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Scams in EVE Online: Difference between revisions

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*Someone using chat to offer strangers the opportunity to make a lot of money.
*Someone using chat to offer strangers the opportunity to make a lot of money.
*Look for buy orders with minimum volumes. Multiple sell orders can fill a single buy order, so there's no good reason for them.
*Look for buy orders with minimum volumes. Multiple sell orders can fill a single buy order, so there's no good reason for them.
*Check on EVE-Central to see what the item is selling for across New Eden. In this example you'd see a lot of 1B ISK sellers. You'll only do this if you were already suspicious, though so it's verification, not a clue.
*The buy order is for a low-volume item that you're not familiar with. If EVE-Central has any others on record, they're far away and way cheaper.
There are also techniques to game the price history for very low volume or new items, so be careful of those.


==Contract Scams==
==Contract Scams==