03.20 19:39:00 - [3] Wolfgang did it the day before, a nice way to give your isk away and have some fun before quitting and make some ppl happy. It's just that scammers have to ruin it all again
Eviljohn	Posted - 2005.03.20 19:40:00 - [4] If u give me 1 billion i will pay u back 3 billion in a week convo me in game
Tsaroth	Posted - 2005.03.20 19:46:00 - [5] Originally by: TheSysX There is a new type of scam around. Players say they are quitting and giving away there billions while playing little isk games with people. Wolfgang H played some games for ISK, answer the question right, send some ISK, and you'll get send more back. Wolfgang was honest and everyone got his ISK and extra millions. However this got some bad people to ideas, the next day, a guy named Samiell III did the same, but at the end he kept all ISK that was send to him. I lost 311 mill, some other guy 340, etc, etc. I will stop playing EVE, i can by no means cope with this loss, it was my 4 months savings. So PPL, PLZ BE WARNED FOR THIS TYPE OF SCAM (PS, if there are players who want/can to help me out, i would really appreciate it :( ) How do we know this isn't a scam to get money from soft-hearted individuals. Everyone should know better than to give a lot of money for anything.
AgueReon	Posted - 2005.03.20 19:48:00 - [6] Sysx you ***** \ I'll donate my scorp to you m8 and my long lasting basic minerals :").
Ikvar	Posted - 2005.03.20 19:53:00 - [7] You must be pretty stupid to fall for that _________________
TheSysX	Posted - 2005.03.20 20:07:00 - [8] I know im stupid, just want to warn people as stupid as me, and if you don't want to give me anything, that's 100% fine by me. Gameplay should be fun for everyone
Xoria Krint	Posted - 2005.03.20 22:09:00 - [9] Originally by: TheSysX I know im stupid, just want to warn people as stupid as me, and if you don't want to give me anything, that's 100% fine by me. Gameplay should be fun for everyone Well i think its impossible to do a game that always is fun for everyone :) And i think the scammer had hell of a fun Quiting playing eve becuse you made a dumbmove is.. wierd Make a corp "Anti-Scammers", Kill all scammers. And make a hell for them, dont quite.. You gonna let that scammer win over you? Space Invader \| Shadow Of The Ghost \| Xoria Krint
Ikvar	Posted - 2005.03.20 22:30:00 - [10] Of course, judging by his last line TheSyx is probably trying to scam people _________________

Neon Genesis	Posted - 2005.03.20 22:54:00 - [11] No sympathy here. If u lost 311 mil like that its purely ur own fault __ There, i just contributed nothing to your thread
Tralkal	Posted - 2005.03.20 23:22:00 - [12] why do u want people to help you out if your quitting the game anyway? oh..and if uve got anything left..can i have it? seriously though, sucks to lose the cash. maybe a friendly merc corp will sort the guy out?
Lobster Man	Posted - 2005.03.20 23:28:00 - [13] Originally by: TheSysX There is a new type of scam around. Players say they are quitting and giving away there billions while playing little isk games with people. Wolfgang H played some games for ISK, answer the question right, send some ISK, and you'll get send more back. Wolfgang was honest and everyone got his ISK and extra millions. However this got some bad people to ideas, the next day, a guy named Samiell III did the same, but at the end he kept all ISK that was send to him. I lost 311 mill, some other guy 340, etc, etc. I will stop playing EVE, i can by no means cope with this loss, it was my 4 months savings. So PPL, PLZ BE WARNED FOR THIS TYPE OF SCAM (PS, if there are players who want/can to help me out, i would really appreciate it :( ) I'm curious now...what kind of scam would be enticing enough to get you to give 300mil isk with no questions? What exactly did this entail to be so enticing? lol There's always an easier way.
Marruni	Posted - 2005.03.20 23:50:00 - [14] Oh you poor sucker.. If you are stupid enough to transfer 300M isk into some guys account you have never met, then you deserve to lose it. Live with it
Filty1	Posted - 2005.03.20 23:59:00 - [15] Well I played the game, he starts off giving small amouts like 30k 50k 100k. You do get the isk promised so you trust the guy. Not sure how exacly they lost so much isk,I had to go to church ^_^, but I heard at one point he said he will pay back 1.60x whatever you send him(he claimed to have some 2.5bil), so I guess people gave him all they had to get rich and he just kept it.
Droidster	Posted - 2005.03.21 00:01:00 - [16] You gave 300 million to an alt. Duh. _____________________________________________ I am motivated by various things, mostly ISK.
Lobster Man	Posted - 2005.03.21 00:17:00 - [17] lol...So some random alt says "I'm quitting eve, I don't need my money anymore and I have 2.6377 billon isk left to give away, you send me an amount and I'll give you 1.5x that amount back" and people start giving him random amounts...I can only laugh... There's always an easier way.
Lig Lira	Posted - 2005.03.21 01:38:00 - [18] ahahahahaaa!! Which PA character are you? That's no flying saucer, that's my ass!
Sochin	Posted - 2005.03.21 01:52:00 - [19] I'd comment but it would only get me banned for trolling. Nemo me impune lacessit
Rexthor Hammerfists	Posted - 2005.03.21 02:02:00 - [20] wish id try it before - how stupid ppl can be..

