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Jampine t1_j8nawjq wrote

Reply to comment by jackanape7 in Arizona man from Nigeria romance scammed $3M from 'preyed upon' women, feds say by Breab1

Not really a "Scam" per say, but farming gold in RuneScape was a big deal in Venezuela.

For those who don't know what that means, they grind events/resources on the game to earn gold, then trade that gold to people in exchange for real money.

Sometimes they set up several bot ran accounts to farm resources, then trade it to a central account to earn gold on multiple beorkds at once.

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MistraloysiusMithrax t1_j8ormaw wrote

I mean I could see why : the RuneScape currency is more stable and trades for more dollars, euros or other currency more valuable than bolivars

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MadeWithLessMaterial t1_j8nzr6j wrote

I remember those bots in runescape. They all had the default male form with the bald head and I'd see them lining the river lobster fishing.

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gdcsag t1_j8szw9g wrote

Some players were making more money than venezualan doctors

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