What is the worst and stupidest scamming attemt you encountered?? I was selling a req 9 Stormbow perf for 75k.... the buyer agreed, and put in 75g and tried to convince me to press accept.... lol...
if you're sleepy you might fall for it... but this is the bottom i've reached...
What is the most pathetic scamming attempt that you encountered?
Dograzor
Yanman.be
This guy is the worst scammer ever.
snikerz
I was selling a tormented shield.
This person asked to go outside, soon as I spawned outside the person had cast [wiki]recall[/wiki] on me, and they requested that I drop my high end item on the floor while I was far far away so they could see it.
This person asked to go outside, soon as I spawned outside the person had cast [wiki]recall[/wiki] on me, and they requested that I drop my high end item on the floor while I was far far away so they could see it.
Necro Quink
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This guy is the worst scammer ever.
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person asked to go outside, soon as I spawned outside the person had cast Recall on me, and they requested that I drop my high end item far far away so they could see it.
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I hate scamming retards who are too lazy to fight for their own gold etc.
Dograzor
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This guy is the worst scammer ever.
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the Puppeteer
some noob:"hey m8 - wanna buy this rare gray dye that's just been introduced in the game?"
me: "oh yea sure - just let me sell some stuff at the merchant"
he didn't wisp me again
me: "oh yea sure - just let me sell some stuff at the merchant"
he didn't wisp me again
patrona
was selling destroyer sword, guy complains about some bad lag and tells me that he can't see stats in trade window. after that he asks me to die which will stop his lag (lol!). i'm a good soul so i do it, he ress me with unyealding aura or how'd you call it. at that point i leave him 
2 hrs later, he pm me again, and he tells me he's sorry. he want to trade it for an "über-rare thing which you can't get anymore". he trades me and offers a frozen ecto at that point, i ignor him
2 hrs later, he pm me again, and he tells me he's sorry. he want to trade it for an "über-rare thing which you can't get anymore". he trades me and offers a frozen ecto
ensoriki
The big scam is that luxons are cool >.>
JeniM
All pretty much same story. Someone wanted to help me dupe an item. Asked me to go outside and drop it. I dropped an item and they shadow stepped to me and grabbed it. They then laughed at me for being a noob.
THEN they opened their inventory and saw their brand new bone.
THEN I laughed at them and they told me they were going to report me to Anet. So i laughed harder
Some strange people in the world, of Guild Wars.
THEN they opened their inventory and saw their brand new bone.
THEN I laughed at them and they told me they were going to report me to Anet. So i laughed harder
Some strange people in the world, of Guild Wars.
upier
Woosh!
My name is not listed yet!
One of the most stupid things I constantly keep on doing - is forgetting that I can't trade stuff directly from my Storage! I always end up transferring stuff directly form the Storage window to the Trade one and then I always end up with something like "It's not working! What are you doing? We should try something else! ....".
IF I am lucky it hits me what stupid thing I am doing BEFORE the interested party leaves me thinking I am just another scammer ....
JUST a heads-up though so that people don't need to write about my stupidity ....
My name is not listed yet!
One of the most stupid things I constantly keep on doing - is forgetting that I can't trade stuff directly from my Storage! I always end up transferring stuff directly form the Storage window to the Trade one and then I always end up with something like "It's not working! What are you doing? We should try something else! ....".
IF I am lucky it hits me what stupid thing I am doing BEFORE the interested party leaves me thinking I am just another scammer ....
JUST a heads-up though so that people don't need to write about my stupidity ....
JeniM
Also someone in Kamadam tried to sell me a super rare brand new gem material called a "Luminuos Stone"
If your going to try to sell basic drops as rares don't do it in the nearest town to where they drop
If your going to try to sell basic drops as rares don't do it in the nearest town to where they drop
Kamara
Was selling a Mini Lich in Kamadan a few weeks ago and a D/A pm'd me saying he's interested. Invited me to team and refused to talk to me about the sale 'til I accepted.
Me: Hi. <amount I was selling it for> okay?
Them: I've heard these have been duped and I want to do a test to make sure it's the real thing.
Me: Uh, okay? O_o
Them: We need to go outside, I'll make sure I'm far enough away from you and you'll drop it, then I can do the test
Me: Uh... How about no.
Them: OMG DUPER DUPER!!!! I'm going to report you for duping! Unless of course you sell it to me for <half price>
Me: ...
