First...what is a Scammer? A scammer is a person who will scam you out
of your hard earned neopoints however possible. In doing so, often they
not only ruin the account the get the account frozen. So we had Shadevari
write a little article to tell you how to spot a scammer.
Scammer 101
by Shadevari
These are some quick and easy steps to use to spot scammers.
These are just warning signs. But common sense is the best defense!!
1)Pets? Are the pets basic or painted?
Painted pets show some investment in the account, and a lot of users will not
risk that by scamming.
2) Location? Very important especially with
cocoroller codes, to be able to have the game and give out codes they must be in
the United States. The game is only available to US cell carriers, and if they
say they never changed the location, just neomail me with the code before you
tip them or whatever they are asking for a very easy to get free code. now
Since the cocoroller codes are inactive and the avatar basically retired this
isn't much of a threat these days.
3) Scores? This number indicates the number of
different games that the person has sent scores for. A low number is a sign of
low or little game play and should have you asking just where they get their nps
from? But could be a side account, the person could provide proof of main
account if this is the case.
4) Shop? A shop with no items or nothing but junk
items in it selling for outrageous prices and then combined with low game play
is a big warning sign (basically a red flag waving) that this is a scammer. Also
watch out for those cloned items that have appeared before, if you see a actual
ghostkersword selling in a shop DON'T buy it.
5) Avatars? Low number of avatars(20 or less)
indicates that they do not collect them and will not have that highly priced
avatar item such as FQD (Faerie Queen Doll), BGC (Bony Grarrl Club) OR
MSPP (Malevolent Sentient Poogle Plushie). Also that they will not actually pay
for the cocoroller game.
6) Account Age? This used to be a good way, but no
longer able to really use this as a 2 years account was considered to be
trustworthy, but no more. Have seen 56month accounts scam and risk freezing so
this really isn’t a good indicator any more.
7) Trades? OK this is a biggy right now, under NO
CIRCUMSTANCES, DO NOT LOAN ITEMS for less collateral than is needed to replace
the item. Neopets are not doing anything about people “stealing” loan items
through trades as no rule has been broken and the trade is accepted, basically
yes morally wrong to do this but not against the rules, and it is rampant on the
boards these days due to this…. Have seen FQD after FQD go this way and yes
even the 110 million np MSPP.
8)Fake login and cookie grabbers-ok real simple
here there is no cheats or hacks for Neopets
so don’t go looking, most of the sites advertising this are cookie grabbers
(your login information is in your cookies!!) don’t accept any files via
messengers that you don’t know they may contain Trojans (viruses that allow
someone else to remotely access your computer while you are online) fake logins
on shop pages and other pages are just that FAKE
they then send that info to the “scammer” to use to clean your account out,
Neopets only has one login screen and will not ask for it on any other page but
that one and will not ask for it via email (they know your login information
they don’t need you to email it to them)
To wrap it up, basically if it is to good to be true, then DON’T!,
if you are in doubt then just ask me; I’ll be more than happy to help, if you
come across any scammers, fake logins or emails asking for login information
PLEASE report it at once and help clean Neopets up some by help taking the
garbage out!!!
If you are in doubt....you can ask any of the council/sub council
members...or post on the guild message board. If there's anyone on they
will be glad to help you and answer your questions. But remember, it's
better to let the good deal go by than have to start all over again. ~Rose
