Crime & Punishment

So I am docked at Jita in my alt (me) and I notice a courier contract pop up in chat,
511k m3 with 20m Collateral. I accepted.

(Tops up the coffee)

Now I open the box and find some PI minerals inside, in total worth about 560m give or take, I break it open and sell it rubbing my hands together at this fast profit until an idea comes to mind.
This guy must be short of a few brain cells, I WILL RANSOM HIS BOX!

I open up a private conversation with him, telling him I am a noob, making a mistake on this large contract and he believes every word I tell him, he says he will meet me and make a trade to deliver his package for me.

(wait 15mins for him to make it to Jita)
In this time a friend passes me an empty contract box and I rename it to match the above contract.

The guy docks and I open a trade, I put in the "new and empty box" and I then asked him for 250mill or else I keep it, (INSERT CENSORED RANTING).

In the end he pays me 100mil and I accept as he is just pleading poverty, I wanted something after all. he gets box and I wait for him to realise he just got scammed!!

(Censored Rantings)

He leaves conversation..

To sum up this guys stupidity made me 560m from his 20m Collateral courier, on top of this I ransomed him back his box (an empty fake) for 100m on top.. 660m and a bloody good laugh.

Thought it would be nice to share.

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His name has been changed to "Forrest Gump" for the purpose of forum rules.

Why do you think there are so many scam in Jita.... and just about everywhere?

There would not be any scams if people did not keep falling for them.

Yarr

YARR

I'm at work, logs 6 hours from this post

Careful, she swapped it out with this one!

while not technically a completely empty box, it may as well have been.

http://www.vice.com/read/ihustle-v11n11

Nice job, don't put it on your resume lol.

Did you think you had logged into the CNN forums?

