Meep Jammers! I decided to post some interesting ways to scam. I mean, of course, not interesting for us to use, but to recognize and learn to avoid! Credit to Feelers for these, though I've absolutely no idea who she is!
1. The Sending Scam: If a person says something like, "Send me a rare
and I send you a glove" then do not I REPEAT DO NOT DO IT. Hey all you
scammers: Guess what you'll never believe this! Animal Jam invented
something called Trading isn't that amaz-a-zing??!?!?
2. The Pillow/Paw Plot: If someone says, "Come to my den and change the
color of your glove!" you'll go to their den, right? Once you get to
their den, you should see a pillow at coincidentally the bottom left-ish
part at the bottom of their den. They will ask you to click that
pillow/paw rapidly. As you do this, they put up a LOUSY trade like a
pink plain necklace for your glove. The place you click a bunch is
exactly where the yes answer is on a trade. - This doesn't work anymore since AJ HQ added the
Are you sure you want to accept this trade? thing.
3. The Decline Trade Deception: Some people around Jamaa say things like
"I will decline all trades even the rare ones I swear try it out!" You
assume that he is being honest, and you put up a glove for his necklace.
DON'T DO THAT. He will accept it. Pretty dumb decision right?
4. The Broken Trade Blackmail: Some Jammers say, "I'll trade rares for
rares but my trade doesn't work please send me the rares and I will send
you mine!" There are 2 parts to this. 1. They could be telling the
truth, but they shouldn't be asking to send. There are some glitches
where they're yes button doesn't work, or they can't click. 2. They will
attempt to scam. You will feel bad for them and you will send your
rares. They leave. - This once happened to me, I mean when my trade list really did break. I couldn't trade someone, but they could trade me, otherwise I kept getting that stupid whirly circle and had to refresh.
5. The Contest Cheat: You're walking in Jamaa, when you see somebody
say, "Send me the BEST rare and whoever sends the best will get my [rare
item]! You decide to send a rare and see if you win. You keep asking
after 10 minutes, "When will you announce the winner?" Well have I got
news for you guys. There is no winner.
This is gugtin, a Contest Cheat scammer. Please report her. I tried to
warn everybody who actually sent her something. They never listened.
6. The Try-On Trick: Picture this: You're wearing non member bat wings.
Then a friend comes up to you and asks, "Hey, can I try your bat wings
on?" Since they are your friend, you send your bat wings or trade them
to her/him for their necklace. They say, "Thanks! I'll trade you back!
Oops! GTG! I'll give them to you tomorrow!" They will leave and take you
off their buddy list.
This is a really stupid thing that people say to try and scam,
because why would you need to TRY IT ON? You can already see them on
another animal that is the same as you!
7. The Glitch Gyp: Picture this: You're a person who LOVES glitches.
You see somebody in Jamaa Township saying, "Come to my den/Follow me to
see an awesome glitch!" You, of course, go to their den, or follow them.
They will say, "Okay, I need 2 [Worn blankets] for this glitch.
Send/trade it to me, then I'll show you, then I'll send/trade you back.
You send or trade them a worn blanket you have. They will leave with
your worn blanket.
8. The Cool Catastrophe: You see somebody in Jamaa Township. They are
shouting out, "I will trade a glove for non member bat wings!" Ok, this
doesn't sound like a very good trade, and nobody does it. Then they say,
"If you don't send or trade me non member bat wings then you aren't
cool you are a loser!" It's not you who are the loser, it's probably
them acting like one. Just because you don't want to do their lousy
trade, doesn't mean you aren't cool!
9. The Flash Trade Fooler: Okay, here is something I did a long time ago, when non member gloves were very very very rare.
I had a cream colored one, and this girl wanted to trade it for her
purple one. I said no, and she got really angry at me, so to get back at
her, I kept flash trading my cream glove for her purple one to make her
angrier. The last time I did it, I pressed the "Cancel" button at the
wrong time, and it wouldn't cancel out. She accepted the trade, and I
was stuck with a measly purple glove.
So the point here is that a person will ask to flash trade your rare
for theirs. You do it and quickly press cancel, but something will go
wrong so it won't cancel. Then the person will accept the trade.
10. The Lion Code Lure: This scam has been going on for a while, probably since the membership cards have come out.
Most Jammers want a membership card that comes with a lion. Some clever but pathetic scammers have figured that out.
