What is the most pathetic scamming attempt that you encountered?

dear god i was laughing so hard i was gasping for air....

Dude I think I just spewed my coffee...

A Numeric Malfunctionary Disability???? omfg LOL

DarkWasp you win the thread holy crap LMAO

OMG. Wow DarkWasp's is GREAT. I really wish you had a screen shot of all that. What great BS.

His name was Khazad Guard (well Celestial Magician at the time) this is his story :P. Its not the most pathetic scam, but all scams are pathetic, so yeah..

Was in Kaineng City International District (Inter. Dis-black market of the GW world:P) (I'm in International Dis. purely because it takes me faster to load when I'm playing h/h). So this guy was spamming for awhile, but being I didnt really bother reading what he was selling as I saw the 500k price tag.


Such a sad day, I never got my Mini Balthazar

Apart from that I've been rather stupid on a few occasions such as forgetting items from Storage cannot be taken directly into Trade Channel and submitting nothing. Oopsy

Was Selling a Bow of the hierophant, dude offers 85k,sale wouldnt go through because he had full packs, he says "here take these and give em back after the trade", puts two items in the trade, while also changing the gold amount to 8,500g, told him to go empty his packs and come back, he comes back and only puts 8,500g in trade window, told him to take a hike........

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Darkwasp!! AHAHAHHA!

Numeric Malfunctionary Disability

Yes, his processor's ALU coding is corrupt, and it only affects the output of numbers...wait.... no, PHAIL.

ROFLMAO, Darkwasp's scammer... just wow... most pathetic attempt I've seen in this entire thread. BS after BS after BS, followed by more BS. MAde my day and I woke up half an hour ago x] x] x]

Well heres another oldschool scam, if anyone remembers it.

Situation 1:
LottoMan: LottoMan's lottery! Bettings start at 500g. Use "/Roll 100" Roll 60-80 for 1x money 80-99 for double money 100 for 3x!!
Random1 gives him 7k.
Random1 rolls a 2 on a 100 sided die.
LottoMan: Oooh, too bad.
Random2 gives him 6k
Random2 rolls a 100 on a 100 sided die.
LottoMan dissapears and can now be found in a different district.

Situation 2:
LottoMan: LottoMan's lottery! Bettings start at 500g. Use "/Roll 100" Roll 60-80 for 1x money 80-99 for double money 100 for 3x!!
Random1: lol i tell bet then roll... that way if i win or lose we only trade 1 time
LottoMan: What?
Random1: i give u money if i lose
LottoMan: I'm a trusted lottery, ask around.
Random2 who is actauly a friend: I won 2k from him
A bunch of random people give him money for a group betting.
LottoMan dissapears and comes back later claiming it was lag and that it erased the money.

Situation 3:
LottoMan: LottoMan's lottery! Bettings start at 500g. Use "/Roll 100" Roll 60-80 for 1x money 80-99 for double money 100 for 3x!!
RandomGuy gives LottoMan 7k
RandomGuy: "Ok here it goes, Ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo i better win.... RandomGuy rolls 100 on a 100 sided die."

(Appearantly he had arranged it so that on a 1024x794(or whatever) resolution, it would be perfectly spaced like he did the emote below his text.)
((What he didn't know was, he resized his chatbox from default and everyone saw "oo i better win.... Random guy rolls 100 on a 100 sided die." on the bottom row))

LottoMan didn't fall for it.




For all of you who don't know what i'm talking about, go outside or to your guild hall and type /roll 100. This was removed from towns because of these lotteries.

I've only been playing GW a month and although I'm getting the hang of things quite quickly now i still have trouble with what things are worth

well i was messing around in PS and picked up a purple skull shield with +10 armour didn't need it and needed a charr kit so i thought id sell it to help towards saving for that

the euro server was dead as it was about 4am so went to the American dist
and started advertising my sale in trade when a guy wisp me with an offer of 3.5k well that's a huge amount of money in PS so i jumped at it

only to be told the next day that that shield was only worth about 500g
i felt really guilty but couldn't remember how to spell the buyers name

i still feel guilty about it =(

I think everyone agrees that Darkwasp wins this thread.

