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The various methods of the scams that are displayed and explained in this page should not be attempted in the game. The sole purpose of this page is to inform unsuspecting players, so that they will be able to avoid such scams. Attempting such illegal actions can result in a punishment.
Scams are illegal actions that are performed by players, usually for the sole purpose of earning items without working too much for them. Such actions are frowned upon, and most of which can be punishable and may result in a ban from the game itself.
Should you enter a world where illegal actions are taking place, it is highly encouraged for you to leave the world immediately. A simple act of spectating a scam is punishable. If, by chance, a moderator is online, kindly message them (/msg <name of moderator> <message>) once.But only if any is online. It is not encouraged to continuously spam and bombard them with your messages. It is not advisable to try to solve any problems regarding scams by yourself, as it may put you, as well as other players, in unnecessary trouble.
EDIT: With the new update, player can do /report to report the world.
Reporting scams, even if supported by images or video clips, in the Growtopia Forums, or sending an e-mail to the Support Team is a useless act. The Support Team does not accept photographs or clips of any illegal actions, and the Forums is not a place to report such actions.
There are also worlds in-game that educate players on scams and how to avoid them. One example is STOPDONTDROP, which is currently under the ownership of @Jenuine.
Drop Games
Drop Game #1
The Drop Game is one of the most common scams. The scammer tells the participants/victims to drop their items on the ground in order to win a prize. Instead, you will be kicked/banned from the world. A Game Generator can also be used, kicking players back to the spawn. They can also place blocks over your items, preventing you to take it back.
It is advisable to not oblige to whatever the scammer tells you to do. Even if the scammer gives a prize to a player, they might be allied with the owner, convincing you the game is legit.NOTE no game generators are allowed in gt game.
Drop Game #2
This is drop game in which the scammer lets you lock the world he had already placed blocks in. There will bean entrance in both rooms that are hidden by dark backgrounds, which is very disguised and hard to see. Once you drop your rares, the scammer will enter the entrance and pick up your items.
Another way that they can scam you is with wallpapers in the room. The colored wallpapers is very similar to the blocks used to separate the rooms, disguising the fact they can be walked through and are not blocked off. As you drop your items they will jump into the wallpaper and take them. Secret Passages can also be used, for they have the same design with Wood Blocks.
Drop Game #3
A player without a GrowID (ex. Name_521) will get you to go to an unlocked world. They will then tell you to lock the world. After that, they will ask for you to grant them access to the World Lock. After you grant them access to the lock, they will tell you to go to a different world. Once you are there, they will then tell you to go back to the previous world. They will then come back as a new character that looks similar and has the same name, except for the number after their name. Most players will not notice this. They will say that they removed their own access They will then tell you to drop a World Lock in an enclosed area where they are not able to take it. After dropping your World Lock or any other item, they will tell you to respawn. When you do this, the scammer will come back on with the account that has access to the lock. They will then break into the area where you dropped your item and steal it.
Drop Game #4
A player would lie about quitting the game. He will then showcase his or her items that he or she promised to give away. The player will then pull a player in a cell and he or she would tell them to drop an item in order to win. When the victim drops an item, the player will either cover the dropped item with a block or ban the victim.
Some players will try to gain the trust of the potential victims, so he or she will ask his friend to play along. The scammer would pull his or her friend in a cell and when his or her friend drops an item, the scammer would reward his or her friend. The scammer would then proceed on to do the same with other unsuspecting players, the only difference is that the scammer will not reward them but will take the items from them.
Drop Game #5 (Trust Test)
This type of scam is very common between friends. They would pressure the victim to grant them access to their lock or give them items to prove their trust. However, there is a high chance that the person would steal the item. If the victim refuses to give the items, the scammer would break their 'friendship'.
World Trades
As of June 3, 2015, you are NOT able to trade a world with loosely dropped items, items in chests and items covered in public blocks. This patch terminated almost ALL scams related to world trade.
World Trade Scam #1
For this scam, the owner puts a checkpoint behind the dropped items in a world so that the checkpoint is not visible. The scammer will put other random items to cover the checkpoint and once you buy it, they will respawn and take it.
This scam also uses doors behind dropped items, there will be items dropped to sweeten the bargain so you will buy the world, but behind the items there is a Entrance, so that the scammer's ally can take the items before you can get a chance to get near them. Usually, there are Cave Backgrounds behind the Cave Entrance to hide it. Always look closely, if you see Cave Background then it is more likely than not a "Trade Key" Scam.
