A recent scam has been going around and many rares have been lost over it.
In this post I will tell you what it is and how to avoid it.
The new River Race scam involves the scammer buying River Race from the diamond shop - not many people know that it was released as of the update on 30th march - then going into a popular server. They then pretend it's really rare and get a few back-up accounts/friends in on it and they start to pretend too. The scammer hopes that an innocent jammer comes along (in this case we shall call them "Jammer A") and trades their rares for it, the scammer accepts and everyone's happy, Jammer A does not know it's from the shops.
This scam is bad enough already but it gets worse.
Outcome
Jammer A then goes and tries to trade it away.
They either:
1) Get reported, then banned by AJ.
This is solely not their fault because they didn't know they were scamming.
Or,
2) Scams another person by accident and a train of scamming goes on.
Ways to spot this scam
This scam is pretty easy to identify.
If it has a diamond tag and a member tag, it's worth practically nothing.
If it has just a member tag, it's worth around 3 black longs.
Keep your eyes peeled for this scam, and report and block anyone that does it.
Henrythegreat4 out!
But what if a person just wants to put it on trade, not necessarily meaning to scam?
ReplyDeleteBecause isn't it okay to like put a basketball (which was rereleased), as long as you don't say "Den beta on trade!" Like so as long as you don't say "Rare river race on trade!" You're not scamming, you just want to get rid of some boring items :T right?
DeleteOr if you have the new River Race on trade along with some other items for the purpose of trading. Because I had the new River Race on trade along with a feather tail, studded collar, two promos, and a few masterpieces on trade and then people said I was "scamming". So I guess it really depends on your intentions ;(
DeleteAnd then people started saying "SCAMMER SCAMMER" on all caps. D: It was sad.
DeleteYa know what I mean?
DeleteDon't worry, some people may report you, but Animal Jam will not ban you.
DeleteAnd then the people also said, "You think we can't see the diamond tag?" And I said, "Yes, River Race was rereleased." And they said,"STOP SCAMMING SCAMMER"
ReplyDeleteWhat I would do:
DeleteGive witty, smart-alik answers, insulting them politely and correcting all their grammar to annoy them to death.
What you should do to avoid being banned:
Just say "I know it's in the diamond shop, I wanna' trade it"
Remember, it's not scamming unless you lie.