List of All Scams and How to Prevent them

[{CoReY}]

This is a simple guide on all the scam methods and how to prevent them.


1. Phishing- this is the most common type of scamming. It is when the scammer redirects the player to a site that looks like an official Blizzard site and has you log onto the site and it will give your info to the scammer.

How to prevent phishing: Do not go on any websites or give your account info to any site that is not posted on World of Warcraft Community Site
______________________________________
2. TCG Scamming- this is no longer possible thanks to Blizzard.

How to prevent TCG Scamming: Do not use time machines.
______________________________________
3. Profession Raep- This is when a scammer uses another players profession link to get your materials. This is very common among low level players.

How to prevent Profession Raep:
Make sure the player is the appropiate level
1-75: Level 5-80
1-150: Level 10-80
1-225: Level 25-80
1-300: Level 30-80
1-375: Level 52-80
1-450: Level 65-80

Make sure they link you there profession level twice.Once when you ask for it and again before they make the item. Scammers usually only save the link once.

________________________________
4. WoW mounts -When a scammer redirects the player to a site with "new" world of warcraft mounts.

Prevention: Do not go to Any sites not linked on World of Warcraft.com
_______________________________

5. WoW Movie- When a scammer redirects the player to a World of Warcraft: Movie site. This is a scam. They will whisper you in game.

Prevention: Once again, do not go to any sites you do not know.
_____________________________

6. Keylogger- this is when a scammer tries to get you to download a link.
This virus is like a ninja, it will just sit there until it gathers all your info and then will attack.

Prevention: Do not download any suspicious links.

___________________________

These are the most common scams in WoW. Do not fall for them.

[faithzz]

Nice guide , thanks for the effort.

[Faulen]

Also Emails are a source of getting your account scammed.

Example of one I have gotten a few times.

Greetings!
It has come to our attention that you are trying to sell your personal World of Warcraft account(s).
As you may not be aware of, this conflicts with the EULA and Terms of Agreement.
If this proves to be true, your account can and will be disabled.
It will be ongoing for further investigation by Blizzard Entertainment's employees.
If you wish to not get your account suspended you should immediately verify your account ownership.

You can confirm that you are the original owner of the account by replying to this email with:

Use the following template below to verify your account and information via email.
* First and Surname
* Date of birth
* Address
* Zip code
* Phone number
* Country
* Account e-mail
* Account name
* Account password
* Secret Question and Answer Or WoW CD-Key
Show * Please enter the correct information

If you ignore this mail your account can and will be closed permanently.
Once we verify your account, we will reply to your e-mail informing you that we have dropped the investigation.

Regards,

Account Administration Team
Blizzard Entertainment

[Henessy]

A lot of the 'ways' to get scammed all fall under 'PHISHER'.

Keylogging imo isn't a way to get scammed. It's a way to get cracked (not hacked, cracked).

But thanks for contributing

[Traz]

x265

This is purely common sence ...
WoW mounts -When a scammer redirects the player to a site with "new" world of warcraft mounts.
Prevention: Do not go to Any sites not linked on World of Warcraft.com

Why don't you just say it like this

Cheese - When a person plants a mouse trap
Prevention: Don't enter the mouse trap!

Try to farm rep on a different way because this is just a waste of database capacity

[LucasGod]

x265

This is purely common sence ...
WoW mounts -When a scammer redirects the player to a site with "new" world of warcraft mounts.
Prevention: Do not go to Any sites not linked on World of Warcraft.com

Why don't you just say it like this

Cheese - When a person plants a mouse trap
Prevention: Don't enter the mouse trap!

Try to farm rep on a different way because this is just a waste of database capacity

He's just trying to contribute, IMO.

[ClearFlare]

x265

This is purely common sence ...
WoW mounts -When a scammer redirects the player to a site with "new" world of warcraft mounts.
Prevention: Do not go to Any sites not linked on World of Warcraft.com

Why don't you just say it like this

Cheese - When a person plants a mouse trap
Prevention: Don't enter the mouse trap!

Try to farm rep on a different way because this is just a waste of database capacity

This post is a WINNER+Rep

[Stryker336]

Great guide. Thanks for sharing!

[Sarenas]

Thanks! very nice

[X IE R O X]

Thanks, I have an idea of what to look out for now.

[XC4T4LY5TX]

Corey come on now....lol....this isnt ALLL scams, i meen u forgot so many its not even funny, like paypal scams involving wowaccount selling, and gold selling, aswell as many ohers

[kiniss]

I got whispered a phishing scam tonight and just replied "nice phishing site there, caught anything yet?" I then informed my guild and apparently they had sent that out to everyone in the guild and a couple of them almost fell for it.

[XC4T4LY5TX]

ya right, they were probablly tryin to scam as many ppl as possible, so they could hijack their stuff. ur in a crap guild if their puttin out phishers

[Aldun]

Loads and loads of scams are missing..

2. TCG Scamming- this is no longer possible thanks to Blizzard.

How to prevent TCG Scamming: Do not use time machines.

Rofl.. Theres at least 1 person trying a TCG scam every dag in /2.

[Sm00gel]

A good list.
But most of its common sense:P