8 More Types Of Nookazon Scammers In Animal Crossing: New Horizons

[@chetika935]

Just a friendly tip if someone every kicks u out of their island if they scam u just turn off your switch it'll reset everything and u will keep ur stuff:) :Edit: I'm kinda sure u can also put it in sleepmode instead of shutting it down fully

[@Businessman_Justin]

Yes! Please keep that in mind to everybody trading! I’ve had to shut off my switch before and it works

[@GWSNtheworld]

YES JUST TURN OFF THAT SWITCH AND BOOM

[@vixouu7925]

Turn it off like like put it in sleep mode? Or shut it off completely

[@Lauradls]

@@GWSNtheworld how do you do that?😭

[@endergirl9806]

​@@Lauradls I'm pretty sure while in a game hold the power button, click power options, then Turn Off

[@annie.5665]

The "I'll come back" scammer. you drop the item and the scammer pretends to forget something but takes the item you drop anyway, and never returns.

[@vex4417]

This has happened to me like 7 times! :

[@annie.5665]

@@vex4417 sorry, it happened to me twice! :

[@iamauserofyoutube]

The classic “you go first” scammer 😭 I’ve been experiencing that since I was a kid doing trades on Animal Jam and MovieStarPlanet lol. Luckily I haven’t come across it using Nookazon.

[@Chris_xo]

i have, just last night LMAO but thankfully someone kind bought the fake statue off me :')

[@FinkipGirl]

Hoo boy, I’ve encountered a ‘ransom scammer.’ I was on someones island, watering flowers with my golden watering can. The host had 2 other people on her island. One for a trade with a wand (person 2) and dunno about the other, who’s the scammer. After I was done watering flowers, scammer kept begging me to give her my golden watering can to keep, over and over. I said no. Well, scammer wedged themselves between the host and person 2 who were trading items for a wand. Scammer stole the wand, and would only drop it if I gave away my golden watering can. :/ I had to craft one with the materials from the host they offered, and scammer dropped the wand. This was the most upsetting one I have encountered. Oh, and not to mention that this person only spoke french? We had to use google translate.

[@Jakesfji]

Rude.

[@iamauserofyoutube]

Oh, goodness. They were probably a kid (at least I hope so based on that childish behavior-)

[@keckingrabbit354]

Just use the minus button and kick him out anytime stuff like this happens in the future.

[@FinkipGirl]

@@keckingrabbit354 Re-replying. Responded to the wrong comment. This didn’t happen on my island, I was NOT the host. It was on one I was on doing a job, I was ‘hired’ to do.

[@peterpiperpickedapepper]

Ayyy you were featured in her vid!! Congrats!

[@Someone-kf8xe]

I got Raymond for free or well for one of my drawings, people really like my bulletin board drawings that one of them offered me Raymond and now he lives in my island near my house

[@soupy55]

Aww that's so sweet :"0

[@Rainheheheheh]

Luckyyyy

[@urgae9125]

I got my Raymond for a Bob and another villager! I forget who else they wanted, but they were genuinely sweet.

[@PorpleSkies]

'The freedom fighter' The scammer who takes your item and says that you had a free listing or that you posted for less bells, then doesn't drop anything. They'll try to stall you until the game auto saves and you can't disconnect so they can keep the item 'The thrift scammer' a scammer who comes to your island during a yard sale and steals the items on the ground, replacing it with something else. Only for you to realize that the items that you had set out for others have been replaced.

[@Jakesfji]

Cool

[@floweyseed]

@@Jakesfji how is that cool tho

[@Luke-ts8ck]

You forgot the one who pays you a million NMT on an auction for a gold watering can and the only other bid was 2 NMT and they tell you to hurry up because their switch was on 2% and they're 200 miles away from a charger and when you drop it, they take it, say thanks, and RUN!!!

[@keckingrabbit354]

Minus button, my dude.

