***How not to get scammed ingame***

[gameclub]

Introduction
"Greetings my child," the old blind seer whispered as he threw a weed into his fire. "Since the inception of the very first MUD, the basis of MMORPGs, scams have been a plague upon the land. Like in Diablo 2, some little punk stole my l33t Arch-Angel's staff!"

Though a little odd, the seer is correct! Scams have played a large part in all MMORPGs since their creation. They can cause more sadness than being attacked in the back. So, to prevent this, we hope to make you aware of the many possible scams so they will not affect you.

Most of us play the games that we scam in, this is a guide for people who play the game, and don't want to get scammed themselves. (It's mostly for beginners)


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Duping
No matter what game it is, this same exact scam happens in every single game around. Some people have even tricked others into letting them kill them for the dupe to work! Duping is the ability to clone an item illegally. We understand that the temptation is enough to drive one crazy. A grief player (a player who wishes to cause grief among other players) will tell you to give them one of your best items so they can "dupe" it. When this happens, they either log off, kill you, or run away. If someone wants to dupe something for you, just say no. World of Warcraft looks to be an extremely dynamic game. By that, we mean that if a duping bug does occur, the World of Warcraft Live Team will fix it within a few days of its discovery. Keep in mind that being involved in a duping exploit/scam, even if not directly doing the actual duping, might be grounds for immediate and permanent banning from all Blizzard games. This is a scam/exploit to avoid at all costs if you care about your account.


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Bad Trade
Let's face it, in every economy, there are bad trades. Trading an enchanted firesword for a broken dagger is a bad trade. The best way to avoid these in World of Warcraft is to learn prices. Where can you find out the average price for an item? Why right here at WOW Stratics (once the game is live of course)! If you have a high enough connection speed and computer, keep your web browser open to us and compare prices! We'll do everything in our power to keep our pages up with the current prices for an item. Consult friends if possible about trades you wish to make, perhaps they have a better grasp of the items than you do!


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Account/Password Steal
This is probably the most practiced scam within all online games. Players will often email you or act as an Blizzard employee or Blizzard representative (both in-game and out-of-game). There are a few rules you can follow to avoid this. If you are being emailed, make sure you are sending the email to an @blizzard.com or @battle.net address. If it is an in-game avatar, say NO. Blizzard. is not going to use Avatars to make announcements, it's just to hard to cover so many people. And do not fall for scams which ask you to give your World of Warcraft account name to win a prize! The KEY though is that official Blizzard representatives will NEVER EVER ask you for your account name via e-mail, on a website (except official secure sites), or in-game. Remember, they have this information on file and will never have a need for you to supply this to them. If you get a request like this, make sure to alert all community sites and Blizzard so that word can get out about the scam.


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Sad Story
Often a player of lower level will give you a sad story saying they were murdered or scammed or something similar and are looking for pity goods. Now this may be the case, but sometimes they just want some stuff. There is no sure-fire way to ensure they are telling the truth, but you never know. If you want to be a nice person, go ahead, but just be aware of the fact that they may be lying.


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Password Guessing
This one is very simple. Don't use a commonly used password. The most commonly used word is GOD. Also, as was discussed earlier, never ever give anyone your account name so that this can even become an option for a scammer to try out. For a "more secure" password, try using a series of upper and lower case numbers, that don't spell out a specific word.


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Pay Now
A knock-off of the free trip players is the "Pay Now" players. If you want them to guide you, they want you to pay them now! Just say, "No!" The very best way to pay for a guide is to pay half now, and half later. This works both ways. So if after the trip, the person who you guided runs away and won't pay, you still get half your money. Also if the guide decides to kill you for the fun of it, you still have half your money!


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Bad Carrier
Carriers are frequent in MMORPGs. Carriers are players who you pay to deliver an item to another player. The pay half now, half on delivery once again shows its face. This ensures the carrier gets some money if you scam him and tells him that he will not get all his money if he scams you.


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Souce:http://wow.stratics.com/content/community/scams.php

[Cern]

Nice, 5rep from me.

[Stans Dad]

Nice, but common sense. But, since you are contributing have a rep cookie.

EDIT: I've given you rep like two days ago, sorrrryz

[Rapt0R]

I wish I had such easy reps... =)


EDIT: The proof.

[vertigo7]

Guys this is an exact copy paste from:
World of Warcraft - Known MMORPG Scams
As the person in front of me said. Honestly, at least change it up a bit to put it in your own words. This is a pathetic attempt at rep. You didn't even give the original maker ANY CREDIT.

Please, PLEASE don't rep him, he just copy pasted and pretended it was his own... This is pathetic.

[Cepthy]

This is common sense....
how not to get scammed? don't be a retard

[samuel93]

gawd why rep Copy an Pasta noobs :/

[Maree]

Omg guys,
I did not see this post before, I did not see anyone willing to start a post like this before.
Just because he copied pasted does not make him a bad person!
It's good to have information like this on this website!

One bad this is that he did not say where he got it from, but it happens.

Thank you so much for the post!
Thanks for contributing also

[fryguy]

"Just because he copied pasted does not make him a bad person! " Yes it does. Just like your copy/paste post you made earlier. I know you are trying OP.

[samuel93]

if hes gunna copy and pasta from a website he should state it... got 5 rep for using ctrl + c and ctrl + v .... he shouldnt deserve that amount of rep

[gameclub]

...I'm sorry for copying and pasting it..I was at school and saw it on the site and copied it. I'll edit it. IT IS good information, regardless. And it's for beginners that are getting into scamming and other behind the scenes stuff.

[samuel93]

yea but you shouldnt take credit for something that isnt your own

[Kaevex]

It's good info, but still. If you copy pasted it, you should post the source.

[gameclub]

It has been done.

[Jesselee]

Nice guide but if you get scammed >.>