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WARNING!! - Recruitment Scam
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Ai Shun
#81 - 2012-01-18 19:55:25 UTC
Mangua Desnart wrote:
I can assure you it did happen or else I wouldnt be here....


That is exactly what a Goon-alt troll would say Lol

I'm glad to hear a new player has what, a billion and a half in ISK? A billion? That is pretty damn impressive. You are new, aren't you? Otherwise, why would you fall for a Goon recruitment scam when, after the Jita PLEX scams, it is one of the best known scams in EVE Online.

After all, the recruitment page on their website tells you that it is a scam. It's not like they're trying to hide it from you.


Feligast
Brutor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#82 - 2012-01-18 20:14:05 UTC
Ai Shun wrote:
Mangua Desnart wrote:
I can assure you it did happen or else I wouldnt be here....


That is exactly what a Goon-alt troll would say Lol

I'm glad to hear a new player has what, a billion and a half in ISK? A billion? That is pretty damn impressive. You are new, aren't you? Otherwise, why would you fall for a Goon recruitment scam when, after the Jita PLEX scams, it is one of the best known scams in EVE Online.

After all, the recruitment page on their website tells you that it is a scam. It's not like they're trying to hide it from you.




$35 gets you what, 900m? Don't be too surprised.
Ai Shun
#83 - 2012-01-18 21:44:45 UTC
Feligast wrote:
$35 gets you what, 900m? Don't be too surprised.


Actually, checked the employment history. The player is not new; was employed by the University of Caile on 2008.03.16 22:06. I'm not sure how you can miss that Goons are a recruitment scam in nearly 4 years of playing Lol
Andski
Science and Trade Institute
Caldari State
#84 - 2012-01-18 21:59:29 UTC
Ai Shun wrote:
Feligast wrote:
$35 gets you what, 900m? Don't be too surprised.


Actually, checked the employment history. The player is not new; was employed by the University of Caile on 2008.03.16 22:06. I'm not sure how you can miss that Goons are a recruitment scam in nearly 4 years of playing Lol


by being a total shut-in who never interacts with other players outside of the market and occasional o7m8m8m8m8s in local

Twitter: @EVEAndski

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Andski
Science and Trade Institute
Caldari State
#85 - 2012-01-18 22:03:23 UTC
Mangua Desnart wrote:
Andski wrote:
Valei Khurelem wrote:
and earn ISK the way everyone else has to.


Nobody forces you to make your ISK through stupid missions or whatever.



OK fair enough you think missions are stupid, there are plenty of other legitimate ways to earn isk even pirating is a trade that some people cant be bothered to learn properly these days!


"other legitimate ways?"

Are you implying that scamming is legitimate? If so, what is the point of your whine thread?

If you're saying it's not legitimate, why isn't there anything in the EULA or ToS that prohibits scamming?

Twitter: @EVEAndski

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met worst
Doomheim
#86 - 2012-01-18 22:13:45 UTC
Mangua Desnart wrote:
I was looking for a new corp (and I still am thanks to these three jokers!) I was approached by a member of Goonwaffe and asked if I would like to join their corp, after submitting an application through their website into which it DEMANDED a full API key (First alarm bell) I was then interviewed and asked for a security deposit of 400 mil isk (Second Alarm bell) - which I paid. I was then approached by this guys 'supervisor' and re-interviewed as 400 mil was the 'mates rates' for joining and he demanded a further billion isk (Alarm bells and sirens are going off at this point) but I thought "I get it back in 30 days.... dont I?" so paid it. At this point a third person gets involved "Head of Internal Affairs" for Goonwaffe and I am interviewed for a third time and guess what he re-calculates my security deposit to be 60% of what I own.... at this point I turn round and say no (I know I should have done this sooner but rose tinted spectacles were blinding me) and unsurprisingly I was unable to recover any of the isk paid already.

Morale of the story: Do NOT follow any recruitment practises outside of the games mechanics, any corps that ask you to do so are NOT worth joining. They are lying cheating scamming ne'er do wells!

Were you approached through recruitment channel? If so, it might be worth a petition. It ain't allowed.

