scammer report

[TangledSwerve]

El Menda I will hunt this player down for impersonating you. He has broken the rules by choosing your name. Of course there will have to be an investigation to see who that player really is.

SellSword and LostKnight are correct about stacking 2 items to get the question mark.

LostKnight, when this happens are you able to transfer these items between your alts?

Go get him Ryaca ... and please: all of his accounts as well!

No, if the two items created a (?) they DO NOT transfer. But it looks like the transfer went through ... money goes though.

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Here something I want to say, I got word from TangledSwerve there was a scammer at Map 0.0 using 500+2 plates to use the (?) scam people and caveman5 had been scammed.

I met up with caveman5 and we chatted. I tried fishing scammer saying I was looking to buy a 500+2 plate, I was willing to loose gold to catch this guy, it's not the first time I have heard the name. And instead I was given a 500+2 plate (thank you cohvee - you're right it went to a good cause). I gave it to caveman55 to make this whole scammer thing less painful for him. And since he's a Freya I promised her/him a 500 axe since I am crafting them. He is at lvl 285.

I left caveman5 in the east cave getting keys for 35 chests that he did not know about.
Either way caveman5 is happy as "his story" had a happy ending.

Post by Caveman567 » Wed 4 Sep, 2019 @ 14:50 and the next post.

Now since this was in my text file to post before knowing Ryaca was hot on the trail, I'll leave it here as well:

Careful: El_menda_5 seen here is NOT associated with [CPO]El_Menda(800)[M] who said it was someone that is trying to ruin his reputation. [CPO]El_Menda(800)[M]'s "brother(?)", apparently, gave caveman5 the gold back.

So now caveman5 must be REALLY happy! I do so like happy endings!
He got his gold back (El_Menda - the real one), a 500+2 plate (from me via cohvee) and if he PM's me ... a 500 axe ... looks more like a scythe though, because I did promise him.

My personal thanks to El_Menda for what he did and cohvee for the plate. When my alt gets there I'll get another.

Can confirm that the brother in question was Agilla Red. A name I've seen associated or accused openly of scamming many times before. Also, he received 1b of 1.5b stolen, so he lost 500m, but still a better result than nothing.

(Source: Caveman55)

[ryaca_]

Thank you LostKnight for the feedback. It's too bad the gold still transfers in that equation.

El Menda I thank you for returning the gold back to the scammed players. You did not have to do that. I will see about replacing your gold.

[El.Menda]

Te envié un PM. Yo no he pagado oro. Quizás no me expresé correctamente .

[ryaca_]

I got your PM thanks!

[El.Menda]

Una última pregunta aquí

Si encuentro un jugador que me envía comercio,
Y en el comercio aparece ese interrogante azul que tú me dices......

Hago captura de pantalla y te lo envío ????

He de entender que quien hace eso, es un estafador ???

[LostKnight]

Una última pregunta aquí

Si encuentro un jugador que me envía comercio,
Y en el comercio aparece ese interrogante azul que tú me dices......

Hago captura de pantalla y te lo envío ????

He de entender que quien hace eso, es un estafador ???

1. do NOT complete trade - take a screenshot
2. sent the screenshot and any other information you can to the GM Inbox or directly to a GM ... but not both.
3. if you do not know them and you see the (?) - consider it a scam is the "safe way to think"
4. if you know the person, exit the trade and talk to them, ask what they wanted to do.

[Caveman567]

Thank you for your concern. Just to clear things up, it was the scammers brother Agila_red that gave me 1b of the gold back, a remaining balance of 500mil is unpaid, but it is better then nothing. This is a flaw in the trade window and should be addressed by the gms immediately and make it right with their loyal players. This type of scam should be made known, maybe by a notice, so future incidents like this stop. This is a great game, I hope this incident will make the game even better. Thank you. Gms please fix flaw and I will be happy!

[TangledSwerve]

Thank you for your concern. Just to clear things up, it was the scammers brother Agila_red that gave me 1b of the gold back, a remaining balance of 500mil is unpaid, but it is better then nothing. This is a flaw in the trade window and should be addressed by the gms immediately and make it right with their loyal players. This type of scam should be made known, maybe by a notice, so future incidents like this stop. This is a great game, I hope this incident will make the game even better. Thank you. Gms please fix flaw and I will be happy!

GMs are powerless to do anything, beyond catch and punish scammers, unfortunately. The fix is entirely in the hands of compbatant, as far as I understand it. Since it requires source code and server access. If there is anyone else involved in the process, I can't say. However, glad you got some of your gold back, man.

[ryaca_]

TangledSwerve is correct. We cannot fix this. That lies in the hands of compbatant.

[Leone]

I think this is a perfect example why we need a new trading system.

I'm available for testing it