World Trade Scam #2
This world scam is tricky enough to trick some people but some know what it is and to avoid it, they will go into the world with a door leading the items, but the door actually leads to another world with an insanely similar name, some can see on their chat (or can easily tell because its taking some time to travel worlds), so if they go back to the main world, and she/he bought the key, she/he would know that the other world, was actually not part of the world.
World Trade Scam #3
In this scam, the scammer will block out rare items with Secret Passage, which has similar looks with the Wood block. He places it very far from our wrenching range and victims don't usually notice it. The owner might also set the entrance in public, if he plans to put a door from another world above with other players to collect the item below.
World Trade Scam #4
In this scam, there will be a door with items dropped on it. The scammer will be standing beside a door that may or may not lead to the items. When the victim buys the key, the victim may ban the scammer. However, the scammer's friends (different IP Address) will then enter the door from another world and take back the items.
World Trade Scam #5
This is one of the scams hard to bust, but those who succeed usually gets rich by gaining profit. The scammer will sell a world with an expensive item for a very low cost. They usually won't cover up the items and will stand very close to it. If the buyer doesn't ban the scammer fast enough, he will buy the world without the item, hence getting scammed.
World Trade Scam #6
This is a rare scam and its easy to avoid if you look closely. The owner will place a water bucket on a block, and drop a pickaxe inside. They will say that they are selling a world with a Diamond Flashaxe. Then, they will pick up the pickaxe, and wear their OWN Diamond Flashaxe, and say that they are not scammers. Then when you pick up the item, you will be SCAMMED. A lot of other items can be used for this type of scam such as Diapers, Super Capes, Diamond locks, etc.
World Trade Scam #7
This scam uses 2 people, one being the owner and the other being an admin. The owner will sell a world with rare items in it which is dropped in a block far away from spawn. Once you purchase it, the owner will pull you in a box and trade you. The admin will then take the item before the owner gets world key. When you have completed the trade, you will notice that there is no items at the place the scammer dropped it.
World Trade Scam #8
The scammer will put rare items in a chest, highly combustible box, etc. Then he will tell you to look at a "surprise" underneath the storage item. Meanwhile, he would take the items from the chest, you might ask him to show the items, if you do he would pretend to take the items from an empty chest, puts the items back in and tells you to look a the "surprise again." He will ask you to trade with him so you can get scammed.
World Trade Scam #9
The scammer will try to sell items through a vending machine in a world. After the victim sees what is inside the machine, he'll get the items inside the vend, but disguising his act as pulling the victim to trade. After trading, all the victim will get is only an empty vending machine.
Casino (Betting)
Casinos are common and are never trusted. You are required to bet your World Locks with another player. You are then asked to spin a Roulette Wheel or something else that is similar. If you manage to win, the owner will either ban you immediately, or will allow you to win in order to gain your trust. Casinos and betting violate the game's rules. If you encounter a casino world, message a Moderator if there is any online. However, if there are no moderators online, ignore the world and leave.
With effect from July 20th, 2015, any kind of betting is banned in Growtopia. Should you ever be caught hosting such illegal actions, you will be banned from the game. Participating in a casino or spectating or doing anything that involves betting will also result in a punishment, but a lighter one.
Fake Growtoken Worlds (PATCHED)
There are worlds in Growtopia that promise a reward upon completing the game, but end up not giving them a prize. This wastes the players' time and would result in the owner gathering Growtokens from the world. The owner of the world will either make the questions or the obstacles impossible to complete, resulting in players wasting their time trying to get the prize.
Please take note that just because the world does not give a prize doesn't always mean it is a scam. It is only a scam if the world doesn't give a prize to the player even if it says it will.
EDIT: Due to Systems Update, you no longer earn Growtokens by people visiting your worlds.
Password Door Game Scam
Players place password doors and broadcasts that there is a password door game and the 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"), making a player's stay much longer in the world. Even if the answer had been guessed correct, it doesn't lead you to the door with the prices you are aiming for.
Fake Broadcast Scams
During the release of the Legendary Quests, and other new stuff, players will often fake the presence of the new things to 'lure' other Players into the broadcaster/owner's world; usually to gain growtokens from visitors. The same technique is also used for untradeable items. There are also fake broadcasts of people owning growtoken worlds that they're selling some items for a very low cost. They are lies told to get visitors to stay in the world.
