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jray14

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: May 2005

NC, USA

Ohm Mahnee Pedmay [Hoom]

28 Jun 2009 at 17:58 - 1

Just curious if this is a known scam:

I traded with someone, and then a few seconds later someone showed up with the same name except one letter in the middle changed. She sent several PM's like "How many ectos did I just give you?" It got annoying, so I just logged off for a while.

My trade didn't even involve ectos, so I'm pretty sure it wasn't just the same person bugging me, because that would be a lame scam attempt

. But if it's a third-party, then perhaps she was playing the odds and hoping to convince me that she was the same person but accidentally overpaid me or whatnot...

Marverick

Forge Runner

Join Date: Aug 2006

R/

28 Jun 2009 at 18:24 - 2

If it wasn't the same person, then how would that person know the name of the person you were trading with?

zelgadissan

Forge Runner

Join Date: Feb 2008

The Warrior Priests [WP]

Me/Rt

28 Jun 2009 at 18:26 - 3

Half the people in GW wouldn't even consider trading back if the person was like "OMG I overpaid, plz give sum ectoz", they'd just laugh their asses off. Doesn't seem like it would be a worthwhile scam.

Gift3d

Forge Runner

Join Date: Feb 2007

Las Vegas

Enraged Whiny Carebears [oR]

W/E

28 Jun 2009 at 18:33 - 4

Happened in GToB right? Yeah there's tons of dumb nerds who do that all day long, just don't trade in GToB.

Sometimes i'll run up to people as if i'm trading them, leave for a min, then come back and watch like 2-3 people come into the district with a name like mine. It's fun.

Tender Wolf

Banned

Join Date: Jul 2007

All over Tyria, Cantha, & Elona

The Eternal Night Vanguard [TEN]

R/

28 Jun 2009 at 18:36 - 5

I see lots of people with two chars standing side by side, very similar names, same guild tag, and they're always sync dancing. I've never been scammed by one of them, but I think it's a pretty lame attempt because it's so obvious it's the same person or at least a guildie with a PVP character looking like their friend's.

Tramp

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Jan 2008

Mo/

28 Jun 2009 at 18:37 - 6

yup, old scam, happens constantly. take a screenshot and send it into support. I have gotten at least 3 of those retards banned that way already.

End

Forge Runner

Join Date: Jan 2008

Rubbing Potassium on water fountains.

LF guild that teaches MTSC (did it long ago before gw2 came out and I quit...but I barely remember)

N/A

28 Jun 2009 at 18:37 - 7

Yeah just report they probably won't do anything about it but you can feel good about yourself

Antares Ascending

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Aug 2008

E/

28 Jun 2009 at 19:41 - 8

.

Just reply none..and you aren't the person I traded with. I'm screenshoting this and don't like scammers. That should make them go away. If not just put them on ignore

Cracko

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Apr 2006

28 Jun 2009 at 21:51 - 9

I don't get it? Someone explain please.

Nerel

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Jun 2008

Australia, what you want my home address?

[CAT]

Mo/

28 Jun 2009 at 22:35 - 10

This happened to me once, I think they asked "How many did I just give you?"... after I traded some junk to one of my own storage accounts in GToB , and they were impersonating the character on my storage account with a slightly misspelled name. Fail.

BenjZee

Forge Runner

Join Date: Dec 2006

The Overacheivers [Club]

Mo/

28 Jun 2009 at 22:54 - 11

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cracko

I don't get it? Someone explain please.

your display pic amuses me so ill explain. You have traded a possibly high end amount of money for an item with a player. 10 minutes later someone who happens to notice you did the trade creates a character with similar name and pretends to be them exclaiming that "you may hav been overpaid"....this has many problems with it yet still could hav leaded to possible scam

Cracko

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Apr 2006

28 Jun 2009 at 23:17 - 12

Quote:

Originally Posted by SmithyBen

your display pic amuses me so ill explain. You have traded a possibly high end amount of money for an item with a player. 10 minutes later someone who happens to notice you did the trade creates a character with similar name and pretends to be them exclaiming that "you may hav been overpaid"....this has many problems with it yet still could hav leaded to possible scam

..How could anyone fall for that? Seriously.

Anyway, thanks.

1337 H4X

Academy Page

Join Date: Apr 2009

SNOW

29 Jun 2009 at 00:08 - 13

If someone can fall for these they deserve to be scammed

BenjZee

Forge Runner

Join Date: Dec 2006

The Overacheivers [Club]

Mo/

29 Jun 2009 at 01:24 - 14

I think its not so much the factor of some idiot falling for it but the idiot themselves attempting the scam that baffles me

Wish Swiftdeath

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Feb 2007

Mo/W

29 Jun 2009 at 03:49 - 15

why on earth would anyone give money back anyway?

He'd have to be a friend and then he'd be on my list/guild.

