[EO]How I See the Scammers

Dear fellow players of EO, I believe that at a point in time, somehow you will have a chance upon meeting a scammer. Who are those that we are calling a scammer? Someone who has the intention to cheat you, or only after that someone had cheated you?

About a couple of weeks back, I was doing my usual window shopping from the shops in New York market, and I happened to bumped into someone who apparently was looking for some items that I have to sell: a warrior necklace and armor elite +12 +1soc. So naturally, I took the initiative to whisper him. (Mrzish was one of those scammers I met, and I assure you that there are more)

We have negotiated for less than a minute, and he readily accepted my offer without a question. Now let me bring this to you attention that it is only natural if someone bargains with you. If they don't, it is either that they are completely not interested in the stuff that you are selling, or, they are simply out to scam you. Usually these scammers will offer you a deal that seem too attractive to turn down.

I was obviously excited that I actually managed to sell both items so quickly without wasting my time boothing it. We agreed on 1100EPs for both items, but take a look at the screenshot below and tell me what was wrong with this deal that fell through eventually.

Yes you would have probably realized it by now. The following points are some tricks that these scammers would usually try on their preys:

They enter the value as gold instead of EPs. (Like the above example)

1. If you are buying something, they would show you the real stuff first, close off the trade request window and give you some stupid reason why it happened, replace it with a bogus item and pass it off like the real one. (Using a normal one instead of the original one with stats)

2. They might appear to be your friend, telling you to trade for a portion of EPs first, and pass on the rest to you later. But it will never happen.

3. Pretend to be someone from TQ, ask you for your login ID and password. The next thing you know, your account is already empty. (TQ will never ask you for you ID and password)

But of course, those are just some of the many ways that these low life scammers have. TQ had addressed to security threats by implementing the business partner system, security notices and etc. Despite so, a large part if responsibility still belongs to you as an owner to your own property.

If you were to ask me how you could prevent all these, my answer is simple. Trust no one, and always check before you trade.

-- By Nams --