Scamming
What TornLife's research has established about Scamming, and the questions players asked about it.
What TornLife has verified
- The Torn Wiki says Scamming is the 12th crime released for Crimes 2.0 and is a Fraud crime. Its enhancer is the Ergonomic Keyboard, and three new education courses aid it. It had no unique outcomes at release. An honor bar is given at level 100. (documented; Crimes 2.0 › Crimes › Scamming, )
- The rules text on Real Money Trading says exchanging Torn currency or assets for real-world money or services (including assets from other games) is strictly prohibited. Staff seek out buyers and sellers on-site and externally, with no warning for a first offence. Buyers lose purchased goods and get a lengthy game ban; sellers are banned permanently without recourse. (confirmed by Torn; What kinds of trades are illegal?, )
- Torn Wiki scam-prevention advice warns players never to send items to someone they are selling to, even on a promise of payment afterward, and that claims of a broken trade feature are a scam pattern; the trade feature itself is described as safe. (documented; Scams › Rules to live by, )
- The Torn Wiki's scam-prevention guidance states that the trade feature is a very safe way to exchange items/cash between players, implicitly contrasting it with sending items unilaterally (e.g. via parcel) to someone who has not reciprocated. (documented; Scams › Rules to live by, )
- The wiki's Trade page lists what is directly tradeable player-to-player: Money, Items, Properties, and (only for the owner) Companies or Factions. Stocks, Points, Merits, Rackets, Territories, Books and any stats/statuses cannot be exchanged through the direct trade feature. (documented; Trade › Trading, )
- The Torn Wiki says bazaar scams that list a cheap look-alike item at the price of an expensive one used to be common. They have declined since a red text warning was added for overpaying. (documented; Scams › Bazaar Scams, )
- Unsolicited forum posts promising to 'make you rich fast' via private message with no method disclosed are treated by the community/staff as low-value or scam content; a similarly vague 'How get rich fast!' guide listing generic tips (dump finds, crime, mugging, selling junk, jobs) was moved by staff to the Graveyard board as not qualifying as a real guide. (documented; How get rich fast!, )
- If a Parcel was packed with a Horse's Head or Small Explosive Device and the recipient opens it, they are hospitalized for 5 hours and all parcel contents are destroyed; new players are shown a warning about this kind of 'nasty surprise' content. (documented; Parcel › Usage, )
- Parcels can carry hazardous items (Horse's Head, Small Explosive Device) that hospitalize the recipient for 5 hours and destroy the parcel's contents on opening, a trick the game itself warns new players about, meaning an unsolicited parcel from a stranger carries this specific risk. (documented; Parcel › Usage, )
Questions about Scamming
- How can a player send money or items directly to another player in Torn, and where in Torn is a record of such transfers kept?
Money is sent directly from a player's profile via Actions Send money, with an optional message ; items are moved player-to-player via the Trade feat…
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- How do parcels work in Torn, and how can players send or use them?
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- What are the fastest ways to make money in Torn?
No source measures profit per hour, so no one method can be called the fastest. Player guides agree on an order. Before level 15, buy the 100 items a…
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- Which kinds of scamming are against the rules in Torn, and which are allowed but frowned upon?
Deceiving players in trades is not against Torn's rules, and staff will not recover lost cash or items . What is banned is cheating around the econom…
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