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wahmbulance scream This person was trying to convince me to trade for her Dec. '03 donation letter which was not even in the trade.
She was editing a picture like Hammy does with his images, but she was doing it to TRY to scam me. wahmbulance wahmbulance

Scamers are talented, so this belong in art thread blaugh xd

Neah, it done a bad job, if U zoom the image U see noize around the leter xd

Another tip-off: Letters in trades tilt toward the right like // and this one tilted to the left like \. wink

That is a good idea. I saw his hall of shame. rofl
That is good. mrgreen
idea I should see how many scams I save in my Saved file. sweatdrop

Good luck with your packing and moving.

*~*~*replaces moving stress with moving excitement*~*~*

rofl That is wonderful hammy. rofl

Gee, I just changed my setting today and already I received 2 scams.

Scam #2 for today:
lil-elmo-lo
To: Mommi
Posted: Fri May 25, 2007 4:29 pm
Subject:

Code:dwy89er5654
There have been several reports about your account concerning botted gold. To ensure that these reports are fact or fake, we will need to see your refresh, trade, and market records. We understand that there have been many false reportings in the past, but it is our duty to check each and every account suspected/reported of botted gold.

If the information provided is not answered within 30 minutes, your IP will be banned from the web address www.gaiaonline.com which is a perma-ban. If you are found not guilty of gold botting, we apologize and the reporting users will receive a warning. (We have a 3-strike policy)

Sincerely,
Account & Event Services
Botting is using an automated script, macro, or refreshing feature to
post or surf webpages in order to generate Gold which is forbidden.
P.S. We understand that users are concerned about gold/items. If this is how you feel, we suggest temporarily transferring gold/items to a mule account for safekeeping. Checking your records shouldn't take more than 120 seconds.

Please type in the letters you see in the space provided below: (This is to ensure that this message isn't being answered by a computer botting system.)

username:

password:

Well, I am blocking non-friend PM's again. sweatdrop

Usually they seem to target 2 types of avis:
1-ones that dress richly (not me)
2-ones with nice stuff for sale in the marketplace.

Total sales in the marketplace is very deceiving. If you spend 1,000 and resell an item at 1,100. Then you have made a profit of 100 but sales shows 1,100.
For me when I resell my wings I usually spend 39,500 and sell for 39, 900, so my profit is 400 but it will show as 39,900. sweatdrop (They cost 40K in the shops)

I sold almost everything to buy stuff to put in my shop. ninja Honestly, I have 952 gold right now. But peeps think I have more because I have stuff in my shop.

I have sold a lot but I also buy more with it untill I can buy something that I want, which I often give away. I have given away much more than I keep.

ninja Often, they target someone who is selling an item that they want. They always ask for my fairy wings. gonk

A common thing they do is to put a nice item in a trade, then after you add your item or gold they take the item out or replace it with something else. When you are rushing, you quickly enter your password and CLICK! eek No item. gonk

I have had several peeps try this with me. talk2hand

whee