Them: OMG YOU REALLY ARE A DUPER
Me: How about I report you for scamming instead?
*blissful silence as they log out*
I mean, really now *rolls eyes*
Me: Hi. <amount I was selling it for> okay?
Them: I've heard these have been duped and I want to do a test to make sure it's the real thing.
Me: Uh, okay? O_o
Them: We need to go outside, I'll make sure I'm far enough away from you and you'll drop it, then I can do the test
Me: Uh... How about no.
Them: OMG DUPER DUPER!!!! I'm going to report you for duping! Unless of course you sell it to me for <half price>
Me: ...
Them: OMG YOU REALLY ARE A DUPER
Me: How about I report you for scamming instead?
*blissful silence as they log out*
I mean, really now *rolls eyes*
Squishy ftw
Someone wanted to buy some elite tomes and he told me he'd offer a very rare mini. So I take a look at whatever he has to offer, and he offers ... a Ceratadon..
This was at the 2nd day of that promotion, so pretty much everyone and their mom was running around with one of those, yet he kept trying to convince me that it was an uber rare mini worth a lot more than my elite tomes.
He stopped trying when I showed my ceratadon..
This was at the 2nd day of that promotion, so pretty much everyone and their mom was running around with one of those, yet he kept trying to convince me that it was an uber rare mini worth a lot more than my elite tomes.
He stopped trying when I showed my ceratadon..
ThyNecromancer
A scam I got was a runner from becons to droknar's for 3K. He made a full party and then left and started making a new party. I reported him to anet but they replied that, if someone had not fulfullied their agreement then nothing can be done. Which since then I've hatted their support.
Oh.. I'm sure everyone has seen this one.
WTS (new chapter name) for 100K. I got 2 of them for my birthday and can't return the other one.
But the BIGGEST scam.. Eye Of The North...
Oh.. I'm sure everyone has seen this one.
WTS (new chapter name) for 100K. I got 2 of them for my birthday and can't return the other one.
But the BIGGEST scam.. Eye Of The North...
JeniM
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Oh.. I'm sure everyone has seen this one.
WTS (new chapter name) for 100K. I got 2 of them for my birthday and can't return the other one. But the BIGGEST scam.. Eye Of The North... |
I preordered a hard copy soon as it was announced then forgot about the preorder and bought one from ingame store to get BMP. Day after i buy ingame another comes in post
O'well move on i guess.
WTS EotN, start bidding at 50k
Or i'll just give it to my mate as a Christmas present
Hollow Gein
Hmmm..the worse for me was when someone tried to sell me 50 Globs of Frozen Ectoplasm as real Ecto. I noticed the color immediately it and told him outright "nice try". He then proceeded to call me a noob and said it was my monitors color that was off....LOL.
Roo Ella
Worst one I actually fell for because I was playing for about 6 hours straight and was dead tired.
I was selling a Grey Giant mini for 20k and someone offered 20g in the trade window and I accepted. DOHHHHHHH
Oh well live and learn NOT to sell anything when I'm tired.
I was selling a Grey Giant mini for 20k and someone offered 20g in the trade window and I accepted. DOHHHHHHH
Oh well live and learn NOT to sell anything when I'm tired.
fenix
The countless people who tried to get me to drop my Torment Shields when I was selling them, to make sure they were 'real'. lol.
JeniM
I scammed myself along time back.
I was buying Charr Hides in Ascalon areas for over merchant value (less than a quater of fur square value of course) and someone put Charr Carvings into the trade window and i just accepted
I learn't my lesson even if it was only a small loss, i decided i'd quit while i was only slightly down
Ofcourse that was a week before the Halloween event and the Charr Carvings were suddenly worth quite a bit due to the new traders
Hmm not sure i did learn a lesson
Owell now my mates just started playing i don't scam noobs anyway so the worlds as it should be (i only scammed the once for about an hour and i do feel guilty even if it was trivial compared to the major scams)
I was buying Charr Hides in Ascalon areas for over merchant value (less than a quater of fur square value of course) and someone put Charr Carvings into the trade window and i just accepted
I learn't my lesson even if it was only a small loss, i decided i'd quit while i was only slightly down
Ofcourse that was a week before the Halloween event and the Charr Carvings were suddenly worth quite a bit due to the new traders
Hmm not sure i did learn a lesson
Owell now my mates just started playing i don't scam noobs anyway so the worlds as it should be (i only scammed the once for about an hour and i do feel guilty
even if it was trivial compared to the major scams)
Onarik Amrak
Some retard offered me a Black Pearl saying something about how it makes your weapons better.
