Some SAD SHIT: Email scams hit World of Warcraft - GoFuckYourself.com

$5 submissions · 05-12-2007, 06:31 PM

http://notadiary.typepad.com/mysticw...or_a_sack.html
I actually saw this happen this morning... Some dude sent a sack of flour for 88g COD. I searched around a bit and found the blog entry above. G ood thing I didn't fall for that scam. Quick way to fleece fellow players using a fake account, send to another account and unload to IGE.com or other places that buy game gold. Scumbags.

TheSenator · 05-12-2007, 06:37 PM

I don't get it...

AaronM · 05-12-2007, 07:20 PM

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Originally Posted by TheSenator

I don't get it...

Neither do I....Probably because we're not 14 year old geeks.

cess · 05-12-2007, 07:27 PM

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Originally Posted by TheSenator

I don't get it...

I "think" what he's trying to say is...

Someone is mailing items in game that are virtually worth nothing. I'm guessing there's a COD option for the receiver to pay for the item. The "scammer" is hoping someone will be stupid enough to pay for the item. Once the item is paid for the "scammer" is going to sell the gold via ige.com.

Did I win?

Jarmusch · 05-12-2007, 07:27 PM

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Originally Posted by AaronM

Neither do I....Probably because we're not 14 year old geeks.

Doesn't that game require a monthly membership? I imagine there aren't too many 14yr old's playing it.

notabook · 05-12-2007, 07:31 PM

The first time I encountered this was around November 2005 on the Skullcrusher server. Was actually quite novel.

cess · 05-12-2007, 07:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Jarmusch

Doesn't that game require a monthly membership? I imagine there aren't too many 14yr old's playing it.

I think walmart etc sells "gamecards" you can use to pay for the monthly fee. So all the kids can use their allowance to buy the gamecards at a local store instead of trying to get mommy's CC.

Enema · 05-12-2007, 07:55 PM

Old news, that scam has been going around for ages.

The latest one is where they email you pretending to be an NPC from Light's Hope Chapel in Eastern Plaguelands and send you a letter about the war on the Scarlet Crusade.

The letter is a COD package. Pretty good scam.

AaronM · 05-12-2007, 08:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Jarmusch

Doesn't that game require a monthly membership? I imagine there aren't too many 14yr old's playing it.

Fuck if I know......I'm not a geek.

I guess there are no 14 year olds playing XBox Live either.

$5 submissions · 05-12-2007, 08:12 PM

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Originally Posted by cess

I "think" what he's trying to say is...

Someone is mailing items in game that are virtually worth nothing. I'm guessing there's a COD option for the receiver to pay for the item. The "scammer" is hoping someone will be stupid enough to pay for the item. Once the item is paid for the "scammer" is going to sell the gold via ige.com.

Did I win?

You win.

$5 submissions · 05-12-2007, 08:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Enema

Old news, that scam has been going around for ages.

The latest one is where they email you pretending to be an NPC from Light's Hope Chapel in Eastern Plaguelands and send you a letter about the war on the Scarlet Crusade.

The letter is a COD package. Pretty good scam.

Yep. The variant I got was the Argent Dawn one. Gotta admit, pretty creative. What's next? 419-type scams in WOW?

edgeprod · 05-12-2007, 08:19 PM

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Originally Posted by notabook

The first time I encountered this was around November 2005 on the Skullcrusher server. Was actually quite novel.

Agreed -- this is as old as WoW itself. In fact, it's from another MMO.

Screaming · 05-12-2007, 08:44 PM

figures lol

Mr. Mojo Risin · 05-12-2007, 08:58 PM

I remember that scam from like 2 years ago, when I was playing WoW

woj · 05-12-2007, 09:13 PM

I'm sure people would try to scam others out of post counts on here, if there was a way to transfer it

$5 submissions · 05-12-2007, 09:46 PM

Here is a picture of it:

http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne...1252233&size=o

edgeprod · 05-12-2007, 09:55 PM

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Originally Posted by $5 submissions

Here is a picture of it:

http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne...1252233&size=o

That's one of them. Years old.

chaze · 05-12-2007, 10:00 PM

Sucks but by now anyone that falls for a scam should know better.

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notabook Confirmed User Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Not a Library! Posts: 9,748	The first time I encountered this was around November 2005 on the Skullcrusher server. Was actually quite novel. __________________

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Enema Confirmed User Join Date: May 2004 Location: Australia Posts: 599	Old news, that scam has been going around for ages. The latest one is where they email you pretending to be an NPC from Light's Hope Chapel in Eastern Plaguelands and send you a letter about the war on the Scarlet Crusade. The letter is a COD package. Pretty good scam. __________________

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Screaming I can change this!!!!! Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 18,972	figures lol __________________

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Mr. Mojo Risin Confirmed User Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: In the middle of nowhere Posts: 1,886	I remember that scam from like 2 years ago, when I was playing WoW

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chaze Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 9,752	Sucks but by now anyone that falls for a scam should know better.