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Zoltan Irvam (talk | contribs) |
Grammar, spelling and removing superfluous 'information'. Can transfer from all ship holds not just the carghohold. Scam is still possible using unanchoring tricks. Removed bit about POSs as this scam has nothing to do with POSs. |
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The contract owner will be part of a corporation or alliance that owns at least one structure, and that structure's access will generally be restricted to only members of that group. Because there is not currently a convenient method of verifying whether a pilot has access to a structure, a player who accepts this contract will be unable to complete the delivery, and the scammer will make a profit on the cost of the cargo due to the large collateral. | The contract owner will be part of a corporation or alliance that owns at least one structure, and that structure's access will generally be restricted to only members of that group. Because there is not currently a convenient method of verifying whether a pilot has access to a structure, a player who accepts this contract will be unable to complete the delivery, and the scammer will make a profit on the cost of the cargo due to the large collateral. | ||
Since October 2018 update all Upwell Structures | Since October 2018 update all Upwell Structures have a drop box which anybody can use, regardless of access rights, to transfer items in space from their ship's cargoholds to the Upwell structure (but not back). This makes this kind of scam much harder to achieve (but not impossible). | ||
====How to recognize the scam==== | ====How to recognize the scam==== | ||