Category: Scamming Guides

Scammer: Real Conversation by Rosie

Scamming- here is a full conversation that usually goes on between scammers and their victims. I did this as a test to show you that scammers can do this in a number of ways. Do not believe this, it was a trick I played on a scammer, showing that I was interested in what he told me. I am *~*Rio*~*, and he is kenny9905. Please be careful, this is what happened.

An original message on the general chat board.
100000 FOR FREE IN ONE DAY 1000000 FOR FREE IN ONE DAY- created by kenny9905 at3/5/2002 06:55am

NEOMAIL ME KENNY9905 AND WE WILL TALK

What is this np thing you were talking about in the message board?
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A Guide to Not Get Cheated by BloodSucker1st

I know what it is like to be cheated. I know what it is like to loose my account to some person who made me tell my password, well here’s a few ways to stop it:

People Who Want Your Password:

Never ever give anyone your password, even if they offer you hundreds of thousands of neopoints, whether they give you the neopoints or not, once they find your password they log into your account and take items, neopoints and anything else, they then log back onto their proper account and sell the items and keep the neopoints… You will be left with nothing. (Remember do not keep your account because the more neopoints you earn and try to set your account back up the more they will take, if you really need your account change your password straight away.)
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Scamming: How to Find it and Stop It by Zann

So, we’ve all been to Neopets’ chat boards, right? Ever seen a title like this:

I KNOW THIS PAGE WHERE YOU CAN DOUBLE NP!!!!

That is a scam. All they want is your account. *shivers* Scary thought, eh? Well, it scares me too, so I’m going to list all the ways a scammer could “attack”, so to say..

1. Fake login pages. Ever seen a URL like http://www.neopetz.com/ or something? That takes you to a login page that looks like a Neopets login. DO NOT LOG IN. Its fake, meaning that your beloved username and password are going to some psycho scammer. *mutters* Oldest one in the book!
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You Filthy Little Brat by star_bloom

I had a friend that I met in my guild Adopt Painted Pets, lets call her Veen. I met Veen when I put my Baby Aisha up for adoption in the guild’s database. She sent in a well written request to adopt her, very well written, about three neomails long.

I looked Veen up and she had 3 baby pets, a big shop, and a nice, well-rounded account. This, I said to myself, this is the perfect owner! Well, little did I know…

A few weeks later, I let her adopt my aisha. She was so thrilled that she gave me an old account of hers with Lab Ray, because I had mentioned that I was planning to buy it later that day. Of course, I absolutly fell over myself when she said I could keep the robot peophin that was in the account too! So she gave me all of these wonderful things, and in another few weeks, we were “best neofriends”.
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How to Spot a Scammer by spickitty

How can you spot a scammer? Well if you have a keen eye and a good instinct then your set. Here are a few ways that I’ve figured out how to spot a scammer.

NAMES: One way you can spot a scammer is by their name. Most of the time a scammer just types in a bunch of letters not even caring how it comes out, (ex. asdlfkjsdfj) Or they type in just a few letters or numbers randomly, (ex. asdf1234). Sometimes they might repeat just one letter or two or three, (ex. fdsfdsfds)…

TROPHYS: Another way to check if they’re a scammer is going to look at all the game that they have played. Most of the time a scammer has first place in almost all the games or they have the same number of score, (ex. 150000) for every game listed. They might not have a trophy for that game but it says that they are in first place on the games list.
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