is scamming a scammer legit? -Scenario-

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thread starter DarkFocus Mar 26 2010 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

Okay, so scamming is illegit, this is obvious, but I have a scenario for you. Your job is to answer whether its legit or not... You're training as you normally do and you get a trade from someone in your map. He tells you he's quitting and he wants you to have his free NL. Given your experience with MS: YOU KNOW THIS IS A SCAM. -if you don't know what type of scam this is then I'll explain it to you. Someone says they're giving away their acc and they give you their user, pass, and PIC. You go on their acc (normally stripped) and you end up funding it with equips/mesos, then when you don't expect it the owner of the acc changes its password and PIC so you can't log back on it and all your funding that you put into it goes to the accounts original owner (scammer). He gives you his pass, ID, and PIC. You log onto his acc and you find some 10 att wg, a few sets of ilbi, and a zhelm. You laugh and send the stuff over to your char, the 10 att wg, ilbi, and you karm the zhelm then you leave the account alone. Is this scamming?

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ilikefood 03/26/10 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

No, he gave it to you, so the stuff on it naturally comes with it.

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w8bby 03/26/10 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

This is legit.

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1337Platypus 03/26/10 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

No, it's legit.

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v20hit 03/26/10 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

nope not really...he GAVE the acc to you so no

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Gaosaurusx3 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

no because if said he was quitting and "gave" it to you, so it's yours you have the right to do what you want with it. Edit: it's legit, don'tworry xD

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sl3athOwl 03/26/10 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

Nope, it's 'your' account

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ari141 03/26/10 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

This would not be considered scamming, as you're not trying to pull a pre-meditated trick on someone. If an account scammer left valuable things behind, they're an idiot.

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bananaoohyoo 03/26/10 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

if the person gives you the acc with the 10att wg, a few sets if ilbi and a zhelm, he was probably most definitely quitting. so no, its not a scam to send the items to your main cause he gave them too you for free anyways

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DexlessNDark 03/26/10 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

maybe he wasnt scamming and was just giving u the account...

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robindgt 03/26/10 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

If that happened you'd feel good, but what if he really was giving you an account in that scenario

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Voidistic 03/26/10 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

You sir, are very lucky/

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ohhotdam 03/26/10 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

i would take everything and delete the nl :P

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OceanicTide 03/26/10 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

don't trust him still, legit someone told me that and i waited 1 year till i trained it and funded it but he still took it back lol

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Lurkerkiller 03/26/10 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

What you do afterwards is delete his character as well and laugh at him after taking everything.

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