Miss Isolde

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: May 2009

Just Credibility

P/W

29 Jun 2009 at 07:02 - 16

Someone tried to pull that one on me a while back. I'd been trading with my best friend in order to move something from one of my accounts to another. Then someone with a misspelled variant of my name showed up, trying to tell my best friend that there was a problem with the trade, and she'd need the money back.

Well, she sure didn't fall for that one. 1) I didn't show as online on her friends list. 2) The scammer had gotten the trade's direction wrong. 3) The scammer had absolutely horrible spelling and grammar, which made her sound very much not like me.

So my friend told me on MSN, and I hopped on again to report the scammer. *shakes head* Do they really expect people to fall for that one?

In a way, it's good to know it's not just me people try to pull that one on, though.

pumpkin pie

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Jul 2006

behind you

bumble bee

E/

29 Jun 2009 at 07:09 - 17

Quote:

Originally Posted by Marverick

If it wasn't the same person, then how would that person know the name of the person you were trading with?

same person with 2-unlimited accounts

question to jray14
did you interact in whisper or have you at anytime chat in the local chat channel when you ask to buy stuff off the seller? Could any third party had "overheard" or was spying on you?

Nerel

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Jun 2008

Australia, what you want my home address?

[CAT]

Mo/

29 Jun 2009 at 07:43 - 18

This happens to people who haven't advertised that they are trading in anyway, no local/trade channel conversations... just two characters walking up to each other and standing still for a while... as I said above, this happened to me when I was trading a few items between my accounts in GToB, near storage.

Miss Isolde

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: May 2009

Just Credibility

P/W

29 Jun 2009 at 07:49 - 19

Exactly, Nerel. When it happened to me, I hadn't said anything in any channels that would be shared by anyone but me and my best friend. The hashing it out was done over MSN or in whispers. So I guess the fact that we were standing still next to each other made some people assume we were trading. In our case we were, but I wonder if they've ever done that to someone who *weren't* trading, just standing still near each other.

Makes me wonder how much time these scammers waste on making characters with similar names and looking for people who're standing still next to each other.

Nanood

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Aug 2005

Supermans Crystal Palace

Legion Of The Dark Sun

29 Jun 2009 at 07:59 - 20

Might belong in the potentially dumbest scam ever attempted catagory.

Yang Whirlwind

~ Retired ~

Join Date: Nov 2005

Copenhagen, Denmark (GMT +1)

E/

29 Jun 2009 at 10:01 - 21

I had someone whisper me in GToB a few months ago with basically the same message: "how much did I just trade you?". Since I hadn't completed any trades with this person I simply said so.
Smelled like someone trying to scam and failing miserably!

Ghost Omel

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Aug 2007

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W/

29 Jun 2009 at 12:17 - 22

.... Wasnt there a thread on this couple of weeks back?

Anyway.. i havent seen a double of me yet.... In any game to that matter.. Now ive never known any 1 which had the same scam done to them.... Never heard of a scamm like this before Guru... maybe because i am a trade.. and no trading back person when it comes toimaginary pixels....In any case hope there wont be any clones of any 1 running around.. wether you like it orn not people remmeber certain names and reputation big or small can spread...

nitetime

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: May 2005

eotn

W/

29 Jun 2009 at 14:50 - 23

I did not enjoy trying to read that ^

I just cant believe that there are people wasting their time doing this. I haven't experienced it yet, but I feel the need to go try.

Sjeng

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Aug 2005

in my GH

Limburgse Jagers [LJ]

W/

29 Jun 2009 at 14:54 - 24

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nanood

Might belong in the potentially dumbest scam ever attempted catagory.

QFT. This has got to be the stupidest scam attempt ever. I mean, how obvious is this!? trading your own secondary account for a while, just to get one of those idiots ask you: "How much did I just trade you?" seems like a fun thing to do all of a sudden when going afk. "Stupid Scammer fishing" :P
Ah well. It's their time they're wasting.

*imagines:*
Scammer "S": "How much did I just trade you?"
Me: "Who the hell are you?"
S: "I just traded you, but I think I might have overpaid you :O "
Me: "Oh boy! You think 50g for a brown dye was too much!?!? Oh gods! The horror!" *lols*
or: "Dude, I just traded my storage account, not you. Pityfull scam attempt. consider yourself reported."
or: "Great story bro!"
or: "Oh, okay, just give me back my Armbrace and I'll pay you back your 50k"

Anyone know some better clever responses?

MithranArkanere

Underworld Spelunker

Join Date: Nov 2006

wikipedia.org/wiki/Vigo

Heraldos de la Llama Oscura [HLO]

E/

29 Jun 2009 at 15:51 - 25

"Oh, sorry, I'll return you the human liver, but you must send me back my human-baby-fed hyena."
Yeah, that's clever.

Anyways, if people keep doing it, it's because they are either being deceived to believe so by other scammers so they try it too, or because it actually worked before.