Scam Prevention Guide

[guthix121]

I was working on an account for 2 years, when I accidentally fell for a scam. I lost all of the 2 years work. I got my account back, but it doesn't have anything worth over 5gp. I have decided to make an anti-scam guide, so you can be prepared for the scammers that are out there.

 

 

 

*Scammers usually stay in populated worlds in populated places. An example is Varrock in Worlds 1-6.

 

 

 

A word of the wise-Most scammers are usually lvl 3. This is because when someone wants to scam others, instead of using their main, which they don't want banned, they make a noob account just for scamming purposes.

 

 

 

Types if Scams:

 

 

 

Item Scams

 

 

 

1) The Trust Game-This is one of the most common scams. Someone will promise an amount of money (usually 1mill) and they will ask you to trade in items starting with 1gp. Everytime someone trades, the price will get higher and higher. Eventually, when the scammer thinks they have enough, they log out.

 

 

 

Prevention-Never trade items for free without the other person giving something in return. Even the people on your friend's list can just log out when you give them an item.

 

 

 

 

 

2) Free Gem Cutting- This varies. Most people when they say this will just trade your uncut gem for a cut one they already have. Others though, will ask to take your gem so they can cut it. They will usually log out after this.

 

 

 

Prevention-Either don't accept the trade, or ask the person to trade something temperarily equivalent to the gem's value. That way if they log out you will still have something of the same value. If they don't log out, trade back the thing they gave you for the cut gem.

 

 

 

 

 

3) Quick Switch Trading-This is when people add a price, such as 180k for full rune, then start adding other things to divert your attention. While you aren't looking, they switch the 180k for 18000, which at a quick glance still looks like 180k.

 

*This scam has been eliminated thanks to Jagex's trade update.

 

 

 

4) Switch Trading #2-Lets say you wanna buy big bones, someone offers them to you. Once you get to the second window, they decline. They say something along the lines of "Oops, my bad!" The second time you trade, they put in normal bones, which noted look pretty simular to big bones. You quickly accept and end up scammed.

 

 

 

Prevention-Do not rush any trades. Take your time and carefully look at the second trade window. Note-This scam can be accomplished with other items like rune and iron scimmys.

 

 

 

5) Trimming Armor-Someone will be standing there saying "Trimming Armor." You trade them your armor and they log out. To make it more convincing, the scammer may have a friend who will say "Can you trim my armor?" He will take of his armor and pretend to trade it. The scammer will then do some kind of emote like enchanting or alching, making a glow. Then he will trade again with his friend and his friend will put on trimmed armor.

 

 

 

Prevention-Players can not trim armor! Trimmed Armor comes from members who did Treasure Trails. That is the only way you can get Trimmed Armor without buying it from a player.

 

 

 

 

 

This is all of the guide that I have decided to make. If you want to add things to the guide, just post them here. This way the posts will be part of the guide as well.

[Owned_Nex]

Add part 2 quickly...this guide's info is pretty obvious(Don't give other people stuff). You shoukd add tag team scamming , and maybe luring

[ltb2006]

Well laid out,i guess this'll help really stupid people.

[guthix121]

Add part 2 quickly...this guide's info is pretty obvious(Don't give other people stuff). You shoukd add tag team scamming , and maybe luring

 

 

 

Good Idea. I wasn't exactly sure what other sections to add besides Password Scamming. The reason I made this guide was to help out beginners, and because I can't think of another guide to do. I you have an idea on a guide please PM me.

[RSBDavid]

there was a scam with eye of gnome:

 

person a would pm a person saying "ill buy an eye of gnome off you for (inter large amount of stuff here)"

 

 

 

2 mins later.. a guy will come and have a b sale and only trade the guy who his m8 pmed and then they would get 300k-2m in stuff.

 

 

 

another is the whip-seers ring where a guy says "buying seers ring 3.4m or whatever" and his m8 says buying ehip and offers seers ring

[pwniez]

there is another scam that you failed to mention:

 

 

 

scammer: Ah heck im so lazy- buying red bead 20k!

 

scammerfriend:Selling red bead 5k!!

 

 

 

they wont trade each other and are just out of earshot, but close enough so you get both. Looking to make a quick 15k, you buy the red bead for 5k and both people log out.

 

 

 

Not that much of a biggie, but still. :|

[guthix121]

there is another scam that you failed to mention:

 

 

 

scammer: Ah heck im so lazy- buying red bead 20k!

 

scammerfriend:Selling red bead 5k!!

 

 

 

they wont trade each other and are just out of earshot, but close enough so you get both. Looking to make a quick 15k, you buy the red bead for 5k and both people log out.

 

 

 

Not that much of a biggie, but still. :|

 

 

 

I will mention it in the tag team part section I will make soon.

[GlowinRedM]

Add this one (P2P Only):

 

 

 

Scam: Someone will say something like "Drop party 30gp Needed!" and take you to Karmja and then to Brimhaven. They will then take you to the Tribesmen and ask you to kill them so they don't attack the scammer while he "drops" the stuff. You get poisoned for 11 damage at a time by the tribesmen.

 

 

 

Solution: Only do drop parties at the Falador Party House. Duh.

[Toad]

seen one done in world 2 recently

 

 

 

you sell something, eg something for 1000k, they put up 100k and take it off.. so the red exclamation thing is flashing, then they put up 1000k, whilst you put up amount then reduce it to 100k, since it in the way.. its sometimes hard to tell what it is

[guthix121]

I don't think I will make another guide-or add on to this one for that, since it is not really popular or necessary. If you want though, you can still post popular scams, and that way the posts will become part of the guide as well :? .