[@dinnerbone444]

you should do the “failed” scammer, basically a scam that fails lol

[@rj_the_salty_trainer]

"Too good to be True." Scammer When the game first came out, I noticed that people in the AC community were rather desperate for rose seed bags. I thought, "Hey, I have roses in the nook shop. I could get on this bandwagon." And proceeded to try and sell them. Someone said, "I'll give ya ten million for ten of each color." And I was ecstatic. They came to my island, I gave them the rose bags...and they left. I was being optimistic thinking, "Maybe they're going to get the money since ten million is a lot to carry?" But the feeling of dread and realism slowly crept in. Looking back, I was very dumb. But yeah, I'm sure I can't be the only one who fell for the "Too Good to be True" Scam... right?

[@studybee3887]

I have a "friend" on my switch who constantly asks for items. I don't know them irl, but they are pretty nice. And then I restarted my island and I can't text them anymore. Idk their nookazon name or any other social media. So froggy from Hawaii, if you see this I'm sorry. I don't ignore you. I just don't get the messages anymore....

[@nothanks4126]

How did you become "friends" with them?

[@studybee3887]

@@nothanks4126 we traded on nookazon and then they send me a friend request on my switch

[@nothanks4126]

@@studybee3887 Were you not able to contact them on Nookazon?

[@lunaluu2213]

@@nothanks4126 did you not read what they said? "I dont know their nookazon name"

[@nothanks4126]

@@lunaluu2213 I did, also don’t hold me to this because I said that three months ago-

[@pandan_]

Tip - If they say 'you first' only give them half. I did this once and didnt lose as many bells.

[@jitterbug4245]

ADMIRAL IS MAH DREAMY, DO NOT DISS HIM. *Idk why that made me laugh* 😂

[@AlycyaNight]

it made me laugh because I kicked him out and hated him lol

[@Iotuseater]

Admirals a cutie but Apollo beat him out ᕦ(ò_óˇ)ᕤ

[@doglover9022]

@@AlycyaNight same lol

[@abbieshelton7959]

I literally got the touch trader earlier, like homie I'm paying you to open your gates

[@eelpsi4277]

You missed the trade that acts super nice and lovely, and then you get scammed in the end. I call it the “UwU scam”

[@DBtheGhost2]

I've been buttered up before. There's no way they'll ever come back there ever again. Thankfully, all she took was 2 hybrid flowers and I caught her before she took anything else. She lied and lied and denied it so much. They were the only one on my best friends list but tried to blame it on a non-existent mystery person on my island. That sucked, but I learned and my best friends list is off limits to anyone now.

[@lolmangle2349]

I’ve encountered a scammer where I gave them the item and they even gave me some cupcakes and asked “do you want a tour” and I said Sure and then they just kicked me off in the middle of the tour and I never got my item There’s also the “Turnip scammer” where they say they have 500 bell prices but really only have like 90

[@-Panna-]

I just wanted to say that I loved how you used the theme from Madarame's palace for the "This Art is Totally Real" section. 😂

[@sebastiangregg4503]

i have a joker outfit on my wand

[@classy_cramorant9405]

Makes a lot of sense if you ask me. Except he plagiarized. So is he really an artist?

[@TheAAJYu]

The turnip scammers that charge an outrageous fee just to get onto the island and then once you check the prices it’s actually lower than they advertised.

[@iamandrew582]

The “Charges like 8 villagers for 1 villager scammer”

[@marc4352]

Haha that is sooooooooooooooooooooo true! Someone was charging like 7 super rare villagers for freaking TANGY when i have his freaking amiibo

[@stellamelis3152]

I love Jazz's acting skills 😂

[@peppycrossing2796]

I feel like the Wii sports music really adds to this video 😂😂 also the Raymond craze of 2020 is like my fav meme

[@davisdoesgamesreal]

One of the scammers i frequently run into is an offshoot of the butter up scammer. I call them the UwU scammer. Basically they act really chill and wholesome to lure you into a false sense of security, complimenting your villagers, showing off their island, promising a giant tip etc. Then when they're actually ready to give you the thing they promised you, they ask for you to pay them first to prove you're not a scammer. Then they trample your flowers and leave.

[@starlitshark]

i know of another type of scammer that tried to scam me. I call them the "clueless" scammer. They place down the money and wait for you to place down the item, but when you hover over the money, its only 1,000-2,000 bells rather than what they promised (they promised me 100k). When you tell them about this, they will act completely clueless and even when you tell them multiple times its not the correct amount of money, they'll just take the item and head off. The alternative to this is sometimes you'll pick up your item again and tell them to pick their bells back up, end the session because it seems suspicious, and then they'll try to ban your nookazon account, saying you didnt give them "time" or "didnt inform them".

