When you are new to playing World of Warcraft, it is easy to become a victim to other more advanced and savvy warcraft players. One of places that you can become easy meat for these advanced players is at the auction house.
Everyday new players are joining the World of Warcraft looking for some fun and adventure. As more players are signing on, more servers are needed to take care of them. This is where this particular auction house scam is more prevalent. And if building wealth is what you are seeking, which of course you will, you will find yourself spending many hours at the auction house.
The scam we’ll be discussing is reverred to as the over-listing scam. What happens is this…
As a new player you will be looking for specific items sold at the auction house. These things may not be very expensive, but to a new player, who is unaware of their value, they can be very lucrative to the over-listing scam artist.
The first part of this scam happens when the scammer waits for a low cost item to be bought out. Once there are none of the items for sale left, the scammer will put the item up for sale at a very high cost. Sometimes 3 to 4 times is actual auction house value. So, an item that usually sells for perhaps 10 gold on average, they will post up for 30 gold.
In order to create a market for this item they now begin pushing the item by means of a message in the trade channel. They will use a different character than the one they used to put the item for sale. In the trade channel they begin to request that item stating they will pay 40 gold to the seller.
Players who are at the auction house then see that the item requested in the trade channel is actually selling for 10 gold less and that they can buy this item for a 30 gold and turn around and sell it for more in the trade channel making an easy 10 gold profit. However, once the new player or unsuspecting player buys the item, the scam artists withdraws their offer to buy the item.
The best way to avoid falling victim to this type of action house scam is to become familiar with the true value of items at the auction house. If you happen to be on a newer server, you’ll want to be especially aware of this type of scam as these servers are where it happens more often. There is also an add-on called, “Auctioneer” that will help you learn the real value of items saving you a lot of time and keeping you safe from WoW auction house scammers.
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