New Type of Scam: Nicholas Gifts

Today, a monk was trying to scam ppl with Nicholas gifts from pre in Great Temple Am d1. He put his ad as "WTS Nicholas gifts 5k/each". Since this is in post, so 99% ppl would think that gift means gifts of the traveler. So did I, I was getting my z-quest reward atm and saw his ad, thought 5k/each is a good deal cuz most ppl buy and sell them for 7-8k/each. Then..............

This screen shoot will tell you what happened next:



Good thing is I have played in pre for almost a year and knew those gifts the first day they were introduced into pre, so obviously I wont fall into his trap...


But for those ppl who don't, please be aware of these new kind of gifts scam!


Interesting thing is that monk still insist that that's not scam cuz he can sell his stuff for whatever price he want...

lol...white vs green, easy catch, unless you aren't paying attention, then you deserve to get ripped off...people been trying this since Nicholas appeared in post though.

This is not new. Scammers have done this ever since Nicholas went post. Technically, they can claim it's not a scam. They do in fact offer gifts from Nicholas. People just need to read.

lawl people would think...nothing reportable, hes not saying they are traveler

Casuals deserve to be scammed?

Been going on for weeks.
Many sellers even advertise with WTS Gifts of the HUNTSMAN 5k/each, but seems like people don't read careful enough and just see the "WTS Gifts for 5k/each"-part.

Heck, its not even Casuals who are being scammed. Its anybody who hasn't been in pre in the last year. If you made your Prophecies characters 3 years ago, you don't know anything about the presearing gifts since its a relatively new thing.

Way to fail at crossing out names. Good find though.

How is this a scam?

If he would say "selling gifts of the traveler", then sure, it would be a scam. But he's not saying that. He is in fact not specifying what gifts he is selling, so saying this is a scam is wrong.

It's worse than Frozen Ectoplasm scam. Because both Gifts start with "Gift of the", both look the same, only colors are a bit different.

I can't tell if that's sarcasm or not.

Gifts really could use a bit different item icon.

He said he's selling Nicholas gifts, and he's selling Nicholas gifts. Where's the scam here?

Sorry for off topic but I lol'd when I saw the screenshot, trying to cover up your name and the traders name and missing places, both names are still perfectly visible.

Back on topic anyway, the gifts are a different colour this scam is poor and a failcopter that's already crashed and burned.

A pre gift sold at 5k in GtoB is a scam, because these gifts are definitely not worth 5k (see rewards). The guy is obviously trying to exploit the fact that the name sounds similar and even the appearance is similar if you look too quickly. And these gifts are quite "fashionable".

Scamming is more an intent than an illegal action (some email scams are perfectly legit, but it's a subtle play on words). I have little doubt that the guy is in GtoB from per with these gifts at a price exactly below the price of the post gifts just by mistake.

overpricing =/= scamming
would you consider running CoF for 3k when the usual price is 2k scamming?

Bah, that's scamming, but at least it's stupid scamming. Guy yesterday tried the old : cancel, cancel, "oop's full", storage, offer 10k instead of 100k scam. So I just cancelled. Bear in mind, I was partaking of what I call Drunken Guildwars, which involves being utterly, motherlessly smash drunk while playing. Seriously, if you fall for that shite it's more or less your own fault, not that I don't sympathise or would ever try something like it. Hell, "powertrading" is little better than scamming to me, though many disagree, as is their right.

I got "scammed" for a whole 3k the other day by some douchebag "running" the charged blackness quest. 1) I made him use the essence before I paid, and 2) that was char 1 of 9 I wanted to get run. Way I see it, nice way to screw yourself.

On the flip side, got an awesome run of SoO today, though the runner was getting annoyed with his lag resulting in dying a total of about 7 times, 5 at Fendi. As I say, you should see me run CoF...there's a reason I don't take passengers

Meh. It's pretty obvious to me even though I haven't been to pre in a while. But if it gets bad, they could change the text of the post gifts to green. Although I actually wonder if that would be enough...

I have personally come across sellers who are claiming to be selling Gifts of the Traveler, but will put up Gifts of the Huntsman in trade. This is a scam, while someone offering the pre Gifts with a WTS Gifts 5k is not.

This type of scam has been around for... long before I started playing

The point is, it avoids being a scam by saying NICHOLAS GIFT..which could mean either of them. Otherwise they could just say they were sellin travellet gifts for 5k each