Scams

Cheats
The writers of Runescape are well versed in thier game control. In just a few years time they learned the ways of thier scripts to make it very difficult for the average player of the game to "cheat the code" used in getting anything. There was a time of finding bugs and gaining skill experience and item duplication with the aid of editing the saved script in your computer, to using 3rd party programs that did the work for you.But as mentioned, The writers have friends too. And they have seen and continue to see most all of these programs. The latest is to change the "detectable colour field" of mining ore to less than 10% of the overall rock colour to prevent automining. (Even though the advent of Rock Golums seemed to slow this cheat down quite abit)

The days of game cheats are at an end. Most that are advertised on the world wide web usually are for the olde Classic Runescape format and not for RS2. On top of that, those that visit a vast majority of these site are subject to "keyloggers" and hackers that prey on the players that know little enough of the game, let alone the raveges of the web, and have thier accounts stolen by giving out thier User Names and Passwords or other sensitive data on thier computers. Runescape 3 does not exist, and probably never will.

Example: A player macros this advertisement:

"Want to type fast like me? Visit www.somehackingwebsite.com" (Yes, we know, Jagex censors 3 "w"s in a row and the "dot"com and are usually substituted with something else)

Those who find "bugs" in the game usually report them now within minutes of any new release in the game. Those exploiting the bugs are found and have thier accounts removed only to make a new account and try all over again.

Scamming
"In game" scamming has been going on probably since the game went public. The rephrased phrase of "Scam me once, shame on you... Scam me twice, shame on me." comes to mind. Scams vary and have the same frustrating effect as in all web based games. The extent of damage from a scam is probably more of a threat psycologicaly, but remember, it's only a game. Scams include but are not limited to the following. Add them as you see fit.


 * "Trust scam" - Example: "Whoever trades me the highest worth item wins"
 * "Password scam" - Example: "Look! Jagex won't allow you to type your pass! Mine is *******!"
 * add your scam here

Trade Scams
Another favourite is the changing of items on the "secondary" or "final" trade screen. One should always refrain from pressure to "Just hit the accept trade" button, and carefully review it first. A large majority of scams occur here. The quantity or value is changed just moments before the final accept screen, and fly through the trade process, and in this haste, people loose, quite abit sometimes.

The world is full of scams and cheats. I often wonder if it would be relevant to remove the offenders. After all, then they wouldn't need Player Moderators and perhaps being sceptical of others in the real world would have less value and could be quite dangerous. It may be a good thing to keep the equilibrium of scam artists and cheaters, they get thier satisfaction, (albeit a dark one) and the good player get the reward of knowledge. Hopefully that of not being scammed again.