Scams in EVE Online: Difference between revisions

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If you want a failsafe, only ever keep a single copy of an expensive mod (or PLEX) on hand when selling to WTB contracts.

===Deal baiting contracts===

~~It's a~~ contract ~~that~~ looks like a buyer forgot to add one zero to the sell price of the contract, as the sell price is 10 times less than the price advertised in local and in the title of the contract.

A deal baiting contract looks like a buyer forgot to add one zero to the sell price of the contract, as the sell price is 10 times less than the price advertised in local and in the title of the contract. In fact the much-reduced actual sell price is still much higher than the value of the contracted items.

====What you see====

The scammer will advertise the contract in local for a high amount of ISK, usually with some story about how they are "clearing" ~~out~~ their inventory. The actual sell price on the contract will be 10 times less than the price advertised in local and in the title of the contract.

The scammer will advertise the contract in local for a high amount of ISK, usually with some story about how they are "clearing out" their inventory. The actual sell price on the contract will be 10 times less than the price advertised in local and in the title of the contract.

====How it works====

This exploits a ~~players~~ desire to scoop up a "great deal". The scammer creates a contract with a large number of items (often including cheap faction or officer equipment such as faction/officer armour coatings). The scammer sets the sell price of the contract to be several times that of the value of the items in the contract. They then set the title of the contract to advertise a sale price 10 times greater than the actual sale price on the contract. They advertise this in local for the higher sale price. The scammer hopes that a player will look at the contract and see that the actual sale price is 10 times less than the advertised price, assume that the scammer made a mistake on the price by forgetting to add one zero, and immediately scoop it up (thinking they're getting a deal) without looking at the actual items ~~too closely~~. ~~Including~~ cheap faction/officer gear in the items ~~is done~~ to make the contract seem more believable and increase the chance that a player will fall for the scam (as ~~most faction~~/officer gear is ~~quite~~ expensive).

This exploits a player's desire to scoop up a "great deal". The scammer creates a contract with a large number of items (often including cheap faction or officer equipment such as faction/officer armour coatings).

The scammer sets the sell price of the contract to be several times that of the value of the items in the contract. They then set the title of the contract to advertise a sale price 10 times greater than the actual sale price on the contract. They advertise this in local for the higher sale price.

The scammer hopes that a player will look at the contract and see that the actual sale price is 10 times less than the advertised price, assume that the scammer made a mistake on the price by forgetting to add one zero, and immediately scoop it up (thinking they're getting a deal) without looking too closely at the actual items. The scammer includes cheap faction/officer gear in the items to make the contract seem more believable, and to increase the chance that a player will fall for the scam (as most—but, importantly, ''not'' all—faction/officer gear is expensive).

====Example of how it works====

A scammer in Jita buys 10 million ~~isk~~ worth of random items and includes a couple of Centum C-Type Kinetic Energized Membranes (worth about ~~450k ish~~ each). The scammer creates a contract for all of these items and sets the price at 950 million ~~isk~~. The scammer sets the title to "WTS 9.6 billion ~~isk~~". The scammer then advertises the contract in local (stating that the price is 9.6 billion ~~isk~~), including something about how they just sorted through their inventory and are doing a special bulk sale. An unsuspecting player sees the advertisement, looks at the contract out of curiosity, and sees that the price on the contract is 960 million ~~isk~~. The player assumes that the scammer forgot to add a zero to the actual contract price, sees some officer gear in there, and quickly accepts it before (in their mind) someone else does. The scam is now complete; the scammer has the ~~players~~ 960 million ~~isk~~ and the player is left with a large quantity of ~~compartively worthless~~ items.

A scammer in Jita buys 10 million ISK worth of random items and includes a couple of Centum C-Type Kinetic Energized Membranes (worth about 450 thousand ISK each). The scammer creates a contract for all of these items and sets the price at 950 million ISK. The scammer sets the title to "WTS 9.6 billion ISK".

The scammer then advertises the contract in local (stating that the price is 9.6 billion ISK), including something about how they just sorted through their inventory and are doing a special bulk sale. An unsuspecting player sees the advertisement, looks at the contract out of curiosity, and sees that the price on the contract is 960 million ISK. The player assumes that the scammer forgot to add a zero to the actual contract price, sees some officer gear in there, and quickly accepts it before (in their mind) someone else does. The scam is now complete: the scammer has the player's 960 million ISK and the player is left with a large quantity of items which together are worth much less than 960 million ISK.

