ever been scammed in acnl?
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LovelyLavender
Senior Member
I started playing animal crossing new leaf when it first came out. After a few months of playing I wanted to start a new town, because I was unhappy with my old one. But I had received exclusive items so I wanted someone to hold onto them for me. I went onto a gaming forums and got someone to hold the items while I found the perfect map.
When he came to my town he ran through all the flowers and everything. I know I was resetting the town, but at least be more courteous. I put hours into the town and he runs through like it was nothing. But in the end he did take the stuff and money I told him to take
The next day I contacted him, but he didn't respond. I then realized I was scammed and I knew I had to get revenge. At that point the guy had put lots of time into his forum's account, so I setup a bot to spam him private messages (I didn't care if my account got deleted, I didn't trust the forums anymore). He didn't respond, but he now doesn't use that account anymore.
I have realized my mistake and don't react as immature in those types of situations. Heck I don't even remember how to setup a bot XD
When he came to my town he ran through all the flowers and everything. I know I was resetting the town, but at least be more courteous. I put hours into the town and he runs through like it was nothing. But in the end he did take the stuff and money I told him to take
The next day I contacted him, but he didn't respond. I then realized I was scammed and I knew I had to get revenge. At that point the guy had put lots of time into his forum's account, so I setup a bot to spam him private messages (I didn't care if my account got deleted, I didn't trust the forums anymore). He didn't respond, but he now doesn't use that account anymore.
I have realized my mistake and don't react as immature in those types of situations. Heck I don't even remember how to setup a bot XD
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ellienoise
CST
That is really, really cool actually. I wouldn't know how to get revenge on someone! what was the message the bots sent? Did it take a long time for the forum to ban you?
I just wanted to say, good job on you for flicking the switch. You can NEVER be too cautious!
peppy villager
° . • ○ °★ cat enthusiast
I was kind of scammed after I had been on this site for like 2 days. I say kind of because technically the person and I both traded what was agreed upon, but the person definitely took advantage of my newness and ignorance.
Basically I had like 272BTB because all the new members get free BTB for the first few days if they post, and someone messaged me saying "Hey would you mind selling me your BTB?" And I didn't even know what it was or that it was important, so I asked them how many in game bells they would pay me, and they said 2 million. And at the time I thought that was crazy and I was so excited to get that much.
Then I realized over the course of the next few days that 100BTB is worth like 10 million on it's own and that that person majorly ripped me off. So, whatever, it's just online forum money, but I can't have good thoughts of anyone who takes advantage of someone just because the person is new & ignorant.
Basically I had like 272BTB because all the new members get free BTB for the first few days if they post, and someone messaged me saying "Hey would you mind selling me your BTB?" And I didn't even know what it was or that it was important, so I asked them how many in game bells they would pay me, and they said 2 million. And at the time I thought that was crazy and I was so excited to get that much.
Then I realized over the course of the next few days that 100BTB is worth like 10 million on it's own and that that person majorly ripped me off. So, whatever, it's just online forum money, but I can't have good thoughts of anyone who takes advantage of someone just because the person is new & ignorant.
LovelyLavender
Senior Member
Probably along the lines of "Give it back..." or "I'll find you..." and "Welcome to my Kingdom". Just trying to scare the guy. The forum didn't ever ban I don't think. I just forgot thee password XD
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spelling88
yo
back in my early days of playing this, i went to club tortimer and this girl gave me a big sob story about how she had all her bells stolen so i gave her some (like 20 thousand lol) and then she disconnected because she thought it would save and ya i guess i was sort of scammed ?? 
So I was on GameFAQs and I was looking for the full rococo set. This guy offered it for 200k so I took the deal and paid him 200k bells. He dropped the pieces of furniture and I was going to check each one to make sure I got the full set, but I didn't want to seem rude or take too much of his time so we saved and he left. I then picked up each item and turns out I was missing one piece of it. So either he forgot, or ripped me off?
Oh well, it wasn't too much money lost and I got most of the set. It could've been an accident.
Oh well, it wasn't too much money lost and I got most of the set. It could've been an accident.
Plum Pudding
Senior Member
I was inviting people in to get the train station upgrade, and letting them use my shops or retail. Always had positive experiences.
So I let this person visit Main St. I saved so he wouldn't lose his stuff if there was an error. Then I offered him fruits (apparently he was a new player) so I went to pick up baskets I had laying in one area, and in that time he stole stuff from my town, like hybrids and mushrooms, and shook some trees, all the while I was gathering FREE STUFF to GIVE HIM at the train station.
I was too naive I suppose, and someone had to trust me when I started on the forum and was a new player. So in my mind this was paying forward. But this was not a new player, it was merely a new profile, because he knew full well what was valuable. Well, never again.
So I let this person visit Main St. I saved so he wouldn't lose his stuff if there was an error. Then I offered him fruits (apparently he was a new player) so I went to pick up baskets I had laying in one area, and in that time he stole stuff from my town, like hybrids and mushrooms, and shook some trees, all the while I was gathering FREE STUFF to GIVE HIM at the train station.
I was too naive I suppose, and someone had to trust me when I started on the forum and was a new player. So in my mind this was paying forward. But this was not a new player, it was merely a new profile, because he knew full well what was valuable. Well, never again.
J e s s i c a
Too Fabulous for you ~
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I never got scammed in here.. yet!!
Although somebody though i scammed them and you can imagine the heart attack i had when i saw the 2 notifs about the wi-fi reviews ; m ;
I didn't pay enough money for the item and welp.. . _ . i guess it was my fault for trading early in the morning //
Although somebody though i scammed them and you can imagine the heart attack i had when i saw the 2 notifs about the wi-fi reviews ; m ;
I didn't pay enough money for the item and welp.. . _ . i guess it was my fault for trading early in the morning //
Kapp'n keeps scamming me
1000 bells per round trip my ass. he keeps getting us ship#rekt and refuses to refund me my money
1000 bells per round trip my ass. he keeps getting us ship#rekt and refuses to refund me my money
#rekt to the moon and bek
RebeccaShay
Hyrule's Princess
I haven't been scammed by anyone on this site but I have been scammed by a ton of people from the Instagram ACNL community. I've been scammed out two villagers (lolly and Beau.) Then I was also scammed by some people coming to my town and taking a ton of flowers. I've debated deleting my Instagram ever since I found this site, the people on here are so much nicer and not greedy like the people using Instagram.
Ouch, that sucks.
I've yet to be scammed myself, mostly because I've really never bought anything from another player via Wi-fi until recently, but I trust the community here so I had no worries.
