Get Scammed?

"u."

I turn around. "Sup?"

"i got hacked. u give items plz?"

"What was your old name?" I asked.

"Blahblahman. u give me g plz?"

"Were you in a guild?"

"ye."

I then ask, "Why don't you get them to help you out?"

"dey wont help me. items plz?"

I reply,"If they won't help you, then neither will I. Sorry." After that I walk away.

There are three categories of people I want to talk about in this post. All have an interest in taking your gold via scamming.

The first is the beggar. Sometimes referred to as a nub, or newbie. Obviously, their main hustle is to beg. Asking for items, or for gold. Making offers for your expensive items that are so low, most would just laugh and walk away. They have a tendency to cry while standing right in front of you or around you. When you ask them what's wrong, of course they reply, "I need gold" or say, "I got the wrong haircut".

If you run into one of these beggars, and you don't want to give them what they ask, just tell them, "I can't give you anything, sorry." Let them know that you won't lend em any freebees, but don't put them down or talk trash to them. Most of the time, they just don't know any better.

The second category of people I want to talk about are the scam artists. These people spend alot of time thinking up ways to entice you out of your money, sometimes by feeding off your own greed. One scam they would do is to trade you the item you want, and say to you that they have too much stuff, and they ask that you hold on to it. The victim says ok, thinking he's gettin all this free stuff. The scammer adds little things like rings, bracers, flowers, etc, and when the main item is out of sight from adding these things, he takes it back and accepts. So if you didn't check, you just bought a bunch of stuff you didn't want. You just got scammed.

You might not know you're dealing with a scammer. So just remember this: If a deal is too good to be true, it usually is. The non scammer just wants to buy or sell -- it's a straighforward deal. And if you run into them folks that say, "Wanna win a TB?", just walk away.

And last, but not least, is the hacker. These guys take scamming to a whole new level. If you see these people's pics, they more than likely are fat and pale with big glasses. They're geeks. I mean, not all geeks are bad, but these geeks I'm talkin about have no real ambitions, and in my opinion, may just be a little mental. They'll try to entice you to check out their site. Unfortunately, those sites may have keyloggers. The next time you log in may be your last if you don't get rid of it.

There are ways of knowing who's had a history of hacking. You can check the Endless Online forums, and there might be a list of them. Another way, like finding out the scammer, is if something is too good to be true, it usually is. If they say, "Go to the new EO Forums at (for instance) www.ugothacked.tripod.com!", then ask on glb if anyone's signed up to it first. Make sure more than 5+ people reply with a positive review. If no one has a good review on the site, it should raise a red flag.

There are alot of people on EO today that have bad morals. They are not disciplined, and because of that, the community of EO is starting to rot like a brown apple. We should plant new seeds to make a new batch. But doing this takes time....

So in the meantime, have fun playing Endless Online, but be careful! There are sharks in the salt water!