Talk:Common scams

Kaineng Run Scam
Has anyone noticed the mass amounts of people trying to get people to pay for runs to Kaineng Center from The Marketplace? I can't tell if these are scammers or uninformed newbies.
 * Either way, it's still a scam. &mdash; 130.58 (talk) ( 01:01, 20 June 2006 (CDT) )
 * Actually, it isn't a scam since they finish the run like promised. It is a rip-off though. &mdash; Galil  08:57, 22 June 2006 (CDT)

I dont know if it's mentioned here, but this one I almost fell for: a guy goes around in town spamming "WTB Amulet of Mists, WTS Some green item noone wants", I ask him how much he's willing to give for a amulet and he responds: 50k which is imo a very high price for a amulet, so I open tradescreen with him and put up the amulet, he put up 50k and the green item, it was a pretty unwanted green so I thought he included it as a bonus just to get rid of it and hit accept. Then he asks: green or money? Of course I respond money and he closes tradescreen, open it again and put up 50g. Appearantly he himself fell for the scam and tried to justify scamming by scamming his money back from other innocent people.

In general scammers are giving a very good deal that's hard to resist (because they dont intend to give you anything they can just as well make it more tempting for people and additionally it makes you want to do the deal quickly before he gets a better offer) and tries to confuse or distract you. Never do big trades when you are stessed and always doublecheck everything. If anything is unsual then be extra careful.


 * Indeed it is listed (List of popular scams). This seems to be a very common one. I was surprised when I saw a player in 15k-armor trying this once. Granted, armor has nothing to do with it, but it just doesn't seem right. &mdash; Galil  08:57, 22 June 2006 (CDT)

Jade Orb Value
Just to verify, this is trade channel value, correct?
 *  During the Dragon Festival 2006, 250 Jade Wind Orb are required to trade for a Ceremonial Dragon Mask. The value of an orb is roughly 60g or 250 for 15k .

I didn't see a value with merchants or material traders. I wanted to confirm before removing the listed values. --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 00:10, 3 July 2006 (CDT)
 * Nevermind, verified it's trade channel value. Cleaning up that text now in article. --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 00:20, 3 July 2006 (CDT)
 * Wait, what? Why are we listing the trade value of something?  --68.142.14.34 00:21, 3 July 2006 (CDT)
 * We aren't - someone had added that text; I was verifying it was trade value infor before removing it. Verified, it was, so the text is gone. --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 00:24, 3 July 2006 (CDT)

Dragon Mask
Is it necessary for this item to have its own section? It might as well be a sub-section for armour, along with other event-equipment. Having said that, I believe the game still gives you a warning that the item is, in fact, customized if and when you attempt to trade it. I'll keep my personal opinions about the people (who, in the light of such a warning, still click "accept") to myself. --Black Ark 14:46, 5 July 2006 (CDT)

Free money if you can find me-scam
I don't think this is really a scam...Me and my guildies sometimes use to go to Kaineng Center(everyone to different Districts) and start to shout everyting like "Free Money to first one to whisper me!" and the like. It's just fun to get people "lol'd" as we say it. And everyone I have "lol'd" have been more amused than angry.&mdash;
 * Whatever it is, it certainly shouldn't go in the section it's currently in, which is for non-scams and out-of-game scams. &mdash; 130.58 (talk) ( 02:35, 11 July 2006 (CDT) )

protect this page
this page needs protecting after yet another vandalism. --Jamie  09:00, 10 July 2006 (CDT)
 * I think setting up this page to work like Title would be good. &mdash; 130.58 (talk) ( 02:32, 11 July 2006 (CDT) )
 * I think that a similiar protection should be used as the finnish wikipedia used during the eurovision song contests for Lordis page. Prevent anon edits and edits from user names that have been created during the last few days. Same protection for the title article. Creating a user name is very fast and the current protection does not really prevent spontaneous vandalism, but a thinking time of 3-4 days would. --[[Image:Gem-icon-sm.png]] 03:07, 11 July 2006 (CDT)
 * Sounds like a plan --Jamie [[Image:Jamie.jpg|24px|(Talk Page)]] 04:34, 11 July 2006 (CDT)