Scams and cons
Torn stories about scams and cons, retold from the forum archive with every statement labelled and sourced.
- Aiden1025 [4115753] accuses bullybeater [3798844] of a cancel-mug
An April 2026 warning accused a trader of cancelling trades and mugging lower-level players. The forum supplied precautions, mockery and a claimed bounty collection.
Apr 2026 · Scams and cons
- KingOfTheSand [3345714] calls out Tank- [3155937] over a 300k loss
A claimed unpaid loss produced mockery, advice on screening loss buyers and another player’s account of receiving the same offer.
Jul 2024 · Scams and cons
- Yvv's 150 ish Xanax dispute over company trains
Yvv said a prepaid month of company training had produced only a few days of trains. Replies questioned the deal, explained the initial training wait and proposed remedies of varying expense.
Jan 2021 · Scams and cons
- Invest accused Thug over a 2b oil-rig investment
Invest said a 2b oil-rig investment produced one 84m payment before Thug blocked them. Replies brought due-diligence lectures and several fresh investment offers.
2025–2026 · Scams and cons
- PhantomReaper’s Xanax trade warning about Zvglass
PhantomReaper said a Xanax trade was used as bait for a cancel-mug. Replies treated the accusation as the latest in a recurring series of alerts about Zvglass.
Jul–Aug 2024 · Scams and cons
- DillionDillion Said the Wheel Cheated Them Out of a Private Island
After a Wheel of Awesome spin, DillionDillion accused the game of cheating them out of a Private Island. Other players answered with claimed wins, explanations, insults and jokes.
Aug 2026 · Scams and cons
- The 500k Wheel of Meow Scam Dispute
ScarsCanBeGiven denied scamming a buyer over a 500k “wheel ov meow” spin. Evil-Duck said they refunded the disputed amount, while replies argued about the Meow persona.
Apr 2018 · Scams and cons
- Ochikonda's 200m faction-leader impersonation warning
Ochikonda posted a chat in which _Krithik_ claimed to be a faction leader and asked for 200m. Two players added similar accounts, while replies disputed reporting, rules and forum spam.
May 2018 · Scams and cons
- A “heyy” pitch for Samdalion's login details
Samdalion posted an exchange in which an account claimed to be a faction leader and requested login details. Torn staff (Admin) bogie described a repeated account-theft operation.
Oct 2022 · Scams and cons
- A proposed scammer watch list meets 'check the trade'
Psilocybin said Aklas used a copied payment line to take 10 stripograms. The proposed watch list drew repeated advice to check every trade instead.
Jun 2020 · Scams and cons
- TheGuvnor's 100 Million investment pitch
kazuko-kat asked whether to trust an unsolicited offer. Torn staff (Admin) bogie called it a scam, and SmokingAces replied after another player linked that name to TheGuvnor.
Sep 2014 · Scams and cons
- Challenger_69 [2736303] contests a scam accusation
Challenger_69 said a 2 day player had accused them of scamming, bringing bounties and demands for repayment. Two players cited prior dealings in their defence.
Jul 2025 · Scams and cons
- zordork tests a PI pitch with a misspelled name
A chat account claimed to be an old friend and asked for zordork's PI. zordork [2166192] said they tested the story with a deliberately misspelled name.
May 2019 · Scams and cons
- Superior- disputes company-purchase screenshots before the thread is locked
Superior- said compromised accounts explained screenshots that apparently showed a company-purchase approach. Replies challenged that account; bogie called the thread an exchange of insults, and the record lists it as locked.
Jan 2019 · Scams and cons
- A loss-selling deal ends in a scam accusation
The thread starter said payment did not arrive after six attacks and reported being hospitalized. The accused account then said it had “straight up tricked” them.
Mar 2017 · Scams and cons
- ZAKA_YNWA accuses Elitetrades over a cancelled can trade
ZAKA_YNWA said they put money into a Taurine Elite Can trade before Elitetrades cancelled it. The resulting thread carried warnings, blame and advice to self-hospitalise.
Sep–Oct 2024 · Scams and cons
- Arhimeas calls Crac's approach a co-lead request after VideoLegend's warning
VideoLegend said a recruitment message led them to Crac. Arhimeas called the approach a co-lead request, and the thread became a public scam warning.
Apr 2026 · Scams and cons
- Bumbi's mock complaint over an assault-set giveaway
Bumbi turned a claimed missing giveaway prize into a mock scam complaint. bogie replied that the opening post had more upvotes, so the giveaway poster kept the set.
May 2025 · Scams and cons
- The loss-payment accusation against Onesat [1941490]
TrangoDango [3942927] accused Onesat [1941490] of promising payment for losses and withholding it. Two players said their “red weapon” prizes were high heels and a thong.
Jan 2026 · Scams and cons
- The 200m Bloodlust Kodachi dispute
Jorgen and KSHMR disputed a 200m Kodachi trade. KSHMR said omitted chat showed the offer concerned a regular Kodachi, not the Bloodlust version.
Jan 2023 · Scams and cons
- dark95's supposed 39b slots scam
dark95 presented a 39b slots-jackpot scam story, then described such threads as sarcasm, trolling and fun. The replies supplied ridicule, a task force and a bug report.
Mar 2022 · Scams and cons
- The Xanax resale offer that prompted a scam argument
Alt_F4Life tested a Xanax resale offer and said the fee erased most of the margin. Other players disputed whether that made it a scam or merely a poor deal.
Jul 2026 · Scams and cons
- The palace comment for 175,000,000 million
HiroAkiba [2541529] said a trader tried to pass a trade comment off as payment. Players then picked apart the phrase “175,000,000 million.”
May 2020 · Scams and cons
- The 450k parachute offer and the scammer question
DARKMAXXARONI posted a chat in which wolfy_girl offered 450k while Maxx1628 quoted 420m. MakinDuBacon mocked the offer, ReyDuvall objected to the insults, and AsphodelGray alleged scamming.
Dec 2020 · Scams and cons