This came to me while i was sitting in IF, i was talking to a guy about beta and asked him how much he would pay to get in beta now he responded with, "I would shard all of my gear to get to buy it" Now asking several others the same question i slowly realized the huge potential that lay before me. This is the Beta-Key Scam.
1. Have a friend, guildie or anyone you trust post up several auctions for grey items with buyouts of 1000g.
2. Be prepared for a 3 day ban so if you have already gotten a 3 day this could be a perma. A method of avoiding a ban altogehter as posted by Glikko92 is, to do everything on a trial account and when the highest bidder has been found switch onto a character with accents over the letters and collect the gold.
3. Make an alt to avoid a bad reputation and simply say in trade "WTS Burning Crusade Beta-Key, PST"
4. I have tested and almost instantly got 10-15 whispers, this may vary from server to server though.
5. Let the bidding begin and when you have reached the highest amount begin to explain to the High Bidder the process.
6. Agree upon terms where they give you either part or all of the money then you tell the fake beta key, here is an example of one that will not work but has the correct number of characters,
ex/ H9Z5 QV37 I8NBL9 W5TX KJ42B
7. Now with the gold you have just recieved buy out the auctions your friend has put up and enjoy.
If you have any ideas/comments/or ways to improove this scam please reply here.
Enjoy,
~Vaelor