Monthly Update - April

 What's up everyone, and happy May Day to you all! Today, it's my turn to bring updates about the society for April. Let's go!

Over the past month, we trialed a system in which the staff are not included in the schedule. It worked well for us, and we intend to keep it this way until we need to change the schedule again. Don't worry if this seems unfair for the other Gammas and Senior Agents. We keep the warning system fair by allowing the Gammas and Senior Agents to warn staff members at the end of every month if they feel that our activity is lacking.

Next, I'd like to talk about the Scammer Report Form. We truly appreciate the effort that you all put in to help stop scammers from scamming. If you have evidence showing the scammer in their act, I strongly encourage you to head over to our Report Scammers page, and submit a Report Form! Before submitting a form, do remember to read the instructions stated on the page. Take them as a general guideline as what your pictures and recount should contain.

Next, we are open for new Agents to join the society. If you are eager and passionate about catching scammers with a knack for writing blog posts, I encourage you to check out our Joining page. 

Finally, I'm going to take a few moments to talk about events in the AJSASS Discord server. Every month, I will host an event in the server. Typically, the events start on the 7th of each month (in GMT), and end sometime later in the month. People who participate in the events stand a chance to win event gems, which can be used to buy powerups to increase your odds of winning. This is the current schedule for events:

Jan/Jul: Undercover

Feb/Aug: Where is it

Mar/Sep: What is it

Apr/Oct: Battle for the Bacon (no, it is not a typo)

May/Nov: Egg Hunt

Jun/Dec: Race through Jamaa

Details about each event can be found in our discord server. Anyone can participate in the events!

Well, that's all the updates from me now. Until next time!

-Dew

Wolferine65 (AJPC)

  Do not attempt to track down or harass any of the scammers we post. We only ask that you report them, and maybe block them.

Hey everyone! Snow here with my first scammer post! I found Wolferine65 in Jamaa Township. They were telling jammers that if people gifted them spikes, they would gift back a black long. 

I went to their den to check with them that everything they were saying was true. The best gift wins can be a popular method of scamming. It is where a jammer says they will gift a rare item to whoever sends them the rarest/most gifts. I asked them to show me the black long collars so I could verify that they actually had the items.

They told me that they didn't have the black long collars yet and that they needed to earn them first. I thought this was most likely a scam because they didn't own the spikes yet and they cant gift items that they dont own. Additionally, they couldn't prove that they would actually ever gift them. 

  Wolferine65 then left the den. I wasn't sure that they were telling the truth and decided to go back to the den. They  also  went back to their den and so I asked them again about the black long collars. This time they  went on to tell me that they had given their sister the black longs to give away. 

I asked them why they had changed what they said, and in response they then left the den.

Stay safe and make sure to report Wolferine65 for scamming!

Random Saturday Ep. 83: Plushies

Hai jammers, Blossom here with our 83rd Random Saturday post! Today I will be talking about the stuffed animals of Animal Jam, plushies!

Plushies were first introduced to the game in mid-July of 2011, and have since become a fun part of Animal Jam.

The most common variety of plushies are Claw Plushies, which can be won from claw machines. Other plushies can be obtained from games, shops, and promo codes.

There are also Jambassador Plushies, which are custom plushies made especially for Jambassadors, including Pugfluff, Chocolate4froggy, CupcakeCeline, and WisteriaMoon. 

Finally, we've got the Clothed Plushies, which are not in-store, but will rarely make an appearance in a Claw Machine every once in a while. 

Plushies are great items for collections, as well as shops, so I recommend you go out and grab some! I hope you have fun with these! This is Agent Blossom signing off, remember to stay safe and play pawsome!

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Random Saturday Ep. 82: Fireflies

Hello! It's Rose again with the blog's 82nd Random Saturday. In this week's post, I'll be going over a new special feature in AJPW.

With the new March 3rd update, fireflies have come into the game along with the Golden Snowflakes that I discussed in my last post.

They spawn in any land on the map, but only when the cycle reaches night. The fireflies look like this:

After you click on them, you will get a prize that can range from sapphires to clothing or den items. The gift will appear with the "You got a gift!" popup, similar to the Golden Snowflakes.

I hope you have a fun time with this new feature!

This is Rose, signing off~ Have a great week and I'll see you next time!

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fuzzythedog00 (AJPC)

Do not attempt to track down or harass any of the scammers we post. We only ask that you report them, and maybe block them.

Hai jammers, Blossom here with another scammer post! This scammer was reported by a jammer that would like to be referred to as "Sushi". Sushi said that fuzzythedog00 was advertising that if someone bought something from the shop in their den, they would gift them their list, which consisted of a green short spiked collar. 

Sushi proceeded to go into the den, along with their friend. In the shop, there were rainbow wristbands, an in-store item, that were being sold for 5050 gems. The source's friend bought the wristbands expecting the collar, but fuzzythedog00 never gave it to them. 

This is a common scam, where jammers sell overpriced items in their shop promising a big reward if it is purchased. Unfortunately, that's usually never the case. After the scam, Sushi and their friend were locked out of the den and fuzzythedog00 logged off. 

