Leamon, what is you opinion on the my shop explorer being added? I think its a bad thing because it defeats the purpose of trading in the game. However it also lets you find almost any item you want.
I got scammed out of yellow faerie wings last month from a lie abt worth could anyone give me any items to help regain the worth? I will give my username to u and get on aj ty! And if no that’s fine too
@@Roverruv I honestly like the My Shop Explorer idea, it’s just really annoying sometimes, it does ruin the purpose of trading too, but there’s also a lot of trolls there. Saw a glider priced for like 200 gems
I have a friend on AJ who used to be a scammer but decided to change for the better, though she got judged for her past scamming and people still said or are saying things like "well at least I didn't go through that phase". Please do not judge people for their pasts scamming, and be grateful that the changed for the better.
I’ll admit- I was never a scammer. I have had thoughts about scamming back when I was scammed multiple times. But I’ve never actually done it. I was too scared to and the guilt was also most of the reason why I didn’t do it. I used to know someone who was a really good person. They got scammed out of double tail and they were so pissed they scammed someone for a double with a trust. Now they were so guilty of it they decided to quit AJ. Some scammer aren’t bad people but some are. I’ve never been into scamming
I'm so sorry about your friend. I was almost scammed out of my Double tail recently, someone said they had brought a Blackout Spike for me but when I had gotten one through trading I felt bad I wasn't able to buy it from them, but I realized they were just playing me and probably had no intention of giving it to me in the first place
I don't trade anymore, I just think it's far too stressful and irritating, so I typically just buy whatever I want if I can, and try not to get too interested/attached to newer items I can't get, like the alpha items. Back when I did trade, though, one of the scams I saw a lot, and was even almost tricked by, was the one where the scammer will offer one really good item for one of yours, then add a bunch of other low-value items until their side of the trade is full, and sneakily remove the good item before pressing the accept button. I was lucky enough to notice what they'd done because it seemed a little sketchy, but I know lots of other people aren't so fortunate.
Tbh buying is WAY more better than trading, even if prices sometimes are expensive after all you don't need to make a whole-ass bible with someone for according to trade only one item. 💀
Buying rares is the best thing ever I never trade hardly anymore unless its in the fox lair. Im basically just an average jammer with super rare pixels 😂
i did that same thing and accidently gave them 2 gliders for one. It was shitty i tried scamming them and got hit hard after the trade was accepted and they ran off with 2 gliders for the price of one. At least the glider they traded me was cute i guess...
I honestly just go to "My shop explorer" I think it's called like that, I buy low priced items and resell it for a little bit more, I have gotten almost 200 saphires in a week and With my own hard work, It is indeed easier and less stressfull, back when shops didn't exist I just had to dance in the saphire shop and saying "Trading ____ for ____" it was really stressful also when the chat option was added I really didn't like it idk why though but I stopped trading when the chat feature was added, Now I'm just buying and reselling so in the future I can get rares from the shop that normally cost 2k+ on the shop
I don't think I've ever fallen for that scam, but I have heard of it, and someone tried scamming me with that but I noticed, and they weren't very sneaky with that. I totally agree with you though, another reason why I hate trading and rarely trade mainly cuz of scammers or trolls.
Honestly I would be lying if I said I haven’t ever had the sudden urge to try and scam when I was younger.. luckily I was too stupid lol and gave up very quickly. It’s not right but I believe more people consider it more then they would admit. They don’t deserve death threats but it’s still sad to think of the victim who was scammed.. the best we can do is protect them. Thank you for this video! I love that you are able to have an open mind since it adds to the discussion
ahhh tyssm for adressing this problem leamon, it's real and i've gotten scammed like this before. Also 10000% congrats on 16k! you deserve it so so much for all of the work you put into these amazing videos for us
I admit, on previous accounts, I used to occasionally scam. I wish I could give those people back the items but I know it's too late. I now have a brand new account and get things the traditional way, by working your way up. I can understand why people would hate scammers, but the amount of threats I've seen is not acceptable. I received a death threat at one point, it isn't fun. This was my story
@@LeamonPuppy I agree scammers aren't 'disgusting' they are human beings like us and like every other human they are capable of change if they try to and choose to.
One time I scammed, and it was one of the worst decisions of my life. I was looking for a glider and I found a jammer that was willing to take blackout and 10k sapphs for a very good glider. After a bit, we did it and I got the siren glitch because I clicked the the sapphire increase button too fast. I CHOSE not to go back afterwards, and after what i had done set in... i had a panic attack that sent me to the ER. I was shaking, my limbs went numb and I threw up everything that the doctors gave me. Never again, don't do it. It's not worth it
I scammed people because I got hacked I wasn’t doing the unfair trade scams I was scamming saps let me explain I made a spare gave it a mp token and drew my best and said I was doing coms and make them pay me mp tokens because I had no shop and then after I gave my mp tokens to my main and said SELLING MP TOKENS FOR ONLY 15 SAPS Thankfully I don’t do it anymore I learned scamming wasn’t right it can hurt someone even though that’s why I did it because I got scammed a lot too and it hurt me
i used to be a scammer, and i liked it when i was younger… it was a addictive thing for me, getting all of those rare items. i thought that was the only way to get “rare” fast. but i scammed a friend of their rarest item and i couldn’t put up with scamming anymore. i quit the game awhile ago but i still play it sometimes. i never scam even if i hv the chance to because it ruined a friendship for me.
i scammed 2 years ago, i was young at the time so i didn’t know what i was doing. but then, about 1 year ago when i was with a buddy i fell for a trap. they said “if you give me all your rares i’ll give them back and give an extra rare!” obviously, i didn’t believe them. but i saw another person do it and get double the rare that they traded. i believed it, and traded away my grey arch, red arch, orange forest, 3 teal forest, all cuffs in game, all my gliders and lizards, blue arch, and most of the rc’s in game. i can’t tell you how long i cried for, maybe a week or 2. i was so disappointed in myself, but now i gained so much. obviously not as rich as i used to be, but i have become rich. i do not scam anymore and i actually try and help jammers get their items back.
this is slightly unrelated but i stopped playing animal jam years ago bc the trading system sucked the life out of me. i’ve realised since then that these game models (avatar creators, chat system, and rarity systems) contribute to the devolving of a game from a fun friends experience to just “be the rarest person” or “have the most valuable items” to have a sense of self worth. it’s a weird capitalist scheme and creates this odd virtual classist system. it isn’t just animal jam but games like neopets, club penguin, etc. i love games like these but the adamant grinding just to get items to have friends is tiring so i’ve been turned off. it’s usually rarity systems and membership that contribute most to this phenomena, i don’t blame games for having memberships bc companies need funding but not to the extent animal jam has gone to with not only membership but rarity.
