Scams in EVE Online: Difference between revisions

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It's an announcement of a set of three sell contracts for ships, separated by a timer. The linked contract shows a desirable (often faction) ship being offered at a bargain price, but it's already gone. But the countdown timer is running and you might be able to scoop up one of the other two.

====How it works====

~~The scammer is actually selling two ships via three contracts.~~

*The first two ship contracts offer the ship at a considerably lower price than market value. The person who clicks on it will see the extremely low price but find they are just too late. Actually, the contracts were taken by the scammer's alt before they were even linked.

*The first ship ~~contact offers~~ the ship ~~that is~~ at a considerably lower price than market value. The person who clicks on it will see the extremely low price but find they are just too late. Actually, the ~~contract was deleted as soon as~~ the ~~link was made but~~ before ~~it was offered.~~

*The second contract ship offered will be a real ship, but just below the average market price, so the player who buys it will not have made much of a bargain.

*The third ship is the sting. Having missed out on two ships, a player not wanting to miss out again will race to click on that one, not noting the additional zeros that reprice the ship e.g. from 20 million to 200 million.

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 It's an announcement of a set of three sell contracts for ships, separated by a timer. The linked contract shows a desirable (often faction) ship being offered at a bargain price, but it's already gone. But the countdown timer is running and you might be able to scoop up one of the other two.
 ====How it works====
-The scammer is actually selling two ships via three contracts.
+*The first two ship contracts offer the ship at a considerably lower price than market value. The person who clicks on it will see the extremely low price but find they are just too late. Actually, the contracts were taken by the scammer's alt before they were even linked.
-*The first ship contact offers the ship that is at a considerably lower price than market value. The person who clicks on it will see the extremely low price but find they are just too late. Actually, the contract was deleted as soon as the link was made but before it was offered.
-*The second contract ship offered will be a real ship, but just below the average market price, so the player who buys it will not have made much of a bargain.
 *The third ship is the sting. Having missed out on two ships, a player not wanting to miss out again will race to click on that one, not noting the additional zeros that reprice the ship e.g. from 20 million to 200 million.