It was funny reading his explanation when I asked how.
It was funny reading his explanation when I asked how.
Qwertyfied
Someone telling me to drop my Silverwing outside, of course they were Assasin secondary, and made the casting of Recall as obvious as possible. They then proceeded to tell me they wanted to take a screenshot of it on the ground, and would pay me 20k. I played along, she started to run 1/2 way across the map behind a large rock, i asked her how she would be able to take a screenshot of it all the way from over there, with a rock infrount of her, she promptly left.
tryptamine_xxp
''running to droks 2k!! 1k here 1k droks''
Sasuke The Betrayer
Omfg, the story I have is unbelievable.
Some dude wants me to drop my minipet (same ol' story that leads up to this). For some reason though, he's a W/R, which means he has no way to teleport or such to get my items. So I think, alright, it'd be funny to see that he does. We both go outside of Kamadan, and tells me to drop, as I'm very far away from him. It took me a good 20 seconds before I realized his trick. I spilled it for him: He was trying to teleport back into Kamadan before I could pick up my item so it'd get deleted. Right after I said that, he cried about getting scammed or something, and losing 100k. I effing rofled.
Some dude wants me to drop my minipet (same ol' story that leads up to this). For some reason though, he's a W/R, which means he has no way to teleport or such to get my items. So I think, alright, it'd be funny to see that he does. We both go outside of Kamadan, and tells me to drop, as I'm very far away from him. It took me a good 20 seconds before I realized his trick. I spilled it for him: He was trying to teleport back into Kamadan before I could pick up my item so it'd get deleted. Right after I said that, he cried about getting scammed or something, and losing 100k. I effing rofled.
tryptamine_xxp
ive had the same thing but he used vengeance after i sacked my hp and he rezed me ! but i droped a wood plank :P
Rinadan Farhunt
Best scam ever was when I shouted out in trade chat:
"WTS Sir Tydus! Reduced cost due to battle damage! Pm me with offer!"
I then got several pm's asking how much I wanted. i quickly got fed up replying, so I then shouted:
"To everyone who is pm'ing me, I cannot sell Sir Tydus as he is an npc, it was a JOKE."
"WTS Sir Tydus! Reduced cost due to battle damage! Pm me with offer!"
I then got several pm's asking how much I wanted. i quickly got fed up replying, so I then shouted:
"To everyone who is pm'ing me, I cannot sell Sir Tydus as he is an npc, it was a JOKE."
Griff Mon
We had a guy join our group on a FOW run some time back and he pretended he was chatting with someone else in the game and kept saying, "sry, wrong chat". The conversation was about how you could go outside and drop things and dupe them and he would stand far away and get his friend a copy of the item. Then he tried to act all coy about it and said it was a big secret, but he would show us if we promised not to tell. Yea, right, we called him a scammer, and gave him the boot. So completely lame.
zwei2stein
btw: your average scammer no longer needs to be assassin secodnary, thanks to existance of wonderfull pve skills: http://gw.gamewikis.org/wiki/Ebon_Escape
Kusandaa
I was spamming to sell stuff in LA, and this guy PMs me, saying he'd buy them all for 20k... if I was fast enough. *shrugs* Whatever to get rid of this... First time, I'm not fast enough. Second, either. Third is the good one... however, he had put 20g instead of 20k. I canceled the trade, called him a scammer in local chat and he went offline right away x].
Oh and even more obvious - selling shards, this guy offers 3g instead of 3k RIGHT AWAY. I laughed my ass off. And he let it a long time in trade...
Oh and even more obvious - selling shards, this guy offers 3g instead of 3k RIGHT AWAY. I laughed my ass off. And he let it a long time in trade...
Smile Like Umean It
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All pretty much same story. Someone wanted to help me dupe an item. Asked me to go outside and drop it. I dropped an item and they shadow stepped to me and grabbed it. They then laughed at me for being a noob.
THEN they opened their inventory and saw their brand new bone. THEN I laughed at them and they told me they were going to report me to Anet. So i laughed harder Some strange people in the world, of Guild Wars. |
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btw: your average scammer no longer needs to be assassin secodnary, thanks to existance of wonderfull pve skills: http://gw.gamewikis.org/wiki/Ebon_Escape
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The whole point of the scam is that you're far away. No one is going to fall for that. Well, no one with common sense.
