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I just lost 40m. It's my own fault, I feel very stupid, and very disapointed ithat people would do that in a game, but really, i'm mad at myself. I fell for it.

 

Person A and his friends set up a scenario where a guy was doubleing money, he did it to one guy, pretended to scam another, then gave it back.

 

This continued for a while, i thought it was a set up, but for some reason, I went for it anyway. Surprse, I gave him 40m out of my 50m total cashpile, and he logged out.

 

I'm trying to tell meself this is just a game, but I'm still a bit upset and frustrated that I have to start over earning money.

 

I'm not, like expecting donations or pity, but those would be nice :oops:

 

If anyone has a good money making idea for a charecter with my level/skills, i'll do whatever. The only thing I have for money making is the daily stuff, so about 500k a day, idk what else to do for money.

 

also, i do have a pair of rangers boots, and i did just get 99 ranged. I plan on doing slayer to train melee and get money, would hanging on to the ranger boots be worth it? or just get snakeskin and call it a day?

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Dailies, MTK, herb farming for easy money on the side. Try flipping with whatever cash you still have left.

 

 

And be prepared to handle the flame you're about to get.

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thanks, that's the kind of stuff I like to hear,

 

I know I was stupid, I said that.

 

I guess this just reinforces the "hard knocks." The world will screw you over and no one will care.

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Moved to the Rants forum :). Protip: if someone is doubling money, do it in one trade. Any other way is reportable.

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I make good money scamming them. I say "if you double my 250k, I'll try 5m" it works almost always, too

 

Though I am not sure if it is allowed :s

 

Sorry to hear, I hate seeing people get scammed

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Someone that can't spell "scammed" gets no sympathy from me.

So your lack of sympathy is because of a misspelling, not the topic itself? Nice...

 

OP, if it looks too good to be true, it probably is.

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thanks, that's the kind of stuff I like to hear,

 

I know I was stupid, I said that.

 

I guess this just reinforces the "hard knocks." The world will screw you over and no one will care.

 

thanks, both for moving it, and the advice. I did report them, and I feel very stupid for not understanding that the doubling money thing should be in one trade. I guess I shouldn't do any big decisions when I'm tired, had a long day of college, now this, but still.

 

Right now, I still am motivated to at least play, we'll just have to see how i feel over the next few days.

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Dailies, MTK, herb farming for easy money on the side. Try flipping with whatever cash you still have left.

 

 

And be prepared to handle the flame you're about to get.

 

can you point me to a flipping guide? I haven't found a good one, it just seems very abstract right now. Also, I do have a pair of ranger boots I could sell for extra cash for flipping, I got 99 ranged, I think with doing slayer or whatever using snakeskin would be fine, do you think I should sell them?

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The world will screw you over and no one will care.

Bienvenue au monde. :-D

 

I'm sorry you got scammed. Generally, once you do something like that, there's virtually no way you'll fall for it - or any scam - again.

 

From now on, if you ever meet these type of scammers again, do the trick whereby you say something along the lines of "if you double 500k, I'll get you to double 10 mil". Scammers are usually just a little more intelligent than their victims, so they'll normally double your 500k and expect you to hand across the 10 mil. Once the 500k is doubled, walk away calmly and contentedly.


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Brewing is a good way of making a weekly million if you have a bit of the stuff from trouble brewing. Just do greenman's ales, 16 glasses of the mature stuff is worth 1M and takes about 2-5 days to brew. So cheap it's practically free. Collect in glasses, NOT kegs.

 

You could also try cleaning herbs with the scroll of cleansing from dung, if you can be bothered to get it (very possible at your dung level). Not sure if this is good cash anymore, but...it might be. Do some research on that, I would.

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I don't understand why you chose to risk 80% of your bank tbh but learn from your mistake and don't trust strangers. Hell, even friends on runescape can betray you. I found that one out the hard way. Just chalk this up to experience and move on. At least you have some cash left and you won't be so foolish in future.

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Brewing is a good way of making a weekly million if you have a bit of the stuff from trouble brewing. Just do greenman's ales, 16 glasses of the mature stuff is worth 1M and takes about 2-5 days to brew. So cheap it's practically free. Collect in glasses, NOT kegs.

 

You could also try cleaning herbs with the scroll of cleansing from dung, if you can be bothered to get it (very possible at your dung level). Not sure if this is good cash anymore, but...it might be. Do some research on that, I would.

