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The Dragon helmet scam was a scam in which the scammer would pretend to be selling a Dragon helm (formerly called Dragon medium helm), but quickly switch it with an uncut ruby in the trade window. This scam directly violated the 'Scamming' rule under Honour, and the punishment for those involved was typically a temporary mute or ban. The scammer would offer a Dragon helm to a victim, then switch it with an uncut ruby as the victim accepted to try and scam the victim out of their money. This scam was dangerous to careless players due to the visual similarity between the two items which can trick players who don't look carefully at the trade screen.

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  • The Dragon helmet scam was a scam in which the scammer would pretend to be selling a Dragon helm (formerly called Dragon medium helm), but quickly switch it with an uncut ruby in the trade window. This scam directly violated the 'Scamming' rule under Honour, and the punishment for those involved was typically a temporary mute or ban. The scammer would offer a Dragon helm to a victim, then switch it with an uncut ruby as the victim accepted to try and scam the victim out of their money. This scam was dangerous to careless players due to the visual similarity between the two items which can trick players who don't look carefully at the trade screen.
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  • The Dragon helmet scam was a scam in which the scammer would pretend to be selling a Dragon helm (formerly called Dragon medium helm), but quickly switch it with an uncut ruby in the trade window. This scam directly violated the 'Scamming' rule under Honour, and the punishment for those involved was typically a temporary mute or ban. The scammer would offer a Dragon helm to a victim, then switch it with an uncut ruby as the victim accepted to try and scam the victim out of their money. This scam was dangerous to careless players due to the visual similarity between the two items which can trick players who don't look carefully at the trade screen. This scam became obsolete for some time when free trade was removed from the game in 2007. It resurfaced in February 2011 when free trade was reinstated, but since more powerful helmets such as the Dragon full helm were added before then, the value of the Dragon medium helm drastically fell to less than 50,000 coins. This in turn reduced the frequency of the scam. It is now completely obsolete due to the graphical improvements of ingame armour launched on 6 March 2012, which made the helm look significantly different from an uncut ruby.
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