so i was thinking , why would a scammer still attempt a scam when he knows that most players will use screenshots and that he will most likely get banned? that made me realize there is a serious flaw in the system that we have. to emphasize that flaw i m going to give an example of the perfect scam:
2 accounts are needed , these accounts needs different emails used in their registration and one of them needs to be used from different computers( to have different ips) in that case there is no way for a gm to link the 2 accounts , after that the scam becomes rather easy , the person can tell a friend of his to use one of the accounts , and the scammer uses the other account , so both accounts are on at the same time , the scammer than scams a player either by daycare.... , the scammer than moves the pokes to the other account (which can be done in a matter of minutes since the other account is online) , than when the victim realizes he z been scammed the posts the screenshots in community watch , the gms track down the pokes to find that they have been TRADED AWAY and nothing can be done to get them back , the scammer gets banned (the 1st account) , yet his other account with the stolen pokes remains intact , case closed.
the flaw i m trying to emphasize is the rule that when the poke gets traded away it can not be returned , i know the logic behind that rule is that the new owner of the poke would also become a victim since he would have paid for it . while that is technically true it is extremely unfair to the original victim plus like i said in the example the new owner could be in on the scam. so what i might suggest as a solution is that the original owner should get the poke weither it has been traded away or not ( provided that he has the appropriate ss) , the new owner gets compensation either by getting his money returned (provided he also has a ss of how much he has paid) i know that gms can t move money , well in that case either make it possible ( it shouldnt be that hard) or if it is not applicable in any way , than the new owner can get a poke from the banned account (scammer) which is considered value wise equal to the amount he paid for the pokes.
2 accounts are needed , these accounts needs different emails used in their registration and one of them needs to be used from different computers( to have different ips) in that case there is no way for a gm to link the 2 accounts , after that the scam becomes rather easy , the person can tell a friend of his to use one of the accounts , and the scammer uses the other account , so both accounts are on at the same time , the scammer than scams a player either by daycare.... , the scammer than moves the pokes to the other account (which can be done in a matter of minutes since the other account is online) , than when the victim realizes he z been scammed the posts the screenshots in community watch , the gms track down the pokes to find that they have been TRADED AWAY and nothing can be done to get them back , the scammer gets banned (the 1st account) , yet his other account with the stolen pokes remains intact , case closed.
the flaw i m trying to emphasize is the rule that when the poke gets traded away it can not be returned , i know the logic behind that rule is that the new owner of the poke would also become a victim since he would have paid for it . while that is technically true it is extremely unfair to the original victim plus like i said in the example the new owner could be in on the scam. so what i might suggest as a solution is that the original owner should get the poke weither it has been traded away or not ( provided that he has the appropriate ss) , the new owner gets compensation either by getting his money returned (provided he also has a ss of how much he has paid) i know that gms can t move money , well in that case either make it possible ( it shouldnt be that hard) or if it is not applicable in any way , than the new owner can get a poke from the banned account (scammer) which is considered value wise equal to the amount he paid for the pokes.
, look in community watch there are lots of example where you see all the scammed pokes with the same user , and it s also the reason why we still have so many scammers willing to scam . i want to find a solution to reduce scams not to create more
