I was in PA when a guy asked me to help him he said some guy asked him for 200 ped to make ghost armor. then the guy says the machine is stuck and he phoned MA to be told he would need to put 2300 ped in amo for it to work and he would get a hof of 17k the guy then starts pestering me for 200 ped below is the chat log of the conversation 2007-08-26 00:14:40 [FROM: Kareem kone Wells] hi 2007-08-26 00:14:44 [FROM: Kareem kone Wells] need help plz 2007-08-26 00:14:51 [TO: Kareem kone Wells] whats up ? 2007-08-26 00:15:01 [FROM: Kareem kone Wells] i wanna know if a scam is goin on 2007-08-26 00:15:11 [FROM: Kareem kone Wells] can u just come with me and act like my friend? 2007-08-26 00:15:26 [TO: Kareem kone Wells] come with you where ? 2007-08-26 00:15:32 [FROM: Kareem kone Wells] auction 2007-08-26 00:15:45 [TO: Kareem kone Wells] what is the scam ? 2007-08-26 00:15:59 [FROM: Kareem kone Wells] well this guy said he will make me ghost armor 2007-08-26 00:16:09 [FROM: Kareem kone Wells] and he said he needed all my stuff like items 2007-08-26 00:16:30 [FROM: Kareem kone Wells] so my little bro gave him all my **** 2007-08-26 00:16:40 [TO: Kareem kone Wells] ok lets go i asume you want a witness ? 2007-08-26 00:16:45 [FROM: Kareem kone Wells] and he said now its in the machine and he cant get it back until the armor is finished 2007-08-26 00:16:48 [FROM: Kareem kone Wells] yes 2007-08-26 00:16:57 [FROM: Kareem kone Wells] can u scan him and see his skills? 2007-08-26 00:17:03 [TO: Kareem kone Wells] yes 2007-08-26 00:17:06 [FROM: Kareem kone Wells] he said he played for 4 years 2007-08-26 00:17:09 [TO: Kareem kone Wells] lets go 2007-08-26 00:17:14 [FROM: Kareem kone Wells] thanks 2007-08-26 00:17:30 [FROM: Kareem kone Wells] wait 2007-08-26 00:17:42 [FROM: Kareem kone Wells] his name is jonny Mcguire 2007-08-26 00:18:08 [FROM: Kareem kone Wells] hes next to the armor machine 2007-08-26 00:18:12 [FROM: Kareem kone Wells] naked 2007-08-26 00:18:44 [FROM: Kareem kone Wells] u gonna come? 2007-08-26 00:19:11 [TO: Kareem kone Wells] where is he ? 2007-08-26 00:19:19 [FROM: Kareem kone Wells] near the armor machine 2007-08-26 00:19:41 [FROM: Kareem kone Wells] lemme know wuts up k 2007-08-26 00:20:01 [FROM: Kareem kone Wells] he said he needed 200 ped and i would get back all my stuff after the armor is 100% 2007-08-26 00:21:07 [TO: Kareem kone Wells] I would be supprised if he can as his skills are very low and he still has 65 profections to get 2007-08-26 00:21:23 [FROM: Kareem kone Wells] so its a scam? 2007-08-26 00:21:57 [TO: Kareem kone Wells] I would be very dubios do you know of anyone that has used him before ? 2007-08-26 00:22:11 [FROM: Kareem kone Wells] used him? is it true tho 2007-08-26 00:22:15 [FROM: Kareem kone Wells] the armor idea 2007-08-26 00:23:36 [FROM: Kareem kone Wells] so should i go thru with the deal? 2007-08-26 00:24:22 [TO: Kareem kone Wells] I dont know his skills seem very low 2007-08-26 00:24:26 [FROM: Kareem kone Wells] hmmm 2007-08-26 00:24:42 [FROM: Kareem kone Wells] well if i report him if he scamed me, can i get back my stuff? 2007-08-26 00:24:43 [FROM: Jonny McGuire Spowl] hi 2007-08-26 00:24:50 [FROM: Jonny McGuire Spowl] your friend come back 2007-08-26 00:24:50 [TO: Jonny McGuire Spowl] hello 2007-08-26 00:24:51 [FROM: Jonny McGuire Spowl] follow me 2007-08-26 00:25:12 [TO: Kareem kone Wells] so unless you know someone who has used him 2007-08-26 00:25:22 [FROM: Kareem kone Wells] wut do u mean by that? 2007-08-26 00:25:39 [FROM: Kareem kone Wells] no this is the first time 2007-08-26 00:25:46 [TO: Kareem kone Wells] do you know someone that he has made armor for ? 