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Scams are illegal actions done by players, usually to earn rarer or more items without working for it. Most players scam either for the fun of it, or to obtain more items. Most scams can be avoided by exiting the world. Doing such things is illegal in Growtopia.
List of Scams
World Sale Scam Type 1
The owner drops his items behind a wall to let players see it. Usually there will be more than four different items or the item being sold is worth more than 200 World Locks. After buying the world, a player will use a door that was originally placed to re-enter the world to take back his/her items. Walls are built to slow the player down, letting the Scammer have a higher chance to steal back the items. These lead more people to engage in World Trade because they will sell for a lower price.
World Sale Scam Type 2
Someone tries to sell a world for a cheap price for the floating items in it. When in the trade confirmation screen, the scammer will get his accomplice, at the side of the world, to rush over and collect the items. The scammer will then accept the trade.
World Sale Scam Type 3
This type is obvious, and not commonly used. The owner puts a checkpoint behind the dropped item in a world. Although the purpose of the scam is for the checkpoint not to be visible. The scamer will put other random items to cover it enough that its not visible. The owner will now sell the world for either a cheap amount or a offer. Once the trade is done, the owner will either respawn or his accomplice will to steal the items!
"Scammed" Victim Scam
A Player tries to tell other Players that he/she has been scammed. Players will then donate to the scammer, not knowing that the scammer is using a fake account.
Casino Scam (Luck Game)
These types of scams are getting more common. It is where you are faced with another user, or commonly the owner and where you will bet items. You will then be sent up and no way to get your items back, and then the owner will ask you to spin the Roulette Wheel or something else. When you win, the owner may ban you or will wait a few rounds to gain your trust.Be aware that not ALL casinoes are scam
"Quitting" Scam
A Player will Broadcast or Sb that he or the owner will be quitting, Then the owner/player will drop his items at a Big Box then places blocks on, Then the player/Owner will pull a stranger or friend to a smaller box, then the Owner asks the player to choose what item, after a few strangers or friends played, the victim will be pulled next. The owner asks the victim to choose an item then the owner asks for a rarer item then bans everyone from the world. (similar to Drop Game Scams)
Fake Parkour Scam
At least 90% of Growtopia's parkour maps are scams. The prize will be locked up in a room or the Player has to answer an impossible question. (e.g. Guess a random number from 1-100000) This prevents the player from obtaining the item, letting others able to see it and think its legit. This enables the Owner to farm Growtokens from other Players who enter the world. Another variety is a Quiz World
Trust Test Scam
This type of scam is very common between friends, Also with Growtopian Dating. They would pressure the victim to give access/an item/etc to prove their trust.
Drop Game Scam (A.K.A: Drop To Win)
One of the many ways to gamble in the game. Drop Games are the most common way to scam players. Players will have to drop their items on the ground; the rarest item will usually win the prize shown. The owner will then place a block, either kick or ban the player who dropped the most or dropped the rarest item in order to steal his/her goods. Most Drop Games are reported to moderators to stop the illegal activity. Everyone (who are in the world or are playing) will be sent to Hell, and the scammer might have a chance to be banned by a moderator.
Quiz/Dice Game Scam (Pay or Die)
This is another scam where the scammer puts a prize and asks a question to the participants. (Rarity, Name, etc) or hits the dice to see the number. Then, the person who gets the answer right can choose a person to meet "P or D". P or D stands for Pay or Die. If you 'Pay', you get to stay and continue. Otherwise, choose 'Die', which will either ban or kick you out of the game or the person in the hole that is labelled (ex. 3) and the dice says 3, then the Owner will say to the person who is in hole 3, "P or D". Then the scammer will decide to make the game harder (Pays need to be rarer, Pays if wrong, etc) and when the scammer gets enough goods, he will ban all the participants and spectators and steal their items!
Donate to Win Scam
People must donate the rarest item to receive the prize that was shown, alternates/puppets are commonly used to lure people into the game, thinking that the alternate account is a normal player. Players will then get tricked into not knowing the alternate account is being controlled by the scammer itself.
Break for Prize Scam
A player broadcasts asking players to help him break and says there will be a prize at the end to lure others. They do this to earn Growtokens, or because they are too lazy to break themselves. They will either ban or give a lame prize at the end, or even ignore the player after helping him break.
Password Door Game Scam
Players place password doors and broadcasts that there is a password door game and he winner will get the prize. But the owner puts a different password from the guess area. (e.g. 0 as a password although the door caption is "10 ~ 1000") Also the prize placed will be very rare to attract players. This also works when the player misses the number. (e.g. 10 ~ 1000 the number is 735 but the player misses the number [he types from number 734 to 736 missing number 735]) The owner does this to earn Growtokens.
Account Password Scam
The scammer will sell the password of an different account which has nothing to scam the people who are buying. Once they buy it they will login with the password and realize that they have been scammed.