===Combined WTS/WTB contracts===

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 If you want a failsafe, only ever keep a single copy of an expensive mod (or PLEX) on hand when selling to WTB contracts.
 ===Deal baiting contracts===
-It's a contract that looks like a buyer forgot to add one zero to the sell price of the contract, as the sell price is 10 times less than the price advertised in local and in the title of the contract.
+A deal  baiting contract looks like a buyer forgot to add one zero to the sell price of the contract, as the sell price is 10 times less than the price advertised in local and in the title of the contract. In fact the much-reduced actual sell price is still much higher than the value of the contracted items.
 ====What you see====
-The scammer will advertise the contract in local for a high amount of ISK, usually with some story about how they are "clearing" out their inventory. The actual sell price on the contract will be 10 times less than the price advertised in local and in the title of the contract.
+The scammer will advertise the contract in local for a high amount of ISK, usually with some story about how they are "clearing out" their inventory. The actual sell price on the contract will be 10 times less than the price advertised in local and in the title of the contract.
 ====How it works====
-This exploits a players desire to scoop up a "great deal". The scammer creates a contract with a large number of items (often including cheap faction or officer equipment such as faction/officer armour coatings). The scammer sets the sell price of the contract to be several times that of the value of the items in the contract. They then set the title of the contract to advertise a sale price 10 times greater than the actual sale price on the contract. They advertise this in local for the higher sale price. The scammer hopes that a player will look at the contract and see that the actual sale price is 10 times less than the advertised price, assume that the scammer made a mistake on the price by forgetting to add one zero, and immediately scoop it up (thinking they're getting a deal) without looking at the actual items too closely. Including cheap faction/officer gear in the items is done to make the contract seem more believable and increase the chance that a player will fall for the scam (as most faction/officer gear is quite expensive).
+This exploits a player's desire to scoop up a "great deal". The scammer creates a contract with a large number of items (often including cheap faction or officer equipment such as faction/officer armour coatings).
+The scammer sets the sell price of the contract to be several times that of the value of the items in the contract. They then set the title of the contract to advertise a sale price 10 times greater than the actual sale price on the contract. They advertise this in local for the higher sale price.
+The scammer hopes that a player will look at the contract and see that the actual sale price is 10 times less than the advertised price, assume that the scammer made a mistake on the price by forgetting to add one zero, and immediately scoop it up (thinking they're getting a deal) without looking too closely at the actual items. The scammer includes cheap faction/officer gear in the items to make the contract seem more believable, and to increase the chance that a player will fall for the scam (as most—but, importantly, ''not'' all—faction/officer gear is expensive).
 ====Example of how it works====
-A scammer in Jita buys 10 million isk worth of random items and includes a couple of Centum C-Type Kinetic Energized Membranes (worth about 450k ish each). The scammer creates a contract for all of these items and sets the price at 950 million isk. The scammer sets the title to "WTS 9.6 billion isk". The scammer then advertises the contract in local (stating that the price is 9.6 billion isk), including something about how they just sorted through their inventory and are doing a special bulk sale. An unsuspecting player sees the advertisement, looks at the contract out of curiosity, and sees that the price on the contract is 960 million isk. The player assumes that the scammer forgot to add a zero to the actual contract price, sees some officer gear in there, and quickly accepts it before (in their mind) someone else does. The scam is now complete; the scammer has the players 960 million isk and the player is left with a large quantity of compartively worthless items.
+A scammer in Jita buys 10 million ISK worth of random items and includes a couple of Centum C-Type Kinetic Energized Membranes (worth about 450 thousand ISK each). The scammer creates a contract for all of these items and sets the price at 950 million ISK. The scammer sets the title to "WTS 9.6 billion ISK".
+The scammer then advertises the contract in local (stating that the price is 9.6 billion ISK), including something about how they just sorted through their inventory and are doing a special bulk sale. An unsuspecting player sees the advertisement, looks at the contract out of curiosity, and sees that the price on the contract is 960 million ISK. The player assumes that the scammer forgot to add a zero to the actual contract price, sees some officer gear in there, and quickly accepts it before (in their mind) someone else does. The scam is now complete: the scammer has the player's 960 million ISK and the player is left with a large quantity of items which together are worth much less than 960 million ISK.
 ===Combined WTS/WTB contracts===