Remember to only purchase items on your own consent, not with a big prize as a promised reward. Make sure you report fuzzythedog00 for scamming! This is Agent Blossom signing off, and remember to stay safe and play pawsome!

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jumpbunny14 + vired (AJPC)

 Do not attempt to track down or harass any of the scammers we post. We only ask that you report them, and maybe block them.

Hey guys! Pluto here back with another scammer. These scammers were reported by a jammer who would like to be referred to as "Nova". Nova was in Jamma Township when they saw jumpbunny14 advertising a giveaway at their den. They claimed to be "giving away their list" which consisted of two short collars. Nova was curious and went into the den to investigate. (note that they were using 3 accounts, their main and two spares)

When Nova got there, vired was already there. jumpbunny14 explained that it was "troll" and to win you had to accept twice and then they will decline. This is a very common method used by scammers to get your items. Most "giveaways" follow this pattern. Remember; if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is. 

Nova (on a spare account) said that it was a scam, and was instantly locked out. Another jammer agreed with them and was also locked out. Nova decided to stay on their main account to get more information. After a little while, jumpbunny14 claimed that they were "doing it wrong" and that they had to accept twice (which would ultimately lead to people getting scammed). Nova noticed that a jammer named vired wasn't talking, but just trading. it seemed like vired was always winning until jumpbunny14 Announced that vired was winning with a black short. now usually when someone traded that high of an item, everyone is locked out because the scammer got what they wanted. but nobody was locked and jumpbunny14 traded their item back. which solidified Nova's claim that vired was jumpbunny14's spare account.

Another jammer who was in the den explained how they were scared to participate, and how they were worried that it was a scam. vired quickly defended jumpbunny14 saying that they were not a scammer as they gave back the black short. which was just another clue that vired was a spare. jumpbunny14 was constantly trying to get the other jammer to trade their spike that they were wearing. Nova was nervous, she didn't want the other jammer to get scammed. Nova tried to get the other jammer to come to their den but with no success (they were trading at the time). Nova had enough, they politely asked jumpbunny14 and vired to both move at the same time, just to prove that they were different people. As soon as Nova said that, they were locked out.

Nova couldn't stand to watch this jammer get scammed, they had another spare in the den, so Nova said again that it was a scam, and once again, was locked out. Later on, Nova got in contact with the other jammer, who claimed to have scammed off their spike.

Well, that's all for this time. Remember to stay safe while trading and Play Wild in Animal Jam!

-Pluto

Random Saturday Ep. 81: Cruise Ship Party

Hello everyone! Snow here with my first random Saturday post! Today I'm going to be talking about the Cruise Ship Party in Animal Jam Classic.

The Cruise ship party first came to Animal Jam on May 10th in 2012. It is available during March, April and May. It comes a few times every day and you can access it by clicking the party hat icon at the top of your screen. Every time it comes to Jamaa, the party stays for 30 minutes.

At the Cruise Ship Party there are lots of things to do. For instance, in the sky you can see some custom clouds, and a sun. If you click on one of these then a miniature version will appear next to your animal

Near the top of the ship, there is a shop. The shop can be accessed by clicking the umbrella. In the shop you can find all sorts of cool Cruise Ship themed den items!

Also, near the bottom and prow of the ship you can sometimes find dolphins dancing! If you are a flying animal you can also go into the water and see them more clearly.

Next to the shop, is a smoothie machine. This is the same smoothie machine that can be found in the juice hut, by crystal sands. If you are a member then there is also an opportunity to buy the smoothie machine to put in your den.

In the middle of the ship there is a slide that you can go down that leads into a swimming pool. Around the swimming pool there are cushions and two orange chairs.

The Cruise Ship party is very cool, so make sure to check it out before it leaves Jamaa! That is all for this weeks random Saturday post! Stay safe and jam on!

Monthly Update - March

Howdy everybody, this is Danny with our month-in-review for March 2021!

First things first, we'd like to extend a warm welcome to two new Gammas who completed their training this month - Snow and Blossom! Expect to see some posts from them in the future. If you're interested in joining our team and helping to write posts for our blog, head on over to our Joining page for all the info you need.

Next up, we have decided to make some alterations to the way our posting schedule works. As our team grows and we have more members writing posts, we have found it increasingly challenging to fit everyone into our monthly posting schedule. To remedy this, we have decided to remove all members of staff from the coordinated posting schedule. This doesn't mean you won't be seeing posts from us anymore, but rather that you will be seeing more posts from our Gammas and senior agents while the staff focus more of our attention on managerial duties. We will still make the occasional unscheduled post, but the bulk of our scammer posts and all of our Random Saturdays will be authored by our Gammas and senior agents going forward.

Like Flint said in last month's update post, we are open to arranging partnerships with other Animal Jam/WildWorks related Discord servers. If you are the owner of a server and you are interested in getting partnered with us, join our Discord server and reach out to our staff member Dew with your inquiry.

As always, I would like to remind our viewers of our scammer report form! While most of the scammers we publish posts about were encountered by members of our team, we also make posts about scammers that are submitted to us by our viewers. If you have sufficient evidence, we encourage you to check out the Report Scammers page and consider submitting it to us.

That's everything for right now. Stay safe and have a good April!