2007-08-26 00:25:51 [FROM: Kareem kone Wells] k im gonna go there and u act like my friend 2007-08-26 00:25:55 [FROM: Kareem kone Wells] no 2007-08-26 00:26:06 [FROM: Kareem kone Wells] but were gonna make a fake trade ok? 2007-08-26 00:26:13 [TO: Kareem kone Wells] if he takes your stuff you canot get it back 2007-08-26 00:26:48 [FROM: Kareem kone Wells] not even MA can get it back? 2007-08-26 00:27:05 [TO: Kareem kone Wells] nope they will say it is your fault 2007-08-26 00:27:12 [FROM: Kareem kone Wells] ya? 2007-08-26 00:27:15 [FROM: Kareem kone Wells] hmmm 2007-08-26 00:27:19 [TO: Kareem kone Wells] for trusting the guy 2007-08-26 00:27:27 [FROM: Kareem kone Wells] he already said my stuff is in the machine 2007-08-26 00:27:34 [FROM: Kareem kone Wells] and he needs it at 100% 2007-08-26 00:28:13 [TO: Kareem kone Wells] I can only tell you what i know he has very low skills 2007-08-26 00:28:25 [FROM: Kareem kone Wells] sorry bout the dung but make it look real :P 2007-08-26 00:28:35 [TO: Kareem kone Wells] 200 ped for what armor you could probably buy it at auction 2007-08-26 00:28:49 [FROM: Kareem kone Wells] ya he said i would get back all my stuff tho 2007-08-26 00:29:26 [TO: Kareem kone Wells] wellits your money personaly I would ask for the stuff back and go and bid for some armor 2007-08-26 00:29:35 [TO: Kareem kone Wells] well its 2007-08-26 00:29:39 [FROM: Kareem kone Wells] ahaa 2007-08-26 00:29:55 [FROM: Kareem kone Wells] well he said i cant get it back 2007-08-26 00:30:29 [TO: Kareem kone Wells] as i said its your money 2007-08-26 00:30:36 [FROM: Kareem kone Wells] k thanks 2007-08-26 00:31:26 [TO: Kareem kone Wells] np how long have you been playing ? 2007-08-26 00:31:39 [FROM: Kareem kone Wells] couple weeks 2007-08-26 00:31:41 [FROM: Kareem kone Wells] :P 2007-08-26 00:31:59 [TO: Kareem kone Wells] what armor is he making 2007-08-26 00:32:14 [FROM: Kareem kone Wells] ghost 2007-08-26 00:32:17 [FROM: Kareem kone Wells] he said 2007-08-26 00:32:50 [TO: Kareem kone Wells] I am going to auction I will tell you how much it would cost to buy there 2007-08-26 00:33:06 [FROM: Kareem kone Wells] ok thanks man 2007-08-26 00:36:46 [TO: Kareem kone Wells] 56 arm 48 mask 36 glov 44 harnes 27 shin 35 thigh so how much stuff did you give him ? 2007-08-26 00:37:03 [FROM: Kareem kone Wells] 200 ped 2007-08-26 00:37:11 [TO: Kareem kone Wells] thats all ?? 2007-08-26 00:37:30 [FROM: Kareem kone Wells] ya 2007-08-26 00:37:48 [TO: Kareem kone Wells] if he manages to make ur armor you will get a good deal 2007-08-26 00:37:59 [FROM: Kareem kone Wells] ya 2007-08-26 00:38:09 [TO: Kareem kone Wells] gl 2007-08-26 00:38:16 [FROM: Kareem kone Wells] i hope man I went of to the Auction for a while 2007-08-26 00:56:35 [TO: Kareem kone Wells] so do you have your armor ? 2007-08-26 00:58:32 [FROM: Kareem kone Wells] he said he got ancientarmor 2007-08-26 00:58:39 [FROM: Kareem kone Wells] ancient ghost armor 2007-08-26 00:59:12 [TO: Kareem kone Wells] so when will you recive your armor then ? 2007-08-26 00:59:29 [FROM: Kareem kone Wells] hes still here cause theres a bug goin on 2007-08-26 01:00:15 [FROM: Kareem kone Wells] we called MA and they said that we have to put like 2374 ped to get it out 2007-08-26 01:00:18 [FROM: Kareem kone Wells] but blp ammo 2007-08-26 01:01:05 [FROM: Kareem kone Wells] and if we put it, we will get everything back including extra 2007-08-26 01:01:07 [FROM: Kareem kone Wells] etc 2007-08-26 01:01:13 [TO: Kareem kone Wells] you called MA ? 