Hello and welcome to Kfjjjdst's guide on avoiding scammers on sythe.org!
Table of contents:
- What is a scammer?
- How do scammers scam
- How to catch scammers
- How to avoid scammers
1.) What is a scammer?
There are 3 types of scammers:
1a.) The goods scammer:
This type of scammer usually has no money online on the internet, and wants something (say a runescape account, membership), but his / her parents won't allow him/her to purchase anything with their credit card. Therefore this little kid goes and spams all your threads and gets 500 posts along with 9 free training vouches, then requests you to go first, and scams you for a 3usd worth Membership Pin, for example.
1b.) The paypal scammer:
This one is more dangerous, as when dealing with this type of scammer, you have good chances of losing real life money. This person will do the same as the scammer mentioned in 1a, but he will be selling pins or accounts, ask you to send as paypal gift upfront, then disappear (usually they're selling such goods which they indeed do not posses).
2) How do scammers scam?
There are more types of scammers:
2a) Scammer using hacked paypals:
This person will usually offer you to go first at any time, will also give you offers that seem too good to be true (they are INDEED too good to be true), then either disputes the money himself or the original owner of the credit card disputes it when he realizes that his credit card has been used for fraud.
2b) Account sellers:
These scammers will usually sell a lvl 130+ account for 100usd. You may think it's a great deal, but you have no idea what you're up to. These scammers will gladly use a middleman with you, will give the mm fake info (most of the times), then recover the account and walk off with the money you sent through paypal gift, or whatever method.
2c) I've been scammed before:
These scammers will claim that they are new (they are ban evaders 99% of the time), and they will tell you they have been scammed by a trusted members, so they will request you to go first, to make themselves feel safe (this is of course utter bullshit, and they will just go off with whatever they are after).
2d) The mature scammer:
This type of scammer will usually have around 2-3 vouches, have some actual intelligent post, and will try and convince you over msn with pretty god english usage and vocabulary, that they are indeed good traders and you can trust them (well, don't).
2e) I'm in a hurry scammer:
This person will say he or she's got to go soon, and will say a jaw dropping offer and will try to force you into going first for him, which usually indeed works (never fall for this type of scammers, ALWAYS take your time!).
3) How to catch scammers:
When you are after selling or buying any goods, ALWAYS check the following things:
- The other party's email (enter it in 'Search' feature to see if any other banned members have used this email in the past)
- Their offer (if they are offering something too nice but are requesting you to go first, they will turn out to be scammers 95% of the time).
- Their behaviour (if they say they're in a hurry, tell them: Alright, we will trade tomorrow then, if they say you go first, you say you want an mm, and he says he has to go soon, don't even count on this guy anymore; he's just another scammer.
- Their posts:
If a user is selling accounts, go on his name - Public profile - Find all threads started by xyz and check if the person has sold anything like this in the past! (This procedure will save you lots of money, trust me!)
4) Avoiding scammers:
The best you can do:
- ALWAYS use a middleman (trusted mm's with over 20 vouches should usually be perfect, but if you're doing a trade over 100usd, I highly recommend using an Official Middleman!)
- Never go first to anyone! (however trusted or generous they seem, you SHOULD NEVER go first to anyone!)
- I also highly suggest you only buy accounts from Staff members (yes, most members selling accounts are scammers! (roughly 96% of them!) ).
- Always ask for a PM to avoid imposters or fakers who are trying to impersonate themselves OR hackers!
Thank you for reading my guide, hope it helped!
Table of contents:
- What is a scammer?
- How do scammers scam
- How to catch scammers
- How to avoid scammers
1.) What is a scammer?
There are 3 types of scammers:
1a.) The goods scammer:
This type of scammer usually has no money online on the internet, and wants something (say a runescape account, membership), but his / her parents won't allow him/her to purchase anything with their credit card. Therefore this little kid goes and spams all your threads and gets 500 posts along with 9 free training vouches, then requests you to go first, and scams you for a 3usd worth Membership Pin, for example.
1b.) The paypal scammer:
This one is more dangerous, as when dealing with this type of scammer, you have good chances of losing real life money. This person will do the same as the scammer mentioned in 1a, but he will be selling pins or accounts, ask you to send as paypal gift upfront, then disappear (usually they're selling such goods which they indeed do not posses).
2) How do scammers scam?
There are more types of scammers:
2a) Scammer using hacked paypals:
This person will usually offer you to go first at any time, will also give you offers that seem too good to be true (they are INDEED too good to be true), then either disputes the money himself or the original owner of the credit card disputes it when he realizes that his credit card has been used for fraud.
2b) Account sellers:
These scammers will usually sell a lvl 130+ account for 100usd. You may think it's a great deal, but you have no idea what you're up to. These scammers will gladly use a middleman with you, will give the mm fake info (most of the times), then recover the account and walk off with the money you sent through paypal gift, or whatever method.
2c) I've been scammed before:
These scammers will claim that they are new (they are ban evaders 99% of the time), and they will tell you they have been scammed by a trusted members, so they will request you to go first, to make themselves feel safe (this is of course utter bullshit, and they will just go off with whatever they are after).
2d) The mature scammer:
This type of scammer will usually have around 2-3 vouches, have some actual intelligent post, and will try and convince you over msn with pretty god english usage and vocabulary, that they are indeed good traders and you can trust them (well, don't).
2e) I'm in a hurry scammer:
This person will say he or she's got to go soon, and will say a jaw dropping offer and will try to force you into going first for him, which usually indeed works (never fall for this type of scammers, ALWAYS take your time!).
3) How to catch scammers:
When you are after selling or buying any goods, ALWAYS check the following things:
- The other party's email (enter it in 'Search' feature to see if any other banned members have used this email in the past)
- Their offer (if they are offering something too nice but are requesting you to go first, they will turn out to be scammers 95% of the time).
- Their behaviour (if they say they're in a hurry, tell them: Alright, we will trade tomorrow then, if they say you go first, you say you want an mm, and he says he has to go soon, don't even count on this guy anymore; he's just another scammer.
- Their posts:
If a user is selling accounts, go on his name - Public profile - Find all threads started by xyz and check if the person has sold anything like this in the past! (This procedure will save you lots of money, trust me!)
4) Avoiding scammers:
The best you can do:
- ALWAYS use a middleman (trusted mm's with over 20 vouches should usually be perfect, but if you're doing a trade over 100usd, I highly recommend using an Official Middleman!)
- Never go first to anyone! (however trusted or generous they seem, you SHOULD NEVER go first to anyone!)
- I also highly suggest you only buy accounts from Staff members (yes, most members selling accounts are scammers! (roughly 96% of them!) ).
- Always ask for a PM to avoid imposters or fakers who are trying to impersonate themselves OR hackers!
Thank you for reading my guide, hope it helped!
