Scams and cons
Torn stories about scams and cons, retold from the forum archive with every statement labelled and sourced.
- Torn Parley Palace's disputed Plinko payout
Oliveoil1man [3384999] said Plinko showed billions in winnings and Torn Parley Palace offered 90 million. Strain [1953608] said the 750x table was unintended.
Sep 2025 · Scams and cons
- Stephen_Lynx and the 4 unpaid attacks
The opener said 4 of 14 attacks went unpaid. The argument became a grammar dispute over whether an offer stopped at 10.
Jul 2024 · Scams and cons
- damaster [641864] reports a faction-leader impersonation
damaster said a day-old account claimed to be their hacked faction leader and asked about vault cash. Questions meant for a faction insider ended the approach with a block.
Mar 2017 · Scams and cons
- Juniverse [2032534] posts a scam warning about BOSSTER [2067825]
Juniverse accused BOSSTER of changing names, moving between factions and failing to repay borrowed poker money. The forum questioned both the accused player and the decision to lend to a new account.
Jun 2017 · Scams and cons
- Blank DVDs and the EliteTrades warning
A September 2024 warning accused EliteTrades of offering Blank DVDs as EDVDs. The replies supplied recruitment claims, faction criticism and the expected DVD jokes.
Sep 2024 · Scams and cons
- The secret pirate alliance announced in somebody else's chat
Al1m published a chat in which hakunamatata420 proposed a secret alliance for scammers. The supposedly low-key plan then received mock applications and pirate jokes.
Dec 2021 · Scams and cons
- WitchChild reports an $83,800 Vicodin sale as a new scam
WitchChild said Captstroud bought a Vicodin for $83,800 and described pricing it below Torn's above-market warning threshold. Players disputed whether this was a scam or inattentive shopping.
Aug 2019 · Scams and cons
- The Woollymaestro name-change warning
DrewPeacock [2737378] said another player took the Woollymaestro name after they dropped it. Replies addressed unchanged player IDs, cancel mugging and retaliation.
Aug 2024 · Scams and cons
- Porn's 250m offer dispute with CourtesyFlush
Porn said CourtesyFlush cut a 250m offer to 75m after editing it. Respondents disputed the scam label, while one player said the original bid had deterred them.
May 2023 · Scams and cons
- LuigiMangione's account of a $418 stock-for-coupon switch
LuigiMangione said a seller put cheap FHC stock into a secure trade instead of a Feathery Hotel Coupon. The displayed price gave the alleged switch away.
Feb 2015 · Scams and cons
- NaWigaTor names SmokingAces in a scam complaint
NaWigaTor accused SmokingAces of a scam, blocking contact and mugging their remaining cash. The same-day thread recorded a claimed faction kick before it was locked.
Feb 2015 · Scams and cons
- bikecrasher's WSSB question draws an admin warning
A posted chat showed requests for an old account, login details and a WSSB stock benefit. The forum debated impersonation, account sharing and whether any refund should follow.
Mar 2019 · Scams and cons
- The signed-bounty accusation against Purina
RavenMorgan3 accused Purina of signing small anonymous bounties with other players' names, provoking larger retaliation bounties that Purina could collect.
Aug 2024 · Scams and cons
- The Wolf_Assassin revive-payment accusation
Jarebear accused Wolf_Assassin of promising payment for revives and not paying. Replies questioned whether the revives were solicited, while later posts displayed federal-jail and deletion text.
May 2018 · Scams and cons
- Tengs [509329] reports losing 150mill after an Anonymous [9] message
Tengs said a mission-style message sent them to two player bazaars and promised triple repayment. Heisenberg [1574771] later said they had turned the same pitch back on its sender.
2014–2015 · Scams and cons
- Myers [2084026] and Impulse Revisit an $850 Million Trade Dispute
Two years after a company trade, Myers [2084026] and Ridgeback [2015242] argued over $850 million, Impulse's pursuit and whether it was time to stop.
May 2020 · Scams and cons
- Poussky’s warning over an apparent faction recruitment scam
Poussky [2578080] questioned whether a faction applicant might seek vault access. Torn staff (Admin) bogie [148747] described a wider pattern of spam, attempted asset theft and real-life scams.
Sep 2021 · Scams and cons
- The argument over Torn’s above-market-value bazaar warning
After Torn added an above-market-value warning to bazaar purchases, Riot proposed limiting it to newer players. The thread became an argument over scams, risk and how much protection Torn should provide.
Aug–Sep 2019 · Scams and cons
- MrTickles Posts a Xanax-for-Networth Scam Alert
MrTickles [2216145] posted a scam warning after an alleged Xanax-for-networth exchange. Replies questioned both the value of the list and the person supplying it.
Jan 2019 · Scams and cons
- A 15M faction offer met a 10 billion counter and a scam warning
A faction seller called a 15M offer a scam after countering with 10 billion. Specific replies disputed the label and questioned the counteroffer.
Jan 2021 · Scams and cons
- WIT_KAT's company loss and the argument over “scam”
WIT_KAT said they lost their company after making a mistake. Specific replies disputed whether the episode was a scam or simply an error someone else accepted.
Jan–Feb 2020 · Scams and cons
- A PI pitch became a joke about who paid whom
Samael posted a chat in which an account claiming to be Leaf Bikni asked for a PI. Replies followed the revival payment trail, then supplied more versions of the copied approach.
Mar 2019 · Scams and cons
- The 100m demand in “New scam??”
Mundeer published a demand attributed to Kasandra_Joasia: pay 100m or have online faction players hospitalized. PatBenatar called it extortion; others supplied jokes and older examples.
Nov 2018 · Scams and cons
- A one-name scammer list becomes a loss-selling lesson
Pilipinas1 [3127166] accused Vannellope [2888296] of failing to pay for 14 loss hits and then blocking them. Posters mocked the one-name list and offered advice on avoiding another loss-selling dispute.
Nov 2023 · Scams and cons