This Is Dans Father

I Just Would Like To Say That Dan Wins For Being Incredibly Pathetic At Making Up Excuses

Don't feel guilty - anyone with 3.5k to spend in pre knows very well how much things are worth. If he was willing to spend that then either it fit a build he was using or he was trying to help a new person out with a little extra cash. Either way, he knew what he was doing and he meant to do it.

OMFG AHAHAHHA This is just too good!!! AHAHAHAH

Hands down Dark Wasp...the absolute best! Poor little Dan seems to have the mechanic's wife syndrom...computer tech dad can't fix that nasty "Numeric Malfunctionary Disability"...must really suck when he does his homework! Thanks for the great laugh!

I take immense pleasure in wasting time of scammers

I was selling a Tormented Shield in Kamadan a guy comes and says

He: I need to see the skin outside
Me Ok no problem

He :Ok I like it i will buy it
Me: ok

We try to trade he says there is a bug and he cant see the stats

Me: Thats a pity
He: I know a trick how its to be done
Me: Ok show me

He: Now run to that mob and die
Me :why
HE: coz thats the way it works
Me : Ok

I run like noob and die
He reserects me with Temperory res and tells me to stand far away from him

HE: Now drop the shield so I can see the stats and duplicate the item
ME: duplicate
He : Yeah i hace a code which can duplicate items
ME :Where did u buy it
He: Just drop it man i will show u

ME : Whats this code like numeric alphabets
He : Both
ME :How many digits
He : thats not important let us duplicate the weapon

Me : is this legal and allowed by anet
He : yes
ME: Are you sure
He: Yes done it before.
ME :Okay nice

HE : so drop the shield
Me: Wait maybe I want to duplicate my green mini pet GWEN its in storage
HE : we cannot
ME :why
He :coz i activated the code

ME :what code
He: Duplication code (starts getting irritated)
Me : why did u activate it
HE: doesnt matter lets get it over fast
ME: so lets go over this process again

I irriate him for 5 more minutes

He :understood
ME: whats that
HE :what
ME: why did u res me with temperory res
HE : that the way it will work
ME k rdy

I drop a crappy worth 3 gold drop
He: what drop the shield
ME: i want to test it 1st
he : u cannot i can be done only once


me: but u just told me u did it before
he: i can u cannot
ME: i have idea why not sell me the code

HE: offer ?
Me 200K thats fair i say

he: ok
ME : how do we trade
HE: u give me 100k now , i will give u the code and then u give me 100K
me: i need guarantee for 100K

ME: do u have any armor that i can keep with me for guarantee
He: (he is totally pissed off now -but still hopeful)man just drop the shield

me: okay so for the final time u have used this special code to duplicate items in the game for other
he: why do u want me to say that
ME: just checking

I dribble drabble for another 10 minutes and

me: okay so for the final time u have used this special code to duplicate items in the game for other

he : why do u want me to say that u are acting suspicious
me: lol i am standong on temp res and u want me to drop the shield and i am acting suspicious
me ;ok ok

he : i have to go man lets hurry
Me ;ok 1 sec someone at door

After 10 minutes I return
me :sorry dud salesman

he: just drop the damn shield

already 40 minutes have passed by and i have take screen print of all chat

me : man Am i glad the screen print kicks ass in this game

he logs out

/report

^^ That one is good too....

40 minutes...lmao

you have got leet stalling skills - can you teach me?:P

Haha , I towtally agree with you about how fun stalling these guys get. They just have to be patient but their greed overwhelms them to the point where they can't hold back their anger and start givin off sparks so we can report =)

I've been a runner for god knows how long and in that business, you do meet all kinds. Afk pretenders, those that show u cash in the Perch and then drop it off at storage before u go out, outright stupid ones, so on and so long. But it's always super fun to be persistent and ruin their game. I have one event that comes to mind , not too shabby but why not share.

