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Typical Runescape / Jagex game flaws. I get sold a Lesser Demon Mask for everything I had in my bank thinking I was catching a deal. Price checker and .G.E. price claims to be over 1 million GP. Everybody somehow has information that I don't and are telling me it's maybe 35 thousand GP. How can you Moderators / OSRS designers allow someone to be deceived by the games very own price guide? Ah even 10 years ago, same middle school scam ploys that you guys can't figure out how to prevent. Get it together or I'm done with your revival of this pre-existing game. Never needed to be perverted to RS2 or RS3 in the first place. See you in Hades jag bags. Wasting your players time and money.

17-Feb-2017 06:58:45

Igneus
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A more recent scam I have seen involves a team of at least two players where one will play a support role. The first player will advertise that they are giving away a large amount of gold to the first person to show the most money. However, they are actually attempting to target everyone who trades them. After you have shown them your wealth, they will proceed to tell you to turn your private chat on so that they can contact you if you've "won". At this point, their friend will message you telling you that they've won and they want to try and anti lure them. They go on to say that they successfully anti lured them for "x" amount of money.
Then, the original will message you to try and lure you, knowing that their partner has already set up the lure. They attempt to make it as believable as possible to get you to try anti luring them. However, they will try to outsmart you. In most cases, the culprits have planned these lures out extensively. It's best to not trust anyone who is claiming to give people money, but something has to be done first, such as showing a certain amount of money, or giving them money first. These are obvious scams, as nothing should be required to receive free things. I apologize if this was confusing or hard to understand. Simply do not trust anyone when things seem too good to be true, as they often are.

19-Feb-2017 03:42:44

Sheriff Saad

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A more recent scam I have seen involves a team of at least two players where one will play a support role. The first player will advertise that they are giving away a large amount of gold to the first person to show the most money. However, they are actually attempting to target everyone who trades them. After you have shown them your wealth, they will proceed to tell you to turn your private chat on so that they can contact you if you've "won". At this point, their friend will message you telling you that they've won and they want to try and anti lure them. They go on to say that they successfully anti lured them for "x" amount of money.
Then, the original will message you to try and lure you, knowing that their partner has already set up the lure. They attempt to make it as believable as possible to get you to try anti luring them. However, they will try to outsmart you. In most cases, the culprits have planned these lures out extensively. It's best to not trust anyone who is claiming to give people money, but something has to be done first, such as showing a certain amount of money, or giving them money first. These are obvious scams, as nothing should be required to receive free things. I apologize if this was confusing or hard to understand. Simply do not trust anyone when things seem too good to be true, as they often are.


A lot of people think they can anti them but that's where they're wrong. These guys have everything planned, and know what you will try to do to anti them. It's best to simply report and ignore them, because at the end if anyone loses items, it'll be you. I hate organized scamming.

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03-Mar-2017 23:36:56 - Last edited on 03-Mar-2017 23:37:25 by Sheriff Saad

Misception

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The one that Vanga mentioned got me 2 months ago, lost most my gear. Stupidity gives a lesson. Seriously to keep away from these things there is One and Only rule that has to be remembered # THERE IS NO EASY MONEY CLICKS AWAY FROM YOU. vsjo blyat
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05-Mar-2017 19:31:08

Chveer

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Addition you could add is what as previously been said, GE item prices aren't always 100% accurate. My brother was scammed this way when it came to Diamond enchant tablets. Oh course it is always best to double check an item before going with a trade but sadly he did not.

Moral just double check before buying an item super cheap, if it says 1m and they will sell it to you for like 750k double check.

06-Apr-2017 03:31:14

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