A compilation of the most used scamming methods in 3.2
Some kind soul post this on reddit. Thot i will share it with u guys here.
Important Notes: GGG can’t do anything against scamming, because the law in new zealand does not allow them to do so. naming and shaming and online mobbing is not allowed, so ggg has to remove every post on their forums which calls out a scammer.
how is this useful for scammer? they will build up a thread with a lot of vouches to seem trustable, and then start scamming and just remove every post which calls them out. or they just scam you ingame and when they get called out too much in global chats, they request a name change
expect to be scammed when you trust people. u cant do anyhing against it.
Poorjoys Rota Scam - Profit ~ 100c
Scammer goes into /global 820, writes “LFM poorjoys 1 h/o rota, eu/na/sea x/6”, after he gets a full 6 man party, people will trade him their maps, since 1 h/o means the party leader will open all 6 maps in his hideout, so the rota takes less time. usually every poorjoys rota is 1 h/o so nothing suspicious. once he got the maps he /ignores the whole party if too much people will call him out on global, he will request a name change
Master Crafting Scam - Profit ~2ex
Scammer gets his masters to level 8, opens a thread on the forum and offers free master craft service. he gathers 3-4 pages of reputation and vouches. then every time someone comes for a expensive meta mod craft for 2ex or by any chance trades him a really valuable item, he just keep it and /ignores you. if you proceed to call him out on the forum, they will just report you for being offensive, and the mods have to remove your post.
Beast Crafting Scam - Profit ~depends
Scammer offers expensive Beastcraft Services on global, like “WTS Aspect of the xxx craft for xx Ex”, when someone joins him, he takes their item and their ex and /ignores them
Boss Killing Service Scam - Profit ~ 5ex
Scammer convinces you that he has bad lags(or any reason) when he doesnt open the set in his h/o, so that you end up trading him the set. then he either kicks you out of the party, or he runs the set, and if a valuable item drops, he will not tell you and act like something shitty dropped.
General Rota Scam - only useful for fast Zana 8
Scammer hosts a rota, puts himself at last, and then kick everybody once its his turn and make a new rotation
Pale Council Scam - Profit 100c
there is a challenge this league which says, “kill a tome without it being able to cast spark”. Scammer goes into /trade 820, writes “WTS Pale Council Encounters V Challenge, 100% success 20c x/6”, once he has a full party, he links his set, and proceeds to take the money. once he gathered the money, he /ignore every1.
Farric Alpha Tiger Scam - Profit up to 10ex
A super rare challenge. Scammer opens any t13+ map, uses one portal, and gets out. puts up walls so no one can join the map. goes into /trade 820 and writes “WTS Farric Alpha Tiger for Challenge 2ex”, as soon as 1-2 ppl join, he takes their money, removes the walls, and let them realise he just scammed them. (Note that you have to do this challenge actually yourself, since you have to be in the map once the first person encounters the red beast, else you won't get the completion for your bestiary)
T16 Completion Scam - Profit ~15c
many people sell T16 corrupted Guardian map completions. they bring the boss down to cull range, go yout of the map, and start inviting ppl for ~5c each. most of the time they don't protect their map portals. so Scammer just takes a culling strike gem, goes into the map, and culls the boss. if he is fast enough, he will get a shaper fragment and possibly good loot.
Portal to XXX Den Scam - Profit ~30c - 5ex
Scammer sells the portals to the 4 dens, the most expensive i saw was the one to farruls den for 1ex each portal. once he gathered a full party, he takes their money and /ignores them.
Cancel 6l trade and put non 6l scam - Profit ~ 6 - 8ex
this one is actually so bad, it just shouldn't work...
Sell a fated unique, cancel trade and put in the unfated version Scam - Profit ~depends
since the visuals are the same, the chances ppl dont realise its the unfated version is quite high, so Scammer try to abuse this
Cadiro Scam - Profit ~depends
Scammer runs perandus till he has like 5k coins or buys himself 10k coins and relist them. if some1 whispers him with a buy order, he invites them, visit their hideout and goes into their map and steals the cadiro deal. 90% of the time when ppl buy coins is when they find cadiro in their map and he has a good deal but they are short on coins. always lock your hideout when you buy perandus coins, always, always, always
Perandus Coffer Scam - Profit 10c
one challenge is to find 10 coffers from the perandus zana 7 mod. Scammer opens a map, uses one portal, goes out of the map, put walls, and start writing in /trade 820 "WTS Perandus Coffer 9c/10c". once he finds some1, he takes their money and let them go into the empty map.
Buying ex Scam - Profit 9c each buy
so it ususally happens that you buy ex for chaos. chaos have a stack limit of 10, so u mostly use up to 10 trade slots in the trade window. most of the time ppl just count the number of stacks + search for the unfinished stack, like when u buy a ex for 73c u have 7 times a 10c stack + 1 3c stack. so what Scammers do is to exchange one 10c stack for a 1c stack, usually one stack in the middle. the chance ppl dont notice is quite high.
Essence of Corruption Scam - Profit up to 100c
same as cadiro scam, Scammer sell essences of corruption, waits till he gets a msg, goes quickly into your h/o, into your map and corrupts your essence.
Manipulate market of a rare but worthless item Scam - you profit 35c
Scammer looks up items which aren't listed, and sets up a price himself, like any trash unique for 50ex. then he proceeds to ask to trade their shitty unique, which is 50ex, for his valuable item
TL;DR
each post in /global 820 or /trade 820, which relies on trust, can be a scam
if someone cancels the trade window, triple check and take your time to confirm everything is alright
never trade a item worth more than 5ex for others items, always for currency, especially when you make "profit"
if you leave your map to buy something you need in that map, always lock your h/o