Btw: Others may have said it but Goons WILL scam, they will NOT refund and the "horror" and "indignation" is BS.
Andski
Science and Trade Institute
Caldari State
#87 - 2012-01-18 22:44:17 UTC
met worst wrote:
Were you approached through recruitment channel? If so, it might be worth a petition. It ain't allowed.

Btw: Others may have said it but Goons WILL scam, they will NOT refund and the "horror" and "indignation" is BS.


"the logs show nothing"

calling it

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Kaylyis
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#88 - 2012-01-18 23:50:57 UTC  |  Edited by: Kaylyis
Joining goons: Prove you can troll eve.

train covert ops bombers

Train bomb launchers.

Scribble resume on bomb in crayon

find goonswarm blob

Fire.

They will receive your resume and act upon it post haste.

Enjoy the fruits of your victory.
Andski
Science and Trade Institute
Caldari State
#89 - 2012-01-19 01:22:23 UTC
Kaylyis wrote:
Joining goons: Prove you can troll eve.

train covert ops bombers

Train bomb launchers.

Scribble resume on bomb in crayon

find goonswarm blob

Fire.

They will receive your resume and act upon it post haste.

Enjoy the fruits of your victory.


snot shot's been trying to get into goonwaffe that way, it hasn't worked ((

Twitter: @EVEAndski

"It's easy to speak for the silent majority. They rarely object to what you put into their mouths."    - Abrazzar
Jorn Isu
Caldari Provisions
Caldari State
#90 - 2012-01-19 01:31:56 UTC  |  Edited by: Jorn Isu
Mangua Desnart wrote:
I was looking for a new corp (and I still am thanks to these three jokers!) I was approached by a member of Goonwaffe and asked if I would like to join their corp, after submitting an application through their website into which it DEMANDED a full API key (First alarm bell)

...
You do realize any corp that is worth it's salt will require a full API key, right?

Also, lol, you're an idiot.

edit: unless you're a goon troll as some people are claiming. In which case, you got me.
Tanya Powers
Doomheim
#91 - 2012-01-19 01:41:31 UTC  |  Edited by: Tanya Powers
Thorn Galen wrote:
There's a link on the Something Awful forums to the full and proper process for applying to Goonswarm. Any deviation from that established process and you're simply asking to be scammed. You first have to be a paying member on SA Forums as well, just btw.


hmm, what do you smoke?
Please try to get some more information on the internet about space ships scum, space ships silly peoples, deviation and funny stuff alike ^^ You'll see by yourself, like I did after some serious researching it's not that serious stuff Lol

All I can tell you is that someone got scammed with this "propaganda" but once you know it it's funny.

Quote:
There is no other way, it's via the SA forums or nothing, unless The Mittens himself holds your hand through the process.

I know, I've read through it several times, there is no way you should be scammed the way you have been if you had followed the proper recruitment procedure. Perhaps some research into it before jumping-in should have been done ?

o/


Sry but nothing of what you just said here is true, and you should know by now I will not hesitate to send some gravel/baseball bat on no matter the goons if it's just some crap individual, and unfortunately for their reputations they have far too much racism/slaver fans, but there are some really awesome people in too with you can have good and serious discussions and even "honorable" internet spaceship fights.

This is a good start for whatever you want to have as opinion

As you can see a quick research doesn't need you to be Harvard graduated

Man I'm doing their fracking job... fracking goons !
Brujo Loco
Brujeria Teologica
#92 - 2012-01-19 01:51:55 UTC
OH NOES!!!!!! THEY ARE EATING HER, then they gonna EAT ME!!!! OH MY GOOOOOOOOOOOOODDDD!!!!

What is this 2006 all over again? Big smile

What's next, PLIGHT OF THE CAREBEAR repost?

Lemme skip that phase and see if we skip to Carrier nerf whine, The Templar, A fighter used by Amarr carriers, MY RAVEN WAS EQUIPPED WITH THE FOLLOWING , Because of Falcon, NERF NANO, and ... oh wait ... man EVE really goes in cycles Big smile

I think I have been here too long Sad

If Jenny Posts here too I'm eating a whole apple pie.

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Kaylyis
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#93 - 2012-01-19 04:09:56 UTC
Andski wrote:
Kaylyis wrote:
Joining goons: Prove you can troll eve.

train covert ops bombers

Train bomb launchers.

