New begging scam. Beware

I just heard from a friend that someone is going around on a sprout alt pretending to be new to the game and begging in Limsa for glamours or gil. They start with saying in shout chat or Novice Network about how to make gil and asking people why things are so expensive on the market board, then people will help them because they're a sprout. Typically the glamour is something like 250k or something which isn't actually a lot of money, so sometimes people will just buy it or craft it for them. Then they send it to their main and resell it on the market board.

Just beware of people like this, it's a new scam.

New? That's a blunder that aged well if anything. Apply your beggar flavour from newbie sprout to sugar baby-to-be, ask around, profit.

It is a hood classic.

A random person doing this once tried to hold the absolute worst organized giveaway with money gained from doing this on the forum. I dont think I've seen them ever since.

Man, this has been around since Runescape. People even made their newbies female characters to add some honey to the pot. And it's not even reportable as a scam because you're willingly giving over goods and money.

if you are thinking this is "new" you clearly are not the "experienced gamer" you imply yourself to be.

as someone said, this one is older than dirt....

Honestly, this is such low stakes its laughable.

Even if it's a genuinely a new player I would never give anything to anyone that beg. I mean ... you just join the game and already start whinning instead of ... idk, try to play and enjoy it? Not sure I would want to enable someone like that.

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Originally Posted by Darkobra

Man, this has been around since Runescape.

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that's some nice armor your wearing, would you like me to trim it for you?

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Originally Posted by ryouma17

that's some nice armor your wearing, would you like me to trim it for you?

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Oh no... no thank you! I'm still waiting for my Mythril set with gold trim that that one guy said he'd fix for me :(
It took me only roughly a day to get a full set again for "free" as I gathered and crafted my set's up myself. This was WAAAAAAY back before the GE was a thing.

I dont give gil to people who ask new or otherwise. Lol

Bruh, people have been doing this forever on the internet. I remember being 8 on imvu and asking people to give me credits on a new account so that I could gift my main.

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Originally Posted by Darkobra

Man, this has been around since Runescape. People even made their newbies female characters to add some honey to the pot. And it's not even reportable as a scam because you're willingly giving over goods and money.

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Buying gf anyone?

I wouldn't say this is new, but I do think a PSA reminder about this subject doesn't hurt once and awhile. People tend to forget, new players start playing. I see no harm in this subject.

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Originally Posted by Thurmnmurmn

Buying gf anyone?

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I'll buy one of the defective ones that has slight moments of extreme violence.