There is a scammer on the loose on Tribunal. He's gotten at least one account I know of, and has scammed some cash from that players guildmates. And hes attempted to scam a few others. I'm sure he's not limiting his prey to Tribunal either.
His 'modus operandi' is to send a /tell to the real player, impersonating either a friend of theirs or (in my case) the original owner of the acct. He's a slick article and has managed to get info easily from even the most sceptical people. (I'm a born sceptic and a cynic to boot)
He blew it in my case when he tried to tell me he didn't remember the login for the acct (that he just transfered for me yesterday) so once I calmed down and stopped panicking I was Ok. My buddy wasn't as lucky. He lost his 75 CLEAN Monk - DK/DP flagged and 1K+ AAs - because he fell for the spiel about being an old buddy that didn't have much time to play and just needed his DPS for some quest.
The guy then logged on my buddy's acct and scammed a guildmate out of $300 bucks for a ticket to 'fly home for his mom's funeral' (Saying she'd died suddenly that afternoon) They believed it cause the real owner is the kind of guy you'd go out of your way to help
If anyone is interested, the scammer's name's Ryan Howell, and he lives in Wayne, MI. (According to the info he gave the guildie that sent him the WU)
This guy is scum.
His 'modus operandi' is to send a /tell to the real player, impersonating either a friend of theirs or (in my case) the original owner of the acct. He's a slick article and has managed to get info easily from even the most sceptical people. (I'm a born sceptic and a cynic to boot)
He blew it in my case when he tried to tell me he didn't remember the login for the acct (that he just transfered for me yesterday) so once I calmed down and stopped panicking I was Ok. My buddy wasn't as lucky. He lost his 75 CLEAN Monk - DK/DP flagged and 1K+ AAs - because he fell for the spiel about being an old buddy that didn't have much time to play and just needed his DPS for some quest.
The guy then logged on my buddy's acct and scammed a guildmate out of $300 bucks for a ticket to 'fly home for his mom's funeral' (Saying she'd died suddenly that afternoon) They believed it cause the real owner is the kind of guy you'd go out of your way to help
If anyone is interested, the scammer's name's Ryan Howell, and he lives in Wayne, MI. (According to the info he gave the guildie that sent him the WU)
This guy is scum.
