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Soulbound Bob
Gallente
Federal Navy Academy
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Posted - 2007.07.10 22:59:00 -
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Edited by: Soulbound Bob on 10/07/2007 23:07:20
There have been many scammers throughout EVE.
Many people hear of EVE through stories of such scams and other ruthless tactics used in EVE. Everyone says that old scams never work, but is that true?
Today I made a demonstration. It was quite easy all i had to do was remember the scam I have seen done many times before,
I went up to round 6 and because people are so naive and if 1 person does it everyone else wants to I could have kept going If I had the isk to pay back double at that point but I did not. I wasn't even in a caldari corp. It does not matter what the details are but the main sentences is always the same.
There were of course skeptics and those who told everyone that this scam has been done countless times. Most of them just blocked me and let all the others fall for the scam. It goes "Send me any amount of isk and I will pay back double".
So I started at round 1 with 100 million at my disposal.
What if I backed out at the end of the round would I lose isk? here are the official results
Round 1 103 million
Round 2 102 million
Round 3 100.6 million
Round 4 117 million
Round 5 98 million
Round 6 272 million (yes you are reading this correctly)
There have been numerous High yield investment scams that take a bit longer than an hour and sometimes months, they will net you hundreds of billions accordingly.
Please do not fall for scams and help any newbs asap. I hope CCP puts a rigid enforcement against this type of thing or some sort of GUIDE somewhere in the beginner tutorial.
I will shortly return the isk to those who sent it in for round 6. I can only hope they learn the lesson.
And yes there is a carbon copy of this thread in all the forum sections.
You must understand that anyone asking you to give money to get money is scamming you one way or another. |
Soulbound Bob
Gallente
Federal Navy Academy
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Posted - 2007.07.10 23:12:00 -
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This is not to detail how to scam but to avoid scams that ask you to give something to get a unreal and much larger return.
You must understand that anyone asking you to give money to get money is scamming you one way or another. |
Soulbound Bob
Gallente
Federal Navy Academy
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Posted - 2007.07.10 23:44:00 -
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This was performed in several channels at once and yes many of them are very new to the game, I hope they learn well.
You must understand that anyone asking you to give money to get money is scamming you one way or another. |
Soulbound Bob
Gallente
Federal Navy Academy
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Posted - 2007.07.11 00:50:00 -
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spread the faith
You must understand that anyone asking you to give money to get money is scamming you one way or another. |
Soulbound Bob
Gallente
Federal Navy Academy
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Posted - 2007.07.11 01:19:00 -
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 Originally by: Nullity
Scamming is a valid profession in EVE. Don't ruin it for dedicated scammers. They play the game fairly just like you do, they just use different tactics to get ahead.
No it is not.
You must understand that anyone asking you to give money to get money is scamming you one way or another. |
Soulbound Bob
Gallente
Federal Navy Academy
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Posted - 2007.07.11 01:53:00 -
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Originally by: Stakhanov
Edited by: Stakhanov on 11/07/2007 01:49:30
Old stupid scam still works after people talked about it ? Unthinkable !
If you aren't keeping the ISK , what are you trying to achieve ? Form a protection group for mentally challenged players ? 
Oh , and fyi - scamming is allowed in Eve , and there is a section of the tutorial about it.
Quit spamming the forums and start stockpiling ill-gotten gains. It's only a success if you make billions off it.
It is too easy and hurts others.
You must understand that anyone asking you to give money to get money is scamming you one way or another. |
Soulbound Bob
Gallente
Federal Navy Academy
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Posted - 2007.07.11 02:18:00 -
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Originally by: Santa Anna
I wonder if this would still work if you started a character named "scammer alt" in order to run it on nubs.
Unfortunately I think so.
You must understand that anyone asking you to give money to get money is scamming you one way or another. |
Soulbound Bob
Gallente
Federal Navy Academy
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Posted - 2007.07.11 02:56:00 -
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Originally by: Stakhanov
Alt scamming may be too easy and profitable for very low risk it has , yes - but making ISK is too easy in the first place. Complete idiots can accumulate too much ISK for their own good... which is why scamming is needed. It's so easy that even lesser scammers get scammed.
As for hurting people - it's the cleanest way of robbing them. No wreck in space , no splattered pod , no destroyed loot - ISK smoothly moves from the prey to the predator with no loss. Compare this with my corp's famed brute-force approach to ISK draining 
People can avoid low security places. If everyone is getting free money the temptation can be overbearing if the risks are not fully understood.
You must understand that anyone asking you to give money to get money is scamming you one way or another. |
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