Trading Scams in XY

Started by Helios93 December 13th, 2013 11:42 PM
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Malaysia
Seen February 21st, 2015
Posted February 12th, 2015
91 posts
11.6 Years
I did some search on scam related trading in Trade Corner, it seems they are none at the moment, I think. If I did something wrong, please do forgive me all mighty moderators. :-)

I've been to other Pokemon trading site, and have been reading a lot about their trading scams. Most notably, a shiny egg hatch scams. Those thieves are taking away trainers shiny pokes instead of their promise to give the pokemon back once it is hatch from the egg.

I did most of my trades in Pokecommunity, so I have never experience such scam. Well, thanks to all the trustworthy community member. Thank you!

Now, have you ever been scammed?
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Male
Goldenrod, Johto
Seen December 31st, 2020
Posted April 9th, 2015
596 posts
11.1 Years
Well that killed the mood...

Sadly I haven't found anyone with a TSV that i need so I've yet to even hatch a shiny...


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Seen June 22nd, 2014
Posted March 8th, 2014
30 posts
9.6 Years
Never been scammed on here. Haven't done any shiny egg hatching with SV and seeing as how it's been fixed won't ever be able to. Have done trading in the Trade corner and Quick trade and have yet to be scammed. Have actually made some good trading friends that I usually trade with. This community is one of the most legit I have joined. Kudos PokeCommunity!

Captain Gizmo

Monkey King

Age 29
Male
Canada
Seen 2 Weeks Ago
Posted 3 Weeks Ago
4,842 posts
10.7 Years
Never been scammed on PC neither. All the trades I've done here have been nice. The mods are pretty strict on scams which I really like about them :)

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Ivysaur

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Age 32
He/him
Madrid, Europe
Seen 2 Days Ago
Posted April 5th, 2023
21,076 posts
16.2 Years
Actually... I'm afraid there have been cases, the forum mods mantain a blacklist with all of them: http://www.pokecommunity.com/showthread.php?p=7748613#7748613

If you ever get scammed, report it and the culprit will get a 3 9-point permanent infraction. Save all the PM's in your conversation too.

Xerneas_X

Raven

Female
California
Seen November 28th, 2021
Posted April 14th, 2014
447 posts
9.8 Years
I was scammed only once, back near X&Y release when I was looking for Pokerus, but It wasn't anything significant. Some users on GTS will put a comment on their Pokemon such as "Has Pokerus" or "Has 3 Pft IVs" or "Has Hidden Ability" or similar, but since you are unable to see the summary of the Pokemon on GTS, there's no way to know until you do the trade..

So on GTS I traded a Pinsir for a Scyther which the comment stated: "has Pokerus", so when I got it, it of course didn't have Pokerus. Or the other day I was looking for a Fletchling with it's Hidden Ability, so I did a few blind trades on GTS, one where I posted a Snivy asking for a Fletchlinder with Gale Wings, of course the one I got didn't have it, then I did 3 trades with ones posted, one that stated it had it, of course didn't but then one of the two that had no comment, actually had it, was female (so able to breed it and pass the ability along), Japanese (so better shiny chance), and with 3 perfect IVs to boot :D!
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Seen February 9th, 2020
Posted February 1st, 2017
163 posts
14.8 Years
Yep. I've ALMOST been scammed here. I was to trade away one of my shinies... i can't remember which one it was. Anyway, it was supposed to be a 2 for one trade. I was giving him 2 of my pokemon for one of his. He wanted to trade me a Bunnelby for the first one. I asked him to trade me his shiny Bulbasaur first for my shiny. lol

He said he couldn't find Bulbasaur anymore.

What a n00b.

Needless to say I didn't trade him. That was my closest experience to being ripped off here.
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New York
Seen December 7th, 2022
Posted November 11th, 2014
19 posts
9.4 Years
I am relatively new here, and have never been ripped off thankfully. ^ ^

It's nice, most people here seem to be very nice and trustworthy.
I have even become friends with a few of the people I have traded with~

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Absol

Seen January 1st, 2016
Posted June 17th, 2014
1,808 posts
11.3 Years
Yep. I've ALMOST been scammed here. I was to trade away one of my shinies... i can't remember which one it was. Anyway, it was supposed to be a 2 for one trade. I was giving him 2 of my pokemon for one of his. He wanted to trade me a Bunnelby for the first one. I asked him to trade me his shiny Bulbasaur first for my shiny. lol

He said he couldn't find Bulbasaur anymore.

What a n00b.

Needless to say I didn't trade him. That was my closest experience to being ripped off here.
Wow, good thing you didn't fall for it! :D


It's good to know trade is mostly safe for those who are trading here. Means I'm doing my job right. :D
Age 29
Female
Wisconsin
Seen March 25th, 2023
Posted May 20th, 2020
426 posts
13.7 Years
I've been scammed on Pokecommunity. The mods were very helpful in resolving it even though I can't get my Pokemon back.

My trade policy is that if someone is unsatisfied with a trade because of a mistake I made, I'll trade back no questions asked.
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Age 37
Male
Seattle, WA
Seen September 15th, 2021
Posted July 17th, 2020
2,585 posts
11 Years
So far I been lucky, of the many trades I have done (in various Pokemon forums not just PokeCommunity) all have been successful, and the other person who traded with me has also been happy as well.

