-Leaf- Posted March 25, 2014 Posted March 25, 2014 (edited) http://services.rune...65329733,goto,1 Open Trollomon's RWT store and click the "Earn Runecoins" button. There will be a list of 3rd party advertisers who want you to download suspicious software, send them credit card details, give them your mobile phone number, or do surveys to get Runecoins. Several of the offers are fake. I tried one of the surveys that looked harmless enough, and after completing the survey it just threw another survey at me, without paying out the Runecoins. sooo..... Has Jagex gone too far? Partnering with scammers and malware distributors? Edited April 7, 2014 by -Leaf- Quote
Bwauder Posted March 25, 2014 Posted March 25, 2014 (edited) Standard practice for any of these free "x" if you just fill out this survey/trial this product.... don't touch it with a 20' pole. As far as the ideology rather than Jagex driven i blame the yankee $ connection , "its a successful business model, so lets just do it". The various sites linked to it are probably controlled by a 3rd party site that supplies the service rather than chosen by Jagex. Hopefully this concept disappears quickly when several hundred people end up hacked or something, but I'm not holding my breathe. Edit: after actually reading the rsof, i see Supersonic Ads is an affiliate, but had to lol @ all the hidden posts in the requested feedback, somehow i dont think much of it is positive. Edited March 25, 2014 by Bwauder Quote
Sobend Posted March 25, 2014 Posted March 25, 2014 next up: play RS in facebook You can already do that. Quote
Egghebrecht Posted March 25, 2014 Posted March 25, 2014 next up: play RS in facebook You can already do that. srsly Quote
tea pls Posted March 25, 2014 Posted March 25, 2014 This is nothing new in the MMO world. Just an example of Jagex following suit. The money they make off of the advertising is substantially larger than the cost to give a few coins to some players. Hilarious enough, there are some programs out there that fill these out automatically for you... i won't go any further on the subject. Quote
-Leaf- Posted March 25, 2014 Author Posted March 25, 2014 This is nothing new in the MMO world. Just an example of Jagex following suit. The money they make off of the advertising is substantially larger than the cost to give a few coins to some players. Hilarious enough, there are some programs out there that fill these out automatically for you... i won't go any further on the subject. The issue is not that they're giving out Runecoins. It's that Jagex is putting their own customers at risk of being infected with spyware or having their credit card details stolen. Quote
tea pls Posted March 25, 2014 Posted March 25, 2014 This is nothing new in the MMO world. Just an example of Jagex following suit. The money they make off of the advertising is substantially larger than the cost to give a few coins to some players. Hilarious enough, there are some programs out there that fill these out automatically for you... i won't go any further on the subject. The issue is not that they're giving out Runecoins. It's that Jagex is putting their own customers at risk of being infected with spyware or having their credit card details stolen. Again, nothing new to the MMO world... Quote
chaosor Posted March 25, 2014 Posted March 25, 2014 While it's nothing new, I find it pathetic that Jagex is resorting to such tactics. Quote
Josh Posted March 25, 2014 Posted March 25, 2014 This is nothing new in the MMO world. Just an example of Jagex following suit. The money they make off of the advertising is substantially larger than the cost to give a few coins to some players. Hilarious enough, there are some programs out there that fill these out automatically for you... i won't go any further on the subject. The issue is not that they're giving out Runecoins. It's that Jagex is putting their own customers at risk of being infected with spyware or having their credit card details stolen. Is that not illegal? Quote
-Leaf- Posted March 25, 2014 Author Posted March 25, 2014 This is nothing new in the MMO world. Just an example of Jagex following suit. The money they make off of the advertising is substantially larger than the cost to give a few coins to some players. Hilarious enough, there are some programs out there that fill these out automatically for you... i won't go any further on the subject. The issue is not that they're giving out Runecoins. It's that Jagex is putting their own customers at risk of being infected with spyware or having their credit card details stolen. Is that not illegal? Probably, but Jagex would likely get around the lawsuits by pinning the blame on the third parties. Quote
Aabid Posted March 26, 2014 Posted March 26, 2014 I remember MapleStory had something like this too. It was pretty legit though. I mean obviously some of them were fishy but some of them did work. Not sure what to say for this. There must be some legit ones no? Quote
chaosor Posted March 26, 2014 Posted March 26, 2014 I remember MapleStory had something like this too. It was pretty legit though. I mean obviously some of them were fishy but some of them did work. Not sure what to say for this. There must be some legit ones no? Yeah, there are legit ones in there. One of my friends got around 700 runecoins from doing this. However, another friend reported getting spyware from it, so he is avoiding it. This is nothing new in the MMO world. Just an example of Jagex following suit. The money they make off of the advertising is substantially larger than the cost to give a few coins to some players. Hilarious enough, there are some programs out there that fill these out automatically for you... i won't go any further on the subject. The issue is not that they're giving out Runecoins. It's that Jagex is putting their own customers at risk of being infected with spyware or having their credit card details stolen. Is that not illegal? Probably, but Jagex would likely get around the lawsuits by pinning the blame on the third parties. indeed. Did anyone do this? I haven't but 2 of my friends have. The one got 700 or 800 runecoins by doing this, but the other one got spyware from his first try, and didn't try anymore. Quote
tea pls Posted March 26, 2014 Posted March 26, 2014 Most of the pages are actually just ads that you are 'offered', there really is a system to this, sometimes to you have to look for very tiny links saying things like 'continue without' or 'next step' could be incredibly small text. The bigger ones are more legit things I.E. buying Netflix through the offer. Obviously don't download anything the offers try to tell you, but even some of the 'download this software' ones you can complete without actually downloading anything. Also providing false information, will not subject you to the RS terms of service. Use a fake name/address on your offers to maintain your personal identity. Quote
djpailo Posted March 29, 2014 Posted March 29, 2014 (edited) I can say I've done quite a few. I watched the videos which is harmless enough. They all have a mute button so I carry on doing whatever I was doing. The android apps work as follow: -You click the earn button -Email with a link sent to you -Open link, your default browser opens it -Google play store opens - Download app -Run app -Get runecoins -(uninstall app) Most of them work, though a few don't. I recommend running security software after each app, just to be sure :). I think one or two I didn't even need to download. I didn't bother trying any survey. Edited March 29, 2014 by djpailo Quote
-Leaf- Posted April 7, 2014 Author Posted April 7, 2014 Anyone know of any offers that work and don't require an ipad or android? 99% of the offers never pay up. Quote
Hwanin Posted April 21, 2014 Posted April 21, 2014 I guess, the safest way to get runecoins is just to buy a bond. :glasses: Quote
FrankDDougherty Posted August 8, 2014 Posted August 8, 2014 Scams are everywhere; even on ads. I just hope this issue be treated (vaccinated like viruses) before bigger problems occur. Quote
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