Astyanaxys (Alternate Account) (Best Trade Wins) (Giveaway) (Trust)

Hello! Zee here!

I was hanging out in Julian2's den, trying to find scammers. I, of course, trying to hunt in the Scammer Drought of 2015, had no luck, except for one person. The user Astyanaxys, who was holding a list giveaway.

This is their player card. I noticed how their username was very unique and strange, but their appearance was fairly normal, at least for a Jammer hanging out in Aldan.

In the scam, they were offering their list, which was chock full of betas and rares, sure to attract a crowd.

While at the scam, I noticed their achievements. They only had eight. Keep in mind that they had a list full of rares, and you can easily tell that this is an Alt. Account. The owner of this Alt. obviously traded over all those rares to this account to do their scamming, but more on that later. Let's get in to the actual scamming.

This was the scammer advertising their scam. I was at Julian2's den, a popular place for scammers, so a scene like this wasn't uncommon, however, it did attract a lot of Jammers to the giveaway, which was to be expected with his amazingly rare list.

When I got there, I saw that his list was different. Previously, it was full of spikes, but it had changed now. The most notable change was the addition of the necklace, which the scammer would use as their bait.

He asked us to buddy him. Whenever a scammer does this, they're keeping you at their mercy. If you interfere then they can just lock you out, but strangely, the scammer never did that.

Something notable he did, even though I didn't get a picture, was the fact that he said that he was ok with us videoing the giveaway. This is my final piece of evidence as to why this person is an Alt. Account. They don't care if they're caught because they can always re-transfer their rares and try again on a different account.

He told us that this would be a trust, and began hopping, asking for trusts. A few people trusted him, but to my knowledge no one was harmed and pretty much everyone there knew he was a scammer.

Half-way though his scam, he stopped talking, but still declined ever trade he got almost instantly. Eventually he left, leading me to think that he left mid-scam and was logged out.

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Alright, that's it! I was very happy to actually find a scammer and get a real post up for you guys today. Remember to be safe, and have a good day!

- Zee

Sparkiethesparkle (Best Trade Wins) (Alternate Account)

Hello Jammers! Zee here with another scammer I found on a while out watching. A lot of information about scam watching will be covered in this post, so read on and enjoy! 

This is the scammer's player card. The scammer was offering their whole outfit in the scam, which would attract many Jammers in the room. Luckily, many just ignored her.

This was her trade. She was offering very basic items that you can easily obtain as her scamming bait.

This is her preforming her scam. This is a "Best Trade Wins" scam. In this scam, a scammer will put a bait item on trade and the best offer will win. Thing is, in a Best Trade Wins scam, the scammer will usually accept the item and run off without giving you your prize. 

I asked her why she couldn't just trade her items normally and she then claimed she was quitting. If that was so, why would she care about getting the best trade? Why not give your items to your friends, randomly send them away to lucky jammers, or recycle them for gems and then donate the gems to help big cats or to get items for friends?

This is something new to this blog, yet it is not an old scammer trick. This trick is known as the "Alternate Account," often abbreviated by scam watchers as "Alt. Account." It is very easy to spot an Alt. Account. If their name is "New Jammer" and they're scamming, they're most likely an Alt. The easiest way to tell, though, is to look at their achievements. If there are less than 10 and you spot suspicious activity such as scamming, then the scammer is most likely an Alt.

You ask yourself, why do scammers use Alts? What is the purpose of an Alt? An Alt is used by a scammer to keep their main account safe while scamming. They'll often send over items to the Alt. to attract attention and will scam unknowing Jammers. After they scam, they usually send the items back to their main, along with anything they scammed. In "Decline" scams, the Alt. will often be seen scamming. The main player will often be seen with the Alt. trying to convince people that the Alt. will never decline.

Alts are often used by us Scam Watchers, too. We use them in the same ways that scammers do... sort of. We use them to keep our accounts safe. While scam watching on an account, a scammer that's maybe heard of you will never know it's you behind the Alt, so you can scam watch safely. However, Alts are not required for scam watching.

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I hope this post was helpful to you, fellow scam watchers and readers. Keep an eye out for more in the future! 

-Zee