Hey guys, Shade here! Today's a little bit of a shorter post but I wanted to touch on a scam I don't really see very often: the borrowing scam. The borrowing scam is something that could take a lot of time when other scams have been proven to work faster so that could be why it isn't seen that often.
So what is the borrowing scam? Well it's pretty self explanatory and it involves a scammer going up to someone and simply asking to borrow one of their items, whether they say it is to try it on their character to see how it looks on them, etc.
The borrowing scam seems to go one of two ways and it more so depends on how long the scammer is willing to drag the whole thing out. Sometimes, they will just go to your den and ask to borrow an item you might be wearing or that's on your trade list. Other people might try to 'befriend' you for a little in trying to gain your trust and then going to ask for your item. After that, a scammer might leave or make some kind of an excuse to leave and unbuddy you later. I've probably only seen this scam once, years and years ago and even then, it isn't heard about a lot in the Animal Jam community. Like flash trading and the pillow scam, it really seems to be a thing of the past that most people don't do anymore.
But that wraps up this post. Until next time,
Shade
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