Guys I really have to say this with such a heavy heart, because a really good friend or who I thought was a friend has undoubtedly been a scammer
What advice do you guys have for me, who are friends and how do I know how the difference. My experiance in this game with loot has been so terrible... But my friends kept me around and I have made so many good relationships and this game has such a great community but I never saw this one coming. Mound and Mounds of PEDs no hofs, now I am losing ped to friends, I am struggling to find a reason to stay.
How do we avoid these trust scams?
Don't lend high value items to anyone that doesn't have a proven history of borrowing from other people that can vouch for him... and try to get CLDs/AUDs as collateral...
Guys I really have to say this with such a heavy heart, because a really good friend or who I thought was a friend has undoubtedly been a scammer
What advice do you guys have for me, who are friends and how do I know how the difference. My experiance in this game with loot has been so terrible... But my friends kept me around and I have made so many good relationships and this game has such a great community but I never saw this one coming. Mound and Mounds of PEDs no hofs, now I am losing ped to friends, I am struggling to find a reason to stay.
How do we avoid these trust scams?
INFO: I know what I said is kinda harsh but I never spoke to him harshly or put any presure until today, it has been over 2 years and he still is making excesses why he cant pay me back. When he said 3 months I kind lost it and I regret treating him like that no matter the circumstance.
Sad to see people gettin scammed.I had a socleader takeing the socfound.I think the censor is bad because with the help of your friends list i can figure out who it is.
yes lol......Sucks about the scammers, I haven't been to this day but indeed unless you really "know" the person never go without collateral.
I worked that out too...SkyLine?
Guys I really have to say this with such a heavy heart, because a really good friend or who I thought was a friend has undoubtedly been a scammer
What advice do you guys have for me, who are friends and how do I know how the difference. My experiance in this game with loot has been so terrible... But my friends kept me around and I have made so many good relationships and this game has such a great community but I never saw this one coming. Mound and Mounds of PEDs no hofs, now I am losing ped to friends, I am struggling to find a reason to stay.
How do we avoid these trust scams?
INFO: I know what I said is kinda harsh but I never spoke to him harshly or put any presure until today, it has been over 2 years and he still is making excesses why he cant pay me back. When he said 3 months I kind lost it and I regret treating him like that no matter the circumstance.
It is called 'grooming'... High net worth individuals are an attractive target and the fraudsters don't shy away from putting in effort. Sorry to hear about your loss.
While this isn't the first and won't be the last instance, and MA can't be involved in resolving every (or any) argument over money between players as they wouldn't be doing anything else anymore, it irks me to no end that up to today there is non-cooperation even in a clear criminal case. Hasn't anyone with similar troubles ever filed a police report in Gothenburg and got them to force MA to hand over all pertaining data to investigators? Even if they don't have the player's identity directly, very few hobby criminals manage to conceal their traces from start and at all times. It would require using anonymizing tools which MA rules out anyway and has ways of shutting out.
So basicly once you turn money in to peds, it's not money in the eyes of police.
Everyone finds themselves in a tough place without the means to solve it. I understand if he worked his self into a corner and as far as im concerned he can still make this right.
If he pays me back ill publically apologize and I am sure everyone will understand that there might be more going on IRL for him. Life is not perfect and can be going badly for a while no matter what you try to make it better. But settling his dept's esp when a friend helps you is OP, Priority one imo.
I really hope this can turn into a better story then the chapter we are on atm.