The Greatest MMORPG Scam Ever

[Omeganitros]

I'm not usually one for MMORPGs. Or even RPGs. I stay the heck away from them for my own well-being. However, there was a time when I play a MMORPG by the name of Earth and Beyond, so I do know basics about where this guy is coming from. The game he reffers to is basically the exact same thing as Earth and Beyond, and let me tell you...The amount of money this man makes in this scam is absolutely legendary.

http://static.circa1984.com/the-big-scam.html

It is a true story.

[lightdarkness]

Um, I read some parts, can you just tell us the basic jist?

[Spazzbite]

Yeah, that was WAY too long to read for me =\ The basics would be greatly appreciated.

[Omeganitros]

Basically, he got fed up with trading routes, and so he hooked up with his EVE partner, and they made a Company. Then, using the money they got from before they quite trading, they got 16 people to join their company so it would look like something legit. Then they made a bazillion accounts on postwhored every EVE forum known to man, making it so like there was a ton of people interested in investing. They got quite few big-time people pulled in, and pulled off a brilliant investor meeting in an IRC channel, where only, like, 3 of the 20 people there were real investors. 1 of the investors, as the story goes, was especially suspicious about it being a scam, and the way this guy handled him is absolutely great. How much money did he get out of it? How does he spend it? Well, you'll just have to read it and find out. It really is a good read. Almost sounds like something that would make a good book, if it was longer.

[Krym]

interesting, but not interesting enough to make me read the whole thing

good job on finding it

[Kefit]

Ug.

Scamming like this in MMORPGs is NOT cool. This guy is a complete fuckhead.

[Omeganitros]

True, Kefit. Towards the end he turns into a real ass.

This guy gets my admiration because he pulled it off so damn well. And not to mention, he knows how to write a good story.

[alextrebek]

That.Was.Awesome.

EDIT: Not that I support scamming people, but he was clever in how he did it. A lot more interesting then "LOLOLOL WHISPER YOUR SN AND PW TO *BLIZZARDSTATSW00T TO GET YOUR DIABLO II STATS OMGWTF LOL!1!11111" I admire the fact that he pulled off something so complex.

[Kefit]

This guy gets my admiration because he pulled it off so damn well. And not to mention, he knows how to write a good story.

Yeah, same here. He may be fuckhead, but he is a damn intelligent fuckhead.

I really feel sorry for that guy he got the loan from in the beginning. He should have at least given all the money to him instead of some random noob.

[nickadeemus]

That was insane. . .I wonder if he regrets his final decision? I've never played a MMORPG but I've heard and read about them plenty, and I know how serious people get involved with them. I would hate to be one of the suckers who fell for the scam, but there's no way I could have done what he did at the end, at least not to someone like that.

[FishFishRevolution]

They should teach Scam Artism in school.
I mean so we can learn how to recognize and defend against it...right...

[QreepyBORIS]

Like defense against the dark arts.

CRUCIO! AVADA KEDAVVVVVVVRAAAAA!!

[Tasuke]

It really is a great scam and the whole giving
the money to some noob was also semi-kind
but it really doesn't even out the fact that he
scammed severreal people out out of millions
of credits it's kind of funny really

[hEaLiNgViSiOnAnGeLicMiX]

I'll call you back tomorrow, and we'll start posting like a couple crack whores on crack."

"Crack whores on crack? What the fuck does that mean?"

"Never mind. Go and start registering dude," I responded. I hung up the phone and got to work.

Synth? XD

[QreepyBORIS]

That does actually sound alot like what Synth said, one time.

"You are all a bunch of Crack Whores. I have no idea what you are talking about."

Well, they both had to do with crack whores.