I was yelling in beacons to get a full party o payin customers for a droknar run in beacons (I had the wammo veil runner build) and I had 2 free spots. A dervish with a mate of his had been trying to join despite all my rejections. I did accept at last to tell him that I don't run lvl 20s. He immediately said: I'll pay (and showed money). His friend, also showed money and said he was his guildie. That was good cuz that means he would be easier to track if something were to go wrong.

We start the run and finish lornars and DD. At the start of snake dance I ask for %50 the cash (like I advertised in beacons) and all the customers but the dervish pay. So I start the same o same o, scammer de-programming crap =P He doesn't budge (afk pretender). After about 10 minutes ppl try to convince me to meet em at beacons for a re-run. I give their money back and zone to DD, start luring griffons to the party so everyone dies.

After enough DP I quit, I dunno if he ever made it to rankor with that DP (if he had indeed a running build packed) but that was creative improvisation on my part I'd say, and I'm proud of myself

Even better is to then add insult to injury is to add the following : As you see him pick it up, you type something like "NOOOOOOO, not my favorite lucky charm..." type of comment and proceed to convince him that you actually value that worthless thing you dropped, then repeat the slap across his face harder with another convincing item for his sins

Haha

Hahah ok these are funny.. I have a decent one. Doin my droks runs for a few days cuz what else is there to do when it's raining. Start a group, tell them the story, pay here and here and here. Everyone's like ok sounds good. Have the cash. So i get to payment spot one, no payment from 1 guy, so ok, cut your losses 2K or w/e. Kept running, got to second load zone for payment, guy who didn't pay started harsh lagging. Wouldn't pay me, so i told him i'd abandon him right now if he didn't pay. Everyone started whining and telling me they'd pay for him and what not. I didn't care, said I would abbandon this one guy if he didn't pay all. He kept cancelling. I load extremely fast, and he unfortunately doesn't. I walked in and out of portals until he dropped. Got a pm 2 seconds later, i just reported you. Everyone laughed, and i finished the run. All in a days work.

Why do you not run level 20s?

When I've bought runs to Drok's, its usually been on a level 20 toon.

This post ^ is full of win and fail at the same time

lol a scammer approached me 5 minutes ago

A new one
Can I take a Screen print of the shield for my home page




he kept on saying he just wanted to to stand next to fdropped shield and take a screen print

Oh it's cuz lvl 20 W/mo's and D/Mo or D/a's pack running builds when they join you and start running on their own when u get to snake dance without paying.

I do run lvl 20's, eles monks necros rits messes but not chars that have a risk of pulling off snake dance, since the whole thing is about lornars anyway.

I would collect the whole fee by the end of dreadnoughts if it were up to me.

When I run Dervishes from LA to Beacons, why do they always try to outrun me?

Because it's fun.

Your story reminds me of P-P-P-P-Powerbook! http://www.zug.com/pranks/powerbook/

LMAO!

It's even funnier to outrun dervishes with warriors (yeah this is personal )

haha i could have pissed myself laughing.. XD

Him: Im interested in your chaos axe!
Me: Ok, c/o is 50k
Him: Can i see it plz?
Me: Sure ^^
Him: Lets go outside
Me: Err. Ok.
*Plains Of Jarin*
Him: I'm an admin you know
Me: right.
(Right about here i realise its a scam, but try to have fun with it)
Him: I give you money on your account. I need your email and pass though.
Me: rly? but your an admin dont you have that stuff?
Him: No only mega-admin has that
Me: oh. k so what do you need?
Him: Email and pass
Me: I need a sandwhich, do you have time?
Him: not really, im in a rush
Him: You have 5 mins than thers no free money for you
Me: K brb
*5 mins later*
Me: Back, no peanut butter. I have to go to walmart now :<
Him: k. email and pass please
Me: sorry, why again?
Him: so i can give you free money
Me: maybe..
Him: dude i g2g soon
Me: fine fine...but first, should i buy peanut butter or cheese?
Him: cheese...
Him: its better
Me: Shweet. sec phone
*another 5 mins later*
Him: plz hurry
Me: WOAH MOMS YELLING TTYL!!!




