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Wiseocga1667

Wiseocga1667

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Hello i see that nobody has posted in a while, but i believe there is a new way people are scamming others out of runescape gp which i don't think was listed and is extremely dangerous, rs07/Eoc gp swapping, i have been vidding a few clans doing this for a few days, and almost each and every one of them was a scam to steal gp from others, DO NOT trust anyone who is offering to trade EOC for RS gp or the opposite, they will just steal your money, i have recently posted a thread about this and the lack of player mods in 07. great thread btw. wish i was as creative

04-Sep-2013 06:07:53

Dutch Cookie

Dutch Cookie

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Beware of this trick/scam!
I was selling a zamorak page 3 for 475k (475.000 gp)
One of the potential buyers did put 475k up in the trading and I accepted the trade in the first screen.
Then he/she quicly changed the 475k to 175k and accepts the trade.
Me thinking i missclikced accept the trade aswell, but i noticed the change in the second window so I declined.

Beware of this when selling high valued items, some people may change the amount of money in a matter of seconds without you noticing!

07-Sep-2013 16:07:27

HaydenJD

HaydenJD

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Most of these scams just require common sense to prevent you from being a victim, if you can't work out that someone will take your stuff and not give it back if you trade them when they ask for something "just to see it" etc then you deserve to be scammed and I hope you learn from it.

I never got why dumb people were protected so much, I have been scammed in many a game but it's been my fault for falling for it. If no one was successfully scammed people would no longer do it. Think people, or lose everything.

09-Sep-2013 16:51:52

Eratosthenes

Eratosthenes

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Sometimes when your on for long hours, you are kind of spacey and fall for things you normally wouldn't fall for. I fell for the scam where he traded me the tab saying his friend will buy it at fally for a higher price lol. Lost my robin in the process, I understand it was my fault but they really need to crack down on scammers tbh. After I got scammed I saw another guy doing the exact same thing to other people, my take is that it's very common and lots of others are getting scammed as well.

12-Sep-2013 10:33:49

Jayden
Jan Member 2013

Jayden

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Alright so someone just tried to hack me or so but i caught on straight away lol, not scamming but worse so thought i'd tell! If anyone wants you to join their merching clan for 1m and asks you go to on youtube to watch a video, don't do it obviously lol, im guessing their was also a link to take you away from youtube like usual, so don't do it ever ! :)

27-Sep-2013 15:02:10

Follyhall

Follyhall

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There are some friends who report others for harassment. The scammers get too much credit. They always seem to get away from being banned. It should be more looked upon, because it happens the most. It should be something to set an example to. Like the bots

04-Oct-2013 06:53:46

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