2007-08-26 01:01:17 [FROM: Kareem kone Wells] and a hof of 17 k 2007-08-26 01:01:21 [TO: Kareem kone Wells] who told you this ? 2007-08-26 01:01:26 [FROM: Kareem kone Wells] ya he did and i didnt believe him so i called 2007-08-26 01:01:30 [FROM: Kareem kone Wells] and they said the same 2007-08-26 01:01:39 [TO: Kareem kone Wells] lol 2007-08-26 01:01:43 [FROM: Kareem kone Wells] but i dont have that much which is a crazy ammount 2007-08-26 01:01:50 [FROM: Kareem kone Wells] its freakin crazy man 2007-08-26 01:01:56 [TO: Kareem kone Wells] it is indeed 2007-08-26 01:02:25 [TO: Kareem kone Wells] what is the number you called ? for MA 2007-08-26 01:02:26 [FROM: Kareem kone Wells] the guy said he wants me to look for sum one and get the ammo for blp and then he will give back 3k ped 2007-08-26 01:02:37 [FROM: Kareem kone Wells] wait 2007-08-26 01:02:42 [FROM: Kareem kone Wells] lemme get the number i called 2007-08-26 01:02:55 [FROM: Kareem kone Wells] 004631607260 2007-08-26 01:03:05 [FROM: Kareem kone Wells] man this is weird **** 2007-08-26 01:03:11 [FROM: Kareem kone Wells] why did i get involved? 2007-08-26 01:03:18 [FROM: Kareem kone Wells] u gonna call 2007-08-26 01:04:01 [TO: Kareem kone Wells] no its for referance did you get the no from him ? 2007-08-26 01:04:08 [FROM: Kareem kone Wells] no 2007-08-26 01:04:14 [FROM: Kareem kone Wells] i went to the site 2007-08-26 01:05:24 [FROM: Kareem kone Wells] do u know the number to entropia site 2007-08-26 01:05:30 [FROM: Kareem kone Wells] wtf!?!? 2007-08-26 01:05:33 [FROM: Kareem kone Wells] dude 2007-08-26 01:06:00 [TO: Kareem kone Wells] ok 2007-08-26 01:06:22 [FROM: Kareem kone Wells] my bro called ok and he said they said the same as that guy, but he just told me now that there was no one for entropia there ri now 2007-08-26 01:06:25 [FROM: Kareem kone Wells] ??? 2007-08-26 01:06:41 [TO: Kareem kone Wells] so you need to find soemone with $300 to help you het your armor 2007-08-26 01:06:56 [FROM: Kareem kone Wells] 200$ ri? 2007-08-26 01:07:27 [FROM: Kareem kone Wells] he said its like 2k ped ri 2007-08-26 01:07:31 [FROM: Kareem kone Wells] of ammo i think 2007-08-26 01:08:04 [TO: Kareem kone Wells] so he needs 2k of blp ammo ? 2007-08-26 01:08:14 [FROM: Kareem kone Wells] ya wait lemme see exactly 2007-08-26 01:09:05 [FROM: Kareem kone Wells] 2374 of ammo 2007-08-26 01:09:11 [FROM: Kareem kone Wells] sorry i mean ped 2007-08-26 01:09:13 [FROM: Kareem kone Wells] damn 2007-08-26 01:09:17 [FROM: Kareem kone Wells] thats a lot 2007-08-26 01:09:28 [TO: Kareem kone Wells] it is 2007-08-26 01:09:34 [FROM: Kareem kone Wells] mannnnnnnnnnnnnn 2007-08-26 01:09:37 [FROM: Kareem kone Wells] this sucks 2007-08-26 01:09:44 [FROM: Kareem kone Wells] its 4 over here 2007-08-26 01:10:16 [FROM: Kareem kone Wells] hmmm man do u have any bp ammo? 2007-08-26 01:10:23 [TO: Kareem kone Wells] $210 2007-08-26 01:10:28 [FROM: Kareem kone Wells] **** i dont think anyone has that much 2007-08-26 01:10:40 [FROM: Kareem kone Wells] ya... $210 2007-08-26 01:10:45 [TO: Kareem kone Wells] I do but i do not intend to gice it to you to give to some guy 2007-08-26 01:10:47 [FROM: Kareem kone Wells] :( 2007-08-26 01:10:57 [FROM: Kareem kone Wells] i know 2007-08-26 01:10:58 [TO: Kareem kone Wells] sorry 2007-08-26 01:11:15 [FROM: Kareem kone Wells] lol btw the sad face was cause of wut happend not cause wut u said :P 2007-08-26 01:11:33 [TO: Kareem kone Wells] np 2007-08-26 01:11:36 [FROM: Kareem kone Wells] how many blps can i trade u for ghost armor? 