Fake Shops
Common these days in Growtopia, players will pretend they're quitting and would Broadcast, Custom-Broadcast, or Super Broadcast saying that he is quitting and the items are for sale. He would indicate the price of the item he's selling for a very low price, but he does not answer to any replies of buyers in the world.
Donate to Win
Players are required to donate the rarest item to the scammer to receive a promised prize. Alternate players, or puppets, are commonly used to lure unsuspecting players into the game. Players will then donate rare items to the scammer. However, the players will not receive any rewards and will instead be banned from the world.
Work Hiring
A player broadcasts asking players to help him break and says there will be a prize at the end. They do this to because they are too lazy to break themselves and cannot afford to pay their breaker. They will either ban or give a lame prize at the end, or even ignore the player after helping him break. But this not means all who asks for help are scammers; sometimes they don't really intend to give a prize for work but merely asking for other players to help.Help Breaks are the most common scams in Growtopia and Players tells another player this:
Who wants free wls?
Go to<world name>.
Account Password Scam
The scammer will sell the password of a different account which is a "fake account" (nothing in the inventory, level one, no clothes) to scam the people who are buying. Once they buy it, they will login with the password and realize that they have been scammed.
Buying/Selling accounts is ILLEGAL!
Phishing Scams
Phishing Scams #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.
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 to the lock or set a lock open to public that holds the mannequin. He'll say that he has the ability to duplicate clothes tapped on him. When you tap an item, it goes straight to the mannequin and leaves you losing your clothing.
Vending Scam
This costs a high price to conduct, yet it is one of the most successful scams made, but it's success rate is very much unknown.
In one kind, the owner makes the area very dark and slow, placing Water Buckets and dark wallpapers like The Darkness or Dark Cave Background. There is usually a portal underneath the Vending Machine in case the scam doesn't go as planned. Owner will super broadcast that he's selling items for cheap, cheap enough to attract a lot of players to buy and go to his world. Before he opens the gate to the vend, he changes the price of a vending machine hidden among the dark wallpapers very cheap, the price the buyers are expecting (ex: Portcullis 50/ World Lock). But in the real vending, the price is very expensive (ex: Portcullis 5/ World Lock). Some players will be able to see this, but the owner sells the items in cheap price in the first sales, making others to believe that it's legit. Some of these lucky buyers could be an ally or a friend; they already know what to expect when the gates open to the vends. When the owners sense that the victims are believing his set-up lie, he changes the price quickly to confuse buyers. If he sees that the scam had failed, he opens up the portal below the vends, having Growtokens from the people that entered his world.
The second one is very much easier; it doesn't require unnecessary items to make the scam successful. The owner does a very simple super broadcast saying he's selling items for a low price (ex: Coffee Maker 3/ World Lock. Players immediately rushes in to buy Coffee Makers, but finds out late that they have bought Coffee.
The Counterfeit Scam
This is almost the same as a World Trade Scam but slightly different. This could also be done in trade. A scammer will drop a seed or block that is identical, or almost identical to a cheaper seed or block. One of the example is "Crystal Block Seed and Open Sign Seed", "Blackrock Wall Seed and Ocean Rock Seed" , "Pinball Bumper Seed and Yellow Block Seed", "Emerald Block Seed and Cash Register Seed" and "Birth Certificate and Secret of Growtopia" . It is very rare to find two different seeds with the same or similar colour and pattern. 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.
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, or will use lag as an excuse to change the items. 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 Lock to 1World Lock or diamond locks into ice, will accept the trade without realizing the trade has already changed.The uncommon one is the Piñata Pal scam.When somebody says:
Selling Piñata Pal 1wl omg cheap!
Instead the scammer puts the Pet Piñata Pal,The scammer adds a piñata instead.The same goes for the Pet Bunny scam.
Faking Friendships
A lot of random players can ask us to add them as a friend, usually new players, and mean no harm. But some of them will befriend you to take your items or put you in danger. They could ask you to play Casino (which is now illegal) or gain your trust too much and have a way to get the items you have.
Fake Items
There are a lot of items still left to discover in Growtopia, but some of them are very much fake and are really not part of the game.
