Hi there jammers!
Question: What is the number one threat in Animal Jam?
Answer: SCAMMERS!
Each year, thousands of jammers are scammed from the items they've worked so hard on. After reading the contents of this page, you'll know your hard earned items are at least a little safer than they were before!
Each of these scams come from my own personal experiences of either falling for them, seeing others falling for them, or just noticing them outright!
1. THE PROMISES SCAM
Danger Level: 8/10
This is a popular and rather effective scamming technique used by scammers in Animal Jam. I will tell you how to recognize this scam and avoid it later on. The scammer will often go to an area like Jamaa Township, dance, and say something like this: "I'm giving away a rare spike at my den!" The first hint that this could be a scam is if you find no trace of the jammer owning the item they say they are going to give away. Look at all their animals, their trade, and the animal they're using right now. If you don't see any hints that they actually have the item, ask them to put the item on trade or wear it. If they refuse or change the subject, it is most likely a scam. Warn the others around you and leave. If you still want to see if it is a scam for sure, go to their den. In this scam, the scammer will put an item of little value on their trade and ask you to trade good items for it. They'll tell you that the best trade will win the item they're giving away. They may decline a few good trades, but don't let this fool you. Once you trust them enough to give them your best trade, they will accept and run. If they start asking you to trade them super good items for a bad item on their trade, warn others in the den that this is a scam and leave before you're tempted. No matter how much the scammer tries to deny their scamming or coax you into giving up your items, don't do it. They won't be giving you the item they said they would, even if they do have it. Believe me, I am a seasoned jammer and have seen this scam make more than a few jammers sad. Recognize it, report the scammer, warn any other potential victims, and get out of there!
2. THE DOUBLE TROUBLE SCAM
Danger Level: 9/10
This scam is also extremely effective. The scammer will set up their scam, but here's the catch: They're using two accounts. One account to do the scamming, and the second one to make it seem real. They will set up a little skit together. One scam I found that was using this technique went like this: The scammer was asking people to trade them good trades for a bad item on her trade. She was saying that the best trade would get a beta mat. After some time, a random jammer came over. Noticing some people were saying that the scammer was being called a scam, they said that they would prove it wasn't a scam by trading the scammer their rare spike wrist. The scammer declined. However, the person doing this scamming skit made a little mistake that revealed their true intentions. The first account, the scammer, accidentally said the second jammer's line: "See, she declined my trade!" Noticing their mistake, they quickly made the second jammer say the same thing. I saw right through it. Whoops! :) Don't trust jammers like this-they're most likely just on another account to make the scam seem legit.
3. THE I WAS HACKED/SCAMMED SCAM
Danger Level: 6/10
In this scam, the scammer will try to mooch items off of other jammers by saying that item was scammed/hacked. Now, this may be true-jammers get scammed all the time, and a small handful
could be getting hacked. Be suspicious of this scam. If they are asking for a really good item,
be even more suspicious. You can never be sure if they are telling the truth or not.
4. THE BIRTHDAY SCAM
Danger Level: 4/10
In this scam, the person will dance in a random area and say "It's my birthday, send me gifts!". Don't trust this person. Just like in the "I was hacked/scammed scam", they are just trying to mooch off of other jammers. Remember: birthdays are only once a year, so there is only a one in 1/365 chance they are telling the truth. Besides, you probably don't even know this jammer in real life! Only send them gifts if you really want to. If you see this jammer trying this scam more than once in the year, go up to them and say: "That's funny, I didn't know birthdays happened several times a year." If they recognize you, they'll most likely fall silent and quit their scam.
There are many more scams which I will add later.
Hope this helped for now and stay safe jammers!
- Polar
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