Scam Alert

Mumblyfish

Mumblyfish

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Feb 2005

Blighty

Kansas City Hotsteppers [KCHS]

03 Oct 2005 at 16:31 - 41
Quote:
Originally Posted by Charcoal Ann
you people who say 'u dumba$$': i'm sure that if someone said that they were giving away a few ecto for free you would accept.
Thanks for the poorly drawn comparison. Someone giving away items through the ingame trade interface is not comparable to someone promising nice things in return for your personal information.

Quote:
Originally Posted by Sekkira
Where's that topic from the admins to get people speaking in english?
Aye. It got unstickied a while ago, for seemingly no reason other than the admins want their fanbase to be illiterate, and MCS isn't around anymore to shout at people who type "u" over "you". I'm scared, Sekkira. Hold me.

Sister Rosette

Sister Rosette

Lady Fie

Join Date: Aug 2005

Sapporo

Tha Skulls [Ts]

D/W

03 Oct 2005 at 16:36 - 42
Quote:
Originally Posted by neoteo
whats the use of 1 milion platinum if you dont have friends
Screw friends. I'd buy ToA and charge admission.

User Name

Banned

Join Date: Sep 2005

03 Oct 2005 at 16:42 - 43
Quote:
Originally Posted by Charcoal Ann
': i'm sure that if someone said that they were giving away a few ecto for free you would accept.
how is that a scam?


if you fall for this scam you are a dumbass....seriously. Why would ATI need your email password? people never stop to think "why does this person need this???" All scamming could be shutdown completely if people weren't pathologically stupid.

Savio

Savio

Teenager with attitude

Join Date: Jul 2005

Fifteen Over Fifty [Rare]

03 Oct 2005 at 16:44 - 44
Quote:
Originally Posted by Mumblyfish
Aye. It got unstickied a while ago, for seemingly no reason other than the admins want their fanbase to be illiterate, and MCS isn't around anymore to shout at people who type "u" over "you". I'm scared, Sekkira. Hold me.
Meh...at least they make an effort, and we can understand them. Most people who don't speak English as their primary language type better than the leetspeak or whatever. Complain about those people rather than those that do try to follow the rules.

Back OT: You really shouldn't use the Internet if you can't help falling for scams. Above all else don't check your e-mail. No, I don't have a PayPal account right now, thanks for asking me to update my password for it. Scams abound on the Internet, and inside GW is no exception. Don't even trust your friends and family online (thanks to viruses and account hacking) unless you contact them "offline" first.

Sir Skullcrasher

Sir Skullcrasher

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Jun 2005

California

15 over 50 [Rare]

W/Mo

03 Oct 2005 at 17:05 - 45
that why i turn off my chat channel so i don't get any scammer that wanted to steal my account!

mm00re

mm00re

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: May 2005

In a van down by the river :)

After Dark Club [REAL]

W/Mo

03 Oct 2005 at 19:48 - 46
So I guess the fact of the matter is if you are just trying to be helpful and post a notice about a scammer or something you should be prepared to be flamed for it.

gg

Regardless if it affects me or not, I at least appreciate the notice.

User Name

Banned

Join Date: Sep 2005

03 Oct 2005 at 19:49 - 47
Quote:
Originally Posted by mm00re
So I guess the fact of the matter is if you are just trying to be helpful and post a notice about a scammer or something you should be prepared to be flamed for it.

gg

Regardless if it affects me or not, I at least appreciate the notice.

Don't purchase Oakleys from street vendors in New York....I'll fill you in on a little secret: They aren't real.

EternalTempest

EternalTempest

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Jun 2005

United States

Dark Side Ofthe Moon [DSM]

E/

03 Oct 2005 at 19:53 - 48
The route of this scam stems from the ati 10 hour giveaway trial of GuildWars that your suppose to have bought there card but it actually doesn't (at least at first) verify this.

So you if you have an ati card and running off the trial, the people that "lied" not likely to respond, will have added weight behind the scam working.

Alone)

Alone)

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Sep 2005

Campbell, California

Legio Imortalii

W/Mo

03 Oct 2005 at 19:56 - 49
Quote:
Originally Posted by User Name
how is that a scam?


if you fall for this scam you are a dumbass....seriously. Why would ATI need your email password? people never stop to think "why does this person need this???" All scamming could be shutdown completely if people weren't pathologically stupid.

Do you NOT read? Just because one person does not fall for it doesn't mean that person is a dumbass, or pathologically stupid. I suggest rethinking on how things go. Just because someone falls for it, doesn't mean one assumes others that fall for it are "pathologically stupid." Read above posts and get a better understanding.

User Name

Banned

Join Date: Sep 2005

03 Oct 2005 at 19:58 - 50
Quote:
Originally Posted by Alone)
Do you NOT read? Just because one person does not fall for it doesn't mean that person is a dumbass, or pathologically stupid. I suggest rethinking on how things go. Just because someone falls for it, doesn't mean one assumes others that fall for it are "pathologically stupid." Read above posts and get a better understanding.

English isn't your primary language is it?

mm00re

mm00re

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: May 2005

In a van down by the river :)

After Dark Club [REAL]

W/Mo

03 Oct 2005 at 20:17 - 51
Quote:
Originally Posted by User Name
Don't purchase Oakleys from street vendors in New York....I'll fill you in on a little secret: They aren't real.

Wow, does that mean that rolex I bought there from Guido is not real either?