The closest thing to scamming I've done is probably that someone asked me to trade them a super Sapphire potion and I did not I gave them double payout potion which is obviously completely different I told them that that potion would be able to double the sapphire Awards you get for playing mini games which you can see next to the games menu below the Buddy game button and from there it would give you double The Sapphires if I'm not too mistaken so I was hoping that they wouldn't give anything in exchange for my four double payout potions and my glow potion that I just attached and hope they didn't see so they ended up giving me several crafting crystals that I hope they were just dying to get rid of and I also gave me a dense snow portion that I actually used and I liked
Some scammers act arrogant and it does annoy me as well. Then there are some that do it since they want to be rare and they do feel bad, and typically try and deny being a scammer lol. Or they hide on multiple accounts.
Some scam methods you missed are the one I first fell victim to where they trade for an item and give a good deal then they say that they need to clear items for space then they take away the good items on the back. I've also seen someone try to say they are lazy so trade them this item and they will give the sapphires later. I don't think jammers trading for items for far less then their worth is a scam. I still think it should be said that some jammers try to far under trade for items and put on wanted items so you think they know the worth. Also I want to say I agree scammers can change I don't like scamming by any means but ive seen a few people talking with buddies about how they used to be a scammer but they changed. Happy to say ive only been scammed once and it was for red double tsunami wings my first good item I got.
The one on 7:00 basically is 2 accounts (same people) 1 account will ask trade to trade away there super rare item for a common item while the other has it and asks u to overtrade and when u get the item they both leave almost happend to me so be careful!
@@LeamonPuppy yea I saw that video it was on your " answering my biggest question" video I do feel bad for you but very proud you've grown into not falling for those scams anymore although it wasn't entirely your fault since you were young at that time
I tried scamming, one time, and I completely failed- Didn't get anything from anyone, so I decided it was a lost cause and never tried again XD I do admit that I once was one of those poor poor bunnies In the pillow room begging for spikes though
I remember when I was still playing Aj, I was working really hard to get a sheep cloak. It was my dream item. I went to a "giveaway" and it got scammed. I was devastated, but I eventually got over it. This story has a happy ending, though. I was in the Pillow Room telling a buddy about what happened. Then I got a Jam-a-gram with a gift. I opened it to find that someone had given me a sheep cloak. The person who gave it to me was such a good person. The sheep cloak is still on my avatar to this day. If by any chance that person is reading this, it's Topasjaguar, thank you so much for giving me your sheep cloak. It's still my favorite item on that game, and I'll always be grateful for your generosity.
Story: my sister has scammed before (a long time ago she doesn’t anymore) it is horrible she feels bad for it but she had bad experience before on animal jam and in real life, thx for not being to hard on scammers even tho they do bad things And 16k yaaaay! Congrats u deserve soo many more!🎉
6:45 bro I saw someone get tricked by that one and started doing it, was an insanely good way of manipulating (young) people but was limited by the rare you already had. Another one I used (after falling for it myself) to do was two accounts, one saying I could manipulate the item color using a client, *but* I needed a copy of the item first. Then I’d act it out with 2 other accounts and see if anyone else would step up. 10 years later I wish that I could find their usernames but it’s been to long, they’ve probably moved on and gained the same trust issues I gained with that game.
There is one other type of scamming- well, I call it scamming but I'm not sure if it falls into the category. Someone will create a new account, and instantly make it a 'new jammer', then go around the pillow room or other places in Jamaa saying: "Please trade me rares/items I'm new!" And people actually DO fall for that, or think: eh, its not too bad... And trade their items away. In fact I remember just a few days ago someone had traded a 'new jammer' their pixelated wings (the actual item name) they were wearing. It gets super annoying because most of the new jammers in ajpw ALL have main accounts.
tbh after leaving this game for years and then coming back to it for nostalgia, i really just dont care for rares or trading at all anymore. im older now and in highschool (currently 9th grade) and i remember how upset i was to be scammed out of an item i worked so hard for. I always wanted to be rare, like having raccoon tails, dj headsets, archer hat etc. and what not, (personally imo these items are ugly and basic and i prefer the more niche/weirder items that wild works releases LOL) and now looking back at it, it's so funny how upset i was from having a pixel in my inventory taken away from me. yeah at the time it sucked like hell, but once AJ is gone, all of that work and investment is basically gone with it. instead of worrying about rares, why not just enjoy what you have at the current moment instead, those rare items aren't going anywhere anytime soon, and might even drop in rarity as well since the community works in weird ways when it comes to pixels LOL. anyways thats my story uhh bye GNDJKSHEJ🏃💨
I once accidentally scammed in a Roblox game called “Creatures Of Sonaria”. I was trading for a Keruku, an extremely rare and expensive creature to get, many consider it the most rare creature to own, since it came from buying things with Robux in the Beta phase of the game. I offered to add a few other decent items after the first trade, since you could only trade a few items at the time. After that, when they accepted and I got it, I got so excited that I pressed the button to go back to the main game, since the trading is in a separate server. A few minutes later, I realized I forgot to offer to give them the other decent items. I feel so guilty, since I had told in my ad that I was willing to trade more. I remember looking for them for practically an hour straight, but I guess they must’ve left or I couldn’t find them, since I was never able to fully offer the entire trade. Besides my story, does any current or past scammer ever feel guilty for scamming? I felt terrible for possibly scamming someone, so have you guys ever felt bad?
Hi Leamon! Thanks for the notice and helping to protect new jammers. I’m a fan and I love watching your content and how you try to protect the new jammers. Thank you!
I use to scam when I was like 10-11 I don’t remember much but I do remember that I would get 2 devices and use 2 accounts and have one of them scam me in a popular den like wootmoo or julian2 then people would feel bad and give me things. I don’t play animal jam often anymore but I do kinda regret it because even if it wasn’t really hands on scamming it was still lying 😔
I used to scam a lot (not big items, items like forest, blackout, ect.) In a way it was a coping mechanism for all of the bullying i was dealing with in school. Eventually, a person i had met on aj had made me realize how i had hurt many people because of my scamming and so that made me stop but at that point, i had already been know as “the scammer”. I had to make a new account and gain a better reputation.
