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Hints - Do Not Get Scammed
There are people who try to scam you on Neopets. They use various tactics to do this. Here are some of the ones to avoid.
1. If anyone asks you for your password, do NOT give it. (REPORT THEM!)
2. If someone asks to be a 'helper' and help take care of your Neopets, do not fall for this. They require your password to get their. (REPORT THEM!)
3. Someone provides a URL to get so many Neoppoints, or a free Paint Brush, if it does not contain www.neopets.com at the begining, this is a cookie grabber site. They are wanting to get your passwords. (REPORT THEM!)
4. Someone tells you that they have an item that is the only one in the entirity of Neopets. You go and look it up in the Wizard, Auction, Gellery, Trades and search engine. You decide to believe them. DON'T. You can't tell if the item is in someones Safty Deposit box. (Not reportable)
5. Someone wants so much NP for an item. They say that because it is a 101R item that it is worth a lot of NP. You can't check the price of the item via the search engine. But the fact is, the majority of 101R items are in fact Freebies. (Not Reportable)
6. Just because an item is selling in the Shop Wizard for many Neopoints does not mean that the item is worth that much. Ussually it is selling for that much becuase it is rare. Example is the Uni Lutari Stamp. Becuase it is in a rarity catagory that the real value can't be looked up does not mean it is worth that much. Request that the person give you the ACTUAL value of such items.
(Not Reportable)
7. Guilds -
a. The Guild is having a contest. You have to gather so many items and send it to them for a prize. (REPORT THEM!)
b. The Guild is having a contest and giving out a prize. (This is REPORTABLE!)
8. If a store has a black background and is hiding the prices. Highlight it. You may find the items are costly. In fact, more costly then they are. (REPOT THEM)
9. A person is offering to befreind you and allow you to have a go at their 1np Friend auctions if you buy an item from them for 1000NP. This is a scam. There is no garantee that they can become your friends. Nor is their any garantee that you'll get a good item, nor is their any garanty that they'll have many good 1np friend auctions. (REPORTABLE!)
10. A person is insisting in a trade that they want a certain value. They are going on the fact that the item is selling in the shops for so much NP. But it's price is not even worth a fifth of it when you search the item. Refuse to buy it.
OR
They want to trade an item that is worth so much in value BUT one is able to get in the shops for much less.
(This is not reportable.)
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