This is part 2 of my guide for new players on RS about scammers. Now in my last guide there were 2 basic scams. Now I'm going to go a bit farther with this guide by covering some more basic scams.
One scam is switching coal in a trade with iron. Suppose you are buying coal, and you spot a person selling it at a regular price, like 150 gp ea, and selling it in bulk. Now nothing looks suspicious so far, right? Ok, well you keep thinking that as you trade, the other person puts up 1k coal, and you put up 150k. But unknown to you, the other person quickly pulls out the coal and replaces it with 1k iron. So your trading real casually, you know, it's just another case of buying coal for steel or mith and you want to get the coal really fast. So you accept. You and the other player exchange thanks and walk away. Then you find that you don't have coal, but iron. =O. Too bad for you. Next time maybe you should pay attention to what you're trading.
Another very common, and nooby, scam is one where another person comes up and offers you something very good with a lot of stuff, and you offer very little. The other person offers a pair of Zammy Plate-Legs and you offer all you have on you, 100k, some lobbies, coal, and your rune scimitar. Then, the other person offers some more stuff. Useless things like grain, bread, bait, feathers, etc. So you're already mashing the accept button, when the other person takes off the Zammy legs and replaces it with mith legs. So you come to the second trade screen. All you see is the bunch of useless stuff in your peripheral vision and you accept. Well, you accept, the other person accepts, and the trade is accepted. You're all happy and everything's done. The other person leaves and you find out you just gave everything up for some mith legs. Again, next time pay attention and be at least a bit cautious.
Now there is one more scam that is quite common. This involves a scammer offering cash way over the usual price. Like 100k for rune legs. You offer a pair of rune legs and the scammer puts up 100k. You're all excited and you accept, but a split second before accepting the other person takes away 90k and 10k is left. You accept, the other person accepts, and the trade is done. The person leaves the place by logging out or running away and you are left with 10k. Paying attention can really help you avoid this scam. Anyone offering you lots of cash or stuff over the regular cost for something has to be considered in your mind as a scammer who is trying to scam you. This in mind, you can avoid lots of scams that would otherwise rob you of your things. Good Luck!!!
