The COD scam [Target: Enchanters][0% Ban chance]

[Dendra]

Well, recently I've seen a LOT of people spamming my trade channel with things like "Buying all 70+ greens, 10g, COD or trade".

They're trying to max enchanting to 450 with WOTLK and they're DE'ing for mats/money. Now, you're going to exploit their COD option, to make yourself some serious cash.

The scam works like this:

- Target is advertising in trade channel and buying items from AH/mailbox/player trades.
- You send them a mail with an item in it that they want (some 70+ BoE green)
- Instead of setting COD at 10g, set it MUCH higher
- In their haste to get all items / trades etc. they'll accept the COD without realising

By itself that seems very unlikely to work, but read below for some tips to increase success rate.

- Send the item COD then whisper them constantly pretending you're trying to find them in town. Hopefully they'll get flustered and accept the COD

- Make the new price a multiple of what they advertised (if they say 5g, set it at 50g. For 10g, 100g)

- Send them multiple items (half a dozen) and set the COD at the standard rate (if 10g, send them 6 greens and charge 60g). All but one of the greens should be trash ones you bought from the AH for 1g or less

The best part of this scam is that Blizzard won't action your account, since you haven't actually "scammed" the target - you never said you would sell them an item for 10g etc. etc.

PLEASE DON'T POST SAYING THIS WON'T WORK WITHOUT TRYING IT!!! I thought the same thing, then I tried it and you'd be AMAZED at how many idiots just accept the COD without thinking.

Please give feedback!!

[Barachiel]

Epic fail

Does not work.

[Ekul]

Epic fail

Does not work.

what he said

[sid1488]

Epic fail

Does not work.

agreed indeed

[Vid Master]

Actually it works VERY WELL, except its hard to do without getting banned. I did it, made 2k gold, then got banned (that was with mark of sargeras scam, put Mark of Sargeras (250) in title, then only put 1 mark in COD for 100g or whatever...)

[Tierman]

I like to get 1 decent BoE green and have the other slots have level 15 greens and send them all to the person as if I was selling them all decent BoE greens.

[Dendra]

^^
Yeah, that's the most effective for me, since they're often used to receiving half a dozen or more at once.

Also, I'm assuming those who say it fails have tried it, since I've made some tidy cash with this (sure, not as much as Spectral Tiger scamming, but it's nice)