Don't fall for this scam on Sythe

[Gruntynub]

Is there even any proof of this scam?

Nope. I just made up this cool story because I wanted people to say my story is cool and then call me bro.

 

[KristenLuv]

It's kind of sad that after everyone posting you still cant figure this scam out. It is not complex at all and this can and does happen to every trusted member.

Say you are selling gold, the scammer (who already has a email similar to the trusted member he is pretending to be) adds you on msn, and adds the trusted member on another random email (pretending to be YOU).

All they do is pretend like they are going to sell the gold to the trusted member etc... when you ask for a pm, the scammer then asks for a pm from the trusted member and tells him to pm your sythe name.

There you have it. You just got a pm from the trusted member but he was never actually involved or aware of what was happening. Make sure they pm you their email that they are talking to you on and make sure it is the same!

 

[Mage Tanker]

Ouch, always be cautious

 

[Gruntynub]

It's kind of sad that after everyone posting you still cant figure this scam out. It is not complex at all and this can and does happen to every trusted member.

Say you are selling gold, the scammer (who already has a email similar to the trusted member he is pretending to be) adds you on msn, and adds the trusted member on another random email (pretending to be YOU).

All they do is pretend like they are going to sell the gold to the trusted member etc... when you ask for a pm, the scammer then asks for a pm from the trusted member and tells him to pm your sythe name.

There you have it. You just got a pm from the trusted member but he was never actually involved or aware of what was happening. Make sure they pm you their email that they are talking to you on and make sure it is the same!

I made a gold selling thread when Viou went offline for a minute because I thought he went away. He PMed me before I made the thread.

 

[PantDevil]

There you have it. You just got a pm from the trusted member but he was never actually involved or aware of what was happening. Make sure they pm you their email that they are talking to you on and make sure it is the same!

Exactly, the only way to be scammed is to be fooled. If you want to make sure, just PM each other like "[email protected] talking to [email protected]" Visa Versa.

 

[Meeder1]

He showed me the items AFTER he scammed me and said GF.
And by your logic, if someone gets murdered and the murderer is obvious it's the guy getting murdered's fault?

Him showing his rich's after you traded him doesn't make a difference, if anything, it proves you trusted someone who was seemingly poor with your 300m to begin with.

And you dont make any sense. Exactly what PantDevil said, the only way to be scammed, is to fall for it yourself, making it your fault.

 

[PantDevil]

Him showing his rich's after you traded him doesn't make a difference, if anything, it proves you trusted someone who was seemingly poor with your 300m to begin with.

And you dont make any sense. Exactly what PantDevil said, the only way to be scammed, is to fall for it yourself, making it your fault.

Off topic but dont I know you? Im pretty sure I sold you a Freeze room on Habbo =P

 

[Gruntynub]

Him showing his rich's after you traded him doesn't make a difference, if anything, it proves you trusted someone who was seemingly poor with your 300m to begin with.

And you dont make any sense. Exactly what PantDevil said, the only way to be scammed, is to fall for it yourself, making it your fault.

No, it was not my fault. It was the scammers fault. If he didn't decide to scam me I would have my $275.
Ever wondered why do the scammers get banned instead of the people getting scammed?
Hmm... Really strange.

 

[bobboy]

^ do u not see the pic?

 

[Gruntynub]

^ do u not see the pic?

What pic?

 

[hey guys]

Adding onto this, post count/vouches don't mean much as ANYONE can change their mind and scam, so always use an Trusted OMM.

Theres been an history of OMM scammers before. So that doesnt mean anything.

 

[Fu S E]

Unlucky, partly your fault, although from what I can see, the person who PM'd you wasn't intending a scam.

 

[Coinshare]

Theres been an history of OMM scammers before. So that doesnt mean anything.

So you're saying trust no one? I know ANYONE can scam, ranks don't matter but it's way less likely for them to scam.

 

It's kind of sad that after everyone posting you still cant figure this scam out. It is not complex at all and this can and does happen to every trusted member.

Say you are selling gold, the scammer (who already has a email similar to the trusted member he is pretending to be) adds you on msn, and adds the trusted member on another random email (pretending to be YOU).

All they do is pretend like they are going to sell the gold to the trusted member etc... when you ask for a pm, the scammer then asks for a pm from the trusted member and tells him to pm your sythe name.

There you have it. You just got a pm from the trusted member but he was never actually involved or aware of what was happening. Make sure they pm you their email that they are talking to you on and make sure it is the same!

I always request that they send the msn convo to me in the PM.

 

[ChristmasCracker]

All MM's need to send their msn address in the PM..

 

[TheJudge]

At the time Viou was the only person who knew I was selling gold and my the only person who knew my MSN on this site (added my signature shortly after the scam).
How could a random guy with a similar MSN address to Viou's would know to impersonate him at the right time and randomly Viou would send me a PM when the impersonator told me he will, if he indeed wasn't Viou's partner doing this scam?

He was also on msn with Viou pretending to be a buyer/seller, and he most likely asked Viou to send him a pm to verify. Instead of telling Viou his Sythe name for the pm, he told him your Sythe name.

Always make sure you get the pm to state the exact details of the transaction, and the people/msn's involved. And save yourself the frustration, use an OMM.

 

[my hairy balls]

post proof, but if your not lying thnx for the heads up

 

[Determinate]

Something similar to this happened to me in my early days of Sythe, except it was for a much smaller sum.

True, Viou could have set this up himself, but I doubt that.

Shit happens.

 

[Wizz Kidd]

Thats really clever but really fucked up at the same time. Sorry that you had to learn it the trick the hard way. I hope you can recover all your gold somehow bro

 

[Blasting]

Imo alot of trusted people scam, they can get away with it and know it, mods have there own little book on this website, just saying though. i would rather trade with a active member.