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Posted - 2008.08.14 13:35:00 -
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 Originally by: EVECitizen19821743
I spent quite a lot of time carefully reading the EULA before I carried out this operation.
The idea was that I would setup a fake mothership sale and use an ALT similar to CHRIBBA to steal the buyers money.
It worked. Now I had an idea that CCP would see it as a scam/exploit and take the ISK off me. Which they did.
They mailed me and explained that because I had impersonated CHRIBBA I had violated the EULA. The link that they gave me to help explain this is:
http://www.eve-online.com/pnp/namepolicy.asp
Now I have gone back and read the whole EULA and I cant see anywhere anything about setting up a character with a similar name and doing this is a violation.
Not really bothered about the ISK tbh, the thing that bothers me is that some players have far to much protection from CCP. It would have taken the buyer 10 seconds to check the person he was speaking to and realise that it was not 'the' CHRIBBA. There are thousands of scams/exploits that go on everyday why is this an exception??
I know the ALT that I setup to do the scam was similar to CHRIBBA, but, at no time during the transaction did I claim to be CHRIBBA or carry out secure transactions.
In my eyes if a player is stupid enough to give me the ISK for a mothership without doing the proper checks then he deserves to lose it, just like it would be in RL.
I'll leave you with some words of wisdom from CCP:
Tips
* DON'T TRUST ANYONE. It's a tough galaxy out there, and anyone could betray you.
* Make sure that the person you are doing business with is who he says he is.
EVE-Online has a unique naming policy, making it impossible for more than one player to have the same name. However, names may be very similar, and it is a good idea to be 100% certain that the party you are dealing with is the real thing. Also, never believe someone who says he is an alternate character of someone you know but doesn't offer any proper proof.
Thanks for your time,
EVECitizen19821743 formerly CHRI8BA
I didn't knew Chribba was either a NPC, a CCP employee or CCP representative?
* Impersonate or parody any employee or representative of EVE Online, CCP, Customer Support personnel or volunteers.
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