How can you avoid the RuneScape scam?
Do not take your top and most valuable things Buy OSRS Gold while you travel to the Wilderness with strangers.
Beware of going into the deep with unidentified individuals
Just run away if you ever get suspicious
2. Social Engineering
This area deserves an entire book. From strangers to friends who use their skills in the social world and manipulate to gain access to your account or other items. They may be deceitful or promise you great rewards or simply ask for an instant look - don"t be a fool!
NEVER. Absolutely, never divulge your account information to others. No matter if they are your acquaintances or foes If you share your password, nobody else is accountable for what happens after. Naturally, the person who scams you may be a criminal however you"ll have a difficult time proving the guilt of the perpetrator, and your information or progress is lost forever.
Social engineering is the broad class of fraud, but it can be difficult to identify fraudsters. They appear to be genuine people who are eager to help. They may make acquaintances, show altruism, and even assist you before swindling you.
Be aware that there aren"t free memberships, fast upgrade of skills, or other such things. All of this is earned, and you won"t find any magical solutions to your problems. Social engineering is usually centered around getting login details from the account"s owner. By manipulating and convincing social engineers to attempt to obtain your personal information so that they can gain full control over your RuneScape Gold accounts.
The most well-known technique of social engineering are fake emails. They are very difficult to detect at times, however, they do follow an identifiable pattern. Every Runescape emails send you messages using your username, therefore "Dear player" is a sure sign to suspect. Jagex uses the domain "@email.runescape.com", other email addresses are most certainly fake. Even if it appears to be written in eloquent English and credible - be cautious! Contact Jagex support first to be sure that you report the scammers themselves.
