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==Contract Scams== | ==Contract Scams== | ||
In EVE, contracts themselves are rock solid: you'll pay and receive what the contract terms specify. Where scams come in is mainly in having you make mistakes in thinking what the terms of a contract actually are. In particular, the title of a contract need not match what the actual terms are. Always read the terms of your contract and verify they're what you want. | |||
===Double WTB contracts=== | ===Double WTB contracts=== | ||
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It's a contract to buy items that seems to offer above-market rates. They are often linked to in local chat. | It's a contract to buy items that seems to offer above-market rates. They are often linked to in local chat. | ||
====How it works==== | ====How it works==== | ||
This scam exploits the fact that a contract's title need not match its contents. The contract title says something like, "WTB PLEX for 890M ISK," when the going rate is 750M, for example. However, the terms of the contract actually state that the buyer will pay 890M ISK for ''two'' PLEX. These contracts are often linked to in local chat. | This scam exploits the fact that a contract's title (nor local chat announcement) need not match its contents. The contract title says something like, "WTB PLEX for 890M ISK," when the going rate is 750M, for example. However, the terms of the contract actually state that the buyer will pay 890M ISK for ''two'' PLEX. These contracts are often linked to in local chat. | ||
If you want a failsafe, only ever keep a single copy of an expensive mod (or PLEX) on hand when selling to WTB contracts. | |||
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Again, this exploits the idea that a contract's title and its contents do not need to match. In our example, the actual contract sells the PLEX for 400M ''and'' one PLEX. So the seller gets 400M ''and'' their item back. This is not always easy to spot, as the item up for "sale" and the price you pay are next to each other at the top of the screen, but the item you give is further down the screen. | Again, this exploits the idea that a contract's title and its contents do not need to match. In our example, the actual contract sells the PLEX for 400M ''and'' one PLEX. So the seller gets 400M ''and'' their item back. This is not always easy to spot, as the item up for "sale" and the price you pay are next to each other at the top of the screen, but the item you give is further down the screen. | ||
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===Fittings without ship=== | ===Fittings without ship=== | ||
It's a contract that shortchanges a buyer some important items. | |||
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You see a contract selling a ship (often a Hulk) for a seemingly very low price. It says that they're offering the ship and all the fittings, but the contract terms will only have the fittings. | |||
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===Multiples of 1000=== | ===Multiples of 1000=== | ||
This scam can involve market buy orders or contracts. Simply, the scammer sets up a buy order at | This scam can involve market buy orders or contracts. Simply, the scammer sets up a buy order/buy contract at 1/1000 the average price. It relies on people not noticing the difference between 121 thousand and 121 million. | ||
This scam can also be run with markets, especially in less populace regions by offering ships or modules at 10x their price. For example if you're not careful and need a rifter, you might accept the only sell order in the region as the average, while they're selling at 100m instead of 100k. | This scam can also be run with markets, especially in less populace regions by offering ships or modules at 10x their price. For example if you're not careful and need a rifter, you might accept the only sell order in the region as the average, while they're selling at 100m instead of 100k. | ||
This scam works can be assisted by someone announcing in local broadcasting the contract and announcing they are selling at the lower price when the contract is actually selling at the higher price.<br> | This scam works can be assisted by someone announcing in local broadcasting the contract and announcing they are selling at the lower price when the contract is actually selling at the higher price. | ||
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===Similar names=== | ===Similar names=== | ||
These are contracts offering ierms with similar names to what you want, but not really. | |||
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The scammer will advertise a ship or module as its faction variant (sometimes a faction variant that doesn't even exist!) and rely on people not checking the actual item being offered. (Someone might, for example, advertise a normal Raven as a Raven Navy Issue.) This can also work with modules with similar names such as a Pith C-Type in a contract advertised as an A- or X-Type. (A unit of the element Carbon masquerading as the valuable [[Charon]] freighter is a good -- and amusing -- example.) | |||
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===The Three Ships=== | ===The Three Ships=== | ||
The Three Ships is a scam that tricks the victim into buying a overpriced ship because they just missed out on a good deal. | The Three Ships is a scam that tricks the victim into buying a overpriced ship because they just missed out on a good deal. | ||
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*The third ship is the sting. Having missed out on two ships, a player not wanting to miss out again will race to click on that one, not noting the additional zeros that reprice the ship e.g. from 20 million to 200 million. | *The third ship is the sting. Having missed out on two ships, a player not wanting to miss out again will race to click on that one, not noting the additional zeros that reprice the ship e.g. from 20 million to 200 million. | ||
Never buy anything in a rush, and always read contracts carefully.<br> | Never buy anything in a rush, and always read contracts carefully. | ||
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===Courier Contract Ganking=== | ===Courier Contract Ganking=== | ||
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====What you see==== | ====What you see==== | ||
A Courier Contract that pays more per jump than average, like ten to thirty million for delivering on a route only five or ten jumps away. The collateral will be far higher than the item is worth. The route goes through low-sec or a 0.5 system. | A Courier Contract that pays more per jump than average, like ten to thirty million for delivering on a route only five or ten jumps away. The collateral will be far higher than the item is worth. The route goes through low-sec or a 0.5 system. | ||
====How it works==== | ====How it works==== | ||
The courier route will take the hauler through a low-sec or 0.5 system. While they are in that system, the scammers will destroy the hauler, forcing them to forfeit the collateral. The scammers get the collateral, a kill, and possibly the cargo as well. The victim loses the collateral, their ship, and possibly their pod. | The courier route will take the hauler through a low-sec or 0.5 system. While they are in that system, the scammers will destroy the hauler, forcing them to forfeit the collateral. The scammers get the collateral, a kill, and possibly the cargo as well. The victim loses the collateral, their ship, and possibly their pod. | ||
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*be too big for a frigate but small enough to fit in an Industrial (more easily ganked) and not realistic for a Freighter for such a short haul; | *be too big for a frigate but small enough to fit in an Industrial (more easily ganked) and not realistic for a Freighter for such a short haul; | ||
*have a delivery route will be through low-trafficked systems and at least one 0.5 or less system (so the odd industrial passing through can be easily passive cargo scanned) | *have a delivery route will be through low-trafficked systems and at least one 0.5 or less system (so the odd industrial passing through can be easily passive cargo scanned) | ||
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==Other Miscellaneous Scams== | ==Other Miscellaneous Scams== | ||