Scam Types

Trusting: This is when somebody puts a cheap item on their trade, and expects you to trade them something rare. They will promise you that they will trade back, but will run away once you trade them.

Betting: This is when somebody will play a game with you, and the winner gets one of the others' items. Sometimes when the winner gets the item, the other will want to trade back and an item gets scammed in the process.

Rarity Lying: Sometimes more experienced players will take advantage of newbies or people who don't know about the newest item, and lie about it's rarity. They may say that it was from the beta times, or it's a really rare item. If you don't know the item, research it before trading.

Declining: This is one of the most common ways to get scammed. Somebody will yell "TRADE ME I WILL DECLINE EVERY TIME!" and have very cheap items on trade. Yet, if they get a really good trade, they will accept and run off.

Contest Scamming: This is when somebody says "Best trade gets my ______!" They will probably get a few trades, and when they get a really good one, they will accept and run off with your item. In very rare instances, they WILL give the item, but I would still avoid them.

Flashing: Animal Jam HQ fixed this one for the most part, but it still happens a lot especially in Wootmoo's den. Somebody will send a really fast trade to the other, and that person tries to accept in that moment. Even though it's almost impossible to accept the trade, some jammers are able to and they run off with the item.

Item Begging: Sometimes jammers will say "Send me things it's my birthday!" or "Send me things my ____ got scammed!" Most people will take pity on them and send them something good. When in reality, it was never their birthday or they never actually got scammed.

Membership Codes: This is when a jammer asks for a rare item and in turn, will tell a membership code. There are no free membership codes, and once a real one is used it cannot be used again. And in rare cases, they will tell a real one but will make the situation worse because if you give a membership code to somebody, you can HACK into their account. DO NOT accept membership codes from ANYBODY!

Classic Scam: This is one of the most "basic" scams and a lot of newbies fall for it. It is when somebody says "If you send me your _____ I will send you my _____." They will not send the item.

Fake Recording: This is when somebody says "Send me things I'm recording." Most of the time they will not be recording, and will run off with items that should not have been sent to them in the first place.

Crashed Trade Scam: This is when a jammer lies about his or her trade system and says it doesn't work. They will ask somebody to send the item to them instead, but will run off with the item once it is given to them.

Dress-Me-Up: These people will go dancing around saying things like "Gift me any item and I will wear it! Make me look silly!" I refer to these people as "dress-up dolls." Technically, they are not being as sneaky as some scammers are, but don't be fooled into giving out free items just to make somebody look silly or cool. They're all just looking for free items, and will take off all the items they were gifted when they're done, usually recycling all the "non-rare" items.

Other: Any other scams that don't fit into these categories.

Make Me "Except": This scam is growing in popularity. People will say "Make me accept" or "Make me except W.I.P.