EVE General Discussion

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I actually got a nice reversal one time. Typical CNR trade window scam. 400 mil? sounds like a great deal says I. He plopped in the renamed raven and I offered up the 400,000. Before I could do anything he screwed himself. Had a good laugh on that one...

I got 'recruitment scammed' by someone who basically lured me into a trap and killed me. We still talk because I was cool with it (my response was well you can at least pod express me home so I don't need to slow boat it). Otherwise I've never lost any liquid isk or assets in a scam. Most of them are pretty easy to spot especially if you follow the 'if it sounds too good to be true then it must be' rule.

When I was a nubbin I fell for the "double your ISK" scam. He got 50 mil out of me. I moved on but never forgot his name. And never fell for another scam after that.

Two years later I was talking with some guys and a "familiar name" was mentioned as being someone's alt... and how said alt scammed a lot of people. After some prodding I got the person's main character name... tracked him down... and smartbombed his frigate and pod as he was warping to a gate.

To say he was surprised was an understatement. He gave me kudos and we went back to our lives.

A recruited painted fairly pretty pictures... the Marines turned out differently. The got four years of my life, but I got the better of the deal.

When I was only a few weeks into the game a guy in a Proteus jumped into my exploration site and stole my stuff, going flashy. I was in an Incursus and really had to restrain myself from shooting at him, but I did. We talked for a while and he was complimenting me on being so smart, and then offered me some stuff to help me out. He dropped like 6 Retriever BPC's in a can outside my main station near Dodi. He said go ahead and take them, that's how you trade stuff in Eve. I knew that something was up, but I also knew I wanted those BPC's (I checked the can before docking up again). So I played along while I reshipped to the tankiest thing I had in the hangar. I think I told him he he to warp away before I would accept his gift. Undocked, watched him leave, opened the can, took the goods, and of course in warps the prot, which starts shooting at me. I burn like hell back for the station and dock in like half armor. For me back then, I was space rich. That was the only time I've ever been (attempted) scammed. Still have those BPC's - minus a few I made money on before the barge buff - as a reminder of the truth of Eve.

I subbed EVE, $15/month.

Wait, that's a scam? I thought Jita was just filled with REALLY nice guys who were leaving the game and wanted to give back to the community. Damn, now that I know this, the world is now a darker place....



I mentioned the one I fell for, but i've survived many attempts, like the classic "I'll see you this thing cheap, here, let me contract this to you". Then you look at the contract and it says "You will pay" with the exact same thing your are buying lol. I even asked him in the private convo if that ever works, and he said "I make a living off it" lol.

Closest I ever came to being scammed was in an asteroid belt in highsec when I was still pretty new to Eve.

Someone asked for help with rats in local chat, so I warped my rifter to the belt and saw nothing but a jetcan. Being an enterprising opportunist, I flipped the can and waited for the miner to reappear. Instead an Arazu decloaked and had me for a light snack. I'd never seen an Arazu before, so burning away from him seemed a good option, as he was well out of point range... or so I thought... :)

I've always liked Arazus after that.

0.01-ISKing yourself is priceless feeling

I've also bought stuff from myself and smiled because it was so cheap