Hello everyone. Flint here, to talk more about the S14/Two Person Scam, as this scam has been growing in popularity recently and has taken on some new twists.
S14 takes place with two scammers, or one scammer with two accounts. Scammer 1 offers a huge overtrade for an uncommon, but worthless item, while Scammer 2 has said uncommon, worthless item, and will try to get people to overtrade for it. Once someone overtrades Scammer 2, both scammers leave.
Usually, this is a fairly uncommon scam, that takes place with the scammers standing in Jamaa Township advertising like they're normal jammers who just want to trade. However, a new variation of this scam has popped up recently.
In this variation, someone will JAG you or personally speak to you about how they will trade you items of very high value in exchange for an uncommon, worthless item (you may not have heard of the item before). If you have the item, they will decline your trades and leave, or they will claim that they want a special glitched variant of the item. If you don't have the item, or the scammer claims they want a glitched version, a second account will contact you. This account will just so happen to have the uncommon item, and will trade it to you in exchange for some of your rares/valuables. If you accept the trade, both scammers will leave, and if you try to trade Scammer 1 the uncommon item, they will decline.
There are several ways to quickly identify this scam. If people are offering a very valuable trade for a very specific item you haven't heard of, or an item you don't know for certain is valuable or not, that person is likely Scammer 1. If another person has the exact item Scammer 1 wants, wants a lot of rares for it, and is conveniently located right next to/met shortly after your encounter with Scammer 1, that's a sign that this person is a Scammer 2.
If you want to check whether the item Scammer 1 is asking for is actually valuable or not, you can try checking the Item Worth Wiki. If the item isn't on there, it's probably not very valuable. (Note that scammers may try to change the values on the Item Worth Wiki right before they go scamming, so watch out for that and possibly check the page's history to see if it's been radically altered recently).
You can also check the Animal Jam Wiki for information on an item's release date, whether the item is in stores or not, how recently the item was obtainable, or whether it has a real glitched variant. (If the glitched variant isn't listed on the Wiki, it probably doesn't exist.)You can also try just searching up 'animal jam [uncommon item]' on a search engine to see if people regularly trade high-value items for this item, or if the person you've encountered has recently attempted many scams with this item.
That's all for now. Watch out for this scam, and make sure you know how valuable the items you're trading for are. Goodbye!
Usually, this is a fairly uncommon scam, that takes place with the scammers standing in Jamaa Township advertising like they're normal jammers who just want to trade. However, a new variation of this scam has popped up recently.
In this variation, someone will JAG you or personally speak to you about how they will trade you items of very high value in exchange for an uncommon, worthless item (you may not have heard of the item before). If you have the item, they will decline your trades and leave, or they will claim that they want a special glitched variant of the item. If you don't have the item, or the scammer claims they want a glitched version, a second account will contact you. This account will just so happen to have the uncommon item, and will trade it to you in exchange for some of your rares/valuables. If you accept the trade, both scammers will leave, and if you try to trade Scammer 1 the uncommon item, they will decline.
There are several ways to quickly identify this scam. If people are offering a very valuable trade for a very specific item you haven't heard of, or an item you don't know for certain is valuable or not, that person is likely Scammer 1. If another person has the exact item Scammer 1 wants, wants a lot of rares for it, and is conveniently located right next to/met shortly after your encounter with Scammer 1, that's a sign that this person is a Scammer 2.
If you want to check whether the item Scammer 1 is asking for is actually valuable or not, you can try checking the Item Worth Wiki. If the item isn't on there, it's probably not very valuable. (Note that scammers may try to change the values on the Item Worth Wiki right before they go scamming, so watch out for that and possibly check the page's history to see if it's been radically altered recently).
You can also check the Animal Jam Wiki for information on an item's release date, whether the item is in stores or not, how recently the item was obtainable, or whether it has a real glitched variant. (If the glitched variant isn't listed on the Wiki, it probably doesn't exist.)You can also try just searching up 'animal jam [uncommon item]' on a search engine to see if people regularly trade high-value items for this item, or if the person you've encountered has recently attempted many scams with this item.
That's all for now. Watch out for this scam, and make sure you know how valuable the items you're trading for are. Goodbye!
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