Suspicious Transactions ?

[HaZE_Taipan]

So, here we go. 

  A few days back , I was talking and chatting through the region chat when I saw a guy with MR 1  asking for help on Index. Out of kindness , (and since I sort of need credits for mods), I decided to answer the call of help. Along the way I learn that he is sort of transferring some of his stuff from his old account to his new account, and due to the trading tax , he needs a ton of credits. So, we did a couple of rounds in index, one on med one on high and he said he is going to transfer his account for a moment, so he left the party, logged off ,and did his stuff , or at least I think, since I am not over there. Afterward he contacted me again ,and we continued the Index run for 6 more times, and at the end he insisted that he wants to gift me something as a reward. To my surprise he wants(insisted) to trade me a Catchmoon riven with +65% multishot and +76% fire rate with negative something mag cap , as well as 200 plat. As a polite gesture, I traded a coupled of unranked mods - one Defiled Snapdragon stance and an Adaption . After which we parted ways and logged off.

  A few day later , preciously on the 20th of June, I received a message from DE that stated that there's some suspicious transactions that were found during an investigation and some items were reversed ,please contact DE Support to assist in the investigation and to get the matter resolved as soon as possible.

  It is not a really big deal , it is just that I am missing 200 plat and the riven, but got my Stance and Adaptation back. I have already submitted the support ticket to DE, so I am patiently waiting for the reply and all. But after going through the steam forums , and a lot of players has been saying this is the case of some "Black market plat" thing.....something along the way of third-party website purchase or something, while others said the system thought I scammed the other guy or something..... really weird-ed out by all theses...   

[GinKenshin]

that's pretty much how scams work these days. I don't think your case is a scam attempt though, it seems more like the guy was testing the system or whatever and see how it works, that's why he started with a relatively low amount of plat and a riven

[Infirito]

Just now, HaZE_Taipan said:

he is sort of transferring some of his stuff from his old account to his new account,

Interaction between accounts of one player are a bannable offense, that alone should've prompted you to stop any dealings with that dude, regardless of whether he's actually doing it.

[Urlan]

Very one-sided trades like say giving an ammo drum (not in your example I know) for platinum would also flag the account for such activity, but Support decides it on a case by case basis according to responses we have gotten from DE in the past. I hope it works out, but the guy you helped will be getting their accounts likely banned if they go through with their plan which is a shame, but what it is.

[sharkstrangler]

20 minutes ago, Urlan said:

Very one-sided trades like say giving an ammo drum (not in your example I know) for platinum would also flag the account for such activity, but Support decides it on a case by case basis according to responses we have gotten from DE in the past. I hope it works out, but the guy you helped will be getting their accounts likely banned if they go through with their plan which is a shame, but what it is. 

Oof if that's the case me and my friend are gonna get banned for sharing stuff lmao

[krc473]

16 minutes ago, sharkstrangler said:

Oof if that's the case me and my friend are gonna get banned for sharing stuff lmao

You don’t if DE can tell that it’s multiple people. It’s usually around alt accounts and “plat discount farming” types of things.

[HadesTatsu]

30 minutes ago, sharkstrangler said:

Oof if that's the case me and my friend are gonna get banned for sharing stuff lmao

I do not think so. I have a friend who just started playing, and I think is around MR3. We did a trade for a few of my nightmare mods I have spares of, in exchange for one of his flawed mods. I believe it would become a issue, if lets say you went to a 3rd party site, obtained the plat then either transferred it to a alternate account, or to your pal.

 

[SgtHotPepper]

Il y a 7 heures, sharkstrangler a dit :

Oof if that's the case me and my friend are gonna get banned for sharing stuff lmao

Probably DE monitor these transactions with a open mind because i already give a free Valkyr Prime to a fellow beginner clanmate and give some stuff to my son for some bronze mods.

And my son play from the same IP because he's 10yo...

So DE seems active vs scams but not mindlessly rigorous.

Probably the repetitive high amount exchanges, impliying plat, with accounts that dont really play the game is that pull the trigger and some help to beginners is fine. (I say thx to the guy on the trade chat that give me a free ignis wraith 🙂 )