Bat Wings (@Play's Wings)
Moderator @Play have his own Moderator item, the Play Wings, which looks like a gargoyle behind a mannequin. Since then, scammers trick players into selling worlds with @Play's wings in a mannequin, with the gargoyle acting as the wings itself. Moderator items are untradeable.
Samurai Sword
This is thought to be a Legendary item before and scammers sell them for huge amounts of World Locks. It is simply a Black Growsaber over a White Block.
Fake Youtube Recording
In this scam, scammers pretend to be youtubers recording a video in their channel. They will ask you to be featured in their video that could be about scammings or a simple skit that will require you to drop an item. They pretend to be youtubers to gain players' trust, knowing that someone famous won't scam them to protect their reputation. Once you drop an item, the scammer could either ban/kick you or block the items, preventing you from getting it back.
Donating to Hacked/Scammed Players
Technically, this is not a scam. These "scammers" don't really scam, but instead lie to get free items. It is also the "scammed" player's choice to give the items, they aren't forced to give it anyways.
Super Broadcast Scam
A lot of people doesn't have enough gems to do a Super Broadcast, so they buy SB's from players that can do. But some of the buyers won't give their payment after the victim's SB; they can simply leave, ban, kick, or ignore him. Or it could be vice versa; payment will be given first and the seller would not do the Super Broadcast.
Selling gems this way is very risky, but some people made "Super Broadcast worlds" where players can sell their gems safely by having a midman, or an admin of the world to help them guide and negotiate with the buyer without getting scammed. But, not all SB worlds and their admins are trusted.
Phone Booth Scams
This scam is using one of the item from the superhero pack, called Phone Booth. This item would allow you to store and remove your clothing items, but you won't be able to see it's content from the outside. You could take a look by punching the Phone Booth, and once you clicked "Yes", all your clothing item you're wearing will be replaced by the items inside.
Phone Booth Scam #1
The owner will access you to a world with a Phone Booth. He will ask you to punch the machine and put your items inside to prove your trust. After that, he will remove your access and either kick/ban you from the world.
Phone Booth Scam #2
The scammer will have a Phone Booth in the world they're about to sell, and they would wear rare clothing. Then he'd put those items in the Phone Booth and quickly use their wrench to take those items out without putting them on. When its bought, the victim will find the Phone Booth empty.
Spleef Scam
This scam is commonly used (be careful!) and it's easy. The owner puts a rare prize (e.g. World Lock) and hosts the spleef. The owner will ask people to pay when they died. At the end, the victims realized that they have been scammed and realized their mistakes.
How to avoid: If you get asked to pay for life in a spleef game, never pay. It is safer not to pay. At least 25% spleef games are scams.
Glitch Seed Scam
The glitch seed scam is used by players to trick other players that the seed is a glitch so the scammer will sell it in a high price. The scammer will place the seed (which is not really a glitch seed) in a world and sell the world in a high price. Then the scammer will tell others that it is a glitch seed, so players will be interested in buying it. So when the player who bought the world will receive a seed that isn't really a glitch.
How to avoid: Now Glitch Clothing Seeds aren't glitch seeds, many are being added because of the Clothing Compactor. Otherwise, ask the owner to buy it from trade. If he says no, its a scam.
Glitch Seed Scam Type 2
This is the new scam that rare to find but be advanced scam type. Owner will drop any same (or almost) color (layer and main colour) and then drop glass pane seed in treasure chest and cover it with water. And owner will bc that it was a glitch seed. When other ask owner to show in treasure chest , owner will quickly open and close the chest. So it may look like a new seed. When a player bought that world will receive 2 seed (1 glass pane and other depend on owner to drop).
How to avoid: If there is a Treasure Chest, water over it and items in it, its a scam no matter what. Just shout "SCAM" to warn other players and instantly leave the world.
Treasure Chest Scam (PATCHED)
This is a scam that is rarely used. The scammer will put the rare item in the edge of the treasure chest which is sticking out and broadcast she/he is selling the world and then pull some random people that to prove everyone that the treasure chest is not public. He will later punch the treasure chest showing everyone the item inside. Once trading with the victim the trade menu that warns you about getting scammed will block the treasure chest and that makes the victim distracted. And the scammer will be REALLY close to the edge of the treasure chest which the item is sticking out of (It's closed) and quickly punch it to get the item and close it quickly. The victim won't notice and he will accept the trade while the owner quickly leaves or stay. When the player bought the scam world he will get nothing in the chest.
