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How effective is the "send me ur isk scam"

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Jackson Millenius
Deep Core Mining Inc.
Caldari State
#1 - 2011-09-19 19:03:54 UTC
Scumbag Scammer!


I always see these dudes in the trade hubs, and I really want to know how much isk you guys make daily? I am kinda interested in making an alt and trying it out myself, but I really need to knowPirate
Effrafax of Wug
Doomheim
#2 - 2011-09-19 19:05:57 UTC
you seem to have the intellect for it
Jackson Millenius
Deep Core Mining Inc.
Caldari State
#3 - 2011-09-19 19:08:07 UTC
Effrafax of Wug wrote:
you seem to have the intellect for it



Thank you sir.

You are a gentleman and a scholar.
Zagam
Caldari Provisions
Caldari State
#4 - 2011-09-19 19:12:58 UTC
Jackson Millenius wrote:
Scumbag Scammer!


I always see these dudes in the trade hubs, and I really want to know how much isk you guys make daily? I am kinda interested in making an alt and trying it out myself, but I really need to knowPirate

Send your ISK to me, and see how effective it is!
Vak'ran
TUIG Inc.
#5 - 2011-09-19 19:14:24 UTC
Frankly, its a form of gambling, both on the part of the scammer and the scammee (is that a word?). If the scammer is aiming for the bigger fish, a scammee sending him 20m will have a good day.
The trick for the scammer is to either cycle a lot of alts and cash in on the tryout transfers from the scammee gamblers, or play it smart and rank it up for the highscore with a few 100 mill investment and some risk.
The trick for the scammee gambler is to try and drive it up and quit when ahead, the latter is harder than most think as the first type of scammers is rampant, thus raking in on the gamblers.

Vak'Ran is your local unofficial non-dedicated part-time advocate of reading comprehension and proliferation of intelligence on the EVE Online Forums, offering advise and corrections of dubious quality since 2008.
Jackson Millenius
Deep Core Mining Inc.
Caldari State
#6 - 2011-09-19 19:22:49 UTC
Vak'ran wrote:
Frankly, its a form of gambling, both on the part of the scammer and the scammee (is that a word?). If the scammer is aiming for the bigger fish, a scammee sending him 20m will have a good day.
The trick for the scammer is to either cycle a lot of alts and cash in on the tryout transfers from the scammee gamblers, or play it smart and rank it up for the highscore with a few 100 mill investment and some risk.
The trick for the scammee gambler is to try and drive it up and quit when ahead, the latter is harder than most think as the first type of scammers is rampant, thus raking in on the gamblers.



Wow I never looked at it that way. It sounds like a rather enjoyable way to gamble your isk as opposed to blinking it away to somer.
CCP Wrangler
#7 - 2011-09-19 19:26:39 UTC
They must be making enough money for it to be worth the effort at least. Though I suppose part of the fun is simply to know that you messed with someone else. Pirate

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Vak'ran
TUIG Inc.
#8 - 2011-09-19 19:26:42 UTC  |  Edited by: Vak'ran
Jackson Millenius wrote:
Vak'ran wrote:
Frankly, its a form of gambling, both on the part of the scammer and the scammee (is that a word?). If the scammer is aiming for the bigger fish, a scammee sending him 20m will have a good day.
The trick for the scammer is to either cycle a lot of alts and cash in on the tryout transfers from the scammee gamblers, or play it smart and rank it up for the highscore with a few 100 mill investment and some risk.
The trick for the scammee gambler is to try and drive it up and quit when ahead, the latter is harder than most think as the first type of scammers is rampant, thus raking in on the gamblers.



Wow I never looked at it that way. It sounds like a rather enjoyable way to gamble your isk as opposed to blinking it away to somer.


It can be quite an enjoyable challenge, but as the waters are fowled with the ease with which characters can be cycled, the proper gambling part of it is hard to find.

There are more problems stemming from how fleeting reputations are due to char cycling, but this is a good example where some richness in interaction is lost.

Vak'Ran is your local unofficial non-dedicated part-time advocate of reading comprehension and proliferation of intelligence on the EVE Online Forums, offering advise and corrections of dubious quality since 2008.
Jackson Millenius
Deep Core Mining Inc.
Caldari State
#9 - 2011-09-19 19:41:32 UTC
Vak'ran wrote:
Jackson Millenius wrote:
Vak'ran wrote:
Frankly, its a form of gambling, both on the part of the scammer and the scammee (is that a word?). If the scammer is aiming for the bigger fish, a scammee sending him 20m will have a good day.
The trick for the scammer is to either cycle a lot of alts and cash in on the tryout transfers from the scammee gamblers, or play it smart and rank it up for the highscore with a few 100 mill investment and some risk.
The trick for the scammee gambler is to try and drive it up and quit when ahead, the latter is harder than most think as the first type of scammers is rampant, thus raking in on the gamblers.



