More actions
→The Margin Trading Scam aka The Drunken Buy Order: Not really inattention. The game presents the order as perfectly legit, the only way to detect it is knowledge of this kind of scam. |
|||
| Line 46: | Line 46: | ||
The scammed add another layer of legitimacy as they are often too embarrassed to announce in the channel that the offer is bogus, so there appears to be no downside to the possible risk. | The scammed add another layer of legitimacy as they are often too embarrassed to announce in the channel that the offer is bogus, so there appears to be no downside to the possible risk. | ||
===The Margin Trading Scam | ===The Margin Trading Scam=== | ||
''The Margin Trading Scam'' exploits the mechanic where a margin buy order will fail if the buyer can't pay for the goods, but the order will remain on the market. It is also known as ''The Drunken Buy Order'' because it is often announced in local that a player must have been drunk when they placed a buy order. There are a couple of variations, but they both depend on margin buy orders failing and upon | ''The Margin Trading Scam'' exploits the mechanic where a margin buy order will fail if the buyer can't pay for the goods, but the order will remain on the market. It is also known as ''The Drunken Buy Order'' because it is often announced in local that a player must have been drunk when they placed a buy order. There are a couple of variations, but they both depend on margin buy orders failing and upon the victim not knowing the true value of the item they're trading.<br> | ||
<u>It's a Trap</u><br> | <u>It's a Trap</u><br> | ||