Crime & Punishment

As a person who makes his living in the revenge business, I'm curious why margin scamming is allowed to remain an anonymous activity? Doesn't EVE have consequences, even if they must be meted out by the players themselves?

I understand that the margin scams are conducted with meaningless alts, but there should be some record of the failed transaction with a name attached, so players can do what they will with the information.

In all honesty, if the SCC were a legitimate enforcement agency, margin calls would be made against these people and assets would be seized to satisfy the exchange. As that is not likely, the ability to identify the offending party and place a bounty or attempt to confiscate assets--that is, destroy assets--to settle the balance ourselves would be a welcome change.

But it does , people fall victim to their greed wiithout looking at the price history tab and as such they must face the consequences of loosing their isk.

The general rule of thumb is that if it looks too good to be true, it IS too good to be true. Trust me, nobody is ever going to make a "drunken market mistake", and if they do, they sure wont be linking it in local.



No, you wouldnt. Its pointless, and most scammers (or really anyone) wear bounties like a badge of honor. Bounties are totally useless in EVE.

Welcome to the game of alts.

The ISK does not come from me, you blithering fool. People send me ISK to place bounties anonymously in order to avoid retaliation. When their targets leave the game, the bounty pools are refunded pro rata, which means I get the money back. Alts are the most likely toons to be biomassed or otherwise disposed, meaning they're the most likely to turn a profit for me.

Contrary to your belief, bounty payouts are not transferred on a kill-by-kill basis from one player to another. Bounties placed go into a pool, and any bounties earned are paid from that pool. In the words of a moron who stumbled upon a nugget of wisdom and had no idea when to use it (now would be the time)...

FFS, learn the mechanics of the game.

So you're just a scammer, preying on the dumb just like other scammers, thanks for clearing that up.

I never said they are transferred on a kill by kill basis. Learn to read.

Either way, it still stands that you are doing nothing to the offending party by putting a bounty on them. Bounties don't motivate anyone to kill others.

That's actually a good service. I'd like to make use of it if you could?

I'd like to place a bounty on a dude I met on the forums, an out and out scammer. It would just be the minimum amount (100k I think?) because his scam is so bad he really isn't worth any attention above and beyond the bare minimum. It's basically a loan type scam where he takes people's money in exchange for promises he can't keep. Character name "Derek Quaid."

If you front me the money I'll give you 3x to play with (check API). Thanks.

I don't know much about margin scamming, but shouldn't you be able to identify the person you bought the overpriced item from even if the resale was anonymus?

I think something went wrong , OP's post is still up ....

I tend to agree with OP. I would like to see more market-induced PvP. Adding the name and corp to a market column would be a good start. Sure, it is mostly alts but those alts are often in corps which can be targeted.