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What would you do if you got scammed?

Discussion in 'MMORPG' started by Thedarkboy, Mar 8, 2012.

What would you do if you got scammed?

  1. Report the user

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  2. Warn other players

    21 vote(s)
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  3. Nothing special.

    6 vote(s)
    17.1%
  4. Other

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  1. Qsljic

    Qsljic Ogre Prince The Pit

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    I will just contact support and get account back in my property.
     
  2. Blasphy

    Blasphy Emperor Ogre Veteran
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    Report the user.....
     
  3. Taliehoe

    Taliehoe Little Spike New Ogre

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    I've been scammed before, once really badly, and I just stopped playing that game and moved on, It was pretty sad tbh
     
  4. a

    a Ogre Queen Ogre Veteran

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    report the scammer and warn other users
     
  5. CanineAQ3D

    CanineAQ3D Spiked Club Ogre Regular

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    I've never been scammed, it's just not something you'll catch me out with. But I have helped other players that got scammed and gotten some support for them in game.
     
  6. Sabugo

    Sabugo Elite Ogre Ogre Veteran

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    Just be smart and you wont need to answer this question lol
     
  7. Heromanguy12

    Heromanguy12 Ogre Hall of Fame Royal Ogre

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    I haven't really been scammed, but i will be careful when trading so it's not going to happen.
     
  8. Vanderion

    Vanderion Club Swinger New Ogre

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    Never been scammed; I'm a loner so I don't usually deal with other people in-game. Nowadays, it pays to careful.
     
  9. Heromanguy12

    Heromanguy12 Ogre Hall of Fame Royal Ogre

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    People are greedy and greed can lead to scamming schemes.
     
  10. Azula

    Azula Club Swinger New Ogre

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    bruh i'd probably cry if i was scammed for everything
     
  11. CuriousLeun

    CuriousLeun Big Brute New Ogre

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    Scamming is unfortunate. Best way to solve it is contact customer support.
     
  12. NaMjOoN

    NaMjOoN Club Swinger New Ogre

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    report and warn. easy as that
     
  13. Aerobous

    Aerobous Elite Ogre Ogre Veteran

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    I will recover my account immediately then report this player .
     
  14. Raffiel

    Raffiel Elite Ogre The Pit

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    I'd report the scammer and spread awareness.
     
  15. Archdragon

    Archdragon DA BIG CLUB Ogre Regular

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    If the scam is your fault by being stupid, the customer service can't do anything at all. What you can do maybe just inform other player about the scam method so there won't be a another "stupid" victim. Or you can just do nothing and make a circle of scammed players lol
     
  16. Metaqrion

    Metaqrion Elite Ogre The Pit

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    Report and warn other players. Both.
     
  17. I don't think it's about 'stupidity', but more about lack of judgment or sometimes even fear. Even the cleverest scammers get away with things (you see it happen in tech support scams all the time).

    A lot of kids get scammed, and even adults, sometimes in more clever ways than people would realize. It's pretty obvious that you should never share your password, but I think the dirtiest scam I've seen is the scammer asking you to change your e-mail to their e-mail, and convincing you that doing so would award you something (such as virtual currency). What often happens is that they use the victim's e-mail to reset the password, and it's oftentimes the worst situation since the victim won't have any method of recovery.

    Sometimes certain games warn you never to share your password, but I wish they would do more to warn about things that aren't so obvious.
     
  18. Sepherus96

    Sepherus96 Big Brute New Ogre

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    Not much you can do but report and tell others not to fall for it
     
  19. It would probably be obvious to other players if someone was scamming them. But the one thing not to do is to interact with the person. Sometimes you can escalate the issue and make it worse, and sometimes you'll get in trouble for interacting with a scammer. For instance, trying to reverse-scam them or even pretend to accept their offer and giving them fake information could lead to punishment to both you and the scammer, even though you might have intended to prank them as some sort of payback or as a way to waste their time. Usually the issue is that game moderators don't know exactly who started scamming, even though they might have timestamps (but sometimes timestamps are recorded the moment someone's reported, not the moment when someone started scamming), so it's hard to tell who the suspect is and both the scammer and the interactee share the punishment.
     

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