Muggings
Torn stories about muggings, retold from the forum archive with every statement labelled and sourced.
- Bazaar buyer mugged by the seller minutes after paying 50 million
In January 2021 fannybaws said a bazaar owner mugged them for about 2.5 million right after they spent about 50 million there. The thread turned into a swap of buy-mugging tips, bragging, and a separate blacklist row over "reverse mugging".
Jan 2021 · Muggings
- A Bulk-Xanax Trade-Cancel Mug That Turned Into a Lecture on Roleplay
Memory's account of a strange 100 million trade with a trader called AkiTolo, who canceled the deal and lectured them about "roleplay" instead of scamming them, drew mockery and jokes across a 54-reply thread.
Oct 2025 · Muggings
- A Mugging Complaint Turns Into a Dox Accusation, Then a Staff Warning
In September 2024, cerebrus6 said a mugging ruined their day and that they had traced the mugger's identity from a username. Other players called it a doxxing threat, and Torn staff locked the thread with a warning.
Sep 2024 · Muggings
- Power Cut, Mugged Twice: A Trading Loss Becomes a Forum Punchline
A power cut let two muggers clean out a month of trading profit for one player in June 2024, and the resulting thread mixed genuine complaint, trader gripes, a moderator's API-abuse allegation and one dry joke from Torn's admin.
Jun 2024 · Muggings
- Mugging in a no-terms ranked war: Candymonster asks, the forum answers
In July 2025 Candymonster asked if mugging in an unrestricted ranked war was fair. Beerstein, Apolinus and others answered that it cost respect gains and war pay.
Jul 2025 · Muggings
- -MIST wins a $41b slots jackpot, then is mugged for 3.6b
In May 2022 a thread reported that -MIST had won $41,154,892,448 on the slots, called the #1 pot by its opening post, and was mugged by Cartis on arrival in the Caymans. It also became a row over announcing the jackpot.
May 2022 · Muggings
- NumPe mugs a player in China, opens an apology thread, and it turns into a roast
In August 2021 NumPe [48442] said they mugged the first player they looked at and gave the money back. The public apology thread became a dispute with Fishbum [2009144] and a run of joke apologies.
Aug 2021 · Muggings
- Evil-Duck Says Mugging Is for Peasants; Hcom3 Says the Log Shows a Fake
In February 2018 Evil-Duck posted that mugging was a joke and pasted a list of muggings against them. Hcom3 replied that one entry conflicted with the log. The opening post drew 44 dislikes.
Feb–May 2018 · Muggings
- "Mugged after the trade": a $13,187,734 mug and a General Discussion row
In January 2017 kaurotuan posted a log of being mugged right after a trade. The thread became an argument over the accusation, an apology post, and whether complaining about a mug in a crime game is fair.
Jan 2017 · Muggings
- RebelOnline said buy-mugs brought abuse, then promised to bring friends
In October 2023 RebelOnline [2350522] posted that players had insulted them after they buy-mugged five people for 2-3 million each. The opening post drew 153 dislikes, and the replies mocked it.
Oct 2023 · Muggings
- Mugged for $189,039,284 seconds after a $2.02B bank withdrawal
In March 2023 backman [2101032] posted logs showing a mugging that landed ten seconds after a large investment withdrawal. The thread gathered advice, jokes and a doubtful confession.
Mar 2023 · Muggings
- Warlock's "refunds to everyone I have mugged" thread, signed TheHoneyBadger
In June 2017 Warlock [881031] posted an offer to refund everyone mugged, signed "TheHoneyBadger". Replies brought pasted mugging logs, a Nash name-swap argument and a dispute over who the poster was.
2017–2018 · Muggings
- Eddycon marks $100 billion mugged with a stat enhancer giveaway
In May 2025 Eddycon [2519083] posted a long write-up of what they said was 100b mugged over about 2.5 years, and gave away stat enhancers to commenters. The thread reached 1,500 replies and was cited for mugging tips later.
2025–2026 · Muggings
- Aktivist's $0 mugging and the bounties from Pops
In March 2022 Aktivist posted a log of a bazaar sale to Pops, an anonymous mug that took $0, and bounties. Pops answered in the thread with allegations of "Monarch multi proxy" harassment.
Mar 2022 · Muggings
- A $0 mug, then a $137,233,800 bazaar buy: was it a buy mug?
In Nov 2020 Redxjak posted a log of a mug that took $0, followed two seconds later by a huge bazaar purchase. Players argued over whether that counts as a failed buy mug. The thread was still running in Mar 2021.
2020–2021 · Muggings