Legendary Item Scam
During the release of the Legendary Quests, and other new stuff, players will often fake the prescence of the new things such as the Legendary Wizard to 'lure' other Players into the broadcaster/owner's world; usually to farm growtokens. But to this day, many have learnt not to be tricked by these scams as only a few worlds have the Legendary Wizard placed in the world such as: ForgottenCave or Party and etc.
Mannequin Scam
The owner will stand on a mannequin. There will be either a punch jammer in the world or the owner is surrounded by blocks. The owner will be blocking the mannequin.Then the owner would give you access.He will then ask you to right click your cloth and touch him(The cloth is going onto the mannequin). Then he would remove your access and ban you!
Expensive Buying Items or Cheap Selling Items Broadcast Scam
You will always encounter this everyday. The scam works when the owner or admin broadcast that he/she is buying stuff for expensive stuffs(ex. World Lock, wings, etc.) or selling stuffs for cheap or free. Most common is to advertise parkour or quiz world. One of the example of spam broadcasting is "Buying 200 dirt seeds per wl!", "Buy Pickaxe for 3 wls" or "Selling angel wings for 10 wls!". When a buyer/selling is coming to the scammer's world, they found out they were tricked. Mostly, the victims shout to the visitors who heard the broadcast of the scammer's world to leave or complaining the owner of the world that he/she scams. The scammer usually world bans the victim who shout about the owner/admin scamming to keep the reputation of his/her world increasing or preventing the visitor to leave. The owner/admin did this to earn Growtokens and to lure many people to increase their fame and the world to be WOTD. The punishment for this is duct-taped by a moderator.
The Counterfeit Scam
This is the same as a World Trade Scam but it's totally different. A scammer will drop a seed or block that is identical to a cheaper seed or block. One of the example is "Crystal Block Seed and Open Sign Seed", "Blackrock Wall Seed and Cave Background Seed" , "Pinball Bumper Seed and Yellow Block Seed" and "Birth Certificate and Secret of Growtopia". Then the scammer cover it with a block and broadcast that he is selling it for cheap. After you buy the world key, break the block and get the items, you are realized that you got scammed by the identical block or seed. Don't do it because the punishment is duct-taped and be cursed in HELL for a long time.
Avoiding Scams
- World Trade Scams
Ensure the items are blocked with dirt or any solid material. Preferrably Steel Blocks as they take more hits to break. Make sure that you are aware of any doors/pathmakers around the item. For Scam 2, do /who to see who is in the world, if someone unusually is at ends of maps or cannot be seen anywhere, its his friend waiting to scam the victim! For Scam 3, ensure that there is only one thing, the main item. If there are tons of other things, Its a scam!
- Drop Game Scam
When you sight a drop game, via broadcast or a /msg. Do /mods to see any visible Moderators. Message them 1-2 times and LEAVE THE WORLD! Consequences of staying in a drop game world (Either participating or spectating) will be cursed to the world HELL.
- Quiz Game Scam
The best way is to leave this situation and report to the moderators! Although its not stated in the rules, its still a scam, and you can get punished! Play Quiz Games that don't require/relate to 'P or D'.
- "Scammed" Victim Scam
Check the nation of both accounts, this might be a way to ensure the Scammer is not using an alternate account.
-Trust Test
The best way to prevent this is to not access anyone into your main/storage worlds. Try not to make friends with who you don't even know, they're just out there with a friendly face ready to scam you! Another way is to put locks on your rarest items on the world so that your items are safe from the people you gave access to your world can't take them
- Account Password Scam
Ask the scammer to log in to the account he's selling and meet at his own world. Then, get him to drop all the items he has on the account and/or ask him to wear the most rare cosmetics. Most probably, the account will have little to no cosmetics, and the scammer will refuse dropping items, even if he is at a position where he can safely drop items without you having any chance to collect them.
- Mannequin Scam
Pretend to be a complete moron and mess around the mannequin punching around it. If the owner keeps trying to make you place your clothes at the mannequin, then it's obvious whether it is a scam or not.
-The 'Glitch' World Scam
If the owner asks you to buy the world after him performing the 'glitch', ask him to give you world lock access. If he gives you access you will find out it's invisible blank note blocks. If he doesn't, he shows by himself it is a scam.
-Expensive Buying Items or Cheap Selling Items Broadcast Scam
First, check the broadcast carefully, if you are not sure, go to the world associated with the broadcast. If it is a lie, leave the world immediately and don't perform anything in a scammer's world (ex. trying a parkour, trade, chat,etc.)! Or, you can /msg a moderator in a world that the owner spam the broadcast. This will teach a scammer's a very heavy lesson.
-The Counterfeit Scam
Pay attention to the items when trading - some more common items look similar to more rare items (Bunny Leash - Cuddly Bunny) and end up in a loss. When you are in a World Trade, look for color, pattern or the size of the seeds or items. You might know that the owner will scam you. If you are confused, go to TRICKYSCAMS, SEEDS or WIKIRECIPE, to find out what is the difference.
People can easily make this mistake .