Posted by -STUCK- Please, watch out for scammers

Assassin~Sassy (#27839)

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Posted on
2015-09-21 07:16:13
Newbies are being targeted by experienced players, please share this to spread the word!


Scamming is the worst, and it's when a person tells you that they need xxx and will ''pay you later'', but they never do, and they make off with your xxx

Here are surefire ways to get scammed

Traditional studding

What is it?

It's when you send a lioness along with a payment of ### to have her bred. The breeder keeps her for 3 days (you can't transfer pregger lionesses) and waits for the cubs to be born.

Traditional breeding is unsafe. Just because there are honest studs doesnt mean all studs are nice. I've heard stories of people doing traditional breeding and they had their lioness stolen. But i recommend using the current system because it is much safer then sending your lionesss over to an *unknown* person. Staff can't give you your lioness back, but they can persuade the scammer to give you the lioness back.

User suggestions

Also, transfering items to a person when they say they "will pay soon" and never does. Better to make the trade private and send them the link, keep it up until they actually buy the trade out. ~Sheba (Double
Russet!) (#52208)

Also, ARTISTS, never send not watermarked full size piece before someone pays you!
Small, heavily watermarked one first. Finished one, after payment. Always! ~Ranfun [PFM] [OC] (#46507)

Also a thing I see: people selling elderly lionesses who can't breed :/ Especially when they're advertised in breeding terms, like..."Celestial Lioness 10 marks High Stats." It's not exactly lying or against TOS but for newer players who don't know better it's super misleading. ~Scyllarus (#26842)

*lionesses cannot breed after 14 years of age

ALWAYS read through an offer on a trade, someone may of offered you 8SB rather than the 9GB buyout asking price. You may accidentally click thinking it's GB but make sure to read through thoroughly because this has happened multiple times, luckily I haven't been a victim but I know it was a big problem back in the early days of lioden. ~sanguai (#61810)

Sometimes people will go around and ask newbies if they could send their lionesses to them so that the experienced player (not the newbie) to "train the lioness". But then they'll end up keeping the lioness for themselves. ~~Simba the Fluffy Lion~ (#27778)

I've seen people falsely advertise items, lions/lionesses, etc as something they aren't.
For example, I've seen people advertise lions as "savage maned" when they were in demand for what looked like a great deal. But closer inspection of the lions in question I saw that they had a different mane. But someone could easily be so excited about the "great deal" they are getting buy the trade out and not realize they got scammed till to late. Please check things out if a deal seems to good to be true!

I seen people offer monkey business/oasis/event backgrounds as "RARE SPECIAL RAFFLE ONLY BACKGROUND". And they are selling they turn to be selling none raffle backgrounds for huge overpriced prices. Someone could be scammed by this thinking they are getting a very rare background. Only to find out it was not the case and the background they got scammed into buying could have been bought for a much cheaper price tag.

Remember raffle exclusive backgrounds will have [Raffle] - in front of the name just like dynamic backgrounds will have [D] in front of the name. If it does not have [Raffle] - in front of it. It is not a special raffled background.

Please note there is only been 4 different raffle backgrounds released and used in weekly raffles cycles thus far.
They are "[Raffle] - Coast, [Raffle] - Hottentots Mountains, [Raffle] - Lush Oasis, and [Raffle] - Night Vegetation. ~Ivy (#2473)

Pay close attention to branch prices. Sometimes you'll get something like a simple skull or feather with a price that reads "5 SB, 1 GB" which is incredibly sketchy to me. So pay attention to that when looking for things in branches. ~Lammergeier (#8680) {helper} *I advise new players to stay out of branches because they are usually overprices ex: 1 feather for 2gb

If you are not sure about the pricing, ask {sales} chat! (but follow chat rules)

Please, don't send items/lionesses to players just because they said ''will pay soon'' or ''i dont have the money, but i'll pay you soon'' Please, use the trading system to avoid any scammers. It's best to report them to the modbox with the screenshot of the pm.

You can prevent someone's lion being stolen that way :)

Think i missed something? Post here and i'll add it to the (growing D:) list



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Edited on 23/09/15 @ 12:04:43 by Assassin <Mmsassy> (#27839)

cheetah >.< (#38280)

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Posted on
2015-09-22 11:05:37
Bump! Q.o



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BaddIntentions
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Posted on
2015-09-22 11:11:45
This is sad, Some of us are grown on here. There is no need to scam. Smh. I will spread the word!