UPDATE: Owners of worlds are not allowed to take the world key when there are items in treasure chests or floating unblocked in the world.
Fake Item Quantity Scam
This scam is uncommon . The scammer sells a world with a World Lock. Then he places a random item behind it (e.g.: Grass, Glass Pane, etc.). There is only one World Lock. The player buys the world and gets it and gets only 1 of it.
UPDATE: Locks now have a orange border.
Tap the Door Scam
Most of the Growtopians knows this is a scam. It says tap the door 200 times to enter the door and get the prize. It is a very known scam, Mostly in minigame scam worlds. It is just Target world Goes to it's own ID.
Example:
Target World: Noob
How to avoid: Simply leave the world, because you are wasting your time.
Fake World lock (Yellow Block) Key Scam (PATCHED)
This scam is hard tricky enough for you to get scammed. The Owner will broadcast that he buys an item,
Example: Owner buys Skeletal Dragon Claw for 300 World Locks and More!
But then you see 100 World Locks on the Dirt on top of 200 World locks.
DON'T BE FOOLED: The 200 World locks are actually Yellow Blocks which are hidden underneath the 100 World locks hiding the blocks making them appear like 200 World locks. Then if the buyer buys the world, he would be scammed selling the item for just 100 World Locks!
PATCHED: Locks now have an orange border.
Chest Game
In this game, you will be asked to pay the owner/admin an amount of WLs or rares. The items will be hidden within the chests. The owner/admin can lie to you that there are large prizes in one of the chests (Or more). Be cautious, as they can put low rarity items in the chests, so they can profit from your initial payment.
Note: There is no guarantee that any of the chests will contain any higher rarity prizes than the items you paid. Be careful with these games, as they can be a scam.
EDIT: With effect from July 20th, any kind betting is banned in Growtopia. You will be banned similarly to a drop game if you host betting. Participating in betting will also result in punishment, to a lesser extent.
"Mammoth Tree in World Scam"
In this scam, the owner will broadcast "Mammoth tree in world! Selling!" Just before you buy the world, the owner will quickly harvest and take the items, and you won't have it. This scam can also be used with other rare trees (e.g. Ice Calf, Crystal/Ruby/Emerald, Rainbow Wing, etc.)
How to avoid: Always ask the owner to surround the tree with blocks and have the /ban in your chat, so when you buy, you will get it.
"Vending Machine Scam"
In this scam, the owner will BC,CB or SB, said "Sell <any number> <any farmable> for WL" or "GIVEAWAY USE VENDING MACHINE, HURRY OR OTHER PLAYERS WILL GET IT" After you enter, the world is like a giveaway path leading to the vending machine. This scam method is so effective that people don't read it carefully. After you wrench the vending machine you might notice that <any number> and the <any farmable>. If you read it carefully you might see "cost 1 World Lock each"
HOW TO AVOID: Make sure you read the Vending Machine trade confirmation carefully. Don't buy items in the Vending Machine unless you need it.
World Key Vending Machine Scam (PATCHED)
In this scam, the owner of the world will BC,CB or SB "Sell world key." The owner will put the world key into
the Vending machine, then sell it for example,10 World Locks. Then, when you buy the world key, the world will not transfer to your account. The owner will take your World Lock(s).
No World Lock Scam
In this scam, 2 players who are friends put a big lock and broadcasts: QUITTING COME GET MY ITEMS DROP AND WIN! And a lot of people go in, but they narrow it down and see which one is gullible enough to drop and they put a world lock and type /ban player.
How to avoid:
Just place a random lock in the world so they can't place the world lock and LEAVE WORLD.
Giveaway Scam
In this scam, the owner with do a typical exit door giveaway. When he countdowns, he then says "GO' and then collects the items himself. then he will repeat the procedure all over again. that means he is trying to farm Growtokens.
How to avoid: Just simply tell everyone to leave and LEAVE or Report!
Spam door game 2
In this scam you enter the spam door game and pass through all the doors but the last one has no id so you go back to the white door.
Autorun Scam
In this scam the owner might place a portal linking to an Autorun world but with no exit to the other side.
How to avoid: See if there are any players up there before you enter the portal.
