foscor77 169 Posted July 24, 2019 As we got the new trading system and everybody ditched the ghetto 'restrict item' method the scammers have also come up with somewhat more smarter tricks to scam people, one of which me and and some other people i talked to fell for. So yesterday i was playing missions in jericho silver waterfront and this player lets call 'banana' on my opposition team starts whispering to me about mundane things like gameplay and stuff and from simple game things we branched out to other topics,we talked constantly for about 20-30 minutes about a lot of cool things and it was fun. Then the topic of legend guns came around, banana said how banana wants to use this gun at least once before this game dies etc etc and i actually give banana the gun and banana disappears. Ok you might say that im freaking stupid to trust someone who i talked for only 30 minutes but banana seemed like a fun player to play with, i mean we talked a lot and one usually develops a little connection and trust with someone you talk to and find similarities with and i had never thought that someone would do so much planning in a damn game just for scamming. i wish i had voice chat and text records to show you guys how it all went...wait is it possible to retrieve chat record or voice chat record? anyway if i could describe this incident into three words then it would be - 'playing it cool'. banana was super chill,played it cool and disappeared like a fucking breeze. Tbh im not mad at this incident but actually feeling comedic, like it really happened....someone behind a screen talked with me pretending to be a good pal to play with, makes me give them my stuff and disappears lol. i dont think im the only one banana scammed or if its is the only player doing this in game so i submitted a report to LO to look into this player and made this thread for others to know that it happens. i donnu if i'l get my gun back...i hope i does. take whatever you want from this thread and beware. see ya around. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vsb 6171 Posted July 24, 2019 idk if that even counts as a scam tbh, just you being dumb as a rock 8 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zolerox 564 Posted July 24, 2019 6 minutes ago, foscor77 said: As we got the new trading system and everybody ditched the ghetto 'restrict item' method the scammers have also come up with somewhat more smarter tricks to scam people, one of which me and and some other people i talked to fell for. So yesterday i was playing missions in jericho silver waterfront and this player lets call 'banana' on my opposition team starts whispering to me about mundane things like gameplay and stuff and from simple game things we branched out to other topics,we talked constantly for about 20-30 minutes about a lot of cool things and it was fun. Then the topic of legend guns came around, banana said how banana wants to use this gun at least once before this game dies etc etc and i actually give banana the gun and banana disappears. Ok you might say that im freaking stupid to trust someone who i talked for only 30 minutes but banana seemed like a fun player to play with, i mean we talked a lot and one usually develops a little connection and trust with someone you talk to and find similarities with and i had never thought that someone would do so much planning in a damn game just for scamming. i wish i had voice chat and text records to show you guys how it all went...wait is it possible to retrieve chat record or voice chat record? anyway if i could describe this incident into three words then it would be - 'playing it cool'. banana was super chill,played it cool and disappeared like a fucking breeze. Tbh im not mad at this incident but actually feeling comedic, like it really happened....someone behind a screen talked with me pretending to be a good pal to play with, makes me give them my stuff and disappears lol. i dont think im the only one banana scammed or if its is the only player doing this in game so i submitted a report to LO to look into this player and made this thread for others to know that it happens. i donnu if i'l get my gun back...i hope i does. take whatever you want from this thread and beware. see ya around. tl;dr "a scammer made me like him then scammed me? who would do such a thing" I've seen worse, how about someone getting your adress from twitch just to send you a hand written letter asking for legendaries with 15$ enclosed, or my most recent encounter Trades with someone then photoshops screenshotted proof someone scammed then asks support to retrieve weapon back, while the "scammer" is using 2 accounts to effectivly dupe weapons (he owned the scammed account), it didn't work but damn that's alot just to get another nano. Scammers are con men (or women) they say whatever they need to in order to achieve their objective, Get something for nothing. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Deadliest 385 Posted July 24, 2019 (edited) u met a random dude for 30mins on the internet, you been played Edited July 24, 2019 by Deadliest 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WizYuan 23 Posted July 24, 2019 (edited) 30 minutes ago, Nanometic said: He's not a clown, he's the whole circus Edited July 24, 2019 by WizYuan Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CookiePuss 5378 Posted July 24, 2019 1 hour ago, foscor77 said: Ok you might say that im freaking stupid to trust someone who i talked for only 30 minutes Yep. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KnifuWaifu 499 Posted July 24, 2019 I don't feel like this is a new thing. Players asking for Legendaries after seeing you play with them has to be a solid 3rd in level of responses behind "P2W noob" and "hacker noob". tbh it's part the reason why I stick to rented guns these days some players just go loopy when they see those golden guns. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Yeedman 134 Posted July 24, 2019 2 hours ago, KnifuWaifu said: I don't feel like this is a new thing. Players asking for Legendaries after seeing you play with them has to be a solid 3rd in level of responses behind "P2W noob" and "hacker noob". tbh it's part the reason why I stick to rented guns these days some players just go loopy when they see those golden guns. dw i've been called a pay2win noob when using a 2 slot jg Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CookiePuss 5378 Posted July 24, 2019 13 minutes ago, Yeedman said: dw i've been called a pay2win noob when using a 2 slot jg The loyalty one? The one you had to pay to unlock? Illuminati confirmed! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
