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Overall this can can net the scammer hundreds of millions in an hour as many will on impulse buy up the items (only work 20k for millions) and then find they cannot fulfill the order unless they buy twenty. Then they may realize too late that the cost would be twice that of the buy order returns. Even if they complete the buy order it will be rejected as the persons alt that place the buy order does not have suffficnet funds to pay for it. | Overall this can can net the scammer hundreds of millions in an hour as many will on impulse buy up the items (only work 20k for millions) and then find they cannot fulfill the order unless they buy twenty. Then they may realize too late that the cost would be twice that of the buy order returns. Even if they complete the buy order it will be rejected as the persons alt that place the buy order does not have suffficnet funds to pay for it. | ||
===Margin Scam=== | ===Margin Trading Scam=== | ||
This is a market scam based on the skill Margin Trading. A player with | This is a market scam based on the skill Margin Trading. A player with this skill can place buy orders and only place a portion of the required ISK in escrow and when someone sells to that buy order the rest of the ISK is taken from their wallet. However, if they don't have the ISK available, the trade simply fails. This allows the character to place "fake" buy orders by placing an order and then transferring all of their ISK to another character. The buy order then fails and the victim is left with the worthless item while the scammer pockets the ISK. | ||
==Common Contract Scams== | ==Common Contract Scams== | ||