[23:18:56] Justin Valentine > o7
[23:18:57] FORREST GUMP > Hello
[23:19:07] Justin Valentine > I have made a mistake
[23:19:18] FORREST GUMP > Oh? What's that?
[23:19:57] Justin Valentine > I accepted a contract to move 55km3 of your stuff, except I didnt see it is actualy 500k+ I cannot move this, what can I do? I dont want to lose my money
[23:20:23] FORREST GUMP > Well, I don't want to lose my stuff.
[23:20:56] Justin Valentine > Ok so how do I do this, can I contract it back or something?
[23:21:09] FORREST GUMP > Give me a few minutes, I'll fly over to my freighter and go get it. I could've moved it my self, I just hate flying my freighter
[23:21:10] Justin Valentine > in chat you put 55k m3
[23:21:18] Justin Valentine > no problem
[23:21:36] Justin Valentine > Ah you can take it there and I can complete the contract?
[23:21:39] FORREST GUMP > I'm sorry, I thought I put 550Km3
[23:21:58] Justin Valentine > My fault I should have read it before clicking
[23:22:08] FORREST GUMP > The contract I linked did say it was for 511Km3
[23:22:44] FORREST GUMP > It's all good. I think you ahve to trade me the crate you have, then I'll fly it over here trade it to you and then you can complete the contract
[23:22:58] Justin Valentine > FORREST GUMP > Jita >> Vellaine (511320 m³) Just posted a contract for Freighter pilots to move 55Km3 3 jumps.,, The 511320 never clicked in my head I just read the 55k
[23:24:08] FORREST GUMP > Yah, I know I posted the wrong amount in my chat. Just meet me in Jita and I'll move it
[23:24:15] Justin Valentine > ok
[23:28:53] FORREST GUMP > MAn, my freighter needs to move as fast as an interceptor. THat would make me so happy
[23:29:22] Justin Valentine > lol, they mnust really be slow
[23:29:40] Justin Valentine > I have an iteron 4 and I find it takes ages to warp
[23:30:52] FORREST GUMP > It can take 2 minutes to warp once I leave a station and in the large zones it can take that long to get to the other side
[23:32:10] Justin Valentine > ouch
[23:36:23] Justin Valentine > brb need to let the dog out 5mins tops
[23:37:02] FORREST GUMP > Oh, it will take me at least that long.
[23:40:40] Justin Valentine > bk
[23:40:44] Justin Valentine > ok np
[23:41:25] FORREST GUMP > I'm almost to New Caldari
[23:41:40] Justin Valentine > far to go?
[23:41:53] FORREST GUMP > one jump out of Jita
[23:41:57] Justin Valentine > ok
[23:50:24] FORREST GUMP > OK make a private contract to me for 1 million ISK to move the crate for you
[23:50:53] Justin Valentine > ok
[23:51:26] Justin Valentine > I already got 1 contract open :(
[23:51:38] FORREST GUMP > YOu can only have 1 contract open?
[23:52:07] Justin Valentine > Yeah I dont really use them I just trade ammo in ammar and jita
[23:53:01] FORREST GUMP > OK, open that box, you'll lose the beposit, but I'll trade you back 20 m foor my stuff
[23:53:15] Justin Valentine > ok
[23:53:41] FORREST GUMP > Then just contract them back to me for 20m
[23:53:48] Justin Valentine > How? View contents wont open it
[23:54:05] FORREST GUMP > I think view contents should do it
[23:54:49] FORREST GUMP > IT's been years since I had to break a contract
[23:55:03] Justin Valentine > ok I can trade to you if you are in the same station as me
[23:55:13] FORREST GUMP > I'm here
[23:55:24] FORREST GUMP > It's notletting me trade with you
[23:55:33] Justin Valentine > I just did with you
[23:55:45] FORREST GUMP > Yah, I accepted, I can deliver it for you
[23:55:58] FORREST GUMP > so trade it to me and them meet me in teh delivery location in Vellaine
[23:57:10] FORREST GUMP > ARe you going to trade it to me so I can go deliver it?
[23:57:26] FORREST GUMP > Gotta click accept
[23:57:27] Justin Valentine > It is wortth 565million, I want half its value... 250m or I break it open and keep it all, I am trying to be a good guy here and not rip you off the whole box
[23:57:43] FORREST GUMP > YOu're trying to be a good guy here?
[23:57:53] Justin Valentine > yes
[23:58:08] FORREST GUMP > By being a prick?
[23:58:29] Justin Valentine > Make me an offer for the box, enough so I can buy and fit a battleship
[23:58:40] Justin Valentine > I feel really bad
[23:58:45] FORREST GUMP > What kind of Battleship do you want?
[23:58:47] Justin Valentine > But I am still new and I need isk
[23:58:51] Justin Valentine > Maelstrom
[23:58:56] FORREST GUMP > No, if you felt bad, you wouldn't be an asshat
[23:59:01] Justin Valentine > :( im sorry
[23:59:06] FORREST GUMP > No, you're not
[23:59:39] Justin Valentine > the ship is 193m, this much and you keep your stuff?
[23:59:58] FORREST GUMP > Gimme a sec, let me see if I have one, or the mats to make it lying around
[00:02:40] FORREST GUMP > I do not have a Maelstrom. However, I will give you 100 million ISk, that's all I have.
[00:03:07] Justin Valentine > still short to buy my mael :( anything else to add? a ship or something?
[00:03:28] FORREST GUMP > Nope. It's what I have. Take it and I won't hunt you down and kill you like a dog
[00:03:51] Justin Valentine > ok, thank you
[00:04:00] Justin Valentine > your word to not hunt me and leave me in peace?
[00:04:07] Justin Valentine > Again I am sorry
[00:05:27] Justin Valentine > the box is empty :) thanks for the 560m and 100m :) take care buddy
[00:06:03] FORREST GUMP > You're now KOS yto my corp and alos the crp my main belongs to. I also just put an alliance-wide bounty on your head of 10 billion ISK. YOu take care too
[00:06:12] FORREST GUMP > It's worth every ISK too.
[00:06:26] Justin Valentine > Good luck with that, if you even have 10b isk it's -600m now. BTW LOL