AJHQ won't even give your items back, they just say “sorryyy we can’t give ur item back because u lost it in a trade too badd ://////“ It's so annoying
Yeah. There are a lot of scams, but I rlly wanted to share this Sometimes people lie like "mega drop in my den! dropping over 50 potions!", he was a new jammer. A level 1 monkey, default. And than when everyone was in his den.. On the floor there was rugs making a writing " N4z1" Uncensored. Everyone freaked out, and when he came he said.. "Come worship our Lord h1tl3r for sapphires", and the kids fell for it. They actually worshiped him, and the other jammers who knew where panicking. And the moment they were worshipping, he left. I'm scared if he has an alternative account also influencing other people badly.. These ja..ers aren't even trolls. Theyre just trying to spread bad messages and it irritates me. His den had hearts all over which he represented as "bleeding hearts" mvrd3r, though its not what the painted hearts were for. I honestly cant-..
Another scam is when the scammer will add one or more rare items to the trade and a whole bunch of bad items with it, and then take away the rare item(s), which you are not likely to realize because of all the other items in the trade. That’s how I was scammed.
And I once tried to scam, I got the item I wanted but decided to keep the good role and trade it back as I said. I thought will be easy to lock that person out, but I felt a remorse. In other case, when you make a trade with someone and they are both concerned with what got, it is as it should. But can happen that the person changes his/her mind and wants to trd back. It wasn't fair but, gave the item back and she gave mine... or perhaps that jammer wanted to put a test and see. The test is good because the jammer can understand and trd back and the same time bad because it saddes him/her.
Leamon you deserve over 16K! Your voice is so beautiful, whenever I do mine my voice always cracks, but yours is so soft, and it's easy to understand you! I love you so much your awesome!
The "worth system" is a complete joke. It creates drama and gives worth to objects that aren't even real. If anything it hurts the game and makes it not as fun for everyone.
When I was new to aj, very new, I had few friends but I was very attached to them cause I was so excited to have some new friends. Some of my friends were toxic but I was a dumb little kid and didn't realize how rude they were being to me, and by this time I bought some pom-pom earings with an amazing color cause they looked adorable! I had this one toxic friend who noticed them and begged for my to trade them to her so that she could try them on and then give them back, but I wasn't a total idiot, this was a scam and I knew it! But I only had about 5 people in my buddy list and I have had some good times with this person so I didn't want to unfriend them, but I should've unfriended them and left their den before anything bad happened. I should've taken that red flag. But I didn't. You see, I told them "No sorry," cause I didn't wanna get scammed. They continued to beg and plead to "try them on" and that they would give them back, I continued to say no though. At this point I was getting frustrated, I should've told them No and left them but I didn't want to abandon my "friend" when I should've, so I gave them the pom-pom earings and saw them put them on, and then left! They didn't unbuddy me or lock me out of their den, they just left! I didn't know you could report jammers at that time so I just left their den and started crying cause I knew that this would happen. I unbuddied them immediately, but that scammer was stupid, cause pom-pom earings were in-store so all I had to do was play some mini games and buy them again. I never got scammed ever again, but now I'm level 33 and super rare and I make sure to help the people who get scammed cause my eyes are open now.
I know this doesn't relate to scamming. But i feel like the whole game nowadays is about trading. It used to be a fun eductional game for kids. But nowadays people just want rares. Also ingoring what problems animal jam has done. Thanks for reading!
I'll admit it, I scam. And I still do, no matter how much I try to stop- knowing that it's a crappy thing to do. I personally got scammed, and was left with really nothing. I tried watching tutorials, videos, seeking help to my friends, nothing helped. That's when I noticed that Aj wasn't the same when you're not rare. You don't get noticed, no one helps you, no one trades you, it's not the best experience. So, I turned to scamming. I loved scamming ( And still do, ) It made me so happy. It gave me this feeling I've never experienced. It was addicting, what started to a few scams here and there, not any kind of big items- But, when I did it more and more, I started to get better- getting more and better items, made me feel more, the better the item, the better I felt. Mostly because of my awful mental health throughout 2020 to the end of 2021. It was like something to distract me from what was going on with my life. I'm fine now, of course. I don't see myself quitting any time soon, hopefully though. I realize why and how it's wrong, I would appreciate some kind of advice- if any of you guys have any. Thanks for talking about the horrible hate to scammers though. It's not rare to be yelled at, sent death threats and more- it doesn't really affect me but other people as well could be hurt from those kinds of comments and messages. But again, thanks. Have a great day and night.
if you’re still experiencing this then I wish you the best still, scamming isn’t really the healthiest thing to do but if you can’t control it then that’s not your fault but I can’t stop you either, so good luck if you’re unable to
When i was alot younger i use to scam on aj, then some people had sent me death threats and such- althou the main reason i had even started scaming a while back(i dont do it anymore) was mostly cuz i was tired of getting my stuff taken away so i had used it as a way of trying to get my item worth back
Also i feel most the times whenever scammers do get death threats its uselly from fricking aldults- so they are letrerllat bulling a dang child for scamming some ingame items and its quite sad
I’ll admit, I have scammed, and I still do. Barely though, but I don’t really think it’s okay sometimes. Scamming is scamming, and it’s not okay. I do feel guilty sometimes whenever I scam, but personally, scamming is fun. I don’t do it for rares, I do it for fun. It’s funny seeing children cry and get worked up a lot over virtual items, but again, it’s not that funny. That’s why I barely scam, but I still like getting entertained. Also, I appreciate how you actually stand up whenever a scammer gets death threatened a lot. I respect your opinion, and I am planning to stop soon. Just trying to get the feeling out of me. But yeah, that’s the end. Thank you Leamon, for actually thinking before speaking.
I remember being scammed in aj classic for like 3 5th birthday cakes when i never knew what real or fake den betas were. And the scammer gave me fake den betas then left quickly after i gave them the birthday cakes
There are also scammers like noisetty who scam others through a fake animal jam email, sadly many people have been hacked due to falling for that scam.
I admit it: i used to scam. Once in apr (i think) when i was 9, I trust traded my Bff. But i told her to go first instead, and she trusted me. She traded me 2 solids, but then.. i left. I left, leaving my BFF sad. But then, after a few months (or a 1 year), i felt horrible. I gave away the 2 solids.
