Originally by: Joskken Inx

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Edited by: Joskken Inx on 29/08/2006 08:01:04
Look folks, this is a public service announcement. If it could get a temp sticky, that'd be great!

CCP has a large backlog of petitions to deal with at this time. Some very uncouth people are taking it upon themselves to get as much ISK as they can, and it is apparent on these forums.
Things you should know before sending your hard-earned ISK to a GTC seller:

Beware of people less than two weeks old.
There is no shame in selling GTCs. Therefore, proceed with caution if the seller is two weeks old or less. I use the exclamation point as a barometer of whether the seller is worth looking in to.

Beware of names that are gibberish
This runs in conjunction with the above warning. Think about it, if they didn't take the time to make a name sound like, well, a name, the chances of it being a scammer get very very high.

If it's too good to be true, it is.
Yes, CCP will refund your ISK. Don't expect it to happen fast, let alone soon. These guy(s) are taking advantage of a weak time in CCP being able to respond, so don't let them take you.

If you get scammed, use the "EXPLOIT" petition tab
This is the authorized way to handle these scams, as GTC scams are high-priority. Don't fall prey to them, but if you do this is your way back.

It's one thing to scam, another to do so thinking you have impunity. I hope a round of IP bans is in order.

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Originally by: qwqw22

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Originally by: Joskken Inx

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Edited by: Joskken Inx on 29/08/2006 08:01:04
Look folks, this is a public service announcement. If it could get a temp sticky, that'd be great!

CCP has a large backlog of petitions to deal with at this time. Some very uncouth people are taking it upon themselves to get as much ISK as they can, and it is apparent on these forums.
Things you should know before sending your hard-earned ISK to a GTC seller:

Beware of people less than two weeks old.
There is no shame in selling GTCs. Therefore, proceed with caution if the seller is two weeks old or less. I use the exclamation point as a barometer of whether the seller is worth looking in to.

Beware of names that are gibberish
This runs in conjunction with the above warning. Think about it, if they didn't take the time to make a name sound like, well, a name, the chances of it being a scammer get very very high.

If it's too good to be true, it is.
Yes, CCP will refund your ISK. Don't expect it to happen fast, let alone soon. These guy(s) are taking advantage of a weak time in CCP being able to respond, so don't let them take you.

If you get scammed, use the "EXPLOIT" petition tab
This is the authorized way to handle these scams, as GTC scams are high-priority. Don't fall prey to them, but if you do this is your way back.

It's one thing to scam, another to do so thinking you have impunity. I hope a round of IP bans is in order.

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儿子：你非常可爱 ；人们不会和白痴生气。 son：you extraordinary loveliness；folk shan't and idiocy angry

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Originally by: Snodgey

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Edited by: Snodgey on 29/08/2006 12:54:31
Unfortunately I was scammed if you will , worse still it wasn't my isk I used but a friends , I knew before I looked here to check characters name and age his name seemed thought out and not gibberish , he was only a day old but he said he could get someone to verify he had good GTC codes , so he does , the friend has a proper name and is in a 15man corp and has been playing for a good 6 months and says he got a good code.

Being on a trial account and the GTC being for my actual main I tell my friend to trust this this guy , to be honest it did seemed too good to be true offer but I got played and lost my friend 100mil for a 30day GTC . I'll eventually get my main back online and seek retribution on the scammers so called friend. So if you will keep these names in mind :

Game Time Card seller : Hayek Taxum - noob corp
Game Time Card sellers friend : Zipp0ny - The Eleventh Commandment

To the mods , if the naming and shaming is inappropiate plz delete the names only. Petition will be following now , scam happened lastnight but was very late and had no time.

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Originally by: Johanard

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/signed for a sticky

Yes, I'm a timecode seller.
Yes, I'm a character less than two weeks old.

This doesn't make me a scammer.

I would like this as a sticky, it's a good guide for anti-scams.

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Originally by: Fivetide

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I think I may have an answer to the GTC scams well at least a starter of a answer. I've set up a chat room in game called GTC-Sellers. I will go through the sell orders as far as I can and add the names of good sellers to the MOT then peeps can drop in and check names etc. If you have a good sales rep eve mail the link to the sell order and ill add u name?
Just I thought

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Originally by: Pepe le'PewPew

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Just for clarity, are buyers protected even with purchases through in game chat rooms or only if posted on the forums?

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Originally by: qwqw22

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儿子：你非常可爱 ；人们不会和白痴生气。 son：you extraordinary loveliness；folk shan't and idiocy angry

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Originally by: Joskken Inx

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This needs to stay on the front page, and get some attention for up the chain.

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