He was completely oblivious to the severity of his actions and claims it was all far too easy. 'I remember one time I went to a friend and we wanted to play GTA (Grand Theft Auto) and he didn't have it and he was like "ah can you quickly scam someone so we can buy it" - so I did.'ĭuring his early-teens, Harry also delved into hacking forums to play around with viruses. 'I'd look at profiles of people that were trusted and respected on there and make my profile look trusted and respectable. So, you could join a trade server and there'd be people looking for items, swap things around - stuff like that. He said: 'There was a bit of a trading scene at the time. Screenshots of fake PayPal transactions and encouraging friends to vouch for his trustworthiness initially made this very easy. Harry believes he scammed more than 100 people over the course of his early-teens, with £700 ($895) being the most he earned at one time. The Huntsman Knife Crimson Web currently sells for more than £1,000 on trading sites The more time I spent on it, the more convincing I made my scam.' 'Out of anger, I just repeated what the guy did on me to someone else. I didn't have much success at first, but enough to remain interested. 'After a bit of convincing I sent them the knife and of course they didn't send me any money. 'Someone messaged me saying "I'll buy your knife and I'll send you money for it",' Harry continued.
These are obtained through a lucky-dip style function, with players spending £5 ($6.39) for 'cases' that may have one inside. This player stole a virtual weapon, known as a Huntsman Knife Crimson Web, which currently sells for more than £1,000 ($1,278) on trading sites such as CSGOSkins.gg.īut this is by no means the most expensive, with other in-game weapons selling for £19,500 ($25,000) in some cases. Harry's first scam took place out of anger when a player of the first-person shooter game, Counter-Strike (CS: GO), tricked him. You can just download DarkComet RATS (Remote Access Trojans) and you're ready to go.'
'It's probably a little harder to do what I did now, but it is fairly easy. I started thinking about how it was received from their end. 'But after it was all over, it really got to me that it was other kids that I had scammed.
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