Update to the Ransom Scam

**jasejunk** · 06-05-2009

Alright, so we've all seen the ransom scam where you change the parental controls on the account and hold it ransom.

Only problem with this scam is that you need sqa, and quite frankly, it's not as easy to get as username and password.

So, here's the deal. If you have a scammed account with just name and pass, you can still ransom it.

I only use this scam in specific situations, but it has worked.

What you do is log on the account link it to a random b-net account.

It's best to do this at night / on weekends in order to prevent them from calling blizzard and getting it back.

Then proceed to strip it, scam on it, whatever.

If, however, the owner happens to whisper you from a friends / alt account (which seems to happen to me quite often), then you may just be in business.

Now it's up to you. If you think he sounds nooby enough (he did already insert his info into a phisher or send it in an email, etc.) then you can hold his account ransom.

Whisper him back and let him know that you will be deleting gear (or characters if there are any high-level alts) every 5 minutes unless he comes up with 5-10k g.

If you want, you can actually delete it. It'll make him a little more sure of your seriousness.

Tell him he can get the gold from friends, guildies, or even buy it.

There is really no downside to this as he was likely to rat you out anyways if you did any in-game scams, so at least you have a chance to make a little extra gold.

Enjoy and post any successes here.

**Aiwin** · 06-05-2009

o duh, lol

**death2009** · 06-05-2009

battle.net dumb ass aiwin

**jasejunk** · 06-05-2009

Originally Posted by Aiwin

im not saying it doesnt work, if someone is dumb enough to fall for a phisher and crap like that they probably arent to bright.
however, they can just go change their p/w can they not? assuming you only have their name/pw.

What you do is log on the account link it to a random b-net account.

It's best to do this at night / on weekends in order to prevent them from calling blizzard and getting it back.

**wordboy** · 06-05-2009

Lol thats rough for the person getting scammed. Nice avy btw

**jasejunk** · 06-05-2009

Originally Posted by wordboy

Lol thats rough for the person getting scammed. Nice avy btw

That's why this is the scams thread, not the hug thread.
And thanks

**wordboy** · 06-05-2009

I'm just saying its always pretty rough to hold something at ransom but to hold some, most likely, little kids wow account would probably be torture for them lmao.