Sorry to hear that some have had bad experience.
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Internet
Seen October 8th, 2017
Posted December 16th, 2016
158 posts
10.1 Years
Haven't been scammed here. I did get scammed at the GTS though. I was collecting legends before bank and I saw an Azelf, there person was asking for a heat ran and said the Azelf was 5IV. I though, YOLO, and decided to go for it. Of course it was not 5IV, but glad those things are easy to dispose of at that time :P

Shhmew

Age 28
Female
drifting
Seen November 3rd, 2014
Posted March 27th, 2014
332 posts
9.7 Years
Blah, the GTS is a terrible place to trade, unless you're just trying to complete the pokedex or something. The messages saying like "6IVs" or "hidden ability" are almost never accurate. ]:

I prefer trading through forums, but I haven't traded on PC yet. I traded a few times on a past pokemon forum and it was fine, though there were a LOT of scamming incidents there.

I've learned though, through witnessing NUMEROUS scams, you should always try to trade with people you trust. Close friends, staff members, traders with a good reputation and/or have been around the site for a good while... if you are trading with a complete stranger, you should take the following precautions...
Spoiler:
-Check the summary of the other pokemon before you complete the trade. Okay, so you can't check IVs if it's level 1, but if it's a higher level you can probably input the stats in a IV calculator and get a rough estimate... This way you can also check things like moves, abilities, natures, that kind of stuff to make sure it's really what they said it is.
-Never trade 2 for 1. Only trade one pokemon for one pokemon.
-Check dat public blacklist (that Went linked)... ctrl + F and see if the friend code or any other information is on that list.


Just stuff I've learned :( Don't like seeing people get ripped off.
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Male
Portland, OR
Seen August 20th, 2019
Posted July 13th, 2017
5,080 posts
10.9 Years
I've never personally been scammed, but I was accused of it once by someone who legitimately sent me an egg with the wrong shiny value. Even had EV prove it for me.

The only time I have really been aware of someone being scammed was before the ban on shiny mew, and back in gen 5, when someone on the forums traded an obviously hacked (and I mean it was SUPER obvious) for a bunch of awesome shiny Pokemon.

uncleteemo

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Male
Southern Hemisphere - Straya
Seen August 26th, 2015
Posted August 23rd, 2014
71 posts
9.3 Years
I don't know if it counts, but I literally put a level 1 Omanyte on the GTS ages ago. Just went back to put something else up, turns out I got an Articuno out of it. I feel some people are really dumb.
Nah not a scam :P
I did the same, but with a bronzong on the gts, i farmed about 20 legendaries. It doesn't work anymore :(

Sebastian_Sommer

Rocket grunt

Male
Hong Kong
Seen June 11th, 2017
Posted June 7th, 2017
312 posts
9.6 Years
this place is great! I'm so glad that I found this forum because I was able to secure many legit legendaries from gen 1-6 through trading with other reputable users.
GTS isn't that safe anymore when it comes to trading since there might be some people trading hacked pokemon to you.

Omicron

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Alternia
Seen December 1st, 2022
Posted October 18th, 2022
4,422 posts
13.2 Years
I have not been scammed here. I've received some hacks and Pokemon that was not what we agreed to trade, but they have been honest mistakes and the people involved have acted very maturely about it. It is great to know that people are this way.

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Seen November 21st, 2014
Posted June 21st, 2014
9,522 posts
11.8 Years
I've seen scams a lot around here, but it isn't a new phenomenon with XY. It's been happening on and off for years as there are always dishonest people. When I do shiny egg giveaways, that's what they are... giveaways. If it doesn't hatch shiny for you, either your TSV is wrong or I ♥♥♥♥ed up (unlikely ;)).
Male
Seen April 4th, 2015
Posted March 28th, 2015
303 posts
13.2 Years
I once was scammed on an old D/P site. I had a couple of chained shinies ( I was pretty durn good at chaining in that game) and I was trading them off for perfect IV/ nature match ups. Well it's easy to say you have these when you don't, I lost ALL of them to scams and all the users were banned. Didn't help that I had a bunch of POS pokemon now. I, however, have had no such experience on this site. It's pretty secure over all.
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Belldandy

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Age 30
Female
Ottawa, Ontario
Seen October 29th, 2018
Posted December 27th, 2016
3,978 posts
10 Years
I was almost scammed a few years ago, but it wasn't anything major. I was then harassed over mic by the individual who I believe was trying to con a decent-IV Eevee out of me in exchange for a Totodile that was supposed to have a certain moveset and nature. I took my time to discover that it in fact did not have what was promised whilst being rushed by the other individual.

I'm not 100% sure of details. I just know that the person thereafter tried to do it again with a different FC and forum name (I recognized the voice over the mic) with a different Pokemon. It was really, really stupid lol

Elements1

Meh

Male
Nevada
Seen March 10th, 2021
Posted August 1st, 2014
272 posts
10.7 Years
I've being seeing scam shiny for days now i got some ligit shines
Like on PC or just generally? I've only been scammed on the GTS never PC ^^ love this community's trade place!! Thanks Cordelia, Absol, Keiran, and tabor62 for their great mod work :)
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