Hello everyone,
Let me just tell you my story of how I got scammed really badly.
A few days ago, i met this person named [Name redacted]. (the scammer) He said if I paid him 50kcr, he would pay me back double very soon. I said what the heck and I gave him 50kcr. (mistake numero uno) Then he asked if I had a slime shield or sword. I said "yes" and immediatley he forgot all about the 50k I gave him and focused his entire attention on the shield. He begged for it, I've never seen anyone beg so hard in my life, and he tried every tactic, fake crying, promising me ridiculous amounts of money, and saying he needed to be a vanguard. If you were me and you had met a scammer before, you would have already ignored him, but this was my first one and I must say that as a person, I tend to feel really bad for people who are "suffering." Sooo, after promising me some money, I let him have the heavy node slime wall. (mistake numero dos) Although I believe I told him to not ask for anything more, he started doing the same thing for my sword. I was NOT going to let the same thing happen again, but I didn't want to ignore him bc I would loose my shield. He said he needed my sword to show it to his friends and that he would pay me 1.9 mil for the shield on Sunday, and he would NOT equip my sword! (even though the picture says 10 million, we changed the price after I took the screenshot) OH YEAH!!!!! SCREENSHOTS!!!! I took those to show you proof. Well, I might be stupid for trading with him, but I'm smart for showing you PROOF that he scammed me.
http://imgur.com/a/8A3hm
http://imgur.com/a/R3jTO
So, I let him "borrow" the shield and I logged off. (mistake numero tres) The Next day, I got a message from [Name redacted] that while he was in the shower, his "cousin" got on and equipped the sword. I was sooooo mad. But I didn't ignore him otherwise I would loose BOTH my slime weapons... Oh, but guess what, NOW he wanted my FINAL slime shield, saying it was a birthday present for him on Friday. He also said that he got scammed by some person he couldn't name for all his 750kcr that he earned by farming in 3 hours and now he couldn't pay me for my slime shield! (AUUUUGGGHHH!!!!!!) My mind was exploding with anger and I need to get my money or my stuff back. So we made a deal that he would still give me 1.9 million cr for both the sword and the shield on Sunday. He stopped asking for my final slime shield after I said no about 50 times. Screenshot time again!
http://imgur.com/a/0snwr
I logged off and what did I see the next morning, nothing, that was the problem! His name was not in my friends list! (I had befriended him before and he was my friend)
http://imgur.com/a/tDoxY
Then I met this guy, a wonderful person, and his name was Micro-Ze. He was friends with [Name redacted] and helped me get in touch with him, and guess what, he got a confession out of Ali, that's right, I got a confession from the scammer that he scammed me. (He said he's so sorry, but I already know that he's not)
http://imgur.com/a/OEpVv
Then, after I had a talk with him, he gave me a believable story which was, his sister would come home for his birthday and purchase enough energy for him to unbind my sword and then he would give it to me today and pay me for the shield later. (by this time, all I wanted was my sword) I made him swear that he would unbind the sword and that if he couldn't purchase it, he would hang onto it and we would discuss it today.
http://imgur.com/a/gKb3r
Well, when I logged on today and when I saw the message he sent me this morning, I logged off, and made this post. The message basically said, "Sorry, I sold your sword and shield for 30kcr at the bazzar. Can I make you a 5* weapon instead?
http://imgur.com/a/nwNUh
That's kinda where the story ends because now it's the present. I DON'T want [Name redacted] to get away with this and I really want my Heavy Node Slime Wall and My Military Node Slime Crusher back. (I forgot about the crowns too) I know it's my fault that I lost them, If Tank is listening, you were right, I should have ignored him the first chance I got. Is there any way for a GM to get my stuff back? If not, I understand, you didn't loose your stuff so it's not your problem really. I just don't want [Name redacted] scamming any more people. I want every person on this forum to know his name and to tell people to not make the same mistake I did. Scammers are a terrible thing. (especially successful ones xD) Well, I guess I'll leave this to the GM's now. Take care every one! And now I'll give you some kind words that a friend said to me!
1) People can be idiots! (feel free to insert any word or idiots)
2) Never give anything to someone you don't know!
(copyright Kaneken)

~Little Gus

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