[@cheemdogman]

the “you go first” scammer is in every game with the trading feature

[@niki4578]

*if someone EVER scams you.. just power off your console asap. if you drop something and they try kicking you off (in a scamming way) thats when you turn off the console. it resets what youve done on their island (or yours) before any auto saves :) be safe out there!*

[@STARZ13_]

The art scammers are the reason I giveaway art on Reddit- I’ll feel so bad if the art is fake and I didn’t know and I go check all of them like eight times each 😭😭

[@sunbeam6458]

A tip, just because they ask for it first doesn't always make em a scammer. Once I was buying Fang, and I asked to go first because i got scammed from Raymond earlier, and they were fine. The trade was great and i have them friended on ACNH! :D Still, be prepared and wary, don't fully let your guard down.

[@graylilplum1947]

How wonderful it is that those color variants aren't going to be a problem anymore

[@LonksAdventures]

The ‘confident scammer’ guy came for a yard sale. After filling his inventory with stuff he ran out of bounds and tried to steal some of my other stuff. (But his inventory was full) thing was he was in full view of me and the several other people the entire time. I’m kinda impressed by his confidence ngl (as a heads up is someone does this just turn off the switch and you’ll get your stuff back)

[@kittyclawzz]

the beggar, they beg you on the first day to overprice, then become your "friend" and leave you on the final day (never met, just know) the CHOOSING beggar, even worse because they ask for villagers and beg you just to scam and leave you

[@pandan_]

*takes money* 'sorry i forgot [item] - lemme go back and get it' *doesn't come back*

[@SarahAbramova]

The one time I went to another island, the guy was really sweet, gave me my needed vegetables and fruits, and even gave me some new furniture, all for free. Wouldn't even accept payment. But I'll consider this a lucky encounter, and stick to my own island for now.

[@CrossingwithGabriel]

There’s a scammer when you do multiple trades at once and the person who was the trader took the payment from the other person and ran to there island

[@pandorarodriguez1334]

i once got the "you go first scammer" they told me to go first ( duh ) and when I did go first, they kicked me out;-;. but thank god, my friend could get them and get my item back, a great video btw!!

[@KlutzieContent]

I feel like with the item one it depends how close the colors were, if you got a dark grey potted plant instead of a black potted plant then it was more than likely an accident But if you were looking for a pink item and you get something blue then... yea... that’s sus! Still most AC players are lovely and the fact that scammers exist is something I just can’t picture even though we’ve all experienced it! ALSO loved the vid! Subbed!!!

[@morganqorishchi8181]

When someone makes a list of items they want in return for a touch trade, everyone I've ever met only wants one or two of them. They're not asking for all of them, they're asking for any of them that you happen to have.

[@pink.unicorn]

Great Video! An other scammer type is: Imagine you agreed to pay 99k bells and 10 nook miles tickets for an item. The scammer comes to your island and drops one bag of bells and 1 stack of nook miles tickets then they take the item they where suppose to take and go back to their island before you can pick up the payment. Afterwards you pick up the payment and realized that the scammer actually dropped 1k bells and 1 nook miles tickets. I hope this makes sense!

[@theredgal5638]

What about the ones that threaten too leave negative reviews or report you if you don't give them free stuff.

[@RyanIsRyan_]

Here’s one that exists “The Fee” It’s the player that has a fee for the island visit as in you get there and there waiting and it’s blocked and you have to pay like 10,000 bells to enter.

[@maddy4908]

i recently did a move out offer... and they "don't remember what items i had" i told them what i had and they "didn't have it in their storage or on their island" uhhhhh huhhhhh

[@cinnimaple9218]

I've only encountered one kind of scammer, who I'd like to refer to as the "honest scammer" I had moved a starter out and was looking for merry, I found someone listing her with no reviews but made an offer out of how desperate I was. I was on my way home and we were talking a bit. About how I kicked off a starter for her, and the person said to me "hey mate, i was totally gonna scam you, but you seem so nice and innocent that i would just feel bad doing that. Sorry for wasting your time" even though i didnt get merry that day, it was still funny to me

