July 13, 200719 yr I don't think this scam is well-known, but if it is, feel free to lock or move this. Beware.. Let's say you want some nice Green D'hides, just to train your Crafting a bit higher. You hop to w2, and after a few tries you enter Falador World 2. You begin to yell: white: Buying all Green D'hide 1.52k ea - .... After a while, someone trades you. He puts up 1911 Green D'hides, and you calculate how much you should pay. You put up the money, and accepts. If you were lucky, you would have noticed he changed 1911 in 1191. I don't know how long this scam is going on, but is very much-used in World 2. Why 1911 and 1199? This is the most profit they can make, because they 'win' 720 hides. If they would do 1811 or something, they would make less profit. Same goes with 2922 or so. Just to inform you. Here's my blog: restoring it soon | Achieved 99 Crafting Quoting yourself is laaaaame
July 13, 200719 yr this seems to actually be pretty new scam of what i remember, only heard of it first bit ago myself... even though it should always have been very possible, perhaps scammers community has simply gotten the catch of it...
July 13, 200719 yr hmm, thanks for the info, might save me some money someday. :-k nudist hippy vegan elves who inexplicably wear leather.
July 13, 200719 yr Funny if they did it wrong. Changed it from 1911 to 9111, they'd be down 7.2k hides :lol: I'd make a horrible scammer, I'd do things like that the whole time, swapping veracs skirt for another helm. Then with the "dual" scam I'd have someone buying a warrior ring for 3M then me selling a whip for a warrior #-o
July 13, 200719 yr Funny if they did it wrong. Changed it from 1911 to 9111, they'd be down 7.2k hides :lol: I'd make a horrible scammer, I'd do things like that the whole time, swapping veracs skirt for another helm. Then with the "dual" scam I'd have someone buying a warrior ring for 3M then me selling a whip for a warrior #-o i dont think they'd risk bringing that much though. funny if it actually happened.
July 13, 200719 yr Author They won't do that :P. They only have 1911 hides with them, to avoid that. I know that because I saw them banking after every trade. They just profit from the time you take calculating. Here's my blog: restoring it soon | Achieved 99 Crafting Quoting yourself is laaaaame
July 13, 200719 yr That sounds scary! :shock: My sister is partially dyslexic, I showed her this and she couldn't see the difference even when I showed her, which is worrying, because it means people like her will may easily fall for such a trick. :ohnoes: Thanks to Quarra for the awesome sig!Xbox360 Gamertag = Tintin113
July 13, 200719 yr That sounds scary! :shock: My sister is partially dyslexic, I showed her this and she couldn't see the difference even when I showed her, which is worrying, because it means people like her will may easily fall for such a trick. :ohnoes: you got a point... maybe make a suggestion on the rsof about making it bigger and the numbers further from each other so people who are dyslexic can see the numbers better
July 13, 200719 yr this seems to actually be pretty new scam of what i remember, only heard of it first bit ago myself... even though it should always have been very possible, perhaps scammers community has simply gotten the catch of it... First time saw scams like that many months ago. I'd rather die for what I believe in than live for anything else.Name Removed by Administrator ~Turtlefemm
July 13, 200719 yr I havn't seen that scam much, it must be a relatively new one. That's why I read over the second trade screen for 5 mins :P Retired Tip.It Crew Mapper.
July 13, 200719 yr odd scam sounds kinda new That's why you're on the TZDF blackdawn. Even your balls can tear zombies to shreds.
July 13, 200719 yr Yeah, I guess this would work with everything. But I guess hides, pure ess, anything stackable bought in moderately large amounts works best. Click my signature for my blog!
July 13, 200719 yr i actually got scammed.. that was steel bars.. Hey Nicrune007 , Whats Your Username? 99 Ranged on 2/6/07 99 Hit Points on 9/5/08 99 Defense on 26/4/08 99 Attack on 14/2/09 99 Strength on 25/2/09 99 Slayer on 13/9/09\:D/
July 13, 200719 yr Posting scams makes people want to do them. This should be deleted. That's why when the team scam was posted on RSOF you now see idoits trying to scam you and then log on highly popluated worlds. I am Teh_King[My dA][My Last.FM][My Twitter]
July 13, 200719 yr Author I rather have a few scammers more, and many, many people getting less scammed then the same amount of scammers but many people getting deceived. Here's my blog: restoring it soon | Achieved 99 Crafting Quoting yourself is laaaaame
July 13, 200719 yr I rather have a few scammers more, and many, many people getting less scammed then the same amount of scammers but many people getting deceived. This is why it's so stupid people posting "omg now ppl know about it -.- "... New scam, i've never encountered this. Doomy edit: I like sheep
July 13, 200719 yr Umm new scam i better watch out with stacks of money. I usually sell on forums people there almost never scam. Click for My Blog670th to 99 Smithing July 21st, 07 |743rd to 99 Mining November 29th, 07 | 649th to 99 Runecrafting May 18th, 08 | 29,050th to 99 Defence October 20th, 08 | 20,700th to 99 Magic November 8, 08 | 47,938th to 99 Attack December 19, 08 | 37,829th to 99 Hitpoints December 24, 08 | 68,604th to 99 Strength February 4, 09 | 27,983rd to 99 Range February 9, 09 | 9,725th to 99 Prayer June 8, 09 | 6,620th to 99 Slayer December, 12 09 | 4,075th to 99 Summoning December, 28 09 | 3,551th to 99 Herblore February 24, 10 | 3,192th to 99 Dungeoneering November 11, 10 | 146,600th to 99 Cooking December 29th, 10 | 11,333rd to 99 Construction June 7th, 11 | 16,648th to 99 Farming August 1st, 11 | 19,993th to 99 Crafting August 2nd, 11 | 89,739th to 99 Woodcutting Janurary 1st, 12 | 55,424th to 99 Fishing May 9th, 12| 60,648th to 99 Firemaking May 12th, 12 | 16666th to 99 Agility May 17th, 2012 | 24476th to 99 Hunter June 1st, 2012 | 57,881st to 99 Fletching June 1st, 2012 | All 99s June 1st, 2012 | 3183th to 120 Dungeoneering July 24th, 2012 | 2341st to 2496 Total level July 24th, 2012 | Completionist Cape July 24th, 2012
July 13, 200719 yr i've never seen it with items, but I have seen it with cash. I'll be selling something and if it's like 1.7 mil, they'll put up 1711k and then subtract like 620k and end up with 1171K
July 13, 200719 yr Same scam with the whip 1711k cash and 1171k :) omg i nearly fell for that one.. I was a bit suspicous of his low lvl.. i couldnt see what was wrong though. The one time my insticts might have been good :) Matthew T-DWhip drops: 9Abyssal head drops: 3
July 13, 200719 yr 1k increments ftw. I shall take my flock underneath my own wing, and kick them right the [bleep] out of the tree. If they were meant to fly, they won't break their necks on the concrete.So, what is 1.111... equal to?10/9. Please don't continue.
July 13, 200719 yr ^ Yeah, that's why you ALWAYS use in 1k increments of stuff, it does a few things a) it makes it way easier to calculate the prices, so its faster B) it makes it much harder to swap around like that, and its easier to detect c) why not? Maxed since Sunday, January 9th, 2014Completionist since Wednesday, June 4th, 2014
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