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Jounist (#14257)

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Posted on
2015-09-22 14:06:30
Bump ^-^



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Assassin~Sassy (#27839)

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Posted on
2015-09-23 00:55:43
Bump c: @zana ikr, very sad. They are 16+ but they can't even get their own cubs



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Sheba;
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Posted on
2015-09-23 01:09:23
*bump* Also transfering items to a person when they say they "will pay soon" and never does. Better to make the trade private and send them the link, keep it up until they actually buy the trade out. Be safe!



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Dens I (#29643)

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Posted on
2015-09-23 01:12:09
This is horrible! *Bump* This needs to be heard, I can't believe any Lioden users would do this..



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Edited on 23/09/15 @ 08:15:22 by Dens I (#29643)

Siyvee (#46507)

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Posted on
2015-09-23 01:12:15
It makes me so sad to hear about all dem scammers.
Most my SB comes from Traditional Breedings and I'd never ever think about not sending the lioness back...

Also, ARTISTS, never send not watermarked full size piece before someone pays you!
Small, heavily watermarked one first. Finished one, after payment. Always!



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Scyllarus (#26842)

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2015-09-23 01:13:56
Also a thing I see: people selling elderly lionesses who can't breed :/ Especially when they're advertised in breeding terms, like..."Celestial Lioness 10 marks High Stats." It's not exactly lying or against TOS but for newer players who don't know better it's super misleading. :/



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Assassin~Sassy (#27839)

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2015-09-23 01:17:36
Adding your tips to the list :)

@scy this is true, will add



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Scyllarus (#26842)

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2015-09-23 01:26:44
Just wanted to add - I often see 12 or 13 year old lionesses that have been bred recently and are on two year cooldown. They're young enough to breed again but not without a whoooole lot of Yohimbe Bark, which chances are is too expensive/unknown to new players.



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The Highwayman [2] (#61810)

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Posted on
2015-09-23 01:29:45
I also want to say, that there are ALOT of times i've seen this particular trick.
ALWAYS read through an offer on a trade, someone may of offered you 8SB rather than the 9GB buyout asking price. You may accidentally click thinking it's GB but make sure to read through thoroughly because this has happened multiple times, luckily I haven't been a victim but I know it was a big problem back in the early days of lioden.



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FoolsgoldFenrir (#27778)

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Posted on
2015-09-23 01:39:31
I've seen art theft around lately. I found 3 in the same day by the same person.

And another scam I have found: Sometimes people will go around and ask newbies if they could send their lionesses to them so that the experienced player (not the newbie) to "train the lioness". But then they'll end up keeping the lioness for themselves.

And agh, about the art thing, I don't know how to put a watermark ;-; though I never post it on dA until I receive what was promised. I also usually only do upfront to make sure nobody gets scammed.



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Edited on 23/09/15 @ 08:42:57 by ~Simba the Fluffy Lion~ (#27778)

Maddy {Roco} (#40076)

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Posted on
2015-09-23 04:11:47
I hate art theft, I've had to take to pming my references to artist because I've nearly had said ref's stolen before and I refuse to let someone steal what I paid very well for.



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Nykosi (#70221)

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Posted on
2015-09-23 04:14:48
I also see people buying event items (valued at 10GB) from new players for 1000SB or so because the player doesn't know better. It happened to me for a GMO cow when I first joined. ;/ *BUMPS*



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Edited on 23/09/15 @ 11:15:00 by Nykosi (#70221)

Ivy (Main) (#2473)

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Posted on
2015-09-23 04:40:25
I've seen people falsely advertise items, lions/lionesses, etc as something they aren't.
For example, I've seen people advertise lions as "savage maned" when they were in demand for what looked like a great deal. But closer inspection of the lions in question I saw that they had a different mane. But someone could easily be so excited about the "great deal" they are getting buy the trade out and not realize they got scammed till to late. Please check things out if a deal seems to good to be true!
I seen people offer monkey business/oasis/event backgrounds as "RARE SPECIAL RAFFLE ONLY BACKGROUND". And they are selling they turn to be selling none raffle backgrounds for huge overpriced prices. Someone could be scammed by this thinking they are getting a very rare background. Only to find out it was not the case and the background they got scammed into buying could have been bought for a much cheaper price tag. Remember raffle exclusive backgrounds will have [Raffle] - in front of the name just like dynamic backgrounds will have [D] in front of the name. If it does not have [Raffle] - in front of it. It is not a special raffled background.
Please note there is only been 4 different raffle backgrounds released and used in weekly raffles cycles thus far.
They are "[Raffle] - Coast, [Raffle] - Hottentots Mountains, [Raffle] - Lush Oasis, and [Raffle] - Night Vegetation.




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Edited on 23/09/15 @ 11:43:38 by Ivy (#2473)







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