Wow I never looked at it that way. It sounds like a rather enjoyable way to gamble your isk as opposed to blinking it away to somer.


It can be quite an enjoyable challenge, but as the waters are fowled with the ease with which characters can be cycled, the proper gambling part of it is hard to find.

There are more problems stemming from how fleeting reputations are due to char cycling, but this is a good example where some richness in interaction is lost.



Not sure I understand what you mean by character cycling. Do you mean using different characters regularly because you will be getting blocked by a lot of ppl?
Sarmatiko
#10 - 2011-09-19 19:47:01 UTC
Pretty effective)
Sometimes when I get bored, I help those guys replying to the scam. You want to join channel like "scam-me' or another to read about scammers codex and stuff.
But imo selling Elite drone AI is more profitable Bear
nubile slave
Advanced Weapon Supplement League
Fraternity.
#11 - 2011-09-19 20:37:13 UTC
CCP Wrangler wrote:
They must be making enough money for it to be worth the effort at least. Though I suppose part of the fun is simply to know that you messed with someone else. Pirate


How much effort in running a spam bot?
Vak'ran
TUIG Inc.
#12 - 2011-09-19 20:40:46 UTC
Jackson Millenius wrote:
Vak'ran wrote:
Jackson Millenius wrote:
Vak'ran wrote:
Frankly, its a form of gambling, both on the part of the scammer and the scammee (is that a word?). If the scammer is aiming for the bigger fish, a scammee sending him 20m will have a good day.
The trick for the scammer is to either cycle a lot of alts and cash in on the tryout transfers from the scammee gamblers, or play it smart and rank it up for the highscore with a few 100 mill investment and some risk.
The trick for the scammee gambler is to try and drive it up and quit when ahead, the latter is harder than most think as the first type of scammers is rampant, thus raking in on the gamblers.



Wow I never looked at it that way. It sounds like a rather enjoyable way to gamble your isk as opposed to blinking it away to somer.


It can be quite an enjoyable challenge, but as the waters are fowled with the ease with which characters can be cycled, the proper gambling part of it is hard to find.

There are more problems stemming from how fleeting reputations are due to char cycling, but this is a good example where some richness in interaction is lost.



Not sure I understand what you mean by character cycling. Do you mean using different characters regularly because you will be getting blocked by a lot of ppl?


What I mean is biomassing a char as soon as its reputation is useless, and subsequently making a new one to start from scratch.

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Chribba
Otherworld Enterprises
Otherworld Empire
#13 - 2011-09-19 20:52:38 UTC
Can't deny that it does bring interesting chat to follow in local... even though it is pretty annoying spam.

But like said, it wouldn't be there it it wasn't worth it - so the more people that do it - the less popular it will get and soon there will be an end to the spam/scam. Go go go! Big smile

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Link 420
Ministry of War
#14 - 2011-09-19 20:58:36 UTC  |  Edited by: Link 420
The 1st time I've seen this scam years ago, one thing immediately jumped out at me:
If you're giving away your money cause you no longer need it, why do you need me to send you more money?

There are some creative scams out there.. but this one is not on that list.
Vak'ran
TUIG Inc.
#15 - 2011-09-19 21:04:43 UTC
Link 420 wrote:
The 1st time I've seen this scam years ago, one thing immediately jumped out at me:
If you're giving away your money cause you no longer need it, why do you need me to send you more money?

There are some creative scams out there.. but this one is not on that list.


For those interested in the actual gambling here's a protip:

The true gamblers - where the fun is to be had with this game - don't include the giving away isk part of the story.

Vak'Ran is your local unofficial non-dedicated part-time advocate of reading comprehension and proliferation of intelligence on the EVE Online Forums, offering advise and corrections of dubious quality since 2008.
EI Digin
irc.zulusquad.org
#16 - 2011-09-19 21:33:14 UTC
Isk sent.
David Grogan
University of Caille
Gallente Federation
#17 - 2011-09-19 21:43:02 UTC
send ,me your isk and i'll proove how effective it is.

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The Apostle
Doomheim
#18 - 2011-09-19 21:52:31 UTC
Quote:
Isk sent.


The Apostle> El Digin. Sent 200m. Received 600m. Thankyou.
Jita self-appointed policeman> IT'S A SCAM!
The Apostle> Jita self-appointed policeman. Sent 0m. Recieved 0m. Thankyou.

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Gogela
Epic Ganking Time
CODE.
#19 - 2011-09-20 01:28:12 UTC
...I think there are better scams out there.

Signatures should be used responsibly...
Mehrdad Kor-Azor
Doomheim
#20 - 2011-09-20 01:30:35 UTC
Spaceship Barbie of Amarr is a pro. Learn from her. Roll
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