The trading exploits are getting really out of hand.
More and more people are being scammed daily out of gold, where you are buying multiple of an item, and receive only one after hitting complete.
Do not trade with level one warriors or bank alts for things such as 20 Arcane Crystals/Bars, it is more than likely a trap now.
I’ve seen them trying to trade it a lot.
Things to help safeguard folks on this:
Verbally agree in chat what you are trading for. Timestamp it. If a scam happens, this chat log makes the job for the GMs super easy in confirming said scam.
Be slow to trade, this can let you visually catch those trying to be sneaky.
I’ve also heard putting in 1c on your end and taking it out (or not) will make you do the confirmation window.
This has been a trap for 20 years. Who still falls for this?
I’m pretty sure there’s some new tech with it.
Blizzard must be aware because the turn around on submitted tickets is like 1 day, which is unusual for them.
Played vanilla alot and I don’t remember this at all. Let alone this rampant.
I agree, I’m a Vanilla-only player too, and while I remember this scam happening once in a blue moon, now it seems like every 3rd post in trade is something along these lines.
I think there’s some new tech for sure… a weak aura or something.
It’s definitely out of control.
I don’t dispute the scale may be different, and perhaps facilitated by bugs/exploits that did not exist in Vanilla. But the fundamental concept of trading large sums of money directly to unaccountable, unknown level 1 toons is baffling to me.
how can they trade scam you?
the trade can’t be done unless both of you press accept, so wait till put his items and he press accept then you press accept.
Note, even if he use what so ever 3rd party to try to scam you, it will require you to press accept once more, so if you simply never pressed more than 1 accept u will never get scammed.
vanilla had tons of people claiming that they can enchant/craft and once they take your mats they go offline.
I thought SoP on scams was they may action the scammer but you are SoL. Did that change?
Yes. Friend got his 1400g back from a trade window scam. Other friend got his Arcanite Bars back.
Friend who lost his 1400g said he checked the item and it was the right thing, pressed accept and got the wrong thing. Said it was totally seamless.
Just assume everyone is a scammer.