Europa Trader's suit named "armor crafted with dragon scales from a crimson dragon" has been taken by a scammer. A character walked into the silent auction house named Europa Trader, dressed in a red robe and beetle which is how the real Europa Trader dresses. He even wore a suit of armor imbued only with lrc just like the real one. He asked if he could have his suit back for a little while to take screenshots cause he was going to be quitting uo in the near future, i made sure it had no bids on it or anything and like an idiot i didn't confirm that it was him on the character, i just believed it was him, so i handed it to him, then he asked if he could have a few more of his things back to take a screenshot, i looked at his paperdoll and made me think for a sec if it could be a scam, turns out it wasnt him and i tried to play it cool to get the suit back for a sec to mark it off in a book that i gave it back but he said hold on lemme take the screenshot and ran away and never came back. It is the only full suit crafted with dragon scales from a crimson dragon and we will be paying Europa Trader the buyout price of 1.2 billion. E-mailed mesanna about it to see if she can do anything but I doubt she will.
On behalf of the rares community, Sundina and I sincerely apologize for this catastrophic mistake. I should have seen right through this scam, but figured it out too late. I'm sorry to you especially Europa Trader. This will most likely be the last time that the two of us run the silent auction because frankly, we let down the community. We tried to make it foolproof, but we were undermined by such a simple scam. There is no way we would allow this to happen again and I still can't believe I didn't confirm that it was actually him on his character I feel like such an idiot. Sorry again. The only good thing is that since only 1 full suit exists, we will know who the culprit is if they try to sell it.
On behalf of the rares community, Sundina and I sincerely apologize for this catastrophic mistake. I should have seen right through this scam, but figured it out too late. I'm sorry to you especially Europa Trader. This will most likely be the last time that the two of us run the silent auction because frankly, we let down the community. We tried to make it foolproof, but we were undermined by such a simple scam. There is no way we would allow this to happen again and I still can't believe I didn't confirm that it was actually him on his character I feel like such an idiot. Sorry again. The only good thing is that since only 1 full suit exists, we will know who the culprit is if they try to sell it.