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- YoWorld Forums > > Beware of a Big Yocash Scam Going On Now...

LyNnz
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Mon Jul 14, 2014 5:57 am

A friend warned me about this tonight, because it happened to her.
People are placing items on the AH for sale for Yocash.
They will make events or come to you and ask you to buy let's say a Yocash hair off of AH for them.
They tell you they will pay you in coins for item...but you buy the hair and they delete you and run.
Keep in mind, this item of Yocash is usually one they have put on there to make Yocash.
You are left with the hair and they've made let's say 50 yocash or less or more.
And it's usually an item that you could never make your loss of yocash back.
It's a big scam and I feel a lot of you need to be warned, especially you less seasoned players.
Good luck and have fun

Obsession Serenity
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Mon Jul 14, 2014 5:59 am

Thanks for the warning!

Jessica
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Mon Jul 14, 2014 6:00 am

Thank you for warning !

LyNnz
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Mon Jul 14, 2014 6:01 am

yvw

Taurus
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Mon Jul 14, 2014 6:28 am

this is an old scam but always good to spread the word i guess, personally, i would NEVER do this unless the person paid in advance or was a friend

Sheava
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Mon Jul 14, 2014 6:34 am

Taurus (155142586) wrote:this is an old scam but always good to spread the word i guess, personally, i would NEVER do this unless the person paid in advance or was a friend

cathy
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Mon Jul 14, 2014 7:10 am

Thanks for the info!

Casper Boricua
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Mon Jul 14, 2014 7:11 am

Taurus (155142586) wrote:this is an old scam but always good to spread the word i guess, personally, i would NEVER do this unless the person paid in advance or was a friend

Exactly.
Either way, thanks for the info.

SinisterPrime
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Mon Jul 14, 2014 8:04 am

Been around for ages!! But good to get it out there for all the new yowordians!!

CeeJae
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Mon Jul 14, 2014 8:49 am

Easiest way to stop this scam from happening is to simply state that you're a YoCash dealer of in-store items only!

I still don't understand why people feel the need to be so dishonest? Thank you for this thread, warning other of such dishonesty. :mrgreen:

Captain America
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Mon Jul 14, 2014 9:45 am

Thx for the Warning

XxVioletVixenxX
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Mon Jul 14, 2014 9:47 am

Thank you!! One other girl and I both made a thread over the weekend too.
We both had the same thing happen, but did not fall for it.
I hope more ppl read the forums, and keep up to date!!!

Sybil
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Mon Jul 14, 2014 10:22 am

I am glad I saw this warning. My friend and I were talking about making coins by selling YC items and she asked about buying for people from the AH. I was able to warn her about the scam because of these posts. Both of us have recently started playing again so the AH is new to us. People that don't cheat usually don't even think of the different ways they could be cheated in game.

Chris
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Mon Jul 14, 2014 10:26 am

idk if it's just me but does it not seem suspicious to you that someone would ask you to buy a random item out of the AH for yocash?

Wasp
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Mon Jul 14, 2014 10:34 am

I went to one such event and the person pretended to be in a hurry and wanted to deal asap. I asked him if he wanted the yc to buy stuff for himself or if he wanted the item in ah and he said it was for the yc. I asked him to pay first but then he said he was having a bad headache and really wanted to get that item from ah so he could leave. The contraction was enough for me to poof :lol:

Nahele
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Mon Jul 14, 2014 10:37 am

Thanks for sharing tho I myself don't go to those people I choose to be risky buying things in auction house but in a good way :lol:

LyNnz
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Sat Jul 26, 2014 12:55 am

Chris (181380914) wrote:idk if it's just me but does it not seem suspicious to you that someone would ask you to buy a random item out of the AH for yocash?

Not necessarily, especially if it is an item that is hard to find for coins..and has been placed on AH for Yocash. At least that's how I look at it. I think it's not always strange. I've seen like 08 items on AH for reasonable amounts of Yo at times.

AA SPaZ
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Sat Jul 26, 2014 1:00 am

Thanks for the heads up. I don't do auction house for others unless I know them personally.