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====How it works==== | ====How it works==== | ||
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.<br> | ||
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===The Margin Trading Scam=== | ===The Margin Trading Scam=== | ||