Hello
Today was yet another day we welcomed a new scamming guest. These
Minutes later, clannies are receiving PMs from someone with a
Now this is a known scam. The
1) Make sure there is a bigger difference between the capital i and the l in PM like there is in public.
2) Of course, turning PM to friends or closing CC to guests would also solve this, but this is just not wanted in many cases.
3) My third solution would also help in recruiting and I have read similar requests on these forums. I suggest being able to set a certain requirement to be able to guest in your clan. This means that for example in my clan where the requirement is 2000 total, only people with a total level of 2000 or above can guest. These
Let me know what you think If you know a different solution that doesn't require closing chat to guests, I can add it to this post. These scammers have made way too much money already and should be stopped. Dedicated Feline Enthusiast
Proud owner of Clowder Community clan - open to all friendly P2P individuals!
Today was yet another day we welcomed a new scamming guest. These
guesting accounts
always resemble the name of a key rank in a different clan (in this case DoctorDylan instead of Doctor Dylan, note the lack of a space) so a website like Runeclan doesn't instantly give reason to suspicion, as you might not notice the difference when looking them up.
Minutes later, clannies are receiving PMs from someone with a
name resembling one of our clan admins'
(this time the PMs came from W30 AlIoy... one of our admins is W30 Alloy (note the capital i instead of an l).
Now this is a known scam. The
guesting account
is used to check who is online, then the
admin resembling account
is used to ask for money. This happens every few weeks, and I believe there are a few simple solutions:
1) Make sure there is a bigger difference between the capital i and the l in PM like there is in public.
2) Of course, turning PM to friends or closing CC to guests would also solve this, but this is just not wanted in many cases.
3) My third solution would also help in recruiting and I have read similar requests on these forums. I suggest being able to set a certain requirement to be able to guest in your clan. This means that for example in my clan where the requirement is 2000 total, only people with a total level of 2000 or above can guest. These
guesting accounts
are never in the hiscores as they are freshly made, and would therefore not be able to guest. Most clans have a requirement of some sort (eg level/membership) and this could therefore fix the issue of unwanted guests for many clans, as well as helping out recruiting effectively.
Let me know what you think If you know a different solution that doesn't require closing chat to guests, I can add it to this post. These scammers have made way too much money already and should be stopped. Dedicated Feline Enthusiast
Proud owner of Clowder Community clan - open to all friendly P2P individuals!
15-Nov-2016 01:28:55 - Last edited on 15-Nov-2016 01:47:20 by Beccah