You missed 1 that i know off and it was how my sister was scammed. The scammer will tell you to but ur offer up for a item of theirs (like a rainbow spike for example) Than they will say something like "I'm a little under let me add some items" than they will add a bunch of cheap crap until there almost 2 pages full of items. Than they will erase the item you where trading for (Like the rainbow spike) At the last minuet. And the person being scammed doesn't see it and accept the trd not getting the item they where promised.
When I was 11, way back in like 2016 when the game has freshly came out and the rarity system was WAY different to what it currently is - play wild was my whole life and I spent hours upon hours upon hours trading and working up for items - me and my two best friends would constantly help eachother (since we knew eachother irl) my bestie would gift me really huge items like crossbow, heart antenna etc and I could never thank them enough for that because, as a child, it made me so happy! I vividly remember a time when one of my friends was at my house and we worked together from her phone to scam a person out of their butterfly wings (back then they were SUPER rare) and it was an awful feeling! I had a massive feeling of adrenaline, guilt, shame, and even though it wasn’t me scamming directly (I was watching and helping her what to say while she was doing it on her phone) I swore to never do that again because I myself got scammed off my butterfly wings later that year! Just goes to show that karma is really there to haunt you - and a lot of younger scammers are really just very complexed. While yes it is an awful thing to scam, we have to understand most scammers are probably having an awful life if they go as far as projecting that and trying to unfairly steal items from people in a silly online game, I’m not saying it’s excusable but it’s understandable. Somewhere along the timeline I remember being scammed out of a black tipped raccoon and black bow tie - that ultimately shattered my hopes for trading and I haven’t been actively working towards any big items since :,3 I find it easier to grind for items now (alpha chests farming, pet expeditions, buying directly from shops, doing commissions etc) as it’s a solo one person job and I don’t have to rely on trusting anyone to be fair anymore lol
I started playing aj 2018 where the items were already rare. I can remember in 2019, my dream was dizzy stars. There was someone, who claimed to give me dizzy stars if i give them my stuff. Luckily there was still the trade system with only 4 items. But since i played only for a few months, i did it and obviously he scamed. 😕
ive only been scammed once when i was younger, i was maybe 10 or 11 years old and i was DESPERATE for sapphires (i really wanted an arctic wolf back then) but my mum always said no i had a few decent items, most notably a spiked collar (the normal black and white one) so basically, i was a stupid wee kid and someone came up to me and promised that they would drop enough sapphires so i could buy an arctic wolf if i gave them my spiked collar you know how the story ends, the scammer logs off with my spike and doesnt drop anything (i cried for days) but i learned a very valuable lesson that day (even though it was through the hard way) be careful who you trust, and dont make trades outside the trading system
I got scammed once on animal jam classic. This first part isn’t how I got scammed I went to a buddy’s den and their friend randomly (if I recall correctly. This happened over a year ago) asked me my dream item and my favorite colors. I said spiked collar, and dark gray and blue. They traded me a blue long for a not very rare item and gifted me a black long. I was so excited I genuinely was having trouble making comprehensive words. Less then twenty four hours later I fell for a trust trade giveaway scam. They had another person saying they were legit, probably a friend or an alt account. There was another time where I had a friend who didn’t really play much anymore who gave me a pink long spike and wrist. I also fell for a trust trade giveaway scam.
I had a friend who used to scam people and she would had sold the virtual items for real life cash whenever she has free time (Not only on aj but on several different game platforms). She was very vague when she explained how exactly she had done it but all I know was that she got people to tell them their passwords on emails. She stopped doing it recently because she is starting to have less time to log into every accounts and trade their items into her spares. At one point she wanted me to help her and she told me that she would pay me. I refused but I almost did considered doing it. I didn't do it because I didn't need money at all like how she needed it. She needed the money for an important personal reason. If I had a very important reason to really need the money, but in order to do that is to ruin little kids happy virtual life..... then I would. I had been scammed before and I cried, but I was glad that I had because I learned valuable lessons. I also learned to avoid Real life scams just from being scammed on Aj. Scamming is not okay but there is always a reason why people do it, in this case, my friend needed money ( not a "want", it was a need).
I just got scammed like three minutes ago! I was in Jamma and this person was like “ABC to be in vid!” And of course I was like “ABC” cuz I thought that I was gonna really be in a vid, so they were like ok meet me in my den! So I went after they buddied me. When ai got there they said- this vid is about scamming and they said hey my sunflowers! And I said hi they said today were are going to do a skit and show you how to avoid being scammed so we did a fake trust trade then I got scammed they unbuddied me and kicked me out of then den!
I think I scammed once? Someone was collecting rocks and I traded them showing them a token one, and they asked if the bear they offered was actually rare. I said no and felt guilty
As a ex-scammer, I have 3 separate things I used to do. 1: The free items scam. Basically make a new account and ask for free items, then trade them to your main. 2: Uncommon "Rare" items. Just lie about worth of uncommon items. 3: fake drop. Buy a my shop, and sell random items. Then lie about a drop. I no longer scam, but I did scam a few rare items. To everyone I did scam, I'm sorry. 😢
I remember back in 2017, i got scammed out a blackout spike by trust trading. I was promised a flower crown back when they were worth tons. They traded me junk for my blackout and then when they got it they locked me out of the den, still remember that situation till this day.
Several years ago, on AJ Classic, before it was given the Classic title, an arctic wolf had scammed me out of my freedom wings using the classic old "gift me this, and i will gift you this" scam. (This was back when non-members could still send gifts) I didn't even want to give my wings, but they kept on pressuring, and i was young at the time. I even had their user memorized for a while, but not anymore since i flat out quit after the mess with Feral. At that time too, freedom wings were a dream item of mine since i was a non-member, unable to get membership, and i loved the dragon wings because i thought they were so neat. Swords too, and when i learned there were non-member variants of those, of course i wanted them. This was also before freedom wings started coming back to stores. I was really upset at the time, but a good friend of mine gave me another pair not long after. They were a pretty rare jammer at the time, but they were super nice. We've since stopped talking, but i still have them as a buddy on my buddy list.