Public vending machine scam (PATCHED)
The scammer will put a small lock that is open to public and then he will put a vending machine in it and when you try to break the vending machine you will have to buy the items inside which the item maybe a huge lock or lower then sell the item for 2 world locks or higher and when you see the items are so many it is impossible for that much players to buy the item you can already tell it is a scam. Even if all the players have bought all the items, you still can't get the machine until the owner takes the world locks inside the machine.
PATCH: Public vending machines are now disabled.
Trade Scam #2
In this scam, people will buy you rares. (Eg: Devil Wings, Angel Wings) but they offer something less rare for the item. (eg: Block Glue). Then, someone(his/her friend) comes in and buy Block Glue for an expensive item, leading you to think that Block Glue suddenly became expensive. Hence, you buy the item for your rares, thinking that the other guy is overpaying you, but it is the direct opposite!
How to Avoid: Always check the price of the item people are selling!
Beach World Scam (Patched)
In this scam, the owner will make a pristine untouched beach world and take the item in the chest(s). And he would place a lot of chests in the world and broadcast "SELLING PRISTINE BEACH WORLD UNTOUCHED!!!" And the victim would buy the world and find out that there is nothing in the chests.
How to avoid: LEAVE!
Patched: You can't sell worlds with items in treasure chests now so don't get fooled that the chests are untouched.
Fake Growboard Scam
The owner drops a Hot Head inside a dirt covered with water. The flame hair will look like a Growboard and the owner will sell the world for cheaper than the Growboard's price itself. Once you pick the "Fake Growboard" (Hot Head) up you will realise it is a scam.
How to avoid: Only do world trade for its name or the blocks placed in it. The only reason that you would buy a world for items is that it is a big trade with more than 4 items or over 200 of the same item.
How to avoid: Look closely to the Growboard and make sure it is actually a Growboard.
Breaking World Lock Scam
The owner will broadcast (/bc) or super broadcast (/sb) for example: (/bc Hey guys I am quitting breaking lock here) or (/sb Owner quitting removing world lock here hurry!!) . When you enter the world, there is only a single block for you to place a world lock if the owner actually breaks the world lock in the world, BUT. when he is about to break the World Lock, he places a donation box on the space everyone tries to place their own locks in. Some people will be scammed of their World Locks as they might accidentally donate their hard-earned World Locks to the Owner of the world. Even someone donated 2 Diamond Locks by accident. That was horrible...
PATCH: Donation boxes need to warm up for 5 seconds after placing
Or, the owner will simply fake break the lock by punching it until it looks like it's going to break, or equips a Cursed Wizard Hat with a Cyclopean Visor and/or a Heartbow and punch the World Lock repeatedly. While it may look like they're breaking the World Lock, they're actually getting nowhere, as a Cursed Wizard Hat and a Cyclopean Visor or a Heartbow can't break anything. They're just trying to get Growtokens off of you.
Similar Seed Scam 1
In this scam, the scammer will pick a seed similar to another rarer seed (For Example: Leaf Block seed and Venus Guytrap seed as shown in the picture in the right) And /bc SELL VENUS GUYTRAP SEEDS SELL 200 (If he has 200 leaf Block Seeds) And the victim will buy all 200 (if he has enough World Locks) And the owner will disconnect. When the victim plants it, he will then realize he has been scammed.
How to avoid: Tap the seeds in trade to verify the name of the seed. Also, there's the trade confirmation screen for a reason!
Shop Scam 2
So, the owner gives you a free shop with a big lock, then you start putting stuff to sell. After you put stuff to sell, the next day the owner steals all your stuff (or he bans you as soon as you fill your "free shop") and YOU DO NOT HAVE ACCESS.
How to avoid: Just make your own shop you must not waste your items to get a slot just make your own just do a lot of hard work and your shop at first might seem noobish with alot of hard work you can finally have a pro shop and a lot of pro items to sell.
Vending Machine Scam 2
The owner will bc/sb: sell (item) for (price). The owner might also sb/bc giveaway (item.) There will be 3 or more vending machines with doors separating them. The owner will open each door one at a time. The door will be opened and the last vending machine will be a scam.
Ex: Broadcast: Sell Devil Wings 50 World Locks cheap!
Vending Machine #1: Devil Wing Fragment for 50 WLs
Vending Machine #2: Devil Wing Fragment for 50 WLs
Vending Machine #3: Devil Wing Fragment for 200 WLs.
Wikia Scam (Advertising on THIS website)
In this scam, people will advertise stuff like FREE ITEMS on a new page they just created and put links that direct to the website for advertising.
