Trimming Armour Scam

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The Trimming Armour Scam is a scam in which the scammer pretends he is trimming armour for free in order to take free armour from other players. Hundreds of innocent people are scammed each year out of sets of expensive armour. It is similar to the Upgrading Armour Scam.

This scam is no longer possible to pull off, due to the addition of the Assist System as well as the removal of unbalanced trade.

[edit] The Scam

A scammer will most likely make a spare account for this scam, train it to level 40 or above, trade trimmed armour to his scamming account for the scammer to wear. The scammer will go to a free world bank and repeatedly say "Trimming armour for free!" or "Free armour trimming!" until an unsuspecting user come up. They will think that they will give the user full Rune Armour to get it back a minute later as full Rune Armour (g) or (t). But once the scammer gets the armour, the scammer either logs out or runs away.

Example:

<scammer> sir, would you like me to trim your new mithril armor?

<user1>to..?

<scammer>Mithril Armor (t)

<user1>okay.

[edit] Double-team version

A scammer (Scammer1) will get a friend (Scammer2). For example, if Scammer1 is pretending to "trim" a set of Rune Armour, Scammer2 will need a set of Rune Armour and another set of Rune Armour (t) or (g). Scammer2 wears the set of regular Rune Armour and has the trimmed set stashed away in his backpack inventory. An example of what happens is shown in the dialogue below.

• Scammer1:Trimming rune armour for free!
• Scammer2:Oh! [Scammer1's username] can you trim my armour?
• Scammer2 takes off his regular Rune Armour and offers a trade with Scammer1. Both players wait 20-30 seconds, then decline.
• Scammer2:Thank you very much!.
• Scammer1: No problem
• Scammer2 puts on the set of Rune Armour (t) or (g).

People who have seen this supposed exchange may now trust the scammer, and trade the scammer because they think he is actually trimming armour for free. However, these unknowing players have fallen victim to an intricate scam that holds its deadliness in the false show put on by the two scammers. Players who trade the scammer will never see their armour again, as the scammer will again log out or run away.

[edit] How to Deal With the Scammers

If you ever come across a scammer like this, the right thing to do would be to say "[Scammer's username] is a scammer! Report [scammer's username]! You can't trim armour!" and report the user for item scamming (against Rule 2). Occasionally, the scammer will retort by saying "[Your username] is a liar! You can trim armour and it isn't against the rules! Report [your username] for false reporting!". The scammer is the liar in this situation, and it is best to ignore the scammer and continue informing other players about the scam until the scammer becomes bored, leaves to avoid being reported, and goes somewhere else to scam unknowing victims.

Remember that you have to report abuse within 60 seconds because that is each players recorded time length.

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