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Conqueress

Conqueress

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The best thing you could do if you see any scams taking place is to report the accused player, and Jagex will handle the rest. Back in the day, I've witnessed people fall victim, and some were close to becoming victim, however, what I would normally do and have done, and sometimes it doesn't work, I used to send players a private message and tell them not to fall for it.

It's unfortunate that scams are still around, and will continue to be as some players will continue to find ways to trick people. The best advice I can give is, even after reporting, you could send Jagex an email at
[email protected]
in detail, and hope for the best. I'm not sure how they'll handle it in regards to YouTube, but the more info, the better.
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28-Nov-2020 20:01:46 - Last edited on 28-Nov-2020 20:02:18 by Conqueress

NickSchmidt
Nov Member 2022

NickSchmidt

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For the past couple of days, I've been seeing accounts around the G.E. advertising the same YouTube video and I just report the account, like anyone would. But every time the YouTube account uploads a new video, I report it to YouTube and it gets removed, lol. I think it's hilarious that this video is taken down multiple times a day, and it just keeps getting reuploaded.
Player since February 27, 2005
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29-Dec-2020 05:32:36

Noromatsuj
Jul Member 2020

Noromatsuj

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Want to block the majority of people who do these scams?

Have Jagex sign into one of those anti-proxy sites and block the majority of the worlds proxies from connecting.

A lot of these people think they're impossible to find because they're going through TOR, HideMyAss, Ninja or other type of proxies, which only protects them as far as making someone who has time and money care what you're doing.

You're on the internet, you can be traced. Period.

But blocking proxies makes it that much easier to find these nutjobs.

If people want or need to use proxies, have them pay a premium, and require accepting the use-license first from a non-proxy site.

30-Dec-2020 17:02:43

Eldar Rogon
Dec Member 2015

Eldar Rogon

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It is foolish to think that these are "nutjobs". Sadly, because of the popularity of Runescape, game assets have a real world value, AND people still want to break the rules. These are professional criminals who are making a good living from this: hijacking accounts, selling the loot - for RS gold, to sell on the illicit web sites - and to use them as further burn accounts in their botting/gambling infrastructure to make more gold - to also sell on the illicit web sites.

As long as there are gullible kid players, and players with no conscience willing to spend money on RS gold acquisition despite it being against the rules, the criminals will have a easy marks and a welcome income. And all the tech measures taken just result in cleverer evasions which become increasingly expensive to trap. And since the brothers sold Jagex to venture capital the company no longer seems to care much for protecting players. I find reports barely ever get acted upon any more. It doesn't affect the profits of either Jagex or YouTube so neither company has any incentive to act. (It took YouTube 4 months, multiple reports and repeated bitching about them on Twitter to get them to close down just one scam account.) The fraudsters really have numbers on their side.

There are a handful of accounts on YouTube taking the scammers on head-to-head, but keeping tabs on the latest codes is hard work and I guess they can't really collaborate because no-one knows if they are letting the scammers in on the counter-activity.

10-Jan-2021 17:01:01

Eldar Rogon
Dec Member 2015

Eldar Rogon

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NickSchmidt said :
For the past couple of days, I've been seeing accounts around the G.E. advertising the same YouTube video and I just report the account, like anyone would. But every time the YouTube account uploads a new video, I report it to YouTube and it gets removed, lol. I think it's hilarious that this video is taken down multiple times a day, and it just keeps getting reuploaded.

The scammers use automation. Human hands and eyes versus unattended machines. It's a losing battle. Jagex could do more, if they bothered investing in it, but they have no reason to. It would all be cost, and no return on investment.

10-Jan-2021 17:03:48

Eldar Rogon
Dec Member 2015

Eldar Rogon

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Conqueress said :
The best advice I can give is, even after reporting, you could send Jagex an email at
[email protected]
in detail, and hope for the best. I'm not sure how they'll handle it in regards to YouTube, but the more info, the better.

I stopped reporting to tipoff@... well over a year ago. Despite numerous scams and sites being reported I never saw any sign of any counter-action. Never even got a response to say the reports were even received. Ever. The reports seem to go into an unacknowledged black hole.

10-Jan-2021 17:06:38

Corder
Oct Member 2017

Corder

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Jagex spends a lot of resources towards account recoveries. I don't see why there's no reason to improve?

Tipoff is a no-reply address.

Jagex Anticheat still encourage sending info there through their Twitter account description. Life is like a camera: Just focus on what's important, capture the good times, develop from the negatives, and if things don't work out, take another shot !

10-Jan-2021 17:13:52

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