How to Avoid: DO NOT GO TO THE WEBSITE!
How to get rid of: Delete all content and do { {delete} } (I did not do the actual delete because it will show up the box instantly.)
Slime Leash Scam
In this scam, the owner will place 3 vending machines (similar to the Vending Machine Scam) and sb "SELL SLIME LEASH/PET SLIME 30WLs EACH!!!" and he will open all 3 but it's actually Slime blocks, not the actual leash. then he will put the first 2 machines to 30 world locks each but the last one will be 1 world lock.
How to avoid: Leave World as usual or just don't buy.The slime leash and slime well....They are totally different they may sound the same but it's crazy that you might get scammed because slime and slime leash and when you see the picture of the item you are not that gullible right? Also, the Vending Comfirmation screen is there for a reason!
Garbage Block Scam
The owner will leave something like a HL or a BL (Or maybe even a WL) and will leave it on the floor in a world locked world, When the player comes in, The owner will put a Garbage block over the lock that is on the floor, Usually the Main Door is blocked with dirt or house entrances, The player will think that the owner doesn't know that garbage is public (So anyone can break it) and will ask the owner to pull him, The owner will ask for a SL or something rare the player has for access, When the player gives the items (Usually it's via trade) the owner will world ban the player.
How to avoid: Everybody knows garbage can be broken by anyone (Even if they don't have access) and never pay for access. Usually the world (Or atleast the entrance) Will look like this image.
Super Broadcast Scam
The scammer will broadcast that he is buying Super Broadcasts for WLs. The owner will pull you into a room with a sign on what to broadcast and the price (in a block). After you Super Broadcast, the owner will ban you from the world or an admin will take the WLs in the block, scamming you.
How to avoid: Selling Super Broadcasts is like doing a trust test with someone else. Never sell Super Broadcasts if you do not want to get scammed!
The "I can't see items in trade" Scam
So someone would ask you to show rares but he pretends he can't see in trade, then he asks you to follow him to his world. After that, he tells you to drop the rare items (most likely happens in hotel worlds when the scammer is owner's friend) then owner will ban you and get items.
How to avoid: Just leave the guy alone and ignore.
Minigames Ice Jump Scam (or how you wanna call it)
It happens in minigame worlds. After finishing a minigame there would be a ice jump and there will be a Screen Door on water. Well that door is a display block with it on (because the display block will turn blue when there's a block in it.
How to avoid: Set your graphics to high and see if it is a display block or use a item(any item) on the door or display block,if it says Only the owner can place blocks here,then it's a display block(although this is tricky)
Surgery Scams
Below is the list of the surgery scams. They are used to farm growtokens illegally.
Surgery Scam 1
The scammer would super broadcast that they are offering free surgery for your gems--if the scammer fails he/she will pay a rare item. People then come. The scammer then does a surgery to a puppet account or a best friend to lure Growtopians. Then a Growtopian gets pulled. The scammer doesn't actually do a surgery to the Growtopian and pretend as it failed. The scammer then bans the innocent Growtopian. If something is too good to be true, it usually is!
Surgery Scam 2
The scammer would super broadcast that they are offering free surgery for your gems--if the scammer fails he/she will pay a rare item. People then come and realize they need to finish a parkour. Once the first growtopian completed, all owners and admins leave and the tricked Growtopian thought that the owner/admin disconnected. The owner then gets in, and bans the innocent Growtopian.
Surgery Scam 3 (PATCHED)
The scammer would super broadcast that they are offering free surgery for your gems--if the scammer fails he/she will pay a rare item. Once people come, the owner will punch the visitors to a portal link--usually to a minigame scam world. The owner then gets Growtokens illegally.
PATCHED: This scam was patched because you can no longer punch people on White doors.
Display Box Scam
The scammer tells you to lock the world and put a display box. (S)he then tells you to put something valuable in the display box, and then tell you to remove your WL. Usually people don't fall for this but valuable items can be lost when trusting this kind of scam. The scammer then tells a friend to go in and break the display box, collecting your item that you had put there.
Shop Scam
The scammer has a world with a shop in it and sets a price
(usually a cheap one). Then a visitor will want to but that item.
The scammer will ask you to pay but The visitor pays then the
scammer will kick/ban the player from the world.
Fifty Flight Drop
A 50 Flight Drop is an upper class private drop game