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Originally Posted by Battle
this game is being ruined for me.i only play now because iv invested money into it.
my soc has been hit with 3 scammer atemps this week.
iv had someone on my fl who tried to scam me.
almost on a daily basis i experince some kind of scam attemt.
im gunna give this game 1 more month ("with no depos") if it dosnt improve im off to lotro for good.
this post belongs in noob coz thats who they target the most
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It's true scammers are a nuisance, because they waste your time.
And if they catch you, then it's worse, because you're down peds, although if it's a genuine scam, imo you should report them to
MA support, with screenshots.
But this is just a reason to be on your guard.
However, you shouldn't let it spoil your game. If you find people are attempting to scam you a lot, don't frequent those areas. If someone on your FL tries to scam you, query it, and if it's not just ignorance remove them.
If you rush around PA accepting random requests for private trade, then you are likely to be an easier target, but that's not playing, that's rushing around PA accepting trade requests.
In all honesty, while it's deplorable that scammers exist, most of the scams they try are easy to spot, and easily avoided. Probably the only one you can't readily defend against is if the senior members of your soc or your mentor abuses your trust and scams you.
But still, building up knowledge of the game can help against this kind of thing. And frankly if a soc member, or worse, a mentor tried, say, the armour upgrade scam on a newbie they should be reported. The chat log at
MA would clearly show what they had done.
I don't know what the 3 scam attempts you mention were...and given that this thread is about educating people about how not to be scammed, maybe you should say what they were, but they were attempts, not successes. You foiled them, they wasted their time on you and failed. Good for you.
See it as another defeat for the scammers, and carry on playing - don't let their petty behaviour ruin your enjoyment.