Scribble resume on bomb in crayon

find goonswarm blob

Fire.

They will receive your resume and act upon it post haste.

Enjoy the fruits of your victory.


snot shot's been trying to get into goonwaffe that way, it hasn't worked ((


With a name like snot shot? I do understand that GSF has standards.
Mars Theran
Foreign Interloper
#94 - 2012-01-19 05:27:54 UTC  |  Edited by: Mars Theran
Got a 20 on that Aspergers test; guess I'm not fit for the Goonswarm Offensive Logistics.

..that's a joke by btw. Honestly, $9.95 just to register for the forums, and the Goons want people to pay online with CC or something. Yeah, right; like I'd do that.
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Kaylyis
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#95 - 2012-01-19 06:00:37 UTC
Mars Theran wrote:
Got a 20 on that Aspergers test; guess I'm not fit for the Goonswarm Offensive Logistics.

..that's a joke by btw. Honestly, $9.95 just to register for the forums, and the Goons want people to pay online with CC or something. Yeah, right; like I'd do that.


Somehow I doubt even the Goons are willing to play with RL fraud and felony theft charges by emptying out your bank account.

I am willing to attibute trollish, and assholish shenanigans to them, but not outright Real-life stupidity or criminal conduct. But there's always the chance I'm wrong there.

However if you're stupid enough to pay for access to a forum? That's your call.

That's the legit way to scam right there kiddies. charge for exclusive access to something that's functionally useless to you.
Andski
Science and Trade Institute
Caldari State
#96 - 2012-01-19 06:13:18 UTC
Mars Theran wrote:
Got a 20 on that Aspergers test; guess I'm not fit for the Goonswarm Offensive Logistics.

..that's a joke by btw. Honestly, $9.95 just to register for the forums, and the Goons want people to pay online with CC or something. Yeah, right; like I'd do that.


because everyone in something awful, a forum with 160,000 registered users, plays eve online

Twitter: @EVEAndski

"It's easy to speak for the silent majority. They rarely object to what you put into their mouths."    - Abrazzar
Andski
Science and Trade Institute
Caldari State
#97 - 2012-01-19 06:15:02 UTC
Kaylyis wrote:
Andski wrote:
Kaylyis wrote:
Joining goons: Prove you can troll eve.

train covert ops bombers

Train bomb launchers.

Scribble resume on bomb in crayon

find goonswarm blob

Fire.

They will receive your resume and act upon it post haste.

Enjoy the fruits of your victory.


snot shot's been trying to get into goonwaffe that way, it hasn't worked ((


With a name like snot shot? I do understand that GSF has standards.


Thereisnogod PurePwnage
xXxSePhIrOtHSSJ420xXx W33D4LYFE

both of these are mains (or spies w/e)

Twitter: @EVEAndski

"It's easy to speak for the silent majority. They rarely object to what you put into their mouths."    - Abrazzar
Kaylyis
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#98 - 2012-01-19 06:52:23 UTC
Andski wrote:


Thereisnogod PurePwnage
xXxSePhIrOtHSSJ420xXx W33D4LYFE

both of these are mains (or spies w/e)


I was making a joke.
Mars Theran
Foreign Interloper
#99 - 2012-01-19 07:03:40 UTC
Andski wrote:
Mars Theran wrote:
Got a 20 on that Aspergers test; guess I'm not fit for the Goonswarm Offensive Logistics.

..that's a joke by btw. Honestly, $9.95 just to register for the forums, and the Goons want people to pay online with CC or something. Yeah, right; like I'd do that.


because everyone in something awful, a forum with 160,000 registered users, plays eve online


I take it that's the excuse to charge 9.95, potentially +9.95 for platinum membership for a total of ~$20 to be a forum member. I understand exclusivity of the forums, but $20? Let's see: 160,000*min. $9.95 = $1'592'000.00 = Someone is getting rich of you poor saps.
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Alticus C Bear
University of Caille
Gallente Federation
#100 - 2012-01-19 07:06:22 UTC
Seems a bit odd

Is it just me or was the OP character just sold and transferred.

I smell troll doings.