Beware! New Scammer Technique

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thread starter spiretdagger Aug 08 2009 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

Scammers will employ this new scam. Here's how it goes, they organise a trade with you. You put up your item and they put up the CORRECT amount of mesos. But they quickly press cancel before you can press accept. They trade you again and do the same thing for about 3-4 more times. By this time, you will feel that YOU will have to press accept really quick and they will eventually change the amount of mesos by ONE digit, thinking that YOU will not realise it. Then you press trade and BAM, you got scammed. Scenario: Scammer: Buying steelies 11mil (actually 7 mil though lol) Victicm: *puts up a pair of steelies* Scammer: *puts of 11 111 111 mesos* The scammer quickly presses cancel. Then the scammer trades you again. Scammer: Oh dude you gotta press faster than that. *puts up 11 111 111 mesos" Presses cancel and keeps repeating..... scammer: "quickly puts up 1 111 111 mesos* Victim: *quickly puts up a pair of steelies* AND THEY BOTH QUICKLY PRESS TRADE. THE VICTIM WITHOUT REALISING HAS RECEIVED 1 111 111 MESOS INSTEAD OF 11 111 111. BUT if you have a quick reaction (I mean really quick) you can press accept so quick that the scammer, scammed himself, and you, the hero earns 4 mil. GG /win So guys be really careful and OPEN YOUR EYES, some guy got mass defamed by doing that lol.

Xerepic 08/08/09 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

I'm pretty sure this is old..

UnderDog2 08/08/09 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

I'm not trying to flame you and I guess Thank you for the warning? lol but this scam is REALLY REALLY old.

LolurQwerty 08/08/09 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

uh, this has been around for nearly 2 years lawl

thedude5226 08/08/09 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

Yeah this is really old :P

lumster45 08/08/09 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

This is very very old.

Lmaobbq Aug 08 2009 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

Um... Most people already do this anyways. Most people don't even trade people like that. You honestly should've payed attention. Edit: I guess you were smart :D Good job not getting scammed ^-^ The only thing i have to say is that you are a bit late when it comes to this scam

LunarCrumb 08/08/09 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

Not new.... Been going for a while now....

spiretdagger 08/08/09 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

But, i didnt get scammed though I press cancel before I pressed accept

bellobox 08/08/09 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

Oldest Scam in the Book

xIdentity 08/08/09 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

This is old, and I've been a victim of it when I was stupid. >.> Thanks for posting it though, really. Maybe some people that don't know about this will read it ^^