 

If you collect in calquat kegs, you can use glasses on them to get pints separately. This saves you the trouble of banking when doing a run.

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Dishonesty ruins this world. There's no difference between stealing someone's possessions IRL and in runescape, and people here seem to condone it and even admit to it. Pretty sad.

 

umad?

You're the [bleep]ing epitome of the idiot generation. There's nothing wrong with being mad over something you care about. In fact, I'd argue that apathy is far worse. That meme is old, annoying, and taken way out of context.

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Dishonesty ruins this world. There's no difference between stealing someone's possessions IRL and in runescape, and people here seem to condone it and even admit to it. Pretty sad.

 

I agree with you, however since the world isnt perfect I see it as a good thing that people are taught not to trust people who offer them free crap over the internet or real life. Can you honestly say that OP getting scammed is bad if he learned this lesson of how to survive in this imperfect world.

 

Stop being so nearsighted and focus on the whole picture and you will see why i condone it. Pretty sad that you cant see that

 

I don't know where this belief comes from that getting scammed in a game like Runescape gives you transferable experience to apply to real life situations. If someone is intent on taking your money in real life, they aren't going to try and scam you, they're just going to take it.

 

Unlike real life, you can't be mugged or assaulted in a video game. People need to stop acting like Runescape is an invaluable tool in teaching life lessons lol.

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Dishonesty ruins this world. There's no difference between stealing someone's possessions IRL and in runescape, and people here seem to condone it and even admit to it. Pretty sad.

 

I agree with you, however since the world isnt perfect I see it as a good thing that people are taught not to trust people who offer them free crap over the internet or real life. Can you honestly say that OP getting scammed is bad if he learned this lesson of how to survive in this imperfect world.

 

Stop being so nearsighted and focus on the whole picture and you will see why i condone it. Pretty sad that you cant see that

 

I don't know where this belief comes from that getting scammed in a game like Runescape gives you transferable experience to apply to real life situations. If someone is intent on taking your money in real life, they aren't going to try and scam you, they're just going to take it.

 

Unlike real life, you can't be mugged or assaulted in a video game. People need to stop acting like Runescape is an invaluable tool in teaching life lessons lol.

In real life, you can attack the scammer outside of wilderness.

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Dishonesty ruins this world. There's no difference between stealing someone's possessions IRL and in runescape, and people here seem to condone it and even admit to it. Pretty sad.

 

umad?

You're the [bleep]ing epitome of the idiot generation. There's nothing wrong with being mad over something you care about. In fact, I'd argue that apathy is far worse. That meme is old, annoying, and taken way out of context.

I took a Dexter Morgan approach not too soon after my first lure. And I would never steal IRL.

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umad?

You're the [bleep]ing epitome of the idiot generation. There's nothing wrong with being mad over something you care about. In fact, I'd argue that apathy is far worse. That meme is old, annoying, and taken way out of context.

 

THANK YOU! :rolleyes:

 

On Topic; Sorry to hear your loss. As they say, if it's too good to be true, it probably is. In what world do you think someone you don't know

will give you lots of money for absolutely nothing? Exactly. Take this into account and rest assured you will never fall for it again.

 

If you want advice, just be thankful you witnessed this sooner or you might have lost a lot more later. As dumb as you are feeling today might be different

tomorrow.

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Dishonesty ruins this world. There's no difference between stealing someone's possessions IRL and in runescape, and people here seem to condone it and even admit to it. Pretty sad.

 

umad?

You're the [bleep]ing epitome of the idiot generation. There's nothing wrong with being mad over something you care about. In fact, I'd argue that apathy is far worse. That meme is old, annoying, and taken way out of context.

 

Oh thank you, I'm glad there are still mature, considerate people.

 

Also, thanks for the encouragement, to those who said "chalk it up to expirience."

 

I was surprised and disappointed with the responses condoning scamming. Earn an honest living, both runescape and irl. Yes it's a game, but it's something people put a lot of time and effort into.

 

For those saying "lol n00b ur stupid," just try to imagine how you would feel if you lost most of your wealth next time you log in. People make mistakes, stuff happens. This time, it happened to be me. Karma and honest dedication, I'll get back up there.

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thanks, that's the kind of stuff I like to hear,

 

I know I was stupid, I said that.

 

I guess this just reinforces the "hard knocks." The world will screw you over and no one will care.

 

 

The world didn't screw you over though. You screwed yourself over when you handed some random person 40M and thought you'd really get anything back.

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