2007-08-26 01:11:42 [FROM: Kareem kone Wells] my bro is willing to trade 2007-08-26 01:12:08 [TO: Kareem kone Wells] I do not need ghost armor ! 2007-08-26 01:12:26 [TO: Kareem kone Wells] I have vigi an nemisis armor already 2007-08-26 01:12:28 [FROM: Kareem kone Wells] hmmm i mean for tt value 2007-08-26 01:12:38 [FROM: Kareem kone Wells] ohhh wait!!!! 2007-08-26 01:12:42 [FROM: Kareem kone Wells] wait!!!1 2007-08-26 01:12:44 [FROM: Kareem kone Wells] lol 2007-08-26 01:12:49 [FROM: Kareem kone Wells] ur weird wait brb 2007-08-26 01:13:44 [FROM: Kareem kone Wells] dude they also told him that vigi or nemesis would work but full set 2007-08-26 01:13:58 [FROM: Jonny McGuire Spowl] man 2007-08-26 01:14:13 [TO: Jonny McGuire Spowl] whats up 2007-08-26 01:14:15 [FROM: Jonny McGuire Spowl] u there? 2007-08-26 01:14:18 [FROM: Jonny McGuire Spowl] man 2007-08-26 01:14:23 [TO: Jonny McGuire Spowl] @ auction 2007-08-26 01:14:25 [FROM: Jonny McGuire Spowl] u will get back 3k peds 2007-08-26 01:14:30 [FROM: Jonny McGuire Spowl] in 2 mins 2007-08-26 01:14:33 [FROM: Jonny McGuire Spowl] afther i remove the armor 2007-08-26 01:14:35 [FROM: Jonny McGuire Spowl] i get a hof 2007-08-26 01:14:36 [FROM: Kareem kone Wells] u mad? 2007-08-26 01:14:40 [FROM: Jonny McGuire Spowl] of 17k peds 2007-08-26 01:14:49 [FROM: Jonny McGuire Spowl] i promise 2007-08-26 01:15:16 [TO: Kareem kone Wells] No I am not mad I already have armor ?? 2007-08-26 01:15:22 [FROM: Kareem kone Wells] ya i know 2007-08-26 01:15:24 [FROM: Kareem kone Wells] but 2007-08-26 01:15:37 [FROM: Kareem kone Wells] he said he could use the vigi or nemesis armor too 2007-08-26 01:15:51 [TO: Jonny McGuire Spowl] I do not plan to give someone i do not know anything 2007-08-26 01:15:53 [FROM: Kareem kone Wells] hey is there such thing as ancient ghost amor? 2007-08-26 01:15:54 [TO: Jonny McGuire Spowl] sorry 2007-08-26 01:15:59 [FROM: Jonny McGuire Spowl] just trust me..and all be ok 2007-08-26 01:16:00 [FROM: Jonny McGuire Spowl] man 2007-08-26 01:16:06 [FROM: Jonny McGuire Spowl] i have a friend at MA 2007-08-26 01:16:14 [FROM: Jonny McGuire Spowl] and he said..if i get the ammo 2007-08-26 01:16:20 [FROM: Jonny McGuire Spowl] i will can remove the armor 2007-08-26 01:16:26 [FROM: Jonny McGuire Spowl] and i get a peds of 17k peds 2007-08-26 01:16:33 [FROM: Jonny McGuire Spowl] my friend dont lie me 2007-08-26 01:16:37 [FROM: Jonny McGuire Spowl] plus he work at MA 2007-08-26 01:16:45 [FROM: Jonny McGuire Spowl] and know what he say 2007-08-26 01:16:55 [FROM: Jonny McGuire Spowl] i promose mate 2007-08-26 01:16:56 [FROM: Jonny McGuire Spowl] help me 2007-08-26 01:16:59 [FROM: Jonny McGuire Spowl] to get the hof 2007-08-26 01:17:00 [FROM: Jonny McGuire Spowl] look 2007-08-26 01:17:06 [FROM: Jonny McGuire Spowl] i give u 3.5k peds 2007-08-26 01:17:08 [TO: Jonny McGuire Spowl] gl to you but i woould not give some random person free stuff in RL so why should i give it too you 2007-08-26 01:17:23 [FROM: Jonny McGuire Spowl] read what i said 2007-08-26 01:17:25 [TO: Jonny McGuire Spowl] you havnt been playing long all your skills are low 2007-08-26 01:17:36 [FROM: Jonny McGuire Spowl] i have buyed skills 2007-08-26 01:17:49 [FROM: Kareem kone Wells] ?? 2007-08-26 01:17:51 [FROM: Jonny McGuire Spowl] well 2007-08-26 01:17:51 [FROM: Jonny McGuire Spowl] ? 