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The Margin Trading Scam aka The Drunken Buy Order: Not really inattention. The game presents the order as perfectly legit, the only way to detect it is knowledge of this kind of scam.
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===The Margin Trading Scam===
===The Margin Trading Scam===
''The Margin Trading Scam'' exploits the mechanic where a margin buy order will fail if the buyer can't pay for the goods, but the order will remain on the market. 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 both depend on margin buy orders failing and upon the victim not knowing the true value of the item they're trading.<br>
''The Margin Trading 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 both depend on margin buy orders failing and upon the victim not knowing the true value of the item they're trading.<br>


<u>It's a Trap</u><br>
<u>It's a Trap</u><br>