NOOOOOOOOOO

Alone)

Alone)

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Sep 2005

Campbell, California

Legio Imortalii

W/Mo

03 Oct 2005 at 20:24 - 52
Quote:
Originally Posted by User Name
English isn't your primary language is it?

Excuse me?

Venus

Venus

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Aug 2005

Boston, MA

Me/Mo

03 Oct 2005 at 20:25 - 53
I really dislike people who play on other peoples innocence and their trust... it really is satanic.

User Name

Banned

Join Date: Sep 2005

03 Oct 2005 at 20:29 - 54
Quote:
Originally Posted by Alone)
Excuse me?

what you posted was rediculously difficult to understand...it's almost as if you didn't have a point other than to say "stupid people aren't pathologically stupid"....you also didn't address anything that was said in the quoted post. which essentially was "if you fall for something like this you are retarded". I stated that scamming could be ended completely if we could figure out how to stop pathological stupidity.....which is apparently rampant in this community if you believe anyone falling for a scam that requires one user giving another user his/her password anything other than pathological stupidity.

benmanhaha

benmanhaha

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Aug 2005

nowhere!!!

N/Mo

03 Oct 2005 at 20:37 - 55
Im not going to get into this fight but i can just say that i feel your friend's pain having my diablo 2 account stolen 3 times. But know you this, only two of them were out of stupidity!

Nawn Centz

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: May 2005

Tombs of Primeval Kings.

W/

03 Oct 2005 at 20:41 - 56
Whoever this scammer guy is, is very good at scamming. One of me best buds named "Will The Wanderer" you may or may not have heard of him. But this guy scammed him for his account and his AIM account, lol. He gave will 100+ shards so he could "gain his trust" so he asked for his email adress (not for guild wars) and his PW to his e-mail address (don't ask meh). Then once he got both of those he just clicked the "Retrieve Password" button and got it. It's pretty well.. organized I guess.

MSecorsky

MSecorsky

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Jun 2005

So Cal

The Sinister Vanguard

Me/

03 Oct 2005 at 20:47 - 57
Quote:
Originally Posted by User Name
what you posted was rediculously difficult to understand...it's almost as if you didn't have a point other than to say "stupid people aren't pathologically stupid"....you also didn't address anything that was said in the quoted post. which essentially was "if you fall for something like this you are retarded". I stated that scamming could be ended completely if we could figure out how to stop pathological stupidity.....which is apparently rampant in this community if you believe anyone falling for a scam that requires one user giving another user his/her password anything other than pathological stupidity.
How does that saying go referring to the pot and the kettle again?

Capital letters and sentence structure do indeed work wonders towards improving legibility.

Alone)

Alone)

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Sep 2005

Campbell, California

Legio Imortalii

W/Mo

03 Oct 2005 at 20:48 - 58
Quote:
Originally Posted by User Name
what you posted was rediculously difficult to understand...it's almost as if you didn't have a point other than to say "stupid people aren't pathologically stupid"....you also didn't address anything that was said in the quoted post. which essentially was "if you fall for something like this you are retarded". I stated that scamming could be ended completely if we could figure out how to stop pathological stupidity.....which is apparently rampant in this community if you believe anyone falling for a scam that requires one user giving another user his/her password anything other than pathological stupidity.

Um, sorry, but it's hard to understand what YOU are trying to say. And it's "ridiculously." No, what you are not understanding is that I said read above posts. One who falls for scams does NOT mean you have to be stupid.

I feel a bit hurt when you tell me that english is not my primary language, and you have proven that you can not do any better. You obviously do not know what pathologically means, because it patholigical is something that his habitual, compulsive, something that is derived from another cause. Now, are you saying that there is something out there creating stupidity directly for falling for scammers?

If you READ earlier posts, innocence is one of the main reasons why people fall for scammers in the first place. Of course, common sense deals with it a lot. But common stupidity? Sorry, but that's just too unclear. Innocence and curiousity, and instant gratification is what leads people to be scammed, hurt, mislead.

Please don't make remarks about others like that again without knowing who they are.


English not my primary language. Psh.

wsmcasey

wsmcasey

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Jul 2005

Right behind you.

HeRo

W/Rt

05 Oct 2005 at 18:25 - 59
Quote:
Originally Posted by User Name
what you posted was rediculously difficult to understand...it's almost as if you didn't have a point other than to say "stupid people aren't pathologically stupid"....you also didn't address anything that was said in the quoted post. which essentially was "if you fall for something like this you are retarded". I stated that scamming could be ended completely if we could figure out how to stop pathological stupidity.....which is apparently rampant in this community if you believe anyone falling for a scam that requires one user giving another user his/her password anything other than pathological stupidity.
lmfao! Your calling his post ridiculously difficult to understand, and you can't even spell "ridiculously"!

You pwned yourself again dude!

Sir Skullcrasher

Sir Skullcrasher

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Jun 2005

California

15 over 50 [Rare]

W/Mo

05 Oct 2005 at 18:34 - 60
User Name you sound like and type just like Algen Cole and i believe he was banned not too long ago?

Kakumei

Kakumei

Forge Runner

Join Date: Jul 2005

Grind is subjective

learn this please

05 Oct 2005 at 18:40 - 61
you guys

lol

seriously lol

Sir Skullcrasher

Sir Skullcrasher

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Jun 2005

California

15 over 50 [Rare]

W/Mo

05 Oct 2005 at 18:46 - 62
what so funny?

*hand flame shield to myself*

wsmcasey

wsmcasey

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Jul 2005

Right behind you.

HeRo

W/Rt

05 Oct 2005 at 19:04 - 63
*casting "winter" close by*