McMullen
Stupidest attempt i've seen is someone offerring some Stones of the Elements and Enslavement Stones instead of DoA Gems.
What made it funnier was that the names actually appeared in the trade window without having to scroll over the items thanks to that neat update a while back.
What made it funnier was that the names actually appeared in the trade window without having to scroll over the items thanks to that neat update a while back.
pumpkin pie
the most pathetic one I've seen was some guy trying to sell Glob of Frozen Ectoplasma as Rare Crafting Materials.
chowmein69
i wanted to join a guild , this guy said i can jion the best Gvg guild by paying 10k and it doesnt even has a shiny lines in it so i just ignore him
Seraphic Divinity
Yes, I hereby shall admit for EVERYONE to know that -I- alone am the person responsible for scamming you in Shing Jea
I am sitting on 12 accounts in Shing Jea spamming (need 30 gold for storage, will pay back!)
and I -NEVER- give it back
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA
I make 30 gold a day
I am sitting on 12 accounts in Shing Jea spamming (need 30 gold for storage, will pay back!)
and I -NEVER- give it back
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA
I make 30 gold a day
You can't see me
I'm going to have to say that the worst scam attempt ever was when I was selling an elemental sword back in Kamadan, and this person Pm's me in all caps saying "I BUY. GO OUTSIDE WITH ME." So I invite him, figuring he wants to see the skin before he buys. So then he says. "OK. GO DIE."
At that point I asked him if he was going to buy it or not because I had other things to sell, he trades, shows me 100k, and repeats his previous statement. So, being the nice person I am, I go and die to humor him. At which point I ask him again, is he going to buy it or not? So he responds with the bright statement "I BUY. I MAKE MOVIE." So, watching him, I see him ressurect me with Unyielding Aura. This is where I say, "I'm not dropping the sword so you can pick it up when you stop maintaining the enchantment, you imbisile. You waste my time."
This is where he left, and I pmed him telling him how pathetic he was.
At that point I asked him if he was going to buy it or not because I had other things to sell, he trades, shows me 100k, and repeats his previous statement. So, being the nice person I am, I go and die to humor him. At which point I ask him again, is he going to buy it or not? So he responds with the bright statement "I BUY. I MAKE MOVIE." So, watching him, I see him ressurect me with Unyielding Aura. This is where I say, "I'm not dropping the sword so you can pick it up when you stop maintaining the enchantment, you imbisile. You waste my time."
This is where he left, and I pmed him telling him how pathetic he was.
Ranger Rog
When Factions first came out there was a shortage of steel at the rare material trader and I had a couple of stacks in storage, so I stood in Kaineng selling it. Someone PM'd me asking for 100 ingots, I messaged him back him back saying sure but give me a minute because I was in a trade with someone and had another couple of people waiting.
When I caught up with him he told me that trade wasn't working since the latest update and we would have to go outside and trade by dropping the steel and his payment on the floor.
Brain Donor.
When I caught up with him he told me that trade wasn't working since the latest update and we would have to go outside and trade by dropping the steel and his payment on the floor.
Brain Donor.
Quru
One guy tried to trade Warrior Tome to me and he said "Using this you can get the most expensive warrior armor at the game." And he said that even necroes a can use that armor.
Melei Hawke
I was in Lion's Arch and see this guy selling a rare white bag for 5 or 10 K. This is just after they came out with the Charr Bags so I ask him what the name of the bag is thinking maybe they had something new out there. He says it just says bag and that it is white. So I ask him if he dyed a storage bag white? He says yes but that people have been buying them and that they are worth it because he has to buy the dye...
Omniclasm
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Yeah, but don't you need to be just outside of the aggro circle to do that?
The whole point of the scam is that you're far away. No one is going to fall for that. Well, no one with common sense. |
NoXiFy
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Originally Posted by Squishy ftw
Someone wanted to buy some elite tomes and he told me he'd offer a very rare mini. So I take a look at whatever he has to offer, and he offers ... a Ceratadon..
This was at the 2nd day of that promotion, so pretty much everyone and their mom was running around with one of those, yet he kept trying to convince me that it was an uber rare mini worth a lot more than my elite tomes. He stopped trying when I showed my ceratadon.. |
HawkofStorms
Guy trying to sell me a shard of jadite for 3k and passing it off as an obsidian shard. Right....