Putting pressure on World of Warcraft scammers

Popular World of Warcraft account trading forum WoWtrade.dk has an entire section devoted to reporting scammers. The burden of evidence is always on the victim and evidence is often scarce. YourAccountSeller.com has adopted a different policy. However, rather than accusing people directly, we will be making two e-mail lists: A list of red flags and [...]

The Auction House Scam

The Auction House scam comes in various sizes and shapes. Each variant abuses the system on a different level. On a very basic level, the scam merely monopolizes and drives up prices in the Auction House. More devious and advanced scams are capable of actually – and very directly – defrauding other players.
The basic Auction [...]

AP: Man faces charges over World of Warcraft account fraud

USA  - Police in Clearwater, Florida has arrested a 23-year old Christopher H. Bouffard and charged him with two counts of grand theft. According to the Associated Press, the man was scheming to defraud people using his World of Warcraft account as bait. Bouffard never gave out the information to his account even though authorities [...]

Avoiding YouTube Scams

The web 2.0 era is not all good. Free World of Warcraft gamecards, free World of Warcraft accounts and free mounts, pets, items and weapons. YouTube videos are increasingly used to promise gamers the holy grail and all you need to do in return is submit a little information.

In this article I reveal the ground principles of scamming people on YouTube and where the scammers are getting all their inspiration. It’ll surprise you how organized this scam really is.