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Purple Smurf · Oct 19, 2012

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Post: Clever Scam method [Read & Beware]
Forum: Community General
Assigned Moderators: cosrob97, Wulfspade1, Tmoe

Posted by: Actified
Original Content:

So, today I was hoping to buy some gold from Kevin. Let me start off by saying that Kevin is a legit and trusted seller and he had nothing to do with this. But him and I were about to be victim of a very clever scam method. So here it is, I'm sorry if this has been posted before but I just want people to be aware of this method so that no-one else fall victim of this. This is a complex method so be very focused when reading it below.

So this guy, added me on Skype with skype username almost as same as Kevin's and did the same with Kevin by adding a skype username as almost as same as mine.

This fake Kevin skype man asked me to post on his thread to declare the gold purchase because real Kevin had asked him to do so. I did it, because I thought real Kevin is asking me to do so. This way, my fake Skype got verified by real Kevin. And now to verify myself, he asked the real Kevin to PM me with skype usernames. Luckily, this is where his method got ruined. I got a PM from real kevin with different skype username (for both me and his skype id). That's how we caught onto him and then later we discussed this method and found out how this guy was trying to scam us.

Now to summarize this scam method, A scammer will add you on skype with a fake gold dealer skype name and do the same with the both parties involved working as a middle-men in order to scam both of you. Now this is very hard to spot as people can easily ignore these little feats as post on forums are being made and PMs are being sent out. For your safety, always trade with care and make sure that conversations through forum and skype name are 100% correct.

This guy tried to impersonate me by doing a simple trick. My skype name is Actified he made a account under ActLfied (with L in lowercase making it look like Actified). If you are still confused of this method or need screenshots, I am willing to release the screenshots of conversations or things as such to better clarify my point.

And at last, do not forget. My skype ID is Actified with no L's in it. Thanks and safe trading people. ^_^

PS: Sorry if it's the wrong section, I am new to this and would appreciate if mod can transfer it to the related sub-section.
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