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Job Valador
Professional Amateurs
#1 - 2013-08-07 03:55:05 UTC
Never trust anyone

Words too live by in eve online. Words I did not take into account two days ago. The TL:DR of the story is I want too buy something from a guy, we decide too do a 50/50 deal since it was a small amount of isk, guy gets half, then bolts.

I say too my self "well crap, should have saw this coming". So the next day I did something that I should have done the first day I met the guy. check previous forum posts and such. Oh too my surprise, he had over 20 posts in buying and selling characters.

I decide too follow the trail of posts in the VERY off chance he accidently bought a character with his main. as too be expected, no dice. However i didnt stop, I kept searching, writing down names, connecting dots, following his buy and sell orders for each character he has ever owned that is connected too this one account.

After 13 hours I counted over 139 characters that I can say for 100% belonged too him at one point or another.

At the end of this investigation I am still in the same spot were I was, and a little more wary of the characters around me, thinking that any one of them could be the guy who scammed me, ready too strike again.




/puts on tinfoil hat and shifts eyes back and forth.

"The stone exhibited a profound lack of movement."
Xercodo
Cruor Angelicus
#2 - 2013-08-07 03:58:03 UTC
Rotseib Ratam
Republic Military School
Minmatar Republic
#3 - 2013-08-07 04:52:53 UTC
Job Valador wrote:

After 13 hours I counted over 139 characters that I can say for 100% belonged too him at one point or another.

At the end of this investigation I am still in the same spot were I was, and a little more wary of the characters around me, thinking that any one of them could be the guy who scammed me, ready too strike again.


Congratulations on uncovering John Malkovich's secret EVE identity.
Colonel Hans Landa
JAV Hunting Guild and Preservation Society
#4 - 2013-08-07 05:00:02 UTC
these forums scare me.
Treo 'Ssard
Hangar 55
#5 - 2013-08-07 05:09:27 UTC
Xercodo wrote:
http://i.imgur.com/ZSFvig2.jpg


I lol'ed... Lol

Also, OP: nice story; slightly confusing, and a bit anticlimactic, but 'still entertained.
Job Valador
Professional Amateurs
#6 - 2013-08-07 05:52:53 UTC
Treo 'Ssard wrote:
Xercodo wrote:
http://i.imgur.com/ZSFvig2.jpg


I lol'ed... Lol

Also, OP: nice story; slightly confusing, and a bit anticlimactic, but 'still entertained.



Anticlimactic for me too and I lived the damn thing. Here I thought I was going too uncover some big conspiracy that all scammers in new eden were just one guy that can multi box like a champ OR find out that on the side of erotica1's legit isk doubling business she scams with a bunch of alts.

No way that last one is true, Erotica would never scam any one.

"The stone exhibited a profound lack of movement."
Erotica 1
Krypteia Operations
#7 - 2013-08-07 08:05:58 UTC
Job Valador wrote:
Treo 'Ssard wrote:
Xercodo wrote:
http://i.imgur.com/ZSFvig2.jpg


I lol'ed... Lol

Also, OP: nice story; slightly confusing, and a bit anticlimactic, but 'still entertained.



Anticlimactic for me too and I lived the damn thing. Here I thought I was going too uncover some big conspiracy that all scammers in new eden were just one guy that can multi box like a champ OR find out that on the side of erotica1's legit isk doubling business she scams with a bunch of alts.

No way that last one is true, Erotica would never scam any one.


Pass the tin foil over here. Here I am just perusing GD and someone randomly mentions me lol

It's true though, I do not scam. I make way more than the scammers by taking an old scam and making a legit game out of it.

See Bio for isk doubling rules. If you didn't read bio, chances are you funded those who did.
Xen Solarus
Furious Destruction and Salvage
#8 - 2013-08-07 08:09:35 UTC
Job Valador wrote:


No way that last one is true, Erotica would never scam any one.


She already admitted she is a scammer to one of her victims. Only morons believe isk doublers.

Post with your main, like a BOSS!

And no, i don't live in highsec.  As if that would make your opinion any less wrong.  
Erotica 1
Krypteia Operations
#9 - 2013-08-07 08:14:08 UTC
Xen Solarus wrote:
Job Valador wrote:


No way that last one is true, Erotica would never scam any one.


She already admitted she is a scammer to one of her victims. Only morons believe isk doublers.


Be nice. So many people are so mean and nasty in this game. You know, there are people who want to help others here.

See Bio for isk doubling rules. If you didn't read bio, chances are you funded those who did.
Jint Hikaru
OffWorld Exploration Inc
#10 - 2013-08-07 09:26:12 UTC
Job Valador wrote:
Never trust anyone

Words too live by in eve online. Words I did not take into account two days ago. The TL:DR of the story is I want too buy something from a guy, we decide too do a 50/50 deal since it was a small amount of isk, guy gets half, then bolts.

I say too my self "well crap, should have saw this coming". So the next day I did something that I should have done the first day I met the guy. check previous forum posts and such. Oh too my surprise, he had over 20 posts in buying and selling characters.

I decide too follow the trail of posts in the VERY off chance he accidently bought a character with his main. as too be expected, no dice. However i didnt stop, I kept searching, writing down names, connecting dots, following his buy and sell orders for each character he has ever owned that is connected too this one account.

After 13 hours I counted over 139 characters that I can say for 100% belonged too him at one point or another.

At the end of this investigation I am still in the same spot were I was, and a little more wary of the characters around me, thinking that any one of them could be the guy who scammed me, ready too strike again.

/puts on tinfoil hat and shifts eyes back and forth.


Yet people still think that allowing name changes is also a good idea in Eve. Shocked

Anyway, grats on the detective work. Not many people would have bothered.

