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22-Jun-2015 00:33:12

Werewolf
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Anger Issues post above, reposted minus the name and i cut it into easy to read paragraphs :)

Apparently, other people know this lure already but I think it is a good time to just get it out there again because this shouldn't have happened to me. This lure involves the island Entrana, (The island where no weapons can be brought) I was brought here thinking I was going to win some money.

The person who brought me there was in OSRS -- He gained my trust and managed to make me drop my items, as he traded me I didn't realize he had handed me a sickle and I was kicked off the island, leaving my valuables on the ground for them to have. I then realized, HOW DID HE HAVE THE SICKLE IN HIS HAND?!? He stopped at the furnace and made it there! Now why can we do that at Entrana? Why can we also spawn a teasing stick, which is also a weapon that the monks don't approve of. THESE OPTIONS SHOULD NOT BE AVAILABLE ON ENTRANA!

There is no weapons allowed in the first place, why not keep it that why? Why does there have to be a way around it. If this was as I explained I would still have my items, but now I am just left here to feel sorry for myself. I worked hard for my items, spent a lot of my time on here, sometimes around 7 hours a day. When I realized what had happened, I felt completely sick to my stomach and had disgust for these so-called human beings. I begged for my stuff back but there was no hope. They have done this before and had no remorse. THANKS, it means a lot you read this.
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22-Jun-2015 00:39:33 - Last edited on 22-Jun-2015 00:47:22 by Werewolf

Dibi
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Hey Anger Issues,

I appreciate you coming to the forums to share this information with other players, however you have included the scammer's name in your post which is naming and shaming. As such, I have removed your post. Dark Bark has been kind enough to copy your entire post and remove the name :) .
Dibi | @Dibi01_

22-Jun-2015 00:55:42

Gold Duckii

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Hi, I would like to add a trust trading scam to your list. I took the liberty to type the general information out.
Feel free to edit it to make the information flow better.

Thank you very much for having this guide :)
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“Rewarding the generous”


Type of Scam: Trust trading

Rarity: Extremely Common

Most commonly seen: Grand exchange and f2p banks

What you should know: The *rewarding the generous” scam is used to steal a player’s items or gold pieces. It is in the gray area of trust trading because the scammer wants to make you think that if you give them items of value or a large amount of gold pieces, that they will potentially give you something better. However, like most scams, they may simply log out or give you something less than the amount you gave them. The best thing to do is to avoid all scammers stating “Rewarding the generous” because this scam utilizes two trades. Most of the time, they will not give you higher valued items and will not return your items once you trade it to them.
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27-Jun-2015 21:17:26

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The scammers are doing a great job educating less intelligent people at little cost, virtual wealth.

Imagine if the following happened in real life:

Scammer: "If you drop your wallet here and close your eyes for 10 seconds it will double the money in it! Also, give me your credit card details and I'll double the savings!"

Noob: a) "Wow thanks!" b) "No! I report you!"

If the noob has been scammed in Runescape, we will choose option b). If not, he will have to learn it at a much higher cost.

20-Jul-2015 14:03:07

oddrane

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this is going to be mainly suggestions for jagex to help prevent players from been scammed
even they theses may help other players if jagex cant fix or patch the methods ill start listing ways to fix the scams with the most common. even tho i beleave jagex dose a good job at trying to prevent theses type of things i know 1st hand how ea of them work very well.


group lure: way to fix this would be when the leader of the group clicks teleport have it ask each player do you wish to teleport or have a screen pop up when you click ready in group telling you that if the leader clicks the teleport option you will be teleported as well

on to the next one

super old scam but people still fall for it daily is the ge scam aka price manipulation.
how to prevent this when buying a item that costs 100 gp ea from ge for 50k-500k ea have it say something like you are about to buy this item for such % and saying this may be a scam so continue at your own risk when a player sees somthing about scamming they are less likely to buy the useless item.


the boat lure going onto pest controll boat hoping worlds droping and walking off
make it where it boots you off the boat when going to non members worlds just like the other ones you have done.

peach lure aka clan wars still a verry common lure how to fix when entering purple portal have it say if players can attack you instantly if you enter the portal.


every so often have a message say dont go to any other rs link besides runescape.com
phishers are still every where using fb and yt with pages and links super close to real runescape links.

keyloggers and rats well if they download a bot and get keylogged thats on them if you ask me...


thats all i can think of for rs3 atm but will add more as i come across them

01-Aug-2015 21:02:12

oddrane

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s for 07 we have the following


same ge scam/price manipulation can be fixed same as 07

the clan wars portal player drops item and be kicked out of cc and gets kicked out of match with items on ground can be fixed by there been a timer of 10 secs befor a player gets kicked out of portal or befor droping item in the portal have a message apear if you get kicked out of the cc you will not be able to make it back in for your items

lava bridge wai*hing 0 kg then a player hits you with a gnome ball make gnome balls waightless or idk how to really patch that one lol it was simi patched but yeah


roof top luring having a player drop a item on a rooftop agilty place and playing somthing over it and stoping a player from picking it up simple fix make it where items cant be droped on rooftops

thats all i can think of atm hope good comes of this post then bad

01-Aug-2015 21:02:36

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