VickyFox 353 Posted July 24, 2019 3 hours ago, foscor77 said: Then the topic of legend guns came around, banana said how banana wants to use this gun at least once before this game dies etc etc and i actually give banana the gun and banana disappears. Ok you might say that im freaking stupid to trust someone who i talked for only 30 minutes ...and you're right, I would normally call you that but I'll give you the benefit of the doubt of learning a lesson and leaving it at naivety. There are catfish on the internet that form romantic relationships for months just to scam people. You think half an hour is enough time to trust someone? This isn't a smart scam, it's one of the oldest one in the book with MMOs but APB's trading system is new. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Queen of Love 452 Posted July 24, 2019 do you have another gun to try? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CookiePuss 5378 Posted July 24, 2019 What gun and what server? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KnifuWaifu 499 Posted July 24, 2019 2 hours ago, Yeedman said: dw i've been called a pay2win noob when using a 2 slot jg Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lato 188 Posted July 24, 2019 "smart" do not trust strangers - mom quote 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bambola 379 Posted July 24, 2019 I wouldn't say the original poster is being dumb, their biggest fault is they naively acted as any normal and kind person would. I did the same numerous times so far and most likely will keep doing. If someone's ready to sell their integrity for a virtual item online, that's not my loss, it is theirs instead. It's pretty much devastating to see how human values and ethics significantly degraded, one will be punished and even called dumb afterwards, just for being a human as we used to be once. The twisted world we live in. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gordIsMyName 104 Posted July 24, 2019 it's a shame to see this and it certainly happens. yes... it was a risky thing to do. but as @bambola said, being a nice or decent person is being construed into being stupid. the stupid one in this story is the person doing to stealing glad the poster came here and shared their experience and hopefully it reminded people of risks; that there are people active in the game doing this sort of thing. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vsb 6171 Posted July 24, 2019 friendly reminder it’s possible to be nice without being a gullible doormat 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sadira 292 Posted July 24, 2019 This is why I always tell people every damn time stop trusting random people Like Glaciers said, this isn't even a scam. This is literally your own negligence. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Keshi 436 Posted July 24, 2019 8 hours ago, Glaciers said: idk if that even counts as a scam tbh, just you being dumb as a rock +1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mitne 724 Posted July 24, 2019 Dude I wouldn't "lend" my legendaries even to my best friends. I would demand money like he would pay normally for legendary or equivalent in other legendaries just as safeguard. If that community ever learned me anything is that, nobody is trusted. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LilyV3 323 Posted July 24, 2019 1 hour ago, Sadira said: This is why I always tell people every damn time stop trusting random people Like Glaciers said, this isn't even a scam. This is literally your own negligence. but you are random people too, so why would we even trust your "do not trust random people" oh god i miss the trollface emote so much q.q 9 hours ago, foscor77 said: Ok you might say that im freaking stupid to trust someone who i talked for only 30 minutes but banana seemed like a fun player to play with, i mean we talked a lot and one usually develops a little connection and trust with someone you talk to and find similarities with and i had never thought that someone would do so much planning in a damn game just for scamming. Well, 30 mins for a legendary is not much. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CookiePuss 5378 Posted July 24, 2019 I lend legendaries all the time. Both to friends and people I barely know. Ive yet to be burned, but anytime I hand one over I know I'm taking the risk of never getting it back. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ezmegaz68 168 Posted July 24, 2019 (edited) you wouldn't believe how far scammers are willing to go the first and last dude that scammed me talked to me for like a week about how bad he wanted to try the cap40 I knew damn well he was going to scam me, I just gave in because that would finally shut him up and if you haven't played apb since, go to C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\APB Reloaded\APBGame\Logs and see what's in TempChatSessionFile Edited July 24, 2019 by ezmegaz68 2 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
