Saturday, September 27, 2008

My first post and its about scams!

On YoVille my name is Bella and im the newest member of The YV Times.
To keep YoVille my favourite place on Facebook i want all the scammers gone!
So to help the yovillians, my first post here will be about scammers and their idiotic behavior.

This post will be bookmarked and updated so that the citizens of YoVille can get updated on what scams to watch out for.
  • "Double your money": This is probably the oldest scam. Every day i see ppl yelling out "i'll double your money"This is a scam for sure! They will tell you to give him or her money and then they will double your return. Many ppl have fallen for this scam.When you see this happen, report him or her!
  • Hardwood floor: It can be risky to buy the dark hardwood floor on sales.
    In the furniturestore there is a square table in the same material.
    Scammers will sell what you believe is the hardwood floor (retail 1000 coins)
    Then when you get back to your place you will discover that you have purchased a table.
    To make it safer i can show you the difference.
    In the trading window, the floor looks like this:
And in the trading window, the coffee table looks like this:
  • VIP-cards: There is no such thing!!!Scammers will try to sell you a VIP-card that doesnt exist (yet anyway)And the only thing you will recieve is a towel.There are no cards or codes so dont fall for it.When it comes to the VIP-robes its different. By a mistake, a glitch in the game, these robes (hugh hefner-robes) became available in the mens department in the fashion store.So, some ppl have this robe, but dont buy it because VIP-items will be for sale in the near future.
  • Lavalamps: It can also be risky to buy lavalamps on sales.A scammer may try to sell you a big lavalamp for 700 coins (retail is 1000 coins) and then when you get back to your place you have bought a small lavalamp (retail is 500 coins)So be careful.
  • Rate and get coins: This is a scam i've seen a lot lately.The scammer will start an event that says something like "Rate thumbs up and recieve 20 coins" or "Rate thumbs up and the 200th will recieve 500 coins"This is most likely also a scam.After you have rated tha owner will simply kick you out.
  • Games and pagents: On the eventlist u can often see events where ther's a fee. Sometimes its made up games or beautypagents. Im not saying, dont do it because a lot of the times everyting goes great, especially with pagents. But still, be careful.

/Bella


3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Good warnings!

Anonymous said...

you forgot about teleport doors. some may try to sell only one door or try to sell a mixmatching pair of doors.

Nhu said...

don't worry about the "small" and "big" lava lamp scammer. I was told that if you put ur mouse over the picture. It will tell you what size your lamps are.