Ok, as many of you probably know, warspear is full of remorseless scammers who want to get a lot of shit at little cost. Here is one way they do it and how to prevent it(This being the most common method):
The Scam: The scammer is not a random noob, he's an experienced player that knows what he's doing
Scammed: Selling_____ pm me
Scammer: I buy for______ (Great price, usually has a lot of 1's)
They make the trade and the scammer cancels the trade a bunch of times, either full bag or to ask a question/demand something.
The scammer will present the correct price for most of the trades, canceling all of them.(Usually like 3-5 times)
On the final deal the scammer will not cancel, but leave out a digit.(Usually a 1 cuz 111111 can easily be confused with 11111)
They scammed, being anxious for it to be over, will lose concentration and accept the deal. He is scammed.
Prevention: Always look closely at what the person is offering
Look out for deals too good to be true
Look closely at what you are trading
If the deal is canceled more than 1 time, its probably a scam
If the person is way too eager to trade and keeps inv. you to exchange where u cant even chat, its probably a scam
If the person a low lvl, be VERY cautious, think why a low lvl would need that much stuff(Usually experienced players d this to hide their regular accounts
OFC, look at chat to see if the person is a scammer
If they trade from elf to mc or vice versa, or on 2 diff accounts, or even diff servers, it's probably a scam
Lastly, this is not limited to gold, a guy tried to scam me by selling Lycanthrope's ghost(Werewolf minion) as the werewolf costume, he failed, but being it happened, people probably try it on other people.
Have fun and keep ur money safe ;D