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There is another variant commonly named, "the Bonus Room." In this version, after the victim has delivered the inital ISK, the scammer will inform the victim that they have randomly been selected for, "the Bonus Room." The victim is then told to join a certain Teamspeak/Mumble channel, and will be told to do all sorts of activities, including linking a full API, singing, contracting all property over to the scammer, and/or being repeatedly podded to destroy your learned skillpoints, all with the promise of multiplied ISK if you can perform all of the tasks.

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===Mining Permits===

Often associated with a group known as "The CODE." this is another simple scam. They offer a permit to you for 10,000,000 ISK for one year's worth of gank-free mining. Some claim these permits are honored but there is no facility for tracking who has or hasn't got a permit. Groups like this claim to be making Hi Sec "better" by using a form of role-play to enforce against AFK mining (or other AFK activities). The long and short of it is that if someone is going to gank you in your mining ship they're going to gank you. Buying a permit does nothing other than transfer ISK to the other person's wallet.

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 There is another variant commonly named, "the Bonus Room." In this version, after the victim has delivered the inital ISK, the scammer will inform the victim that they have randomly been selected for, "the Bonus Room." The victim is then told to join a certain Teamspeak/Mumble channel, and will be told to do all sorts of activities, including linking a full API, singing, contracting all property over to the scammer, and/or being repeatedly podded to destroy your learned skillpoints, all with the promise of multiplied ISK if you can perform all of the tasks.
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+===Mining Permits===
+Often associated with a group known as "The CODE." this is another simple scam.  They offer a permit to you for 10,000,000 ISK for one year's worth of gank-free mining.  Some claim these permits are honored but there is no facility for tracking who has or hasn't got a permit.  Groups like this claim to be making Hi Sec "better" by using a form of role-play to enforce against AFK mining (or other AFK activities).  The long and short of it is that if someone is going to gank you in your mining ship they're going to gank you.  Buying a permit does nothing other than transfer ISK to the other person's wallet.
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