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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 and can possibly get you banned form Growtopia ENTIRELY. On PC, Growtopia bans by IP address, MAC address and hard disk device ID. Note:You cannot use another grow ID created in the same IP address as the banned account,if you are scamming you will be ban
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!
Girlfriend Scam
A Player goes to the world called "LOVE" or "DATING" wearing girl clothing, sits down and waits. After a while a boy should come. You ask him to visit his world and give access. After that you ask to get lock that is currently put on. Victim breaks his world lock and gives it to you, as you quickly lock the world and ban victim.
"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! However, if there are many people in the game it is not likely to be a scam
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.
Phishing Scam Type 1
This scam is very simple. The scammer says he/she can hack growtopia for the player but the player must send him/her the password. This type of scam is often done on YouTube videos.
Phishing Scam Type 2
This scam is similar to type 1 but far more advanced. This scam is an advanced application that sends the player's password to the scammer's mail. This application could possibly bring malware to player's PC. This scam is often done by advanced scammers.
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! (To Avoid When He Gives You Access To It Break The Mannequin)
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.
Trade Scam
You may think that trading is impossible to scam but finally it came. This scam is totally different from any other scam. The scammer will make the player pay attention to somewhere else while the scammer is changing items quickly. It is quick that the player cannot press "Accept Trade" button. When the scammer stopped, the player without realizing that the trade has changed like 10 world locks to 1 world locks will accept trade without realizing the trade has already changed! Ex. Someone came to you and buy your red dragon for 189 world locks. The scammer will put and remove world locks from the trade window quickly and loop so the player cannot accept trade. The player will not concentrate on the trade window but will keep looking at the accept button. When the loop stopped, the player will accept trade quickly because he/she doesn't want to miss it. Without realizing that 189 world locks has changed to 1 world locks, the player will do the trade without checking what he/she is ACTUALLY trading with the scammer.
"Friend" Scam Type 1
A random player adds you as a friend on Growtopia, for example, someone you completely do not know tells you to "add friend". After you add him as a friend, he may pretend to be your good friend, example, by donating stuff to you. After sometime when he gains your trust as a friend, he will tell you to visit his world to play games, like "casino". But after you drop, he will immediately world ban you, and remove you as a friend.
"Friend" Scam Type 2
This a more complex version of the "Friend" Scam. A random player adds you as a friend on Growtopia, for example, someone you completely do not know tells you to "add friend". The scammer creates a new "casino" world with another different account, and log out of the world. Then, after sometime, he will try to introduce you to his world where you will play "casino" with him. He will then proceed to play casino with you. You will think that the owner of the casino world is not online, so you will think that the casino is real and is not a scam. After you drop your items, he will log on to the world with his other account and ban his original account, before banning you. This will make you think that the owner of the casino has scammed both of you, and the scammer using his original account will continue being your friend.
Bat Wings Scam
It is like the world trade scam but different.The owner places a mannequin with a gargoyle behind it,looking like bat wings.Then the owner broadcasts that he sells the world with the "Bat Wings" for a cheap/expensive price.After a player buys the world,he tries to get the "Bat Wings" but failed.He breaks the mannequin,realizing the he got scammed.Note: a Global Msg Said that Mannequin going to change
Shop Scam
Another Growtoken scam. Common these days in Growtopia. Owner would bc,cb, or sb saying that he/she is quitting and the items are for sale. They would place their valuables and on a sign, they'll write something like "Angels for 10 wls" or some price that is way cheaper than it is. The owner basically never answers to a buyer, bans them when they have the actual world locks or leave the world for a long time. People fall for this scam easily and the owner just farms Growtokens while people are wasting their time.
The Counterfeit Casino Scam
This scam is 1% used in the game and 50% works all the time.The scammer invites a person or a friend to play casino.After,the scammer puts a item that is looking like a rarer item but less common (ex.Daisy seed & Acid seed).The victim usually puts a rarer item than the scammer dropped.If the victim wins,he realized that its a scam.If the victim is the owner,he may ban the scammer or remove as friend.If the victim loses then the scammer will receive better items than he dropped.
The Borrow Item Scam
This scam is usually used by friends. The scammer (friend) gains his friend's trust. Then, the scammer borrows a rare item from his friend (example is a dragon hand) and the friend gives the item. The scammer wears it for some time and when the friend asks the scammer to give it back, the scammer refuses and leaves. The scammer might also unfriend his friend, so that the victim would not know where the scammer is.
The Avoidance Scam
This Scam uses hacks or Spike Juice.The scammer builds a bridge of stuff similar to Venus & Death Spike inside a structure.The scammer places a doors from the two sides.The scammer pulls a player from a side then goes to the other side using the door.After that the scammer breaks the door on his side.He drops items then asks the victim to drop items for the items on the scammers side.The scammer says he avoids getting your items because of the bridge or he dies.After that he places the door back on his side then uses spike juice or maybe hacks to go over the bridge,stealing his items,uses the door to go to bis side,getting his items back.Banning the victim.
Super Broadcast Scam
This is common for trade or minigame world. The owner will broadcast or super broadcast that he/she is buying super broadcast for 2-5 wls or rares if you super broadcast his/her world. After you spent so much gems, the scammer world bans you, gave lame prize to you or ignore you. You will instead waste your gems and the scammer to earn Growtokens.
Diamond Lock World Trade Scam
This scam is very rare to be found. The scammer broadcast that he/she is selling world with Diamond Lock for cheap. When you come to his/her world, you might say "Buy please!". After you said that, the owner world bans you on purpose and /msg you that he/she accidentally bans you, you had been unbanned and have to go to the scammer's world again to buy his/her world. During the time you get banned, the scammer removes the Diamond Lock and swap it into an ordinary World Lock, do /uba and /msg you. When you buy the scammer's world, you found out that you had been scammed!
