OMG I just got scammed

wise dragon smiter

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Jul 2007

Mo/W

20 Jul 2007 at 16:57 - 1
I NEED HELP. I WANT REVENGE.

I know I'm an idiot, but just listen to the story.

I was selling 3 minipets on guild wars, when this guy said he'd buy the lot for 57K. Stupid me, I was so in delite, I didn't know what was going on. We went on trade, and he said he'll only do the trade, if I did it super fast. So, he put 57k down and I put the 3 minipets, I accepted, but he said I wasn't fast enough so, he cancelled the trade and started again. The same thing happenned the second time and the third. But the fourth time is when I was dupped. I went so fast, I didn't even concentrate on the trade, so he accepted. I looked at my inventory, He had only given me 5k 700 gold and I'd given him 3 minipets, I asked him to give it back, he would not.

I Plea you to get revenge, for me, either get me the money, or have his account terminated, NOT SUSPENDED, terminated. That would teach him and all scammers a lesson.

His player was: EDITED,
My player is: Wise Dragon Smiter

Please help me out, if you can't, try and relay this story to higher authority in guild wars.

Also stop laughing at me.

X Chilli

X Chilli

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jan 2006

[LGiT]

W/

20 Jul 2007 at 17:08 - 2
I'm not laughing at you, it's not funny. It's kinda of pathetic.

It was your own fault. You didn't pay attention. Nothing we can do about it. The game is full of jerks...be more careful the next time.

And i would delet his name, before a mod does it. It's not allowed to post names without their agreement.

Free Runner

Free Runner

Forge Runner

Join Date: Oct 2005

GW2G

Knights Of The Sacred Light [KSL]

20 Jul 2007 at 17:11 - 3
We cant help you with revenge. All we can tell you is to be more careful in the future. When someone cancels trade 4 times somethings going on.

ShadowsRequiem

ShadowsRequiem

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Oct 2005

Inde is Smoking [Hawt] *ToA*

W/E

20 Jul 2007 at 17:16 - 4
better remove that ign for him, you're lot aloud to post them.

Its your own fault, you should have stopped to think "why is this guy doing this?" "Is that way fast? no its not. if he has enough time to cancel a trade 4 times then hes just an idiot.

JeniM

Desert Nomad

Join Date: May 2007

W/E

20 Jul 2007 at 17:24 - 5
"I want to do this trade faster" how did that not raise alarms?

Sorry for the loss but i don't think much will happen to him/her

Caleb

Caleb

Nil nisi malis terrori.

Join Date: Aug 2005

Mo/Me

20 Jul 2007 at 17:47 - 6
Here is a quote from the forum rules regarding posts like this:
Quote:
Guild Wars Guru and the Mention of Scammers

Yes, we hate scammers just as much as you.

So why don't we let people "announce" scammers, why don't we keep running lists? Because we have no way of proving if that's what truly has happened. You can present us with all the screenshots, videos and more in the world and still it doesn't prove anything. Screenshots and videos can be edited, can be changed. Snippets of conversation can be cut out. We've seen some convincing stories in our time only to find out that things were not as they seemed. Or, that the person was set up.

Guild Wars Guru is NOT responsible for what goes on in game. We can not verify what goes on ingame, we can not get the full story, we can not know if someone is manipulating a story since we weren't there.

If it's truly a case of someone being scammed and you have proof, bring this to Arenanet. We can't make decisions for Arenanet, we can't tell if this was legit or if you just need to watch yourselves better and be more cautious. If it's truly as outrageous and serious as you mention, then let Arenanet take care of their own game and their own people within that game.

We hope you can all understand the position we have to take on this. Screenshots and Videos are not an evidence. The proof is only available on the side of the Arenanet servers. As we said above, we've seen some good honest people set up, we've seen some great photoshop work in our time, and we've seen people deliberately edit out snippets of conversation before. We am only responsible for what happens on these forums. We are not responsible for what happens in game or the situations that people put themselves in.

If You Have Been Scammed:
Report it at http://support.guildwars.com/.