I fail at messing with scammers.. but i tried, right? xP

Trust me that wasn't a fail, that was awesome.

And seriously, ever tried a cheese and jelly sandwich?

Get the peanut butter!

ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwww

However, peanut butter and cheese is a thing of beauty!

Guy: WTS Kuunivang 80k!
Me: *still wishing I'd bought Collector Factions and not having seen Kuuni below 90k* I'm interested
Guy: ok
Guy: just so you know, the mini comes as an egg
Guy: but it appears as the dragon when you use it
Guy: ok?
Me: .oO(Wha? o_O)
Guy: ok??
Me: ok... *busy messaging guildies about shenanigans*
Guy: *opens trade window. the 'egg' is a Burning Heart or some such... a Fire Imp drop)
Me: ... you are so stupid
Guy: it's an egg!
Me: and it makes a good screenshot!
Guy: sorry! ok, I lied, pls dont report me!
Me: why not? *now busy watching guildies laugh*
Guy: someone scammed me like this so im doing it to get my money back


The thing is, I could almost believe a stupid scam like that would have worked on this guy. o_O

Had this happen only minutes ago...

CoM HM run...2k run...easy & quick...I wasn't the one running, just going along for drops and chests.

So about halfway through the 3rd level...this guy goes AFK all of a sudden, doesnt mention hes leaving or anything. So someone mentions it...we all get to Muraki, pay...let the runner do his/her thing. Then open the end chest...a few moments later...we notice the one who had gone AFK...is dead...he died at the fire things before the stairs into muraki...and said he 'fell asleep' needless to say...a few of us waited it out until he left so he didnt rez and run to the endgame chest. It was pretty great...Kind of sad as well...for 2k LoL

It is even better if you start naming off a ton of GMs, asking which one they are. lol. Then you ask something about that GM that you know about. Some guy said he was Izzy the other day, lol... I was like, really? So Izzy, remind me where you come from... he was like, new york. I was like "oh, wow, last week on steam you said Arizona..." He logged out.

I have meet this guy he said the same thing and same excuse

Was in DoA yesterday and saw a guy in Party search selling a R9 Inscribable Zodiac Sword. I asked him how much he wanted for it, to which he replied 100k + ectos. anyone that keeps up on prices knows that is way too much so I decide I'm not interested. Then he goes on about how it's inscribable and you can only get inscribable Zodiacs from HoH chests. I inform him that you can also get inscribable zodiacs from the end chests of Deep & Urgoz. He then proceeds to call me a noob cause you can't get inscribable wepons from Factions. I then asked him if all the inscribable weapons me & my guild have gotten in Urgoz & the Deep where just my imagination & that he should read wiki. He then tries to appologized claiming he just saw it was an update, which it was, about a yr or so ago.

I was up real late, had been playing for a long time, but I had a good sword drop. So I wanted to mod it while I was in town merchanting stuff. So I advertise for a Sundering Sword Hilt. This was back when they were around 50K. I put up my money and he puts up the Hilt and I hit accept and it cancels. I ask if they are full or something and we try it again and I didn't check the item this time and hit accept. It was a Fiery Sword Hilt. I had him banned. I know he was because he came on days later with a different account pissed off, lol.

"Hey,I c yor new to the game.WELCOME!I sell kewl INFO that will let u finish NF in 2 hours.5k!!1"

Some guy pm'd that to my lvl 10 char in Kamadan >.<
Bit silly really considering my char had my r8 luxon title on at the time lol