Wow the udder stupidity of most sythe users really amazes me. lets put this into a scenario that even a 4 year old with downsyndrome can comprehend shall we?
Player A: Buying p hat $2000!
Player B: Ok I'll sell
Player A: Alright but you go first.
Player B: ok
Prayer A: Haha, I have just TRICKED you into believing that I would give you the money but I really won't.
What is above is a scam now onto a lure [ going to use a old one that people used previously.
Player A: anyone want to help me get some exp by letting me tele them to [put destination here]
Player B: sure I'm a good person I'll help you!
Player A: Ok just click confirm when I use tele other on you!
Player B: oh no he TRICKED me into teleing to death plateau and took my items!
Now please explain to me the difference.
Alright, I'll tell you the difference.
Player A: Hello, I would like to buy 100m for 50$. Can you do this?
Player B: Yes, I can, I have 100m. Please send me the money and I will give you the gold.
Player A: Here you go, here is the money
Player B is offline.
Player A: Oh no, someone malicious just stole my real life money that I was using to exchange for real life items.
VERSUS
Player B: Hello, can you teleport me to Lunar Island?
Player A: Yes, I can, here you go
Player B: Oh look, a warning screen that says I might be tele'd to the wilderness. It asks if I really want to go. May as well say yes.
Player B: Oh no, I died and lost my runescape items to someone in the game.
At best, Player A robs Player B of time in the second scenario. How about we take this to a real life standpoint. But I know you're probably not going to think much about it.
Person 1 - Hello, I would like to purchase your service for 200$.
Player 2 - Can I take the 200$ up front, so that I can do this over time?
Person 1 - Okay, here you go.
Person 2 does not do task, and has scammed Person 1 out of his money.
VERSUS
Person 1 - Hello, would you like to come over to my house for a sexual encounter?
Person 2 - Yes, perhaps I would. Although I don't know your name, and you seem very suspicious.
Person 1 - Let us go.
Person 2 gets raped/killed.
In the first scenario for both Runescape and for real life, if it seems to good to be true, it probably is. For every single way to get into the wilderness, there is a warning sign. If you deactivate this warning sign, that is your own problem. If someone advertises a drop party in the wilderness, then it's a lure. Because there are so many other places you could have a drop party. Selling an item or a service comes with its own risk, but there seems to be more good out of it. There are warnings for places that you can lose your items. Even in dangerous clan wars. It says "you can lose your items". If you really ignore that, you deserve to lose your items.
Scamming is luring. But luring isn't scamming.
A scam is to lure someone into believing you will do something but not do it.
A lure is to bring someone to an event that could potentially be harmful.
Luring, does it work anymore?
