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pointed out that The Margin Trading Scam does not work some one else needs to finish that
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===The Margin Trading Scam===
===The Margin Trading Scam===
This scam exploits the mechanic where a character with the {{sk|Margin Trading|icon=yes}} skill can place buy orders and only place a portion of the ISK in escrow. If they then transfer all of their ISK away, the order will fail when someone tries to sell to it, essentially allowing them to make a "fake" buy order. It is also known as "The Drunken Buy Order" because it is often announced in local that a player must have been drunk when they placed a buy order. There are a couple of variations, but they all depend on margin buy orders failing and/or upon the victim not knowing the true value of the item they're trading.
===This Scam Is No longer Viable As The Margin Trading Skill Is Now The Advanced Broker Relations And Does Not Have The Same Stats===
This scam exploits the mechanic where a character with the Margin Trading skill can place buy orders and only place a portion of the ISK in escrow. If they then transfer all of their ISK away, the order will fail when someone tries to sell to it, essentially allowing them to make a "fake" buy order. It is also known as "The Drunken Buy Order" because it is often announced in local that a player must have been drunk when they placed a buy order. There are a couple of variations, but they all depend on margin buy orders failing and/or upon the victim not knowing the true value of the item they're trading.


====What you see====
====What you see====