I've scammed someone before, it was on classic. I don't usually play classic and only play mobile. I was extremely angry of how I was rare in mobile AJ but not in classic even though I barley played it. I ended up scamming a black long, red long, and a few short collars that I don't remember. I also scammed a person by asking if I could try it on, the item was a headdress. I don't remember the color as I rarely get on classic anymore. I'm not going to lie, I don't feel that guilty about it, but at the same time I do feel slightly bad and often think about how those jammers had felt when I scammed their items. I used a spare account so my main wouldn't get exposed or banned. I know I'm bad for not feeling guilty but for some reason I can't get myself to feel even more sad or upset. Tbh I feel good for myself, now I've been scammed multiple times in the past before. It's a horrible feeling and I know that, I also wanted to scam those items because I was angry and extremely sad I was sad, kinda wanted to get revenge even though the jammers I scammed did nothing wrong. I don't scam anymore as I don't play classic, and I only play mobile. And I'm decently rare on mobile. I've never thought about scamming again after I scammed that headdress and don't really want to anymore. I'm sorry that I don't feel guilty for scamming those people
When I was younger me and my cousin would go to different places and say it was our sisters birthday tomorrow or something and that we didn’t have any pets to give her. they would fall for it and give us pets and one day I got a normal colored artic wolf with eyelashes I was so happy and always used it but a year ago I felt so bad so I traded it to someone.. I’m so glad it’s not in my inventory but my past still haunts me…
I know this has been several months but, I do have a story. One time little me did decide to scam someone, not even for the items. For the fun of it. Because I wanted to know what it felt like. So I did a dress-up scam, and managed to get a snowflake spike collar. I ended up getting trades disabled for a day, which was pretty reasonable. I’m pretty sure I gave away that collar eventually because I felt bad. So yeah. Kids definitely do this because they see it and get curious. Not every scammer is an evil mastermind. They can just be a curious and bored ten year old who wanted a little thrill.
scamming, scamming nearly ruined my whole year on animal jam this sounds dramatic of course, i agree with what your thinking. heres the story, its a long one, so leamon, if u want u can use it in a video for an example or stuff i was happily on my ipad, and entered animal jam. it was laggy, so i accidentally entered the sapphire shop. there, a jammer was advertising. [ i will continue this later as im busy rn ]
i always have thoughts if i should scam or not, i lost all my good items by overtrading and things like that, and i really regret it. now, there is no way to get good items, im stuck at this point where the only good items i have are the ones im attached to
I saw someone in a party who had apparently gotten scammed, They began to threaten to scam the person who scammed them and I tried to stop them.They knew the scammers username and they got a bunch of people to raid there den and yell at them.I tried to stop them but I couldn’t. One of the people who were helping them brought me to their den and started yelling at me about why the scammer was so terrible.Saying that the scammer should feel guilty and horrible.And when I told them to stop yelling they said you can’t yell in games and it was just caps.I told them about leamon puppy and this is kinda funny but- They said I shouldn’t watch her and that I can’t trust random strangers on the internet- also claimed they watched her before?But it was obvious they never had. That’s all I can remember.
I'm bad at worth and people say Animal Jam worth wiki (on fandom) is fake and not real worth, and my rare friend once said Eagle Fountain is worth forest, so I traded my purple cuffs that my sibling gave me and told me not to trade them. I only did it because they were rare and my 'friend' so I thought it was legit. But I know what you're gonna say, but the thing is, I never know WHO to trust. Rare people, nice people, but when I trust both or either I still get tricked. I don't know which jammer(s) are good, and actually good. I still wish for my cuffs back to this day..😓
when I was new to ajpw, I had this pet default lion, I really loved it but I was willing to trade it if it meant getting my dream pet at the time, a pet polar bear. So, one day I was advertising my trade when I got traded. They put up an adorable Christmas coloured polar bear! I was sooo excited. Then they just added some random instore items I didn't care about. I excepted because I really wanted that polar bear! Because of the adrenaline I didn't realize the secretly took OFF the polar bear. By the time I realized (about a minute later when I went to take out the polar bear) they were gone, and I was left heartbroken, without the lion or polarbear which I loved. (thankfully I have a default lion again and 4 polar bears which I love deeply.)
i got scammed in a cross trade and cried for over an hour😭 lost a magenta item and a spike on pc, my parents came up to ask why i was crying and i said it was cause i missed my primary skl💀 also congrats on 16k leamon! you deserve it
Children are easily scammed because they're pretty gullible unfortunately. :( Being 24 sure has it's advantages. (yes I'm a 24 year old ♀️ and I love playing Animal Jam) The scams are super obvious to me. Edit: Might be far fetched but the thing that bothers me about scammers is that it starts off in Animal Jam and it might inspire them to become real scammers. Maybe children will move on from scamming but teenagers on the other hand... That's just something I always thought about.. But either way, nobody deserves such hatred.
@@LeamonPuppy Perhaps you can do a vid about age? Like, some kids overreact about 18-20s who play AJ. Yes, it's a kid's game but you can still be a teenager at that age. And some still play AJ because it was their childhood, it shouldn't be a problem unless if the person is a bot or worse. 😅
@@Clava_Vodeanuc Whoa dude, you took my idea right off my mind :o But yeah, I'd be nice if someone would talk about the much older players of AJ. There's not that much as kids/teens but there's some around, such as myself. And whenever there are, kids will freak out and think we're in it for targeting children... It's like we have a bad reputation, thanks to the notorious predators of this game :( From experience, if I had to mention my age kids will react to the following: •Will believe I'm lying about my age •Will freak out (and maybe even report me?) •Will mention how "It's a kid's game, you shouldn't be playing it" •Most importantly and yet again, will think I'm lying of my age I try to teach children AJ can be fun for everyone but most of the time I get negative responses. It sucks that society doesn't expect young adults such as myself to enjoy fun, cute and innocent games such as AJ. They expect us to play rated M games at best :/
@@A_Random_Shroob I feel this kind of pain, even tho I'm close to 20s, I want and feel the need to be a child, or at least teenager, and young adults can look like teenagers, so there is hope. And most... yes, you got the major age, may have more responsibilities than before but you don't change overnight. You are still the kid you wanted to be, if you want to be (some). :,) And in my opinion, the ages 20-28 you still can be a teen. If in our souls is desire to be a big kid, may bring it outside on our faces, with positively and healt, of course. ^_^ And yessss, some, especially the little children have in mind (probably from their parents or seeing in other places) that once your at that "grown up age", you can't play, you can't look at Disney, you can't do that anymore, etc. Or not necessarily what they hear or see... majority of them think that it's much better to be grown up and do whatever you want (rights) but I'm not saying that you must depend only from your parents, just, childhood is youth, magical and innocent. Now, about the game, yea, bots, predators... how can we be so sure if all of them are adults? Teenagers as well which they are practically kids. (Sigh) For now, all we have to do is: hiding the age, and say "yes, I'm a child" even tho the jammer will think not, it matters what you think, what you feel.
yup, I was one of those stupid kids who fell for the “ hey can I borrow that I wanna look at it I’ll give it right back “ like rlly, I was stupid Rlly stupid
I've never been scammed before, or been scammed. But I've been tempted to scam, I will admit. But, it's hard not to be tempted, and your strong for telling yourself no and not listening to the temptation. And even if you used to scam, saying no and stopping is still good, because it shows you can become better. And if one scammer turns away from scamming, surely others can too. Honestly I hate that scamming exists, but I agree with leamon puppy. No ones perfect, so why should you expect perfection? They might just need a reminder that they arent just winning, but that they are hurting others too.
