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Kal'rek
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Posted - 2006.06.06 19:32:00 -
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Well i guess it was my turn to get scammed in the game, it cost me a nice 625mil. Nearly all my hard earned profit gone in three seconds.
Partly my error, but damm those ships look the same  .
I was convo'd it went:-
Hello, I'm selling some ships. I got 2x Zealot @ 140 mill each or both at 240 mill. I also have a Cerberus @ 215 mill and a Vagabond @ 190 mill. Or all ships for 560 mill. Intrested?
My reply was yes, he made a few discounts we opened trade window and sure enough the ships we there and i brought them,
Then to realize the player had change the name of them from for eg, omen to zealot as they look the same, it didnt cross my mind,
I hope it does'nt happen to anyone it hurts, alot, i know it was my fault also and should of checked, i've been around a long time also on this game but simple errors are easy to make.
the only advise i can give is check check and double check
THE PLAYERS NAME IS r0x0r and hangs in JITA.
hope it does happen to any of you beware.
god bless
Kal'rek 
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GC13
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Posted - 2006.06.06 19:37:00 -
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I guess this explains why the scammer made up an excuse and disappeared into the ether when I asked if he could escrow me my Cerberus... 
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Micia
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Posted - 2006.06.06 19:39:00 -
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Yah it is a common scam, in the hubs especially.
Sorry you got burned. Expensive lesson no doubt, but I'd wager you'll never fall for it again. 
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Niivvy
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Posted - 2006.06.06 19:42:00 -
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wow why didnt i think of that !!!
only kidding all scammers well burn in hell
sorry u got caught
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Jim McGregor
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Posted - 2006.06.06 19:43:00 -
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I thought you couldnt name ships you dont pilot? Guess i remember it wrong...dont have time to check now.
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Ishquar Teh'Sainte
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Posted - 2006.06.06 19:50:00 -
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 Originally by: Jim McGregor
I thought you couldnt name ships you dont pilot? Guess i remember it wrong...dont have time to check now.
to rename a ship you have to make it active/board it ... this means he assembled all the t1 cruisers - made them active and renamed them to their t2 counterparts ...
something good to know: if theres no number in the right down corner it isn't repackaged (aka it can be named like you want)
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Wendat Huron
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Posted - 2006.06.06 19:50:00 -
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Trade 101, this folks is why you never use the trade function but tell them to fork it up on escrow.
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Jenny Spitfire
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Posted - 2006.06.06 19:59:00 -
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Greed is bad, mmmm'kay? Applies to PvP and Trading.
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HippoKing
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Posted - 2006.06.06 20:01:00 -
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An old scam, and one of the more common ones. The hubs are rife with it: used to be cormorants and feroxes back in the day
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James Baker
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Posted - 2006.06.06 20:09:00 -
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Edited by: James Baker on 06/06/2006 20:09:05
Originally by: HippoKing
An old scam, and one of the more common ones. The hubs are rife with it: used to be cormorants and feroxes back in the day
Actually, it used to be Omens traded as Armageddons back when battleships were expensive and isk not something you picked from a loot can
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HippoKing
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Posted - 2006.06.06 20:10:00 -
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Originally by: James Baker
Edited by: James Baker on 06/06/2006 20:09:05
Originally by: HippoKing
An old scam, and one of the more common ones. The hubs are rife with it: used to be cormorants and feroxes back in the day
Actually, it used to be Omens traded as Armageddons back when battleships were expensive and isk not something you picked from a loot can
Now thats before my time  The day I was thinking of was Exodus.
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Alain Josviar
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Posted - 2006.06.06 20:10:00 -
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All T2 items do have that little nifty yellow II square in the upper right of the tumbnail.
From the holy EVE bible, book of Jove, verse 15: And the holy EVE god decended and spoke upon thine masses, "One must checketh, double checketh and tripple checketh everything being tradethed or on escrowethed lest one get scammethed."
And there was much rejoicing.
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Nocann
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Posted - 2006.06.06 20:16:00 -
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Originally by: Jim McGregor
I thought you couldnt name ships you dont pilot? Guess i remember it wrong...dont have time to check now.
Correct, you can only rename your active ship. Once you have renamed it, however, you can give it to your scammer alt, and you know the rest.
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Nafri
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Posted - 2006.06.06 20:17:00 -
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there is a tech2 icon 
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Ras Blumin
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Posted - 2006.06.06 20:28:00 -
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bought a mammoth named "tempest" once for 100m :(
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Cherybol
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Posted - 2006.06.06 20:36:00 -
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I trade alot through empire, and i get hit alot with these scams when im chilling in jita. I always play along. And when the trade window pops up, I'll have a renamed ship that i'll drop in the window. For example hes selling me a Navy Issued Caracal thats really a renamed Caracal, in return, i drop a 'Navy Issue Caracal' thats a renamed caracal into the trade window. I'll say fair deal. After a few seconds, either they'll know they've been caught and flee, or say im a scammer. 
One time, about 5 people all posted in jita local that the SAME guy attempted to scam them all. I guess he sucked at this game.
I'd like CCP to recolor the pictures of faction ships, or have some sort of distinct icon that displays on the info screen that marks it as a faction ship. Or have the ships picture flipped so its at a different angle.
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framolia
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Posted - 2006.06.06 20:40:00 -
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Looks like the scammers are moving out of escrow and into 1 0n 1 trading.
I have lost a few ISK due to scams, but once scammed you'll never be as nieve again!
