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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.

====What you see====

A flashie shows up on grid while you're mining. Chances are they'll simply gank you and then open a discussion about you not having a permit.

====How it works====

They prey upon your fears of continually being ganked while mining, as miners are often seen as combat/PvP adverse. You're asked to pay an annual fee to the ganker who then promises that you'll be left alone to mine in peace, and possibly, not to mine AFK. They often get a lot of laughs since many victims at first tend to pay a large bounty on the ganker.

This also applies to any other sort of permit or ransom. Once you transfer someone ISK then it's gone. There is no mechanism that holds them to stay true to their word. For example, an Awoxer infiltrates a small mining corp. They begin to awox. They let it be known that if a large sum of ISK is paid to them they'll leave the corp. Often the costs of reforming a new corp is much less, especially if the target corp is having trouble booting the awoxer.

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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.
+====What you see====
+A flashie shows up on grid while you're mining.  Chances are they'll simply gank you and then open a discussion about you not having a permit.
+====How it works====
+They prey upon your fears of continually being ganked while mining, as miners are often seen as combat/PvP adverse.  You're asked to pay an annual fee to the ganker who then promises that you'll be left alone to mine in peace, and possibly, not to mine AFK.  They often get a lot of laughs since many victims at first tend to pay a large bounty on the ganker.
+This also applies to any other sort of permit or ransom.  Once you transfer someone ISK then it's gone.  There is no mechanism that holds them to stay true to their word.  For example, an Awoxer infiltrates a small mining corp.  They begin to awox.  They let it be known that if a large sum of ISK is paid to them they'll leave the corp.  Often the costs of reforming a new corp is much less, especially if the target corp is having trouble booting the awoxer.
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