Scamming Prevention guides

[wozza]

TBH i can never decide if these kind of guides are good or bad. on 1 hand u have the fact lots of people are gonna be safegaurded from scams by this knowledge on the other hand u are potentialy handing out scam advised on a pl8 to a few arse holes out there =P... but because its you i give u ++ repies


edit: oops no more reppies for u apparently =\

[zappen]

Originally Posted by rotten ice

Buy the PE Gold Card (this will only make it so the scammer can't deposit, they can still access your account).

If you got a Gold card then they cant access your account.

[Snakecharmer]

This just happened to me:
Guy walks up to me in TP and asks if i want to buy better armor (i got Rascal).
I say no sorry no peds to spare atm, then he says he can upgrade my armor (+500 impact or something).
I say how he says just strip and give it to me i need to go use the machine after that you get it back...
Yeah sure like i would give my armor to some stranger...


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[mrproper]

Originally Posted by Snakecharmer

This just happened to me:
Guy walks up to me in TP and asks if i want to buy better armor (i got Rascal).
I say no sorry no peds to spare atm, then he says he can upgrade my armor (+500 impact or something).
I say how he says just strip and give it to me i need to go use the machine after that you get it back...
Yeah sure like i would give my armor to some stranger...


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Use the scammer alert topic, get the full name and face of the scammer and post them there..

[FlameDancer]

Edit: duh - forget it - I asked if this could be included in the Sticky Threads, but now I see it's already there, it's just that it looks a bit different, so I didn't recognize it first...

[AlphaGeek]

Well done!

Kinda new here, but shouldn't somerthing like this be sticky *inside* the noobs forum? Putting all the stickies in their own forum kinda negates the reason they are sticky. Just my two pecs on the matter. I'm sure this was probably all hashed out before PE went gold, but...

[rotten ice]

Originally Posted by zappen

If you got a Gold card then they cant access your account.

Yes they can the gold card provides a one time access code that is linked with a server, you have to enter this code to access the game.

From the client loader or website you can just use your standard password and username the gold card does nothing to protect this so therefore if someone gets access to your details they CAN access your details, see your address and credit cards its only the view you see but it still contains information about you. SO it is very important that you NEVER GIVE LOG IN DETAILS

I have also changed the part about the gold card in sharp shots guide in a hope that it is more easily understandable now

[rotten ice]

Added another update, the item crafting scam and also refining scam, now I just need to see if MB can update the sticky guides?? or if any of you Mods are reading this??

[rotten ice]

Another BUMP just added stuff about your accounts after the recent spree of hacks it is adviasble to check all your details, and possibly your passwords may seem extreme but IMO better safe then sorry, The info is at the top of the first page right at the top so you cant miss it

[Xandra]

Hi,

Great work! Rep added, and a small proposal:

This is some nice big piece of invaluable information. I have learned that many ppl these days will be runnig away screaming being confronted with this amount of letters - not that they need to be stupid or uneducated, but there's quite a numer of ppl that are repelled by long texts.

Wouldn't it be nice if there were, at the beginning, a list of short, easily remembered "rules of thumb"? Like this:

1. Whoever asks for password is trying to scam you!
2. Whoever offers to upgrade your armor is trying to scam you!
3. ...

Big letters, bold. As short and clearly as possible.

And a more prominent place would be fine, too - I vote for a permanent sticky on top of the n00bs Corner.

Have fun!