Keeping Scammed gold

Lowfyr · 09/26/2006, 12:00

Horrid as I am, I can proudly say that I've been using the giftwrap scam whenever I get I chance (I usually keep it to people spamming 'wtb' on the trade channel). As soon as I found out about the exploit, I went out and 'sold' about 40 epics.. needless to say, I was 2000gp richer within a day, and I went on a 200gp spending spree right away. Soon enough, I got the 'this account has been temporarily suspended' message when logging on, and patiently waited out my three day time out...

When I got back on, I found that 1500+gp I had left over gone, along with the mount I had gotten for my 42 hunter. Instead of being discouraged from scamming again, I began to think about what I could do to keep this money... I could, of course, send it to a friend and ask him to hold it, promising him a share for his troubles, but greed overtook me. Then I checked my mail and found the auctions I had bought before my suspension still there: expensive toys. That gave me an idea, which I promptly tested...

500gp off a Krol Blade later, I sent 450 of it (in 50's, to escape detection by anti-farmer GM's) to an alt, and patiently awaited my suspension. Note: I did NOT open up the letters, I simply let them sit in that alt's mailbox. Again came the suspension, and again I waited it out... upon my return, I happily discovered the 450gp still in my alt's mailbox, and the 50 I had on me taken away.

The moral of the story: after a grand scam, mail the money in small amounts to an alt, and do not pick it up until after the suspension.

~~<GM>[Dobermann]~~ · 09/27/2006, 10:46

Hab versucht es zu translaten aber komm da net so ganz hinter :-0

" Horrid as I am, I can proudly say that I've been using the giftwrap scam whenever I get I chance (I usually keep it to people spamming 'wtb' on the trade channel). As soon as I found out about the exploit, I went out and 'sold' about 40 epics.. needless to say, I was 2000gp richer within a day, and I went on a 200gp spending spree right away. Soon enough, I got the 'this account has been temporarily suspended' message when logging on, and patiently waited out my three day time out...

When I got back on, I found that 1500+gp I had left over gone, along with the mount I had gotten for my 42 hunter. Instead of being discouraged from scamming again, I began to think about what I could do to keep this money... I could, of course, send it to a friend and ask him to hold it, promising him a share for his troubles, but greed overtook me. Then I checked my mail and found the auctions I had bought before my suspension still there: expensive toys. That gave me an idea, which I promptly tested...

500gp off a Krol Blade later, I sent 450 of it (in 50's, to escape detection by anti-farmer GM's) to an alt, and patiently awaited my suspension. Note: I did NOT open up the letters, I simply let them sit in that alt's mailbox. Again came the suspension, and again I waited it out... upon my return, I happily discovered the 450gp still in my alt's mailbox, and the 50 I had on me taken away.

The moral of the story: after a grand scam, mail the money in small amounts to an alt, and do not pick it up until after the suspension.

Entsetzlich, weil ich bin, kann ich stolz sagen, dass ich die giftwrap Masche verwendet habe, wann auch immer ich mich Chance bekomme (ich behalte es gewöhnlich Leuten spamming 'wtb' auf dem Handelsweg). Sobald ich von der Großtat erfuhr, ging ich aus und 'verkaufte' ungefähr 40 Epen .. selbstverständlich, ich war 2000gp reicher innerhalb eines Tages, und ich ging 200gp Kauforgie sofort weiter. Bald genug kam ich 'diese Rechnung ist' Nachricht provisorisch aufgehoben worden einloggend, und wartete geduldig die Zeit meines drei Tages ab... Als ich kam..

Kann jemand mal erklären was für ein scam das ist und wie er geht? Denke mal dass soll heissen gescamtes Gold behalten oder so...

THX

Dober

kennyo · 09/27/2006, 12:06

Der Sinn dieses Thread steht doch in den letzten 2 zeilen:

The moral of the story: after a grand scam, mail the money in small amounts to an alt, and do not pick it up until after the suspension.

Was soviel heisst wie:
Nach einem Großen, gelungenem Scam, schicke das Gold in kleinen teilen an einem Twink, aber öffne sie noch nicht.

pronwb1111 · 09/28/2006, 23:09

but what is this "giftwrap scam" could you tell us how it works ? i mean howto scam the money

peanutym · 09/28/2006, 23:37

do a search for giftwrap its pretty widely known now, ive read it here a few times. should be easy to find.

basicly get something worth 1c and gift wrap it. make like 300 of them and send them to random people that you think have money. COD it for 5g-10g whatever. if they open it they pay you for that item worth nothing. you can get suspended for it because its scamming since you are coding something worth nothing.

~~<GM>[Dobermann]~~ · 09/29/2006, 00:49

Quote:

Originally posted by pronwb1111@Sep 28 2006, 23:09
but what is this "giftwrap scam" could you tell us how it works ? i mean howto scam the money

-----> pronwb1111 hat recht!!!!!!

Karma ab!

~~4C1D^~~ · 10/01/2006, 09:46

dober, du enttaeuschst mich

du verpackst n schmiedehammer, schreist rum verkaufe *teuer epic*, schickst dem kerl per nachnahme dein eingewickeltes item und vllt hast du glueck ;D
musst aber ne ausrede dazu schreiben, wieso das eingepackt is.
ich habs immer so gemacht:
post an nen 60er verschickt, gesagt, dass er ja geburtstag haette und ich nich kommen koennte, deswegen das geschenk etc etc. funzt vllt 5% aber lohnt sich ;D

Miken_ · 10/11/2006, 12:59

You can't get a suspend from this unless more then 5 ppl reports u at the same time, ive talked with a gm about this. they said its their own fault if they open it, if they are so curious they got them selves to blaim..