Jint Hikaru - Miner / Salvager / Explorer / SpaceBum In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move.
Prince Kobol
#11 - 2013-08-07 10:01:03 UTC
Job Valador wrote:
Never trust anyone

Words too live by in eve online. Words I did not take into account two days ago. The TL:DR of the story is I want too buy something from a guy, we decide too do a 50/50 deal since it was a small amount of isk, guy gets half, then bolts.

I say too my self "well crap, should have saw this coming". So the next day I did something that I should have done the first day I met the guy. check previous forum posts and such. Oh too my surprise, he had over 20 posts in buying and selling characters.

I decide too follow the trail of posts in the VERY off chance he accidently bought a character with his main. as too be expected, no dice. However i didnt stop, I kept searching, writing down names, connecting dots, following his buy and sell orders for each character he has ever owned that is connected too this one account.

After 13 hours I counted over 139 characters that I can say for 100% belonged too him at one point or another.

At the end of this investigation I am still in the same spot were I was, and a little more wary of the characters around me, thinking that any one of them could be the guy who scammed me, ready too strike again.


/puts on tinfoil hat and shifts eyes back and forth.



Congrats on wasting 13 hours of your life
Lugalbandak
Doomheim
#12 - 2013-08-07 11:02:52 UTC
Erotica 1 wrote:
Xen Solarus wrote:
Job Valador wrote:


No way that last one is true, Erotica would never scam any one.


She already admitted she is a scammer to one of her victims. Only morons believe isk doublers.


Be nice. So many people are so mean and nasty in this game. You know, there are people who want to help others here.


Yep made 1,2 bil with her isk doubling game , too bad im out of alts to follow the rules

The police horse is the only animal in the world that haz his male genitals on his back
Whitehound
#13 - 2013-08-07 11:09:48 UTC
Arrrggghhhh. Toooooo many o's.

Loss is meaningful. Therefore is the loss of meaning likewise meaningful. It is the source of all trolling.
Xen Solarus
Furious Destruction and Salvage
#14 - 2013-08-07 14:01:50 UTC
Lugalbandak wrote:
Erotica 1 wrote:
Xen Solarus wrote:
Job Valador wrote:


No way that last one is true, Erotica would never scam any one.


She already admitted she is a scammer to one of her victims. Only morons believe isk doublers.


Be nice. So many people are so mean and nasty in this game. You know, there are people who want to help others here.


Yep made 1,2 bil with her isk doubling game , too bad im out of alts to follow the rules


She sure has alot of alts from all the morons she scams!

And for the record, the person who she admitted to being a scammer to also followed the rules.

Post with your main, like a BOSS!

And no, i don't live in highsec.  As if that would make your opinion any less wrong.  
Mascha Tzash
Ministry of War
Amarr Empire
#15 - 2013-08-07 14:42:26 UTC
I wait for the story, where a schizophrenic multiboxer scams him- or herself.
RaTTuS
BIG
#16 - 2013-08-07 14:48:39 UTC
Mascha Tzash wrote:
I wait for the story, where a schizophrenic multiboxer scams him- or herself.

A Scanner Darkly

http://eveboard.com/ub/419190933-134.png http://i.imgur.com/kYLoKrM.png

Mocam
Aliastra
Gallente Federation
#17 - 2013-08-07 15:12:00 UTC
Prince Kobol wrote:
Job Valador wrote:
Never trust anyone

Words too live by in eve online. Words I did not take into account two days ago. The TL:DR of the story is I want too buy something from a guy, we decide too do a 50/50 deal since it was a small amount of isk, guy gets half, then bolts.

I say too my self "well crap, should have saw this coming". So the next day I did something that I should have done the first day I met the guy. check previous forum posts and such. Oh too my surprise, he had over 20 posts in buying and selling characters.

I decide too follow the trail of posts in the VERY off chance he accidently bought a character with his main. as too be expected, no dice. However i didnt stop, I kept searching, writing down names, connecting dots, following his buy and sell orders for each character he has ever owned that is connected too this one account.

After 13 hours I counted over 139 characters that I can say for 100% belonged too him at one point or another.

At the end of this investigation I am still in the same spot were I was, and a little more wary of the characters around me, thinking that any one of them could be the guy who scammed me, ready too strike again.


/puts on tinfoil hat and shifts eyes back and forth.



Congrats on wasting 13 hours of your life


Oh man...

That's not a waste when you learn something about how things can and do work in EVE. It's like saying a market player is wasting their time studying up on how EVE's market works.

Odds are good this guy figured out a hell of a lot of little short cuts on how and what to check on as he went through this process - that kind of info & the techniques he learned probably has good longer-term value for him.
Unsuccessful At Everything
The Troll Bridge
#18 - 2013-08-07 16:21:13 UTC
Job Valador wrote:
After 13 hours I counted over 139 characters that I can say for 100% belonged too him at one point or another.



I take it there was literally nothing better to do for those 13 hours...

Since the cessation of their usefulness is imminent, may I appropriate your belongings?
ElQuirko
University of Caille
Gallente Federation
#19 - 2013-08-07 16:28:41 UTC
Unsuccessful At Everything wrote:
Job Valador wrote:
After 13 hours I counted over 139 characters that I can say for 100% belonged too him at one point or another.



I take it there was literally nothing better to do for those 13 hours...


We play EVE. 'Nuff said.

Dodixie > Hek
Job Valador
Professional Amateurs
#20 - 2013-08-07 16:46:43 UTC
8 hours of work (Today NOTHING happened so it was like free time) and this being my "weekend" yes i had a whole 13 hours too put too this. I stopped at 13 though do to the strong urge too run too my kitchen and frantically wrap my head in tinfoil.

That is when I knew I was taking it a bit far.

"The stone exhibited a profound lack of movement."
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