Scamming
Well, we went through a few other ways of making cash in EVE
We already discussed mining, doing missions, trading - even a little pvp. (others are manufacturing, research, contracts, bounty hunting, exploration, salvaging etc)
A few of you would have had the pleasure to meet me online in Crossfire and no doubt my reputation of honesty, integrity, a helpful aider for the law abidding, all that could have been a little intimidating.
Throw all those misconceptions away before you step into EVE - if it can be done, and if the game machinics allow it - it is Legal.
In that respect - EVE is black and white.
I will give you a few examples
1. What those smugglers are suiciding in Sea Of Shadows and respawning in California?
2. What in that ASF/CSF battle you were outnumbered by 3v1 and they spanked you to death?
3. Pirates charging you 500mill for a Battleship?
If you went to the EVE forums with those sort of problems a lot of people will respond - "Go back to WOW and put your nappy back on moron!"
Read this thread here about scams
http://myeve.eve-online.com/in…p?a=topic&threadID=781993
-> "Join our uber 1337 corp for a fee!" scam where the recruiter advertises this awesome corp to you and asks you for a fee. Fee can be anywhere from 5 mil to 500 mil.Solution: Never join corporation that asks you to pay. There are always more recruiters out there than recruits. Competition for recruits is high, so real recruiters will never ask you to pay.
-> 0.0 "we'll jump your stuff to our base" scam. When joining a corporation in 0.0 you will have to have your stuff somehow transported there. Unless you got your own carrier or want to make 10+ jump in a hauler through 0.0 you will have to rely on other people for transport.Solution: Ask for a security deposit to cover the value of your stuff.
-> A variation on "join our uber 1337 corp for a fee" is where the recruiter says you have to pay a fee because everyone is required to have a tech II fitted battleship in a station XYZ in system YZX. The fee is to pay for this battleship and you'll get the ship itself when you arrive at the destination.Solution: Ask to set it up via item exchange contract. Private item exchanges cost 10K in fees.
-> Inviting people to join your corporation only to gank them on the way there.Solution: Don't be eager to join to load up a hauler with all your stuff and head right for their office. Don't give out exact time when you're coming by to apply. Fly there in a shuttle or frigate.
-> Inviting people to join corp so that you can freely kill and pod them since Concord does not interfere when corporation members shoot at each other.Solution: Don't get your Estamel fitted Raven out until you begin to trust your corpmates. Remember that the CEO and directors can see what ship and system you're in at any time. This sort of tactic is very rare since recruitment is very tedious process. Very rarely targets are newbies. More often targets are players suspected to be rich, players who can be cornered in an expensive ship and ransomed.
My old mate Dopple fell for a small market scam recently and paid through his nose for some ammo
I will give you a tip to avoid these in the future -
ALWAYS USE THE DETAILS MARKET SCREEN TO BUY
Dont use the one with many pictures - use the one with many numbers, lists of locations etc
In the interests of exploration and research - I did try out a scam recently and was rewarded with a 550mill prize for a 5mill investment.
and setting up a high sec POS for bp researching. i will be hiring out slots for use so let your corp know.
