Hey!! Snoocumz here with an article on one of the most serious subjects
Whyvillians face today: Clam Scamming. You may be unaware of when this crime
occurs, because there are many ways for people to take your earnings away
from YOU.
Firstly, I'm going to write about some of the most common ways of Clam
Scamming and how to avoid it.
1. "Facepart" Selling: You may have seen in chat hangouts people looking
terribly strange with a row of lips, hair and eyes, or even a clump of face parts on their face.
Scam: The Whyvillian pretends to sell you some face parts, gives you the
price for the part you are interested in, and asks you to send the clams over first.
Solution: Although some Whyvillians may be honest sellers and will send you
the part, it is difficult to tell between the two. So always avoid buying parts off of these sellers. Usually the situation causes anger because you have paid good clams for this and City Hall can do nothing about it because it seems as though you have been generous and simply sent a ClamGram to the person.
Alternative: If you are still interested in buying second hand parts, use
the Trading Post, which is located on your bus menu. This system is 100% Why
Safe and you are guaranteed a fair swap/trade.
2. Various scamming y-mail forwards: You may have received a y-mail asking
to send this person clams to help Whyville.
Solution: There are many obvious reasons to tell if this person is lying.
One of them is: This person does NOT wear a City Worker Beanie, and therefore
cannot have any legal (LoL) right to ask for clams to help Whyville. The second one is: Why would Whyville need clams to improve its systems, etc? Clams are NOT real money and cannot help in any way in the real world.
So, next time you receive a y-mail like this, have a good think about what you are doing and use the two tips above.
Next stop: Interviews! I asked a few Whyvillians about clam scamming:
GOOGLES
Me: Hi! Can I please ask you some questions about clam scamming?
Googles: Er..ok lol
Me: Have you ever been clam scammed?
Googles: Hmm... I remember when they used to have projectiles like clams and people used to get in between me and friends and steal them.
SK3l3TON
Me: Can I ask you some questions about my article?
Sk313ton: Sure, what's it about?
Me: Clam Scamming, Have you ever been clam scammed?
Sk313ton: No, I don't think so... wait, yes
Me: LoL, in which way?
Sk313ton: Some guy asked me if he could borrow some money for a tux, I let him have some, and he never got married, and never even had a girlfriend
Me: Sorry to hear that, and thank you for your time!
SWEETFAN
Me: Can I interview for my article?
Sweetfan: Me?
Me: Yesh=D
Sweetfan: What about?
Me: Clam Scamming
Sweetfan: Ok.
Me: Have you ever been clam scammed?
Sweetfan: No, but I have heard of all the y-mails going around and stuff. I am grateful that I haven't been clam-scammed, though.
So there you have it folks. Keep an eye out for clam scammers and I'm sure
that City Hall will be happy if you report any people who are clam scamming.
This is me, signing off... **POOF**