My scam comment: I had once scammed- but this was with my irl friend and I was pretty much forced to do it as I was too scared of her to do anything about it. This was way back in 2019, one time we were just scamming some people when we scammed this girls daredevil scarf. When she kicked us out, I remember the girl who got scammed was just so upset, crying, and I could tell it was really precious to her. Yes I know they're 'just pixels' but its really nice to have them, they make an have something else to do. In that moment, I realized how terrible it was and I so badly wanted to tell her, 'sure I can give this back to you, I'm sorry we scammed you!' But thinking about my friend, I didn't want to betray her- she'd literally try to choke me the next day- But she really was nice other times, and I really believed she wasn't a bad person so I didn't want to expose her... So I just left. We continued scamming as usual until school started the next year. That time I literally burst into tears and just confessed everything to her- and thankfully, she stopped scamming! But with that, after covid started, aka the next year starring 2021 she quit ajpw, and with that I never saw her again, irl or ig. Like I said before, she really was a nice person in heart, its just so many people scam because of the jealousy of not being able to have the items you wanted. I never again scammed, and in fact I'm trying to help a friend of mine who stopped scamming a long time ago but still feels the urge to do it! I do believe, like you do leamon, that rather scammers aren't bad themselves, (aj of course) but its just scamming itself that's not a great thing to do. Everyone has their own choice. We shouldn't try to rule them over :)
I remember watching a video i did on my mom’s old phone, which was about my old animal jam account i had when furry cuffs were still in stores, in that account i had other stuff like the eclipse clothing and many other decent stuff but when i saw that i was going into jam mart clothing and didn’t buy the cuffs i was like; *WHY DID I MAKE SUCH A MISTAKE*
I got scammed out of a pet I had when I went to get it duplicated. I told them to not scam me, but they did and lock me out. I was young when that happen I told aj only my dad dose not know how to bring it back. My sister is trying to get it back for me only it been so long.
Just like what you said in the end of the video some scammers just need kindest the most and I also learned that with Ashleigh Brilliant's quote so that's why even if I got hurt I'll try to stay strong♥Godbless⛅♥
Another scam would probably when they change the main item and add bad things after so you don't realise the removed it. ALSO I USED TO WATCH YOU LIKE 2 YRS AGO LOL I TOOK A LONG BREAK FROM AJ AND IM BK AND FOUND YR CHANNEL AGAIN!
I used to have a friend who was a big scammer but changed, they were actually pretty nice and before they quit scamming they actually got scammed a bunch. Now when I would hang out with them other jammers would judge her bully her even when she has tried to say shes changed. She stopped playing after a while but I feel very bad for them and what usually happened
I remember when I was twelve, animal jam used to give away items on there TH-cam account. every Wednesday they would live-stream and give away items. I used to be so exited to get home from school, and go watch the stream. On the day the candy cavern den came out. (Or some time around that) I got picked, I was so excited! I ended up getting a red dj headset as a reward the next day when I logged in. I treasured it because it was an item from my idol at that time. Although about a year down the line I got scammed. How it worked was, The scammer gave back everyone’s items, until it got really good. Even giving back den plaques. Although I was dumb enough to make the trade, and they locked there den. Everyone that was there lost there items. I remember being so devastated as a kid, I started crying. I was desperate to work back up to get a similar item. ( to replace the one I lost) Perhaps not a red dj, but a dj non the less. I started advertising that I was looking to trade for a dj. Although unfortunately the person that was “helping” me get a dj, used my desperate state to scam me from my den betas. Talk about a bad week. It’s ok though because since then I received a rc tail from ajhq a year or two later so, I no longer look for a dj. I also gained back the worth of the other items I lost through Shops. I’m quite happy now, although I tend to stay away from trading. -sorry for all the spelling errors
As someone who has been scammed multiple times, and has even accidentally scammed someone out of their pet squirrel, I totally agree with what you have to say. This game- certainly threw me for a loop. Having survived a bunch of trauma in my childhood, AJ was a coping mechanism for me. Unfortunately, after seeing a cami’s frog story video, I got addicted to getting this one frog plushie and was willing to do some downright NEFARIOUS stuff, including making up a DISEASE just to get one. This was years ago, and whilst I’m not doing too better mentally, I’m out of that situation and I don’t really play AJ anymore. Just goes to show that some of this stuff is, in fact, a coping mechanism. Doesn’t mean you shouldn’t call one out on it, but still.
i have never scammed [well, if you don't count that one time i tried to, but failed and got nothing lol], but when a recent animal jam breach happened, ALL of my items are gone, not a bow or a pet to spare. i had played animal jam since 2016 and have recently been falling out of the community, but it kind of... hurts? i had personal attachments to some of my pets, and some of my items [i.e. my visor..] and i haven't gotten on because it feels like animal jam and my happy memories have been ripped away from me...
Apart from scamming, another thing I dislike on animal jam are the trends. I despise trends so much; it's just a period of time when a bunch of people like something and/or dwell in something. The last time I played animal jam it was all about getting the best spikes. Now, as of a few weeks ago when I started again after 3 years, it's all about getting the rarest sugar glider. When I got one and went to the play-as-your-pet party, someone was willing to trade his/her full trade list for that one sugar glider I had. The tradelist included some of the following items: 1. A few outfits 2. A few member-exclusive items 3. 5 FRIGGIN PETS (and an adoption token) 4. A WHOLE PHANTOM PORTAL 5. Some other things, I believe. At the end of it all, the jammer was so happy as he or she shouted "oh my God, I got a glider!" and I was just there like, "but... you just lost more than 500 sapphires worth of items, for just a pet..." Thinking back at it is always so unbelievable and sometimes, I even feel guilty about even accepting the trade. I just feel trends are getting out of hand. And after thinking of it all, the next thing that pops up in my mind is, "What next? Spider monkeys? Den music? The futuristic head phones in my wishlist? I hope not."