Masta Killa	Posted - 2005.03.21 02:07:00 - [21] You sent 300 mil to a stranger? Wow... You're not very bright -------------------------------------- We are The Collective. Resistance is futile.
Qayos	Posted - 2005.03.21 02:07:00 - [22] I fell for the scam too... please help me recover my losses or I'm leaving too. I lost 200Million. [size=9](CCP, please ignore this post)[/size]
GBBUTT	Posted - 2005.03.21 02:29:00 - [23] I am an nigerian govenment official, recently our countries leader passed away....... Dude, while i feel bad you lost 300mil, but its ONLY pretend money. Now it may have taken you 4 months to amass, it, but really you should of thought about that before sending it to the guy. Now if you are thinking about leaving, think about this. That means you wasted 4 months subscription of REAL money. Track the guy down kill his alt, and make sure u keep telling people about it, because someone will know who his main char is, and once you have that your golden.
Jim'ard Stone	Posted - 2005.03.21 03:09:00 - [24] lesson learned also am pretty annoyed from some of the ppl posting here ever coined the phase "dont kick a man when he's down?" Be nice to see ppl show respect and simply say unlucky mate and move on. o another phase u might remember "if you havent got nothing nice to say, dont say nothing at all." i doubt most of u speak this way to ppl irl - dont be cowards hiding behind ur pc - were all people still pls show some restraint. theres my 30seconds...
Reebo77	Posted - 2005.03.21 08:32:00 - [25] I watched this happening in sobaseki local earlier, i checked the guys bio and thought 'why would a guy thats only been playing 2 months have that much isk' his 'game' must be dodgy. I then watched people readily pay him 60+ mill, and I thought it musy be a scam, then I had to go to work. Guess it all went bad in the end then. Kinda sucks for the peeps taken in by it, but if something seems to good to be true, it probably is.
Ikvar	Posted - 2005.03.21 11:10:00 - [26] Originally by: Jim'ard Stone lesson learned o another phase u might remember "if you havent got nothing nice to say, dont say nothing at all." No. _________________
Pihls XIIX	Posted - 2005.03.21 11:39:00 - [27] Edited by: Pihls XIIX on 21/03/2005 11:40:49 damm I realy play this game wrong instead of work hard doing business pay my freaking labs + office I shall now scream around I quit EVE I got ** Isk give me is and I give you some % over what you give! Damm Not sure what too say realy ?! sorry to hear it happend to you.
Roshan longshot	Posted - 2005.03.21 12:35:00 - [28] Originally by: TheSysX There is a new type of scam around. Players say they are quitting and giving away there billions while playing little isk games with people. Wolfgang H played some games for ISK, answer the question right, send some ISK, and you'll get send more back. Wolfgang was honest and everyone got his ISK and extra millions. However this got some bad people to ideas, the next day, a guy named Samiell III did the same, but at the end he kept all ISK that was send to him. I lost 311 mill, some other guy 340, etc, etc. I will stop playing EVE, i can by no means cope with this loss, it was my 4 months savings. So PPL, PLZ BE WARNED FOR THIS TYPE OF SCAM (PS, if there are players who want/can to help me out, i would really appreciate it :( ) Anyone read that last line?? HE IS SCAMMING HIMSELF... Free-form Professions, ensure no limetations on professions. Be a trader, fighter, industialist, researcher, hunter,pirate[/i] or mixture of them all. [i]As read from the original box and from this site.
DraizeTraiN	Posted - 2005.03.21 12:46:00 - [29] Yep I agree with Roshan Longshot. The original poster is part of the scam....and what a grubby little scam it is as well. Come on boys, u can do better than that cant u? `I build myself a brave asylum and ask of a madman to play host'
AgueReon	Posted - 2005.03.21 15:32:00 - [30] I know the dude myself, he's to cute to do it Im hurt



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