Newspaper Scam

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The Newspaper Scam is a scam in which the buyer of a newspaper approaches the seller. The seller is going to sell it for a reasonably high amount for a newspaper e.g 500,000 coins (500k), when a newspaper is only worth 50 coins. The buyer will think that the newspaper is a rare item, when it can only be bought at the Varrock news-stand for 50 coins.

[edit] Example

Seller: Selling the Newspaper for 500k

The Buyer approaches the Seller and trades.

The Seller puts in the newspaper, and asks for 500,000 coins.

the buyer puts up the 500k and accepts thinking its a rare

buyer:omg i own a rare item and i got it for 500k!!!

seller:lol nub i just made 499,950 gp! (although smart scammers will wait over a minute before saying this so to aviod getting reported

The Buyer reports the seller for rule 2.

(Through is is now technically impossible because of the unbalanced trade limit)

(Technically this isnt a scam. The scammer never said it was rare,he only said he was selling it for 500k. So in sense the buyer got ripped not scammed.)