[@jacileake700]

omg you made us sound like we buying animal slaves... kinda scary how addictive this game is

[@sebastiangregg4503]

animal trafficing for raymond baby

[@diana-ox5ty]

my first time doing a touch trade i hadn’t really understood it completely, so, when I tried walking way with the item the owner has to trap me. i felt so bad 😩 (i did drop the item after they explained and apologized like 50 times)

[@I_like_inosuke_2024]

A tip that helped me is, if you see them doing the "🤔💭" animation that means its a certain trade then, and you can trust them and give them payment or item

[@lucyb8836]

I had Ramon once on a nmt island I thought wow he’s ugly.

[@LilFlowerBoy]

The goodbye scammer as soon as you put the things down they kick you from their island this happened to me when I was trying to get a Muffy photo and it made me so mad that I had left 6000 bells on the ground

[@Lil-Dragon]

So glad I luckily have yet to come across someone when I'm buying or selling an item on nookazon.

[@ChiChia1]

If I have someone coming to my island for something I always fence off the entrance so we have a little trading area, theres two stools we both drop stuff at the same time then hop on the stool and just scoot our way around to the other side and pick up the stuff. Honestly scammers usually run away from my island cause they see the set up lol

[@imtrappedinsangwoosbasemen246]

I got scammed once by someone on a live stream chat who didn't give me the right amount of bells, and their excuse was "sowwwy im broke:(" but so far, I've never been scammed on Nookazon. The only problem I have is that some people take 2-3 days just to answer and then get upset when I say I don't want the item anymore.

[@alexnicole4319]

As soon as I seen admiral in their wish list, on to the next

[@bartekcalinski1221]

i got scammed by the "you go first" scammer good thing it was a spooky tree which i had a diy recipe for

[@christiancat854]

Suggestion The “leave the bells here” scammer. Basically a scammer who for example a incline they don’t show you the incline they just say. Leave the bells here I will put them in later. But then they just get bells and they don’t have an incline so they take your bells.

[@noizepusher7594]

I’m so glad we have the customization llama so we don’t have to go through all of these touch trade shenanigans anymore.

[@TotteryWolf]

I had an experience with an attempted butter-up scammer. Was running a yard sale, was only expecting a few thousand bells, I informed people there wasn’t much. Guy offers 20 NMTs and like, a million or so bells. He did pay, then complained in the review that there wasn’t much and that it was picked over (they where the second person there). I honestly feel they where trying to get me to be friends or just give them more or something?

[@vexx.3679]

Here's a "materials required" scammer story I have I was trying to make an astrological themed room that uses a bunch of DIY's from Celeste. I was looking at listings for the Starry Garland and I saw someone making it for free if you gave them the materials to craft. I was on my way to their island, and I gave them the 10 star fragments and they went to craft it. They said that they had the DIY before I came and they didn't have it all of a sudden. They refused to give me my star fragments.

[@imtrappedinsangwoosbasemen246]

This wasn't on Nookazon, but on a live stream for a treasure island (PeaBay) and I was going to give someone 100 nmt for 1 Million bells. After I gave it to them, they dropped the bells and only gave me 200k, I complained in the chat that they didn't give me the amount, and they replied with "sowwyyy im broke:(" and i said "then why tf would you agree to give me 1 mil if you didn't have enough?"

[@imtrappedinsangwoosbasemen246]

It made absolutely no sense, but it was a good thing that I had about 1000 NMT and 75 mil bells or that would've been a huge loss for me. I was just upset that they played innocent when they knew very well what they were doing.

[@kanicothecrab]

I've ran into a scammer on Nookazon. I was buying something expensive for a bunch of bells and went to their island. I then picked up the item after dropping the money and went home. After that the item was not in my inventory. idk what happened but it was gone.

