What is the island scam?

I am an adult -- if this happened to me I would get prpabaly get banned from the island.

The young punk wpuld read every single cuss word known to man and I would then threaten to come and kill their entire family. Their parents wpuld probably report me to Nintendo.

You need to scare these little entitled punks.
 
Midgetsc said:
A funny way to trick them is to say "Fine, here's all my bells" and just give them 1,000 or so and say that's all you have because you spent it all.

Then they just get mad and leave. XD
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lololol
 
Or maybe you could give them the sum they want, and after that say sweetly "bye bye" to them and then click the wifi switch? They will think it worked and then they will lose it all (only safe when you know nobody can come to the island with you two and the game won't save after he has picked the bells).

When someone trapped me on the island and demanded my bells, I just answered that maybe he should give me his bells instead. At first I thought I will pretend I don't understand English at all, and I just run around him yelling "hello!" and "cute!" when he's "threatening" me. But this robber was an arrogant gentleman thief, who called me a princess, there were no real insults, so I wasn't too cruel to him. I didn't give him any bells, though.
 
Sounds more like a hostage than a scam.

Not exactly the definition, but the way how I view it, a hostage is to prevent anyone from leaving the room until they get what they demand. Scam is to trick a person without them knowing that they're about to fell for the trap.

Anyway, if I were a victim, I'll give them what they want; And when they're about to leave or when someone comes, I'll flick off the Wi-Fi switch. Brahahaha. :p
 
Wow, that's really scummy.
As far as the whole "They figure you'd rather not lose your catches" thing goes, I wouldn't even care. It's not that hard, plus I'm patient. I kinda want it to happen to me just so I can flick off my wifi switch and laugh at the fact that they didn't get money.
 
In-game robbery? Lol, this is weird XD I don't ever go to Club Tortimer because I end up getting errors as soon I as get there anyway.
 
Wow. I've never heard of this before. I've also never did club tortimer, though. Makes me never wanna do it now!
 
pietrofu said:
Wow. I've never heard of this before. I've also never did club tortimer, though. Makes me never wanna do it now!
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I personally think it's funny when they try to rob me. I do:

a) Act like I don't understand English, and start using Google Translate to say Spanish stuff
b) Drop 100 bells and say that's all I have because I just spent it all
c) Say "no" over and over until they get bored
d) Act like I'm away from the game
e) Start saying random stuff until they get annoyed and leave

It's really funny to troll them back, because they have a complete rage fit.
 
Twice now I have found a tour booked so I could not leave. Neither time was I asked for money but the first time the player was stubborn and would not go on their tour or cancel it, so I sat on top of them literally for about 10 minutes, if they moved I was in their face and they got fed up before I did because I was hopping mad at them..

I would say never ever pay one bell, to do so will encourage them further. As was suggested, leave the game hanging for a while, let them get bored or flip the wifi switch.

I do wonder however, if there are a few ignorant players who book a tour they want and then hope the next player through the entrance will join them. that seemed to be the case on the second time it occurred to me.
 
beebs said:
Link to my little experience with the scammers.

Never give into it. It seems to be growing in popularity, and the only reason I can think of is because it is working with some people. But srsly! It's soooo easy to make money in game. Why harass other players for petty cash?
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Because Animal Crossing was originally designed for kids, so they figure they can have a bit of fun with five-year-olds.

In my opinion, they're not actually in it for the bells, they just feel like having fun with people who get upset about it.
 
I had my first weird encounter last night. I usually go to Club Tortomier looking for special items for sale. If there isn't anything I want, I go straight to the counter and ask to go home. Last night, just after I got on the island and saw there wasn't anything I wanted, another player came onto the island. I went to the counter to ask to go home and they came running over and pushed me out of the way and started talking to her. I flipped my wi-fi switch and was out of there. I don't know if they were going to try and hold me hostage or not, but I didn't give them the chance.
 
I had someone try to do this to me. They were obviously pretty stupid, as they tried it when THEY were already on the island, and I had just arrived. I hadn't even gone outside to try and catch anything yet, there was literally nothing I could lose by turning off the wifi. So not only did someone try this, they tried it badly. Amazing. Sometimes Club Tortimer is full of some real winners.
 
Advice:
Don't ever gather whether it be bug catching, fishing or diving at Club Tortimer.
If you want to play with others, do so, then leave.
 
Jesirawr said:
Advice:
Don't ever gather whether it be bug catching, fishing or diving at Club Tortimer.
If you want to play with others, do so, then leave.
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The best method when gathering on the island is to frequently put items away. When the game saves (whenever people enter/leave the island) you keep the items that are already in your box. :)
 
I wish I could get into a situation with them! I'd be like ok, :::cough up 100 bells::: then say, "This is what I think you're worth" and just emote laugh until they get pissed and shut off.
 
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