Scamming Methods Exposed - Page 18

Pepper · 01-17-2008, 15:00

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Originally Posted by Redfrog

I pretty sure it was earlier than that - shortly after PvP4 came in I think.

One of the reasons for it (according to hearsay) was that a leader-takes-all team would go into lootable PvP except the leader to ensure that the team members would only lose their tox shot if PKed.

Clever!

Cretain · 01-19-2008, 13:50

I dont know if this is in already...didn´t see it in the List at the first page tho.

A while ago some naked guy chattet to me. He told me he was quitting the game because in the last night he has become a father and has no more time. He told me he already sold all his things except his skills and wanted to give them to me for free, all I had to do was to buy the equiptment (chips and implanter) worth about 4k ped for his skills. He told me his skills would be worth about 30k ped. Well, as I am quite noobish I only had about 200ped left...after I told him that he wanted me to buy chips for that amount...Well i shortly thought about it tbh...but giving some unknown naked guy chips worth all my peds wasnt really what i wanted so I told him to wait for me and logged out

And yeah, the armor upgrade/coloring scam is quite popular these times..someone tried that on me and a friend who just started the game about two weeks ago.

aia · 01-20-2008, 17:15

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Originally Posted by Cretain

...but giving some unknown naked guy chips worth all my peds wasnt really what i wanted so I told him to wait for me and logged out

If it was ESIs (empty skill implants) he wanted you to give him it's the old "ESI scam".

Mkdesign · 01-20-2008, 17:32

Lol, the team scam...

I remember that you'd get 3 invites to team per minute at Camp Phoenix, back when there was a high newbie activity there.

Tamn · 01-22-2008, 06:01

Quote:

Originally Posted by Redfrog

I pretty sure it was earlier than that - shortly after PvP4 came in I think.

One of the reasons for it (according to hearsay) was that a leader-takes-all team would go into lootable PvP except the leader to ensure that the team members would only lose their tox shot if PKed.

Damn thats such a great idea.

Must have been wonderful....

Vues3d · 01-22-2008, 09:55

The Perfect Idea
Should exist the same for the mining sessions...

gyrmn · 01-30-2008, 22:24

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cretain

I dont know if this is in already...didn´t see it in the List at the first page tho.

A while ago some naked guy chattet to me. He told me he was quitting the game because in the last night he has become a father and has no more time. He told me he already sold all his things except his skills and wanted to give them to me for free, all I had to do was to buy the equiptment (chips and implanter) worth about 4k ped for his skills. He told me his skills would be worth about 30k ped. Well, as I am quite noobish I only had about 200ped left...after I told him that he wanted me to buy chips for that amount...Well i shortly thought about it tbh...but giving some unknown naked guy chips worth all my peds wasnt really what i wanted so I told him to wait for me and logged out

Perfect time and place to have a scanner in your hands...a fast scan would have showed you right then and there it was a scam...bet his skill lvl's were zero or so close as not to matter...

LeeLoo Faith · 01-31-2008, 05:52

Quote:

Originally Posted by Redfrog

I pretty sure it was earlier than that - shortly after PvP4 came in I think.

One of the reasons for it (according to hearsay) was that a leader-takes-all team would go into lootable PvP except the leader to ensure that the team members would only lose their tox shot if PKed.

Ouuu now *thats* why "Leader takes all" Option was removed from team options!!

Eve Venus · 02-01-2008, 18:32

Alright, since my original thread will be deleted for exposing the avatar name, I'll post it here (thanks Pepper for reminding me of this thread)!

Very often it happens to see broken (L)imited items which are put in auction for sale. Earlier today I was browsing the weapons section and I saw one avatar selling two broken ISIS, one of which was for sale at 2442% mark up.

Always pay attention to what you are buying and be extremely careful when the item in question is a limited one.

Pepper · 02-23-2008, 14:26