The broken axe scam was a rare scam in RuneScape in which the scammer received a decent sum of coins by tricking a victim into buying a much less valuable broken axe. As this was an item scam, it was against Rule 2 of the Rules of Conduct (which would now fall under Honour). The punishment for performing this type of scam was typically a 24-72 hour ban or mute, but repeated infractions generally resulted in longer (and occasionally permanent) bans or mutes. The player would typically see the scammer saying something along the lines of "Selling broken rune axe! 20k!". When a player traded with the scammer, the broken axe was generally in noted form (which made the axe's colour hard to see, and if a player has a broken axe, the item in the trading screen only shows "broken axe", as opposed t