A scammer will say something like, "Send me your rares and I will give you a lion code!"
A smarter scammer will say, "Here is the first half of the lion code:
[a6xc90r53]" (Now I'm sure a bunch of you will go try it out, but sorry,
it's fake.)
Then they'll say: "Now send me a rare and I'll send you a Jam-A-Gram
telling you where to go to meet me so I can give you the second half of
the code." A Jammer would send them a rare, and wait for a Jam-A-Gram.
They might get one, and then go to that place. The Scammer will never
ever ever ever infinity show up.
11. The Bet Bribe:
Jammers have been wanting to "bet" with other Jammers for their rare items.
They'll say something like, "I'll bet that I can [go make 10 friends in 5
seconds], and if I win, you have to give me your Top Hat."
Really? Here are 2 things Jammers have said to bet:
The scammer might cheat on their bet, or do something so you have to
give them a rare. If you didn't "pay up", then they might go around
saying you scammed something of theirs. - But of course their are fair betters!
12. The Feature Forgery: One of my friends was recently "cheated" by her friend.
But for an example, a Jammer might say, "I have an awesome Legendary
glove. I'll trade you it for your non member bat wings." The other
might say, "Okay!" They trade, and then the other Jammer finds out it's a
plain old Legendary Glove. This might occur for new players. KNOW YOUR
ITEMS!
13. The Double-Dealing Deceit: Okay, this scam has happened frequently.
You might have, for example, a Legendary Glove that is very special to
you and you wouldn't trade it for anything. I scammer would come up to
you and say, "You love that item, right? I can double it for you! All
you have to do is send it to me, and I'll send it and a copy of the item
back!" Now the Jammer will send him the rare, and the scammer will
leave with it.
14. The Fake Friendship: This one can be very tricky, and it totally fooled me on my second month of first playing Animal Jam.
You'll find a best friend, who might gain your trust, which could
actually take a while, so they could be mysteriously plotting against
you for 5 months and then spring their trap. But don't worry, I'm not
like that.
Anyways, let's say your friend finally gets you to give them your
Legendary Glove because "You can trust me, right?" Wrong. Don't do this.
Okay, this might sound weird coming from me, which is ironic, but you
shouldn't trust anyone online. You can trust me, but if you choose not
to, fine with me. Just don't trust the scammer!
15. The "You Scammed" Swindle: Sometimes people don't try to scam
directly, so they'll scam indirectly, or without actually saying
something that is obvious for scamming people. They might say, as it
happened to me, "I really want a purple glove." I was bored and I still
had 2 purple gloves, so I thought "Why not?" and sent a glove for them. I
didn't care if I didn't get anything in return, just as long as they
would stop complaining for a glove. Here's the stupid dumb part: They
said, "Hey thanks for the glove!" Which as everybody knows, means they
received the glove. Then they automatically said, "Hey I didn't get the
glove! You scammer! Report Feelers she scammed me!" You know how
ridiculous this is?!?!?! They even said so themselves: "Hey thanks for
the glove!" Which means THEY GOT THE GLOVE. I'm going to go before I
throw a dumptruck out of a winder now.
16. The Rainbow Rip-Off: Okay, so nowadays, some Jammers have been
trusting their buddies to take their rares, and try to get a different
color of that same rare. This may seem like a good idea for some
Jammers, but it actually isn't. What a buddy would do is say, "I really
can't get a [Blue Legendary Glove]. Can you get one for me?" Then the
other buddy would say, "Sure, just give me your regular [Legendary
Glove]. Thanks! I'll get you one as soon as I can!" This buddy might
just take it and keep it forever and just keep saying, "I'm still
trying". Don't do this!
17. The AJ HQ Artifice (credit to papad91278): Someone will say, "SEND
ME RARES OR I BAN YOU OR TAKE YOUR MEMBERSHIP,I WORK FOR AJ HQ!", or
something like that. Now, you DON'T send them something, guess what: YOU
STILL HAVE ACTIVE ACCOUNT AND IF YOU HAVE IT YOU STILL HAVE YOUR
MEMBERSHIP! If they did work for HQ, why would they ask for your rares?
Known scammer of this scam: jammaHQ, who is a non member. You can tell
it's fake because they spelled Jamaa wrong.