[@ifona6328]

I had situations where I had to pay for 150k but this girl when she took all the money tells me that she only got 70k and she wants the rest? emmmm what? I gave you 150k, then she gave me 3 stars for paying her half. and if I hadn't thought then maybe I would have earned her more than the contract was, what a scam

[@rainbo9687]

I gave someone 8 mil and 30 nmt for Raymond yesterday, legit dont regret it he was my dreamie ever since I started the game

[@avivivara]

the touch trade thing, and they art is totally real have happened to me multiple times :-)

[@Someone-kf8xe]

Yeah that's why I don't do art or statue trades with people unless they have all 5 stars, no accusations of being a scammer and at least over 20 reviews from trading

[@epicjon]

There’s the one who takes advice of the fact you have to pay in installments, get one installment out of your, the CLOSE THE ISLAND

[@shaxx94]

Got 10M bells for Raymond a few days ago. The buyer had to make 3 trips to get me all the bells, but took Raymond on their 1st visit. My trust issues were fuming! But everything turned out great. Except for the part where they hinted that my outfit was bad ... I liked my outfit

[@omen317]

Ya forgot about the "clueless one" this is the only trade scam ive experienced, so the trade is going fine then you ask them where the rest of the items are, they'll make a bad excuse then youll continue on ( the one i got was i used 1 nmt and im not comfortable dropping the rest of the 99 ) then once you start getting mad because they took the item/villager without giving the full amount they are confused why your so mad lmao

[@Ahshie]

I had raymond on my original island but reset it lol. I knew he was liked but didn't know it was obsessive like 😂

[@clairebear9570]

I'm sure it's not a scam but it always rubs me the wrong way when I trade on nookazon and say I'm selling for 1 million bells but the user gives me 10 99,000 bags. I'm always to socially awkward to tell them that 10 99,000 bell bags does not equal 1 million. So in the end I don't get the full worth of an item.

[@ShinOcta]

Once I had this friend named snowy I think I didn’t invite her I was just chatting with my other friend and then she got her shovel and stole all my golden roses and other random flowers and put her stuff by it because her pockets where full and I could see her standing by the beach and she was like “iT wAsN’t mE :c”

[@kity2230]

A scammer I saw was the *super nice one* they would trick and say I’ll give you this but you have to give me your stuff first… I saw this happen to my friend. The person was so sweet until she gave her all the stuff then didn’t give her the stuff she was giving for extra and didn’t give her any of her stuff at all…

[@friedbacon5095]

If the player I was trading suddenly just stood there I would instantly pick up my bells

[@faunaflower]

My type of scammer: the one that doesn't reply after a auction even though they are online, even after multiple days Otherwise known as the The Ignore Messages Scammer

[@Akirathecat-k1k]

For my first ever trade, I thought I got scammed. No, it turns out there was an internet problem lol.

[@hackywackie]

I got Raymond 100% for free, No nook mile tickets no nothing, All that happened was one of my old villagers Marcie moved out which I was fine with since she wasn’t really one of my favorites but in any case a few days later I see that Raymond just so happened to randomly move himself in- here’s the big kicker though I didn’t even really want him at the time- I just kinda kept him since I grew attached to him eventually and to make people jealous lol

[@peytonblake613]

There’s one that makes false trade promises and take a lot of expensive stuff that u sell for cheap

[@Liv-Zone]

*Me who doesn't have Nintendo online bought*

[@vintagedaydream9753]

Has anyone ever met a half and half scammer? I was on nookazon the other day looking for Chevre and this girl wanted 50 nmt and 500,000 for her, thats the average so i put 1,000,000 and 50 nmt. Well i went to look at her reviews and she had half good reviews, and half bade reviews. Villagers and more pricey items were bad reviews and things like iron and clay and things that dont sell for as much she had 5 stars and they were preaching about how good and amazing she was. I didnt end up trading with her because when i got there i looked at her map and she didnt even have her but that is what i personally call the Half and Half Scammer. Be safe on nookazon please!

[@lpsworld5137]

0:27 wait is froggy on a ad?

[@mady9030]

i used to use stars as lanters. someone I invited from a server to see my garden stole all the stars and left and I was so sad bc it took so long to find a shooting star day to get them you know?

[@drimi1412]

The “I forgot” scammer Once I was trying to trade a villager off my island, and the scammer came, I was telling them to drop everything first before I’d let them in, and they said ok. They went into the villager’s house and went they came out they said they forgot to bring the money. And then I realized it was a scam! So I immediately put my switch to sleep, which restarted everything, and they didn’t get that villager off :0

[@krisd2518]

Yeah, pretty sure I've come across a "butter up" scammer. They seemed pretty chill so I bestfriended them, and then they immediately started cutting down my bamboo trees. So anyway. Don't bestfriend people the first time you trade with them, I guess. Lesson learned.