It’s just a game after all, they’re just items. Even though it hurts to get scammed, some scammers are just hurting themselves mentally. I got scammed twice in the past years, but I’m not too bothered by it
I used to scam on aj, but I havent scammed in a while, and dont plan on doing it anytime soon. I have rlly great friends and a good way to earn saps thats a solid method by going to the phantom dimension and using autoclicker, I will always feel guilty for the ppl who Ive scammed, but I know what I did was wrong, and I wont ever do it again. When I made my new main I decided I would never scam again, not on this acc. And I didnt, and Im doing rlly well for myself now. I am trying to change and become a better person, and Im satisfied and happy with where I am rn.
I haven't scammed but I have hacked ( Btw I was like 7 lol ) I regret what I did but I was trying to get into my friends accounts. I didn't want to hack but I was using their usernames for passwords and I got in. I will not name the account but I was super jealous because they had galaxy wings, home theater ect. So I took some ( by some I meant most ) and soon they caught onto me and wanted their stuff back so I gave them back. But again my little self hacked again the same person and everything and that time I still gave them back. Now that I've been hacked before I now know how it felt for them when I hacked them and now I regret doing everything I did and now I know how it feels to be hacked :)
Once time i had a buddy on aj, she was my best friend, or so i thought-. So back then i had some rares, not many to go around and show off or anything, but just enough to make me feel good about my self. People thought i was "cool" all because i had some rare pixles and wanted to be my buddie, and before i knew it i was surrouded by attion, and it felt nice. So one day my "friend" asked if she could borrow some/most of my pixles so she could try them on with a look she came up with and like a fool i said yes. Of course i was scammed, but i wasnt upset over the fact i lost the rares, i was upset that someone i trusted so much just stood there and backstabbed me. And before i knew it, everyone that loved me for my rares started to vanish. I was so upset that one day i decided i would scam my way back up to the worth. Trust me, it was NOT worth it- i recived a lot of hate for it and evently stopped, i also quite aj for a long perioed of time before returing around 5 months later. I learned from my mistakes and now im back up to being rare again, and i have real friends now too. So dont go off and scam, its just not/ never the best choice. ( sorry for the mispells- i typed this in a hurry lol)
i was a kid. but let me tell you that it's either the ppl that i scammed is a kid like me and easily trust others, i was terrifyingly smart yes that sounds weird but i do regret what i did, i eventually sell all of my scammed items and i haven't been playing ever since 2018 _(but i played once again, for nostalgia reasons)_ now if you asked me why did i call 'my kid self terribly smart?' is because i'll buddy the people that had the good items i wanted, be friendly, talkative, and play games with them. usually a week, maybe a day or two. then i finally make my move to _"trust trade"_ with them, and they'll fall for it. gosh even remembering it makes me wanna will-smith-slap myself, not only was i scamming, but i manipulate those people into thinking I'm their _"best friend"_ and fall into a false sense of security i am still baffled how my childish mind can come up with those ideas.. i was horrible, and good thing i sold off and did giveaways with those items, i don't know what will i feel if i saw it. i don't want to ask any forgiveness as it is too late, but i just wanna say please don't scam, yes you'll feel happy with those items you'll get, but at the end of the day. it doesn't have any worth or usefulness for you.
I used to scam on adopt me a really long time ago when i was like 8. I dont scam right now, and im glad i dont, im glad i realized its not okay to scam. Im happy that right now, im a better person then who i used to be. I hope many scammers realize it too.
I remember this one person was gonna make a vid for youtube nad needed help and they said it was like some kind of never trust scammers vid and we were doing the trust trade part and I was so dumb and didnt think that they would leave and lock their den after I gave them my items
I r ember being scammed over and over.i dont really remember scamming but someone over offered fir crafting crystals they added 2 pets and a dna for 24,then when I said are you sure they said yes so I accepted and then someone told me I scammed them but it was their Choice to add all those items.it hurts so bad to get scammed and if you do now, free to be you i don’t hate scammers I just don’t wanna do it. I don’t wanna be like that I talk about this on my channel sometimes.the way I was scammed once was by color swapping my favor pet.but alas,good things come to an end and I quit fir the whole 2020. Thank you for reading this.
I used to scam when I was a lot younger and I’m not proud of it, it was mainly because I was upset that I had been scammed so many times and I just wanted my rarity back which wasn’t ok and I wish I could find those people who I had scammed but I don’t remember the users. It made me feel so good but after I felt like a complete jerk like especially because I was using my two spare accounts to scam some innocent kids who were just trading.
I once got scammed of my nutcracker boots by this method, scammer puts rare items on trade, puts a bunch of common items on trade, and right before you accept the trade, they remove the rare item, hoping you dont notice that it is gone. ( this works because there can be multiple pages of items on trade now, and its harder to notice the rare item is gone ) the best way to avoid this is to scroll through all the pages of items before you hit accept.
Make sure to watch the video all the way through, I discuss EVERYTHING
Leamon, what is you opinion on the my shop explorer being added? I think its a bad thing because it defeats the purpose of trading in the game. However it also lets you find almost any item you want.
@Gregory Spinner I agree about the shop explorer thing. I would love to see Leamon make a video about it!
I got scammed out of yellow faerie wings last month from a lie abt worth could anyone give me any items to help regain the worth? I will give my username to u and get on aj ty! And if no that’s fine too
@@Roverruv I honestly like the My Shop Explorer idea, it’s just really annoying sometimes, it does ruin the purpose of trading too, but there’s also a lot of trolls there. Saw a glider priced for like 200 gems
Can someone answer this for me? How rare is a armadillo lizard?
I have a friend on AJ who used to be a scammer but decided to change for the better, though she got judged for her past scamming and people still said or are saying things like "well at least I didn't go through that phase". Please do not judge people for their pasts scamming, and be grateful that the changed for the better.
Agreed
I’m glad she decided to do the right thing :)
Awe thats nice :) i wanna gift them lol
Agreed to disagreed TY FOR SAYING THIS
Agreeable 😀😃
I’ll admit- I was never a scammer.
