Scams in EVE Online: Difference between revisions

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===ISK doubling===

This ~~shares similarities to begging in~~ the ~~sense that both take place~~ in ~~busy channels. With ISK doubling a player~~ is ~~offering to send back twice~~ the ~~ISK that you send them. This is ''always'' a scam~~ in ~~the long run~~. The ~~scammer~~ will ~~pay~~ back ~~small amounts in order~~ to ~~'drum up business' and get people talking, but as soon as they gain a large amount, they'll simply stop sending money back~~.

This is one of the most common scams in Eve and is very popular in all the main trade hubs with frequent adverts spammed in local. The adverts will generally indicate that they are super rich players who want to give back to game.

It's a Trap

The scammer offers to double any ISK sent to them by another player. They often add an aura of legitimacy with alts or friends (cohorts) responding in local that they just had the large amount of ISK they sent, doubled back to them. They will also double back small amounts to some players in order to 'drum up business' by them also responding how they got their ISK doubled.

How it works

Greed, is the mechanism that they are tapping into, that aspect of the human mind that is attracted to something for nothing. The scammer will respond by doubling your ISK when you make low amount 'testers', to lure you into sending larger amounts of ISK. When you make a sufficiently big enough transaction, they will take your ISK and not send any to you. When you ask for it they will even sometimes say that is not arrived to make the unwary send it again, though eventually they will block you.

The scammed add another layer of legitimacy as they are often too embarrassed to announce in the channel that the offer is bogus, so there appears to be no downside to the possible risk.

===[[Can_Flipping|Can flipping]]===

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 ===ISK doubling===
-This shares similarities to begging in the sense that both take place in busy channels. With ISK doubling a player is offering to send back twice the ISK that you send them. This is ''always'' a scam in the long run. The scammer will pay back small amounts in order to 'drum up business' and get people talking, but as soon as they gain a large amount, they'll simply stop sending money back.<br>
+This is one of the most common scams in Eve and is very popular in all the main trade hubs with frequent adverts spammed in local. The adverts will generally indicate that they are super rich players who want to give back to game.<br>
+<b>It's a Trap<b>
+The scammer offers to double any ISK sent to them by another player. They often add an aura of legitimacy with alts or friends (cohorts) responding in local that they just had the large amount of ISK they sent, doubled back to them. They will also double back small amounts to some players in order to 'drum up business' by them also responding how they got their ISK doubled.<br>
+<b>How it works<b>
+Greed, is the mechanism that they are tapping into, that aspect of the human mind that is attracted to something for nothing. The scammer will respond by doubling your ISK when you make low amount 'testers', to lure you into sending larger amounts of ISK. When you make a sufficiently big enough transaction, they will take your ISK and not send any to you. When you ask for it they will even sometimes say that is not arrived to make the unwary send it again, though eventually they will block you.
+The scammed add another layer of legitimacy as they are often too embarrassed to announce in the channel that the offer is bogus, so there appears to be no downside to the possible risk.
 ===[[Can_Flipping|Can flipping]]===