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Scams in EVE Online: Difference between revisions

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CCP takes a dim view of can baiting in [https://wiki.eveonline.com/en/wiki/Rookie_Systems rookie systems], but it's fair game anywhere else.<br>
CCP takes a dim view of can baiting in [https://wiki.eveonline.com/en/wiki/Rookie_Systems rookie systems], but it's fair game anywhere else.<br>
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===Suspect baiting===
An experienced PVPer will give himself a suspect flag and then hang out in a weak ship close to a station. The suspect flag means they can be attacked in highsec without CONCORD intervention. The victim kills the suspect, who then immediately docks his capsule or gets a clone. The suspect then undocks in a real PVP ship, and because he can attack his attacked also without CONCORD intervention, proceeds to do so.
===Sale of intangibles===
===Sale of intangibles===
This is the epic tale of selling someone the Golden Gate bridge: someone's selling something that either has no worth, is not verifiable, or simply does not belong to them. For example selling a bookmark to a wormhole with any kind of assurance of what is or is not in there (in terms of sites to run as well as presence of a hostile corporation inside). Another example would be ransoming your ship and pod for the assurance that they'll let you go, then destroying you anyway.<br>
This is the epic tale of selling someone the Golden Gate bridge: someone's selling something that either has no worth, is not verifiable, or simply does not belong to them. For example selling a bookmark to a wormhole with any kind of assurance of what is or is not in there (in terms of sites to run as well as presence of a hostile corporation inside). Another example would be ransoming your ship and pod for the assurance that they'll let you go, then destroying you anyway.<br>