Let me tell you the story of how I almost got scammed today on AC discord. I was looking for Judy so I messaged every Judy offer with my humble 86 NMTs and hybrids and items to make a deal. Nobody answered besides the scammer.
He asked me what items I've got, listed my items like hybrids, star fragments, nuggets bla bla, bells.
He told me that IF I bring more items , he will accept 43 NMTs only. So I said sure!
That sucker thought he was going to make bank on me.
When I arrived on his island, he told me he had a friend with him to prevent scammers. Okie pal! That person stood in front of Judy's house.
So I drop my items and after I'm done, that scammer tells me his friend needs to leave!
So I text him: if your friend leaves, I disconnect. And I opened the inventory, to block them. That friend wanted to left 'please close the window' text poped up. So I pressed home button to disconnect!
That person told me that his friend had to leave, but that he l do the trade again with me, just the two of us!
Desperate for Judy as I was I said okay, I give you one more change. Fly once again to his island with my items intact, proceed to drop them, but once again I lock myself in the inventory screen and tell the scammer to count the **** and let me talk to Judy. He doesn't move from his spot, he says its okay, and lets me know that his friend NEEDS to come right back to his island. Well, since I was already locked in my inventory window, he couldn't let his friend fly over and save. So I promptly disconnected, reported his ass and blocked him.
TLDR: Red flags: this scam is done like this: you need 2 people. when the items are dropped, the one extra person will leave the island ( or ask to enter!) so that the game saves, and the host disconnects. So that you lose all your items and you are sent home.
Hope this story will help someone! I only escaped scam free because I was already taught what to do in case of scams! Which is to immediately disconnect if something seems fishy!
My journey for the rainbow bear continues.
He asked me what items I've got, listed my items like hybrids, star fragments, nuggets bla bla, bells.
He told me that IF I bring more items , he will accept 43 NMTs only. So I said sure!
That sucker thought he was going to make bank on me.
When I arrived on his island, he told me he had a friend with him to prevent scammers. Okie pal! That person stood in front of Judy's house.
So I drop my items and after I'm done, that scammer tells me his friend needs to leave!
So I text him: if your friend leaves, I disconnect. And I opened the inventory, to block them. That friend wanted to left 'please close the window' text poped up. So I pressed home button to disconnect!
That person told me that his friend had to leave, but that he l do the trade again with me, just the two of us!
Desperate for Judy as I was I said okay, I give you one more change. Fly once again to his island with my items intact, proceed to drop them, but once again I lock myself in the inventory screen and tell the scammer to count the **** and let me talk to Judy. He doesn't move from his spot, he says its okay, and lets me know that his friend NEEDS to come right back to his island. Well, since I was already locked in my inventory window, he couldn't let his friend fly over and save. So I promptly disconnected, reported his ass and blocked him.
TLDR: Red flags: this scam is done like this: you need 2 people. when the items are dropped, the one extra person will leave the island ( or ask to enter!) so that the game saves, and the host disconnects. So that you lose all your items and you are sent home.
Hope this story will help someone! I only escaped scam free because I was already taught what to do in case of scams! Which is to immediately disconnect if something seems fishy!
My journey for the rainbow bear continues.