[@mamajeezlouise6234]

I had one today drop 100,000 instead of 1,000,000 and ran away. They waited for me to write a poor review and then messaged me to meet them at thier island and give me the bells. Then the scammer reported me because i wrote a poor review. Even though i wrote it before she tried to make it right. So she would have got away with it if I didnt leave a poor review. I got bullied by her to change the review and also a nookazon moderator to remove the review. Unbelievable.

[@Bananer-Oil]

When Admiral is one of your favorite villagers:

[@snapgaming4]

The "Gold scammer." Could be one I don't know

[@FaThEr123l8k]

Trust traders: they ALWAYS tell tou to go first. Then you give them ur items and they say they will give u the items. But when u do, they leave

[@jeniferweaver1074]

When I have any villager move out, I'll list them fpr Offers O ly Nook Miles tickets. Someone once gave me 1t0 for Voc because Vic was their dream villager.

[@rachel957]

4:56 wouldn't a BLUE racecar bed be better for BLUEbear lol

[@PixeldGlitch]

This never happened to me but you can put the review scammer where the trade goes fine but even if you were as nice as you could be they would give you a 1star review and say that you scammed her when in reality she really didn't

[@ilyeaE]

Last week I spent about three days browsing nookazon to find a black rattan lamp to match the rest of my house. I find a listing and pay 30k bells for it, I get the lamp and put it in my house only to see that…it’s grey. I don’t even know if I was scammed or if it was just an honest mistake. I would’ve let it slide if I wasn’t in so much distress about the ever so slight difference between the black and grey lamps. So I try again, but this time I pay 35k, and again, it’s grey. 30 minutes if unnecessary distress later I try one more time, payed 50k bells, and finally, miraculously, I get the right color 😤

[@TotallyMcbuster]

I've experienced the "this art is totally real" scammer I was trying to get a warrior statue on nookazon and then when the seller left my island I placed it and I realized it was fake but I did get to talk to them and they gave me the real one so I'm not sure if they were exactly a scammer

[@jackunzelsa_malik9555]

Omg this was so far 2 of my worst trade's recently! They give a free incline and pay me with bells of 1,000 end up giving me 3,000 bells. When I told them It was more they left. And then had the audacity to leave a review saying they gave me 239,000 bells and I was asking for more. And the 2 one is the one that you trade the item and they just tour your island without you asking. Even when you have all items and Diy scattered around the island!

[@ividukalc9334]

Also the scammer that changes her/his name☹️

[@Kairos_Akuma]

5:42 And thats why I insist of dropping parallel.

[@sukugaku3277]

Uffff this one with the fake arts xD haha

[@DarknessPrincess999]

Another thing I encountered, not a scam tho. Person selling an item, only accepting wishlist items. I check their wishlist and there is one item on them. One item. And of course it's something like rocket DIY, so nothing you have a spare of. 🙄

[@kanicothecrab]

I've ran into a scammer on Nookazon. I was buying something expensive for a bunch of bells and went to their island. I then picked up the item after dropping the money and went home. After that the item was not in my inventory. idk what happened but it was gone.

[@DraggyLordeOfficial]

i didn't see the shark, the simple details is that if you sell, lets say a stack of gold nuggets for 100k, they will eventually converse you into under selling for 50k, they also love finding people who under sell products for their prices, they are sharks, they bite as soon as possible and want to get more than what they payed for.

[@marnie5700]

u Included my scam experience thank u :0

[@DanaTheInsane]

Raymond was the third villager to my campground. I lucked out.

[@jaidadaily2555]

So many people get scammed but I've done over 400 trades and haven't run in to any yet. Hope it stays that way

[@augustzoldyck2309]

I didn't know what touch trading was until now lol

[@wacko5843]

Yea true, instead of them simping over the new villagers, respect has been given to the villagers that are not new, like someone gave me 4m for stitches

[@woomylover2006]

With the new squeeze side walk you can combat the you go first very easily

[@Boxoboi]

i am always late. but this time, i blame watching Kays amazing drawing

[@alexturnerswifeyy]

Ooh I love Kay