Post by Deleted on Mar 25, 2022 9:49:30 GMT
Soo this post mainly serves as a vent post to share my experience. It's been 2 days since the incident and I've calmed down a bit from wanting to rage quit. Up till yesterday, I was really close to impulsively just deleting my character. On to how I got scammed:
I'll call the people involved in the scam A and B. I had a groupchat to try and trade my 1s spec+25G for a 2s spec. Person A comes along and says they have the 2s spec and they'll accept to trade it for Brute Blue 2s. Maybe if I had seen his level (lv15), there would've been some warning bells but I didn't see as he mailed me and left the groupchat. Usually I'd check the moment someone joins, just to see their name and level but I was grinding at the time and my chatbox was flooded (this is my fault and I'll turn on the filter next time). He later mails me and tells me there's someone (person B) selling Brute 2s in another gc but B won't trade for A's 2s spec, and maybe since I'm also offering to trade with some spina as well, B will be open to negotiate.
I found B's gc. He was selling it for 50G. I've learnt that just because they're at level cap, it doesn't make them reliable. B was level 425. He accepted to trade Brute 2s for my Q19 2s additional, 1s spec, and 25G. A small part of me was worried something would go wrong, so I tried to ask to trade just 20G so I'd still have some spina to fall back on but B insisted on 25G. I agreed on 25G in the end as my equips would only add up to 20G (additional would probably be worth more actually since it was almost max SR).
So I traded my stuff and told A to meet me. He never showed up and I realised it was a scam. I was suspicious that A and B were working together/the same person but it was only confirmed the next day. Despite trading with B, I saw that A had my stuff and was selling them in a gc the next day.
I wouldn't feel too bad about losing the 25G but I just really needed my equips back. I spammed A's groupchat to give back my stuff and spammed his mail as well. He'd have gained a free 25G and get his Brute 2s back since I was only asking to trade my equips back but scammers are fcking selfish trash. He tried to kick me out of the gc twice but I kept joining back. He even left and created the gc a few times but I was constantly updating the page waiting for him so I'd keep joining his gc. In the end he disappeared and I haven't seen him selling the stuff again. That was yesterday morning. I also spammed his mail until it was full.
Of course I'm mad with the scammers but I'm also ashamed with myself for falling for it. If I had known better, I'd have realised Brute Blue isn't worth too much... So I'm also disappointed in myself and can't fully blame the scammer.
I'm glad I had nice friends, guildies and even strangers who tried to make me feel better and offered help. Someone even bought the Brute Blue that I had for 9G just to help me get back on my feet. These people have kinda convinced me not to quit completely. So for now imma take a break from actively playing iruna but I'll probably still go online to hunt that scammer's gc so he can't sell stuff in peace. But I'll be deleting this account since I don't wanna feel tempted to look at forums, which will tempt me to play again.
I hope sharing my experience might be helpful for some so they can avoid getting scammed. I'm not revealing names of the scammers as I did not save screenshots so there's no solid evidence. Plus, the lv425 guy (person B) has a pretty common name so giving away his name wouldn't be very informative.
I'll call the people involved in the scam A and B. I had a groupchat to try and trade my 1s spec+25G for a 2s spec. Person A comes along and says they have the 2s spec and they'll accept to trade it for Brute Blue 2s. Maybe if I had seen his level (lv15), there would've been some warning bells but I didn't see as he mailed me and left the groupchat. Usually I'd check the moment someone joins, just to see their name and level but I was grinding at the time and my chatbox was flooded (this is my fault and I'll turn on the filter next time). He later mails me and tells me there's someone (person B) selling Brute 2s in another gc but B won't trade for A's 2s spec, and maybe since I'm also offering to trade with some spina as well, B will be open to negotiate.
I found B's gc. He was selling it for 50G. I've learnt that just because they're at level cap, it doesn't make them reliable. B was level 425. He accepted to trade Brute 2s for my Q19 2s additional, 1s spec, and 25G. A small part of me was worried something would go wrong, so I tried to ask to trade just 20G so I'd still have some spina to fall back on but B insisted on 25G. I agreed on 25G in the end as my equips would only add up to 20G (additional would probably be worth more actually since it was almost max SR).
So I traded my stuff and told A to meet me. He never showed up and I realised it was a scam. I was suspicious that A and B were working together/the same person but it was only confirmed the next day. Despite trading with B, I saw that A had my stuff and was selling them in a gc the next day.
I wouldn't feel too bad about losing the 25G but I just really needed my equips back. I spammed A's groupchat to give back my stuff and spammed his mail as well. He'd have gained a free 25G and get his Brute 2s back since I was only asking to trade my equips back but scammers are fcking selfish trash. He tried to kick me out of the gc twice but I kept joining back. He even left and created the gc a few times but I was constantly updating the page waiting for him so I'd keep joining his gc. In the end he disappeared and I haven't seen him selling the stuff again. That was yesterday morning. I also spammed his mail until it was full.
Of course I'm mad with the scammers but I'm also ashamed with myself for falling for it. If I had known better, I'd have realised Brute Blue isn't worth too much... So I'm also disappointed in myself and can't fully blame the scammer.
I'm glad I had nice friends, guildies and even strangers who tried to make me feel better and offered help. Someone even bought the Brute Blue that I had for 9G just to help me get back on my feet. These people have kinda convinced me not to quit completely. So for now imma take a break from actively playing iruna but I'll probably still go online to hunt that scammer's gc so he can't sell stuff in peace. But I'll be deleting this account since I don't wanna feel tempted to look at forums, which will tempt me to play again.
I hope sharing my experience might be helpful for some so they can avoid getting scammed. I'm not revealing names of the scammers as I did not save screenshots so there's no solid evidence. Plus, the lv425 guy (person B) has a pretty common name so giving away his name wouldn't be very informative.
