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Sympathy for the unfortunate is the aspect of human nature that they are tapping into and hoping to trick the more altruistic players into donating funds, ships and equipment to help the new unfortunate victim of the harsh game mechanics. In its most basic aspects it is social engineering of the human trait to help others who are a victim of circumstance. Though it is of course possible that they're telling the truth (you could ask for the link to their combat log), if you observe the dialogue in the channel it will be too consistently touching the right buttons to be evident manipulation of sympathy responses.<br> | Sympathy for the unfortunate is the aspect of human nature that they are tapping into and hoping to trick the more altruistic players into donating funds, ships and equipment to help the new unfortunate victim of the harsh game mechanics. In its most basic aspects it is social engineering of the human trait to help others who are a victim of circumstance. Though it is of course possible that they're telling the truth (you could ask for the link to their combat log), if you observe the dialogue in the channel it will be too consistently touching the right buttons to be evident manipulation of sympathy responses.<br> | ||
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===ISK doubling=== | ===ISK doubling=== | ||
This is one of the most common scams in Eve and is very popular in all the main trade hubs with frequent adverts spammed in local. The adverts will generally indicate that they are super rich players who want to give back to the game.<br> | This is one of the most common scams in Eve and is very popular in all the main trade hubs with frequent adverts spammed in local. The adverts will generally indicate that they are super rich players who want to give back to the game.<br> | ||
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Greed, is the mechanism that they are tapping into, that aspect of the human mind that is attracted to something for nothing. The scammer will respond by doubling your ISK when you make low amount 'testers', to lure you into sending larger amounts of ISK. When you make a sufficiently big enough transaction, they will take your ISK and not send any to you. When you ask for it they will even sometimes say that is not arrived to make the unwary send it again, though eventually they will block you. | Greed, is the mechanism that they are tapping into, that aspect of the human mind that is attracted to something for nothing. The scammer will respond by doubling your ISK when you make low amount 'testers', to lure you into sending larger amounts of ISK. When you make a sufficiently big enough transaction, they will take your ISK and not send any to you. When you ask for it they will even sometimes say that is not arrived to make the unwary send it again, though eventually they will block you. | ||
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. | ||
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===The Margin Trading Scam=== | ===The Margin Trading Scam=== | ||
''The Margin Trading Scam'' exploits the mechanic where a character with the Margin Trading skill can place buy orders and only place a portion of the ISK in escrow. If they then transfer all of their ISK away, the order will fail when someone tries to sell to it, essentially allowing them to make a "fake" buy order. 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/or upon the victim not knowing the true value of the item they're trading.<br> | ''The Margin Trading Scam'' exploits the mechanic where a character with the Margin Trading skill can place buy orders and only place a portion of the ISK in escrow. If they then transfer all of their ISK away, the order will fail when someone tries to sell to it, essentially allowing them to make a "fake" buy order. 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/or upon the victim not knowing the true value of the item they're trading.<br> | ||