How does abuse report really work in Guild Wars?

Hi all,

About week ago I got scammed - old standard scam 100g instead of 100k...+e
I posted abuse report on PlayNC with screen and explanation - got standard blablabla thank you answer few minutes after my report.
Looks great - but it's not...
What a surprise it was to see this guy active on GW 2 days after my post...
Yesterday by a coincidence I saw him and his Guild Lead in one of the outposts...
So I pm'ed his Guild Lead and told him what guy from his guild done together with screen as proof. GL reaction was "you where stupid not my fault".
Now I get the feeling I'm the only person around to care and not like scammers in the game... GW writes nice but empty answers, GL don't care and doesen't mind his guildies scam other ppl.

So is there anyone in GW that cares about players scamming other players or this is something standard for Guild Wars and accepted by most?
I'm playing for over 2 years and scams took place all the time but I thought - ehh I'm naive - that actions are taken...

Cheers,
Anna

They don't ban for scamming.

I'm sorry for your loss, but A-Net don't consider it a scam when you lose out in a trade like that, their point of view is that you should check the amount and items befor you hit the accept button.

I understand your feelings. I too have been scammed before, however anet does not do much regarding trade scams

If anet were allowed to talk to you like this, its exactly what they would say.

Pay more attention when trading.

yea its nasty... almost got scammed myself trying to sell a charr kit, same idea tried to give 5g rather than 5000g. Oh well, guess we just have to be carefull. We could try and compile a list of the scammers I guess... if that would do anything

I like to know what guild

sorry for your lost ...

it would be great to have a place where you can post proof of scamming activities

Reason I say the above: because anonimity makes the worse of people. If somehow their evil deeds are announced, I think it would deter players from wanting to try to trick another player less.

And they obviously don't ban for leeching either.
/waves at Dwight

Smart people don't get scammed. I, in my 8 years of playing online games, have never been scammed once. Stop whining over 100 gold, you're lucky your lack if good judgement didn't cost you more.

100k+ectos, gifted

my version, evil people don't get scammed mostly. and naive and people with no bad intentions get scammed usually.

99900gold you mean

there is a way name and shame

look the answer is simple....

check the offer twice or even three times

a net cannot help you if it's your own mistake

i mean like 100g and 100k is a big difference and easy to notice

so really it's your bad not his oder a nets

no scam just pure bad luck or stupidity sorry to say but it's more the second than the first

good luck in future


and check offers twice

or don't trade


sometimes you have to learn the hard way


peace

Don't listen to the above poster's, they're probably scammers themselves. A-net DOES ban people for trade scams, even if the scammer wasn't successful and even over trades of just 1k.

Send a explanation of what happened to http://help.plaync.com/cgi-bin/playn...nduser/ask.php include your characters name and the scammers character's name, time and time zone, and outpost and district.

If you don't believe me, read the what their staff has to say about it: http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/User_...porting_people

It doesn't especially when it comes to scams.

Hi,

Fusa I did post a report to them - ppl is on line live and laughing..

Well i'm not crying about 100k.. this was not the point.
I know to double check the trade and I am aware that this was also my fault, but on the other hand I myself would never do such a thing and if someone from my guild would done it well we would have long "conversation".
This is what irritates me the most ppl that feel anonymous and think they are smart and untouchable...
I'm crying about ppl scamming at general not lost of gold.
Like pumpkin pie wrote... "anonymity makes the worse of people"
GW doesn't ban, there is no place where we could post screens and names so circle is close and ppl scam all they want...

cheers,
anna

They have made it so easy to tell exactly how much gold is there and when the trade gets changed. Not paying attention is your own fault I'm sorry. If you can't manage to take 2 minutes to check then really it is your own fualt.

Then they haven't finished conducting the investigation against the scammers, or you didn't give enough information about the scam. I had one person try to switch 1k for 1g when I was selling a scar eater. I reported him, and he was banned for 2 weeks. Also saw someone else scamming in Kamaden over the weekend, and couple of days later I got the following response:

Well ,well seams like they have changed their policy regarding both scams and giving feedback regarding action taken (Gail allways stated that NO FEEDBACK would be given citing privacy concerns).

BTW. you forgot to black out GM Sven's name at the top.

They ban people for scamming for 999g but I have reported death threats (verbal abuse - I didn't take them seriously, but hey. I didn't even insult the guy during the hour I spent fighting with him, not ONCE x]) and they didn't ban the guy, even though he got reported by (apparently) over 20 people.

Note that I'm not QQing or anything, just seems amusing to me really x];;...

Report system works in mysterious ways. x]

EDIT: Although I did report a guy who was harassing 3 or 4 of my friends, he got banned 3 days. When he came back he PMed one of the guys saying that he'd report him for getting him banned... IIRC my friend reported him again for the lulz and he got re-banned.