Noob Scam Type 1
The scammer asks players in START worlds to give him items because he is a noob.Victims are tricked that he isn't a noob.
Noob Scam Type 2
The scammer creates an another account that is a noob.The noob asks players in START to give him items.The noob then gives the items to the scammer.
Legendary Katana Scam
This is a tricky one!This scam is just recent and a world trade scam but different.The scammer puts black growsaber on white block.Then the black saber becomes different.(MAYBE idk).Then sells the world for EXPENSIVE price.Tue victim buys then breaks the block but he just got a black saber. Here is the easier way to say it. Scammer drops a black saber. Then he/she covers it with a white block, making to saber outline turn white. Scammer then broadcast sell world with white saber for cheap or expensive price. When victim does world trade and breaks the white block, victim will then find out he or she has been scammed.
The Carnival Attracting Scam
This Scam is not common and works 10% only.The Owner will Super Broadcast in a world saying Carnival is
over! And telling them to come.After that,The Carnivals Reputation will go down a lot because of that Super Broadcast,but when they go there,they will realize it is a SCAM!
Recording Scam
This scam is not commonly used. The scammer will tell the victim that he is recording and the video title would be something like 'Types of Scams in Growtopia'. The scammer would make a world that looks like a drop game and would tell the scammer to drop rares. If the victim drops something really rare, the scammer would ban the victim and get the item. However, instead of returning the item, the scammer would leave the world and the victim would never get his item back.
Science Station World Scam
In this scam, the owner of the world with the science station will say something like "Sell world with 1000 science stations for 1200 World Locks!". Instead, the scammer would have placed less than 1000 Science Stations, thus scamming the buyer.
STUPID Scam
A player asks to trade world locks or any rare item(s) for Growtokens. But Growtokens are untradeable so the scammer would ask a Player who does not know anything about Growtokens to trade with them telling that they would drop it. The Player is then tricked and the scammer will ban him.
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, it's 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.) and /msg the visitors that it's a broadcast scam or to leave immediately, do not /msg an owner or shout to near the owner or else you'll get world banned! 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. If you have no choice, spam the owner with /msg or use an another account to spam.
-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, SEEDUSE or WIKIRECIPE, to find out what is the difference.
-Trade Scam
Make sure to be conscious on the trade.Make sure if you and the scammer accepted the trade,look at the trade AGAIN.If everything is right then accept the trade.If not decline the trade.If the scam failed,it is not fair so that the scammer will learn a lesson.
-"Friend" Scam Types 1 & 2
Make sure you don't make friends with strangers. Or play in a casino in your world.If the friend asks you to play in his/her casino or drop game, remove him/her as friend.
-Bat Wings Scam
Get your own wings.If not buy wings then find a broadcast saying "Sell this world with very rare wings for a expensive price"(The very rare wings refers to the bat wings). Compare your wings to the "Bat Wings" notice the "Bat Wings" are not moving plus,Bat Wings do not look like that. A lesson that all wings move. Then private /msg all the players on the world except the owner that it's a scam because all wings move. DO NOT /msg the owner that is a scam or you'll get world banned from the world. Everybody leaves the world, making the scam fail.
-Shop Scam
Those who are quitting/gives discount is mostly scam. Only accept giveaways so that they won't farm Growtokens. A global system broadcasted that all worlds capacity are lowered to 50. Making it not able to farm Growtokens. If you are world banned,spam the owner with private /msgs. If he ignores you then stop. Another method is making sure the items are free on the scam. Even another method is broadcasting that it is a scam. And the last method is to do it as Expensive Buying Items or Cheap Selling Items Broadcast Scam in Avoiding Scams(leaving the world immediately and /msg a mod).
-The Avoidance Scam
It may be hard and or very simple.The simple way is to saying that you don't want to play then do respawn.If the scammer pulls you again,respawn again.Do it again and again till the scammer bans you or choose another player.The hard way is for advanced & quick only.You instantly drop your items,then use spike juice,steal the scammers item,go to the door QUICKLY or the scammer breaks it or bans you,get your items,and get banned.The scammer usually makes both doors not public so do the other way.The hard way can be success only if the owner does not focus well or does not have speedy mod items.(Air Robinsons,Starboard,etc)
-Super Broadcast Scam
Ask the owner to give wls and rares to you before super broadcasting. If the scammer refuses to do it, then it's a scam.
-Diamond Lock World Trade Scam
Keep your eyes peeled, zoom in or zoom out to find out that the lock is an ordinary one or Diamond when you entered the world for the first. If you get world banned and the scammer /uba you, do the same method as the previous ones before you get world banned. If there is a change, then it's a scam.
-Noob Scam
For Type 1 use the wrench to check his level if his level is higher than 15 then don't give him.For Type 2 is to give him less valuable items(ex.Crappy Sign,Wood Block)if he asks you to give him more valuable then ignore him.
-Carnival Attracting Scam
The way to AVOID THIS SCAM is easy.do /NEWS to check whether CARNIVAL is over or not, if it is away,means its not a SCAM,but if its still here,ask owner to do /news,if he refuse to do,means that is a scam!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
-Recording Scam
The way to avoid this scam is to ask the owner what his youtube channel is. If he refuses to tell, then it is a scam. If he does tell, check. If it exists, there is a chance that it is not a scam, but there is also a chance of it being a scam. If the channel does not exist, it is a scam. The BEST way to avoid this scam is to just leave. Only record videos that involve showing scams with your real friends, and not friends you just met online.
-Science Station World Scam
To avoid this scam, simply take time to count the number of science stations.