Name and shame all scammers. But remeber their mommy's want them in bed by 7pm
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Banni Vinda
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Posted - 2006.06.06 20:48:00 -
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I got made a similar offer in Jita, worded almost the same from a char called 'Blood shed'. Maybe an alt of the same guy. He popped the ships in the trade window, and urged me to click accept. When I spotted the scam and cancelled, he couldn't log quick enough. One way I've seen work against their urge for a quick deal is to drop a zero or three from the isk amount. eg a vaga for 190,000.00 that can sometimes catch them out at their own game.
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Dark Shikari
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Posted - 2006.06.06 21:00:00 -
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Today's scammers feed off greed. They convince someone they can make a quick buck, and run away with their money.
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HippoKing
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Posted - 2006.06.06 21:07:00 -
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One of the golden rules of not getting scammed is: EVERYONE wants to make money. No-one will offer you a good deal unless they actually like you (IE. you know them and trust them) or they don't know the value of the item. Don't rely on the second one ever really happening with high-value items. If he isn't doing well on the deal, its a scam.
TINSTAAFL
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Baldour Ngarr
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Posted - 2006.06.06 21:07:00 -
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Originally by: Dark Shikari
Today's scammers feed off greed. They convince someone they can make a quick buck, and run away with their money.
Haven't scammers always done that?
Anyway.
"Show info." 'Nuff said.
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Aramendel
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Posted - 2006.06.06 21:51:00 -
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Or, with fewer words: If it sounds too good to be true it probably isn't.
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Emily Spankratchet
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Posted - 2006.06.06 22:04:00 -
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Originally by: HippoKing
TINSTAAFL
TANSTAAFL, surely?
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HippoKing
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Posted - 2006.06.06 22:10:00 -
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Originally by: Emily Spankratchet
Originally by: HippoKing
TINSTAAFL
TANSTAAFL, surely?
I've always had it is TINSTAAFL (using IS rather than AIN'T). Don't know why, its just always been how i've used and remembered it. Probably middle-class upbringing doesn't allow Ain't, even if it messes with quotes
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Antaris Xenal
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Posted - 2006.06.06 23:28:00 -
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heh, I got scammed once out of my own extreme stupidity, good thing it was only a loss of my brutix and not a BS or HAC or 100's of millions :)
Mwahahaa, No mod will ever steal my sig. cuz i dont have one MWMAHAHAHAHHA!!
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Masu'di
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Posted - 2006.06.06 23:58:00 -
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Originally by: Banni Vinda
I got made a similar offer in Jita, worded almost the same from a char called 'Blood shed'. Maybe an alt of the same guy. He popped the ships in the trade window, and urged me to click accept. When I spotted the scam and cancelled, he couldn't log quick enough. One way I've seen work against their urge for a quick deal is to drop a zero or three from the isk amount. eg a vaga for 190,000.00 that can sometimes catch them out at their own game.
wow, that guy is still at it. i remember him doing that in Jita over a year ago.
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Smagd
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Posted - 2006.06.07 14:03:00 -
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Originally by: Banni Vinda
One way I've seen work against their urge for a quick deal is to drop a zero or three from the isk amount. eg a vaga for 190,000.00 that can sometimes catch them out at their own game.
Gotta love it when the scammers suck at their own game.
Now, offering 1-run Typhoon BPCs for 3.5M ISK is only borderline scam, but it's sure more than twice of what I'd be willing to pay.
The other day I picked up a 10-run BPC for those fine flying trash cans from a set of similar escrows advertised as 1-run BPCs, yes, for 3.5M ISK.
Wasn't even aware you could produce 10-run BPCs for battleships up to that point.
Therefor, ALWAYS inspect 
Oh and the very fact that someone outside a known T2 producer corp is offering 4 different kinds of HACs at a discount would make me triple check.
Smagd
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Lucre
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Posted - 2006.06.07 14:43:00 -
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There are still scams on escrow.
One clever current one is to list a T2 bpo - I think the one I saw was a Precision Cruise - and a price. Only the actual escrow price is some number of zeros less, as if it had been mistyped...
Obviously the aim is to get people thinking that here is an absolute bargain on which they have to act fast before anyone else does.
And the more cunning part? If you then hastily 'inspect' the escrow, it indeed says "XXX Precision Cruise". Because it is - one cruise missile!
I didn't fall for it, but had my corp not already had that bpo and I been in more of a hurry, I fear I might well have done. It's a clever scam. So be wary!
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Dan Grobag
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Posted - 2006.06.07 14:48:00 -
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i quite liked the escrow scam "raven amarr battleship" with one trit inside.
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Macro Media
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Posted - 2006.06.07 14:59:00 -
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Edited by: Macro Media on 07/06/2006 14:59:41
Originally by: Lucre
There are still scams on escrow.
One clever current one is to list a T2 bpo - I think the one I saw was a Precision Cruise - and a price. Only the actual escrow price is some number of zeros less, as if it had been mistyped...
Obviously the aim is to get people thinking that here is an absolute bargain on which they have to act fast before anyone else does.
And the more cunning part? If you then hastily 'inspect' the escrow, it indeed says "XXX Precision Cruise". Because it is - one cruise missile!
I didn't fall for it, but had my corp not already had that bpo and I been in more of a hurry, I fear I might well have done. It's a clever scam. So be wary!
Oh yes, I saw that one. Precision Wrath Cruise Buyout 1.9bil, but the escrow being 190mil. It had a genuine Wraith Cruise BPO inside, just not the t2 version.
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