2007-08-26 01:18:42 [TO: Jonny McGuire Spowl] my answer is still no ! if I see your hof later i will take my hat of to you and be gutted i missed the chance 2007-08-26 01:19:12 [TO: Kareem kone Wells] he is telling me he has a friend in MA 2007-08-26 01:19:22 [FROM: Kareem kone Wells] who is? 2007-08-26 01:19:30 [FROM: Kareem kone Wells] that jonn guy? 2007-08-26 01:19:58 [TO: Kareem kone Wells] yes said he will give me 3.5k when he gets his hof 2007-08-26 01:20:31 [FROM: Kareem kone Wells] hmmm do u think it would be true? 2007-08-26 01:21:01 [TO: Kareem kone Wells] I dont know but i am not giving anything to anyone i do not know 2007-08-26 01:21:20 [FROM: Kareem kone Wells] i know 2007-08-26 01:21:40 [FROM: Kareem kone Wells] brb 2007-08-26 01:25:28 [TO: Vavva Voom Straaf] guy wants me to give hime 200 ped so he can get a 17k Hof 2007-08-26 01:26:52 [FROM: Kareem kone Wells] bak, hey do u know anyone who will trade blp bullets for ghost? 2007-08-26 01:28:42 [TO: Kareem kone Wells] no sorry 2007-08-26 01:29:08 [FROM: Kareem kone Wells] k thanks anyways 2007-08-26 01:29:11 [FROM: Kareem kone Wells] sorry btw 2007-08-26 01:31:01 [TO: Kareem kone Wells] ghost armor is the highest skill level v11 so i would be causios I will be posting the conversation on the forums later see what everyone else thinks 2007-08-26 01:31:04 [TO: Kareem kone Wells] np 2007-08-26 01:31:17 [FROM: Kareem kone Wells] thanks man 2007-08-26 01:31:23 [FROM: Kareem kone Wells] u really helped out alot 2007-08-26 01:32:44 [FROM: Kareem kone Wells] hey he said his armor was stuck, how can it be stuck? 2007-08-26 01:33:17 [TO: Kareem kone Wells] thats what i thought he also told me he has a friend who works for MA 2007-08-26 01:33:29 [FROM: Kareem kone Wells] ya same here 2007-08-26 01:33:39 [FROM: Kareem kone Wells] and is there really ancient ghost armor? 2007-08-26 01:35:37 [TO: Kareem kone Wells] peole are saying its a scam 2007-08-26 01:35:47 [FROM: Kareem kone Wells] man......... 2007-08-26 01:35:54 [FROM: Kareem kone Wells] im efn cleaned too 2007-08-26 01:36:17 [FROM: Kareem kone Wells] but he seemed so damn serious he was even telling me that tomorrow hes gonna talk with me to see wut we can do 2007-08-26 01:36:59 [TO: Kareem kone Wells] if you look in main chat he was asking for a buisness man 2007-08-26 01:37:10 [FROM: Kareem kone Wells] wut do u mean? 2007-08-26 01:37:19 [TO: Kareem kone Wells] he is a scamer 2007-08-26 01:37:36 [FROM: Kareem kone Wells] man this sucks Just be aware .... Mike
Thanks for posting the alert, so we can all be aware to avoid this dickhead Jonny McGuire Spowl. I hope you post that conversation in a support case to MindArk, in the Abuse section, and make a comment to remind MA that these scammers are spoiling the game and driving away new colonists. I really hope someday that MA starts locking out scammers and returning scammed items to their owners. Blaming the owners for showing trust is not good enough - we need a more secure loaning system that protects the owner and their items. imho Jonny McGuire Spowl is now added to my personal KOS list. :hehe:
A sad reminder that EU like RL is populated with unscrupulous people ready to take away your money and posessions. Thanks for the warning, and nice one for the transcript - it gives good detail about how these ppl operate their confidence tricks. BTW everyone - these warnings are welcome on EuC, names and all. The truth is always welcome on EuC ;)
Thanks for the warning Mike, btw: I never understood the rule at "Entropia Forum" not to name scammers. one up for EuC :-)
Scammers, u can't live them ,but u can definitely live without them. btw. Have some1 seen one of those armor upgraders lately?
WOW!!! Amazing the lengths some folks will go to get some money quick fast and easy instead of earning it!!!