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==Contract Scams== | ==Contract Scams== | ||
The heart of misleading contracts is that the title of a contract does not necessarily match what the contract terms are. It is always up to the buyer to ensure that the terms of the contract are acceptable. | The heart of misleading contracts is that the title of a contract does not necessarily match what the contract terms are. It is always up to the buyer to ensure that the terms of the contract are acceptable. | ||
===Double WTB contracts=== | |||
It's a contract that looks like a buyer willing to pay over market prices for expensive items (often PLEX) but the contract is actually for multiples. | It's a contract that looks like a buyer willing to pay over market prices for expensive items (often PLEX) but the contract is actually for multiples. | ||
====What you see==== | |||
It's a contract to buy items that seems to offer above-market rates. They are often linked to in local chat. | It's a contract to buy items that seems to offer above-market rates. They are often linked to in local chat. | ||
====How it works==== | |||
This scam exploits the fact that a contract's title need not match its contents. The contract title says something like, "WTB PLEX for 890M ISK," when the going rate is 750M, for example. However, the terms of the contract actually state that the buyer will pay 890M ISK for ''two'' PLEX. These contracts are often linked to in local chat. | This scam exploits the fact that a contract's title need not match its contents. The contract title says something like, "WTB PLEX for 890M ISK," when the going rate is 750M, for example. However, the terms of the contract actually state that the buyer will pay 890M ISK for ''two'' PLEX. These contracts are often linked to in local chat. | ||
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===Combined WTS/WTB contracts=== | |||
It's a contract that sells items for ISK ''and'' the item. | It's a contract that sells items for ISK ''and'' the item. | ||
====What you see==== | |||
It looks like a contract to sell an item for below market rates e.g. "WTS PLEX for 400M." They are often linked to in local chat. | It looks like a contract to sell an item for below market rates e.g. "WTS PLEX for 400M." They are often linked to in local chat. | ||
====How it works==== | |||
Again, this exploits the idea that a contract's title and its contents do not need to match. In our example, the actual contract sells the PLEX for 400M ''and'' one PLEX. So the seller gets 400M ''and'' their item back. This is not always easy to spot, as the item up for "sale" and the price you pay are next to each other at the top of the screen, but the item you give is further down the screen. | Again, this exploits the idea that a contract's title and its contents do not need to match. In our example, the actual contract sells the PLEX for 400M ''and'' one PLEX. So the seller gets 400M ''and'' their item back. This is not always easy to spot, as the item up for "sale" and the price you pay are next to each other at the top of the screen, but the item you give is further down the screen. | ||
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===Fittings without ship=== | |||
This is a very common scam. Usually a scammer will link a contract selling a ship (often a Hulk) for a seemingly very low price. They'll say that they're offering the ship and all the fittings, while in fact the contract will only have the fittings. This relies on people not properly checking the items in the contract.<br> | |||
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===Multiples of 1000=== | |||
This scam can involve market buy orders or contracts. Simply, the scammer sets up a buy order at 1000th the average price. It relies on people not noticing the difference between 121 thousand and 121 million. | |||
This scam can also be run with markets, especially in less populace regions by offering ships or modules at 10x their price. For example if you're not careful and need a rifter, you might accept the only sell order in the region as the average, while they're selling at 100m instead of 100k. | |||
This scam works can be assisted by someone announcing in local broadcasting the contract and announcing they are selling at the lower price when the contract is actually selling at the higher price.<br> | |||
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===Similar names=== | |||
This is yet another contract scam where a scammer will advertise a ship or module as its faction variant (sometimes a faction variant that doesn't even exist!) and rely on people not checking the actual item being offered. (Someone might, for example, advertise a normal Raven as a Raven Navy Issue.) This can also work with modules with similar names such as a Pith C-Type in a contract advertised as an A- or X-Type. (A unit of the element Carbon masquerading as the valuable [[Charon]] freighter is a good -- and amusing -- example.) | |||
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===The Three Ships=== | ===The Three Ships=== | ||
The Three Ships is a scam that tricks the victim into buying a overpriced ship because they just missed out on a good deal. | The Three Ships is a scam that tricks the victim into buying a overpriced ship because they just missed out on a good deal. | ||
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To avoid this scam, always check the route that will get you to an item. (Checking the sec status of the destination alone is not fool-proof as some highsec systems require traversal of low or null sec.)<br> | To avoid this scam, always check the route that will get you to an item. (Checking the sec status of the destination alone is not fool-proof as some highsec systems require traversal of low or null sec.)<br> | ||
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==Big Schemes== | ==Big Schemes== | ||
Some of Eve's richer players like to run banks, investment schemes or IPOs. Occasionally these are even legitimate! Generally, however, they are not -- remember that there's rarely a compelling reason for anyone else to make ISK for you, and that unlike in real life there are no significant consequences for fraud in New Eden.<br> | Some of Eve's richer players like to run banks, investment schemes or IPOs. Occasionally these are even legitimate! Generally, however, they are not -- remember that there's rarely a compelling reason for anyone else to make ISK for you, and that unlike in real life there are no significant consequences for fraud in New Eden.<br> | ||