new scam?

boogerboy72

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Sep 2007

[Scar]

N/Me

just thought id see what you all thought about it,

heres the gist, guy spamming "want to turn 250 ecto in 500? pm me"

so for fun, i pm him,

he explains he has a program that "rolls back" guildwars, that i have to go into a mission, drop my ectos on the ground, and he lags out, i click the pile twice, and get 500e in my inventory.

now, i know this is a scam, im no fool. but i play around with him for fun.

we enter thirsty river, he runs away till he gets to the ghostly hero, (may have something to do with it?) then tells me to drop it, so i drop my tengu curse staff. lol. hes like, it only works with rare crafting materials.

needless to say i call bs, let him know anet has his account name, and this conversation and what not.

heres what i dont get, how was he gonna get it? he as a d/mo and didnt use any skills except pious haste to run off.

ign removed

Malice Black

Site Legend

Join Date: Oct 2005

lol this is so old.

Can't post peoples names. Remove it.

Peachie

Peachie

Closed

Join Date: Nov 2005

England

The Peachatorium [hugs]

Mo/Me

This was on wiki ages ago in the common scams list. I don't know if it is still there now.

He waits for the drop, talks to hero so you warp to him after the cutscene. Then he outruns you back to your stuff.

Estic

Estic

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Mar 2006

Mongoose United

Quote:
Originally Posted by boogerboy72
btw, the ign was x there shouldnt be a prob posting this as he was a scammer.
No, he was a guy who beat you in RA and you are trying to get back at him.

Which one of us is lying? Nobody can tell.

Muspellsheimr

Muspellsheimr

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Feb 2007

Remove the IGN.

I haven't seen that particular setup before, but my guess would be that he would talk to the hero to activate the cinematic, and out-run you back to whatever had been dropped.

boogerboy72

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Sep 2007

[Scar]

N/Me

ahh, thanks for the info, i see how it works now.


as for getting beat in ra, if i listed those names, id have more than one lol.

Stolen Souls

Stolen Souls

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Feb 2006

Scammers are funny. They make me chuckle.

Estic

Estic

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Mar 2006

Mongoose United

Quote:
Originally Posted by boogerboy72
ahh, thanks for the info, i see how it works now.


as for getting beat in ra, if i listed those names, id have more than one lol.
Glad to be of service.

Freke

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Oct 2007

N/A

D/

BTW The name thing only applies if youre insulting/the person is insulting. If you're playing around and stuff or theres nothing serious about it you can leave it.

Just saying, I saw that posted by a Guru admin a while back.

Skyy High

Skyy High

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: May 2006

R/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Peachie
He waits for the drop, talks to hero so you warp to him after the cutscene. Then he outruns you back to your stuff.
What he said. Common scam, at least you saw through it, even if you didn't know what he was gonna do.

Kamatsu

Kamatsu

Moderator

Join Date: May 2005

Australia

Common and old scam. Please try using the search feature next time.

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