08-25-2005, 08:36 AM
This might be hard for most people to understand, but I read a post in here that stated exactly what was necessary to avoid a scam... paying attention.
I was scammed one time, while i was still new to 1.10, and it's never happened again. the idea is very simple.
1.)If the scammer (this means person who is ready to screw you over) is all bent out of shape for you to do something, don't. It really doesn't matter what, just don't do it until you learn about it from a trusted source.
2.)If the scammer is moving stuff around or telling you something about not being able to trade normally, don't.
3.)NEVER, i mean NEVER do a drop trade.
4.)If the offer is too good to be true, IT IS.
These aren't hard rules to follow. If you don't want to get scammed, don't stick your neck out. Anybody with a gheeds charm or annihilus charm has plenty of time to MF the item you have that they desperately want. If you don't know what DND means, don't just run off and make them happy! Use your common sense, for once, and think... hmm, is this really worth me losing this item for nothing?
In the last 6 months i've never been scammed by following these simple rules. There is just a couple more things...
Never visit new and strange websites. You can pick up viruses from familiar websites, let alone a new one. This website even has a link to an outdated d2 hack that gets you several different trojan downloaders, and (in my case) ultimately shut down my computer.
You don't need to respond with a "yea" or "thats right" post, either, unless you can translate into moron for all the people who don't have the time to read real, actual words.
I was scammed one time, while i was still new to 1.10, and it's never happened again. the idea is very simple.
1.)If the scammer (this means person who is ready to screw you over) is all bent out of shape for you to do something, don't. It really doesn't matter what, just don't do it until you learn about it from a trusted source.
2.)If the scammer is moving stuff around or telling you something about not being able to trade normally, don't.
3.)NEVER, i mean NEVER do a drop trade.
4.)If the offer is too good to be true, IT IS.
These aren't hard rules to follow. If you don't want to get scammed, don't stick your neck out. Anybody with a gheeds charm or annihilus charm has plenty of time to MF the item you have that they desperately want. If you don't know what DND means, don't just run off and make them happy! Use your common sense, for once, and think... hmm, is this really worth me losing this item for nothing?
In the last 6 months i've never been scammed by following these simple rules. There is just a couple more things...
Never visit new and strange websites. You can pick up viruses from familiar websites, let alone a new one. This website even has a link to an outdated d2 hack that gets you several different trojan downloaders, and (in my case) ultimately shut down my computer.
You don't need to respond with a "yea" or "thats right" post, either, unless you can translate into moron for all the people who don't have the time to read real, actual words.