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  • oraN [1778676] · 17 likes ·
    dude scammed 80b+ and doesn't want to pay 20m for a company boost lol
  • Securop [2247082] Officer · 3 likes ·
    One of the things that you can do to partly prevent this from happening is asking for a 50% upfront payment, and (hope) the player pays the remaining 50% after you've provided the service. Also, like the others said, always …

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Hnin_Pwint [890914] ×1 Azami [1702779] ×1

Hnin_Pwint [890914] · #1
i am selling company boost 20 M per boost ....
Someone scammed me and blocked me .
BrownBread: i’ll take
BrownBread: it
Hnin_Pwint: ok sir ..dont worry i have many pack
BrownBread: ?
Hnin_Pwint: Job points: 1,689
Hnin_Pwint: have 6 boost i mean
BrownBread: Awesome
Hnin_Pwint: boosting
Hnin_Pwint: You used 250 job points on Logistics Report providing Mining Corp Hiring with a 7 day productivity boost.
Hnin_Pwint: done
You cannot chat with this user because they have not interacted with you recently or they have blocked you.
Last message: 16:28:56 - 18/06/22 TCT

Mentions: Azami [1702779] · Hnin_Pwint [890914]

dunmugmeh [538353] · #3 · edited
That boy is a well known scammer. Not a lot you can do. Maybe try bountying the boy a bit for $666.

I blacklisted him a few weeks ago. Hes on the list for occassional perilous mugs.

he scammed a faction called desert eagle i think in recent times. for big $ hes a buffoon.
Redceder [2766149] · #9
That’s one clue. Here’s another:

bounties received: 1867

Live and learn. Might be useful to do some research for stuff like this.
dunmugmeh [538353] · #11
That is the way how to sell your job points. If the customer doesnt want to pay some/all of it in advance find another customer.
DedeSiregar [2430598] · #12 · edited
bounties received: 2,548
I never scam a dime. Doing research means doing quick search in forum. It's a feature one must learn to use before making deals. Easy peasy write numbers id n scam. It will show what you want to know. Misinformation like this is reason why noobs get ripped off by "safe traders" or get buymugged in market. Like thousands time a day ppl like defectus or other good price traders advertise in market high buy price for se then u somehow see a noob sell for very low price to crappy price traders or market n get mugged.
Baldr [1847600] Reporter · #13
You are also selling logistics boosts very cheap. We sell for $35m, dropping to $30m for repeat customers, and run out quite often due to higher demand than our job points can supply.

We require money up front, and you should also.
Metchi_Pockvano [2743523] · #14
That's what I used to do when i worked for an amusement park, i wanted the money up front for "free rides". Only with repeat customers, would i waive that. ALWAYS get the money first, unless you know the person you're dealing with very well.
Scarley [2261969] · #15
Y'all really get payment up front? I've bought a lot of job specials and don't think I've ever paid before I received the service..
4Am [2318684] · #16
Yeah for that Job special i would always ask for the money up front

well nothing you can do bud. Just take the Loss and learn that’s it. There will be more job points to come. You can bounty of course but bounties typically don’t work well on older players it really only affect Ls new players as they freak out over it. So i wouldn’t go that route and if you were too i would bounty everyone in the company over and over in hopes they quit and keep messing with his income.


Good luck lesson learned
Securop [2247082] Officer Officer · #17
One of the things that you can do to partly prevent this from happening is asking for a 50% upfront payment, and (hope) the player pays the remaining 50% after you've provided the service.

Also, like the others said, always good to scan the player's bounties received, karma and enemy count to see to see how careful you have to be.

Good luck.
dunmugmeh [538353] · #18
Its been years since i had a job special i could sell to other players. Many years.

I always got payment in advance when i did it.

Yes it is fine and good practice to demand payment in advance. I always had customers willing to pay.

There are more players playing now than when i had a job special like that. So there will be more players willing to pay in advance.