Scam?
Mon Aug 07, 2006 1:14 pm
Well, today someone offered 3 Royal Paint Brushes for my Yellow Krawk Morphing Potion(well of course i got a little confused and nervous)
here is the conversation between us:
orhonjan wrote: then offer..i'd accept..but don't you think it's a bit much?
xxx Replied:
no....welll send me hasee and ill send the royal...if i am able to trust you not to use cookie grabber like the other ppls did to me
orhonjan wrote: well..i'm not gonna do that because it seems like scam to me..if you like to trade, just offer to my lot..if not, thanks
xxxx Replied:
no i PROMISED NO SCAM i have done it to lots of ppls trading like this ok ill name a few azoltannet...xxx i think..xxx..and i think that all..so far...none other had anything i like ask them if you like..
orhonjan wrote: but your pbs in trades and i will offer my mp
xxx Replied:
NO IM KNOW YOUR TRYING TO SCAM AND I WANT HASEE
and she was 58 months old o_0..
should i report her? and i also heard there are some cloned royal pbs out there..
here is the conversation between us:
orhonjan wrote: then offer..i'd accept..but don't you think it's a bit much?
xxx Replied:
no....welll send me hasee and ill send the royal...if i am able to trust you not to use cookie grabber like the other ppls did to me
orhonjan wrote: well..i'm not gonna do that because it seems like scam to me..if you like to trade, just offer to my lot..if not, thanks
xxxx Replied:
no i PROMISED NO SCAM i have done it to lots of ppls trading like this ok ill name a few azoltannet...xxx i think..xxx..and i think that all..so far...none other had anything i like ask them if you like..
orhonjan wrote: but your pbs in trades and i will offer my mp
xxx Replied:
NO IM KNOW YOUR TRYING TO SCAM AND I WANT HASEE
and she was 58 months old o_0..
should i report her? and i also heard there are some cloned royal pbs out there..
Mon Aug 07, 2006 1:24 pm
Definately a scam.
As much as it would be good to get rid of this scammer, at the moment, she hasn't done anything wrong for you to report her. You are only exchanging nmails, but if you tell her not to send anymore nmails and she does, it could be considered harassment.
If she is annoying you, then just block the nmails.
As much as it would be good to get rid of this scammer, at the moment, she hasn't done anything wrong for you to report her. You are only exchanging nmails, but if you tell her not to send anymore nmails and she does, it could be considered harassment.
If she is annoying you, then just block the nmails.
Mon Aug 07, 2006 3:14 pm
I don't know -- she's asking you to *give* your item to her, and you're supposed to trust that she will then give her item to you? And when she wouldn't bid on your trade, you offered to have her set up a trade that you could bid on? And then she thought you were scamming her? If I have this right, then she is definitely trying to scam you.
There's no guarantee that you'll get anything from her if you just give an item to her. I suspect she'd say "why are you asking for my PB when I never got anything from you? I knew you were a scammer. I'm reporting you!"
Of course, since you weren't foolish enough to do this, she could just say "no, really, I was going to send my item." So Daze is right -- she hasn't technically done anything wrong. However, I'd still report it. It falls in the gray area enough that you won't get in trouble for false reporting. If she's trying this with you, chances are she's trying it with other players. If someone falls for it, at least they'll have a record that she's done this more than once -- it might help her other victims get their stuff back. And if we're wrong and she's dumb and paranoid rather than a scammer, she won't get in trouble.
There's no guarantee that you'll get anything from her if you just give an item to her. I suspect she'd say "why are you asking for my PB when I never got anything from you? I knew you were a scammer. I'm reporting you!"
Of course, since you weren't foolish enough to do this, she could just say "no, really, I was going to send my item." So Daze is right -- she hasn't technically done anything wrong. However, I'd still report it. It falls in the gray area enough that you won't get in trouble for false reporting. If she's trying this with you, chances are she's trying it with other players. If someone falls for it, at least they'll have a record that she's done this more than once -- it might help her other victims get their stuff back. And if we're wrong and she's dumb and paranoid rather than a scammer, she won't get in trouble.
Mon Aug 07, 2006 5:40 pm
If she's not going through the Trading Post, I'd definitely be concerned. I'd steer clear if I were you.
Mon Aug 07, 2006 6:02 pm
i'm confused as to why the person is saying to send them a hasee?
there is no reason... NO reason whatsoever... that anyone should ever do a trade by "send item to user" rather than using the trading post.
Just DON'T do it!
sorry you got stuck with someone like this; hopefully they leave you alone now.
there is no reason... NO reason whatsoever... that anyone should ever do a trade by "send item to user" rather than using the trading post.
Just DON'T do it!
sorry you got stuck with someone like this; hopefully they leave you alone now.
Tue Aug 08, 2006 12:12 am
well here is now what i got:
Hi there I was wondering if you'll like all my items since I'm quitting just give me your pass=== word I have more then 1000rae items and 20 paint brush if your interested
and someone sent me 5 neomails about some site and got frozen..
what a scammy day for me
Hi there I was wondering if you'll like all my items since I'm quitting just give me your pass=== word I have more then 1000rae items and 20 paint brush if your interested
and someone sent me 5 neomails about some site and got frozen..
what a scammy day for me
Tue Aug 08, 2006 12:18 am
Yikes!! What luck, eh?
It's really sad that people try to scam fellow Neopians like that. The second one is definitly reportable because of the password request too!!
It's really sad that people try to scam fellow Neopians like that. The second one is definitly reportable because of the password request too!!
Tue Aug 08, 2006 12:26 am
I think you were right to stick to the TP and ask the person to put thier item in trades and ahve you offer. This cannot possibly give the other person any fear of cookie grabbing.
BTW wasn't it just VISITING a tainted trade that allowed the cookie grabbing and not having to offer on an item?
BTW wasn't it just VISITING a tainted trade that allowed the cookie grabbing and not having to offer on an item?
Tue Aug 08, 2006 1:03 am
btw, what is cookie grabbing ? 
Tue Aug 08, 2006 1:23 am
Report and block.It's a gray area so,like Siniri said,you won't get in trouble if she isn't really a scamer.
Tue Aug 08, 2006 9:33 am
Wow, how do these people find you?
I mercilessly get left alone apart from the odd "lykE PNG!! gimmi uR Petz0rz!!" messages but that's the perils of lending on the AC I guess....
I mercilessly get left alone apart from the odd "lykE PNG!! gimmi uR Petz0rz!!" messages but that's the perils of lending on the AC I guess....
Tue Aug 08, 2006 1:54 pm
I get alot of scam messages as soon as I put an expensive item up on the Trading Post. Ah, who'd have thought reporting could be so much fun 
Tue Aug 08, 2006 5:22 pm
Aaaah that'll be it then, I never have anything of value to sell 