I have had thoughts about scamming back when I was scammed multiple times. But I’ve never actually done it. I was too scared to and the guilt was also most of the reason why I didn’t do it. I used to know someone who was a really good person. They got scammed out of double tail and they were so pissed they scammed someone for a double with a trust. Now they were so guilty of it they decided to quit AJ. Some scammer aren’t bad people but some are. I’ve never been into scamming
yeah, when i was scammed i used to want to scam them back too
Once I had the feeling of scamming when I got scammed whiteout spike but I never did
This is how scammers are getting more and more
I'm so sorry about your friend. I was almost scammed out of my Double tail recently, someone said they had brought a Blackout Spike for me but when I had gotten one through trading I felt bad I wasn't able to buy it from them, but I realized they were just playing me and probably had no intention of giving it to me in the first place
I don't trade anymore, I just think it's far too stressful and irritating, so I typically just buy whatever I want if I can, and try not to get too interested/attached to newer items I can't get, like the alpha items. Back when I did trade, though, one of the scams I saw a lot, and was even almost tricked by, was the one where the scammer will offer one really good item for one of yours, then add a bunch of other low-value items until their side of the trade is full, and sneakily remove the good item before pressing the accept button. I was lucky enough to notice what they'd done because it seemed a little sketchy, but I know lots of other people aren't so fortunate.
Tbh buying is WAY more better than trading, even if prices sometimes are expensive after all you don't need to make a whole-ass bible with someone for according to trade only one item. 💀
Buying rares is the best thing ever I never trade hardly anymore unless its in the fox lair. Im basically just an average jammer with super rare pixels 😂
i did that same thing and accidently gave them 2 gliders for one. It was shitty i tried scamming them and got hit hard after the trade was accepted and they ran off with 2 gliders for the price of one. At least the glider they traded me was cute i guess...
I honestly just go to "My shop explorer" I think it's called like that, I buy low priced items and resell it for a little bit more, I have gotten almost 200 saphires in a week and With my own hard work, It is indeed easier and less stressfull, back when shops didn't exist I just had to dance in the saphire shop and saying "Trading ____ for ____" it was really stressful also when the chat option was added I really didn't like it idk why though but I stopped trading when the chat feature was added, Now I'm just buying and reselling so in the future I can get rares from the shop that normally cost 2k+ on the shop
I don't think I've ever fallen for that scam, but I have heard of it, and someone tried scamming me with that but I noticed, and they weren't very sneaky with that. I totally agree with you though, another reason why I hate trading and rarely trade mainly cuz of scammers or trolls.
Honestly I would be lying if I said I haven’t ever had the sudden urge to try and scam when I was younger.. luckily I was too stupid lol and gave up very quickly. It’s not right but I believe more people consider it more then they would admit. They don’t deserve death threats but it’s still sad to think of the victim who was scammed.. the best we can do is protect them.
Thank you for this video! I love that you are able to have an open mind since it adds to the discussion
ahhh tyssm for adressing this problem leamon, it's real and i've gotten scammed like this before. Also 10000% congrats on 16k! you deserve it so so much for all of the work you put into these amazing videos for us
I admit, on previous accounts, I used to occasionally scam. I wish I could give those people back the items but I know it's too late. I now have a brand new account and get things the traditional way, by working your way up. I can understand why people would hate scammers, but the amount of threats I've seen is not acceptable. I received a death threat at one point, it isn't fun. This was my story
Yes, I wanted to cover the fact so many scammers receive/ received awful messages like that and it’s extremely uncalled for of jammers to do that.
@@LeamonPuppy I agree scammers aren't 'disgusting' they are human beings like us and like every other human they are capable of change if they try to and choose to.
One time I scammed, and it was one of the worst decisions of my life. I was looking for a glider and I found a jammer that was willing to take blackout and 10k sapphs for a very good glider. After a bit, we did it and I got the siren glitch because I clicked the the sapphire increase button too fast. I CHOSE not to go back afterwards, and after what i had done set in... i had a panic attack that sent me to the ER. I was shaking, my limbs went numb and I threw up everything that the doctors gave me. Never again, don't do it. It's not worth it
I'm so sorry I hope you're okay now!
I scammed people because I got hacked I wasn’t doing the unfair trade scams I was scamming saps let me explain I made a spare gave it a mp token and drew my best and said I was doing coms and make them pay me mp tokens because I had no shop and then after I gave my mp tokens to my main and said SELLING MP TOKENS FOR ONLY 15 SAPS
Thankfully I don’t do it anymore
I learned scamming wasn’t right it can hurt someone even though that’s why I did it because I got scammed a lot too and it hurt me
i used to be a scammer, and i liked it when i was younger… it was a addictive thing for me, getting all of those rare items. i thought that was the only way to get “rare” fast. but i scammed a friend of their rarest item and i couldn’t put up with scamming anymore. i quit the game awhile ago but i still play it sometimes. i never scam even if i hv the chance to because it ruined a friendship for me.
Same. When i was 9, i scammed 2 black longs from my bff. After a few months with the 2 solids, i felt bad and gave them away for free.
i scammed 2 years ago, i was young at the time so i didn’t know what i was doing. but then, about 1 year ago when i was with a buddy i fell for a trap. they said “if you give me all your rares i’ll give them back and give an extra rare!” obviously, i didn’t believe them. but i saw another person do it and get double the rare that they traded. i believed it, and traded away my grey arch, red arch, orange forest, 3 teal forest, all cuffs in game, all my gliders and lizards, blue arch, and most of the rc’s in game. i can’t tell you how long i cried for, maybe a week or 2. i was so disappointed in myself, but now i gained so much. obviously not as rich as i used to be, but i have become rich. i do not scam anymore and i actually try and help jammers get their items back.
this is slightly unrelated but i stopped playing animal jam years ago bc the trading system sucked the life out of me. i’ve realised since then that these game models (avatar creators, chat system, and rarity systems) contribute to the devolving of a game from a fun friends experience to just “be the rarest person” or “have the most valuable items” to have a sense of self worth. it’s a weird capitalist scheme and creates this odd virtual classist system. it isn’t just animal jam but games like neopets, club penguin, etc. i love games like these but the adamant grinding just to get items to have friends is tiring so i’ve been turned off. it’s usually rarity systems and membership that contribute most to this phenomena, i don’t blame games for having memberships bc companies need funding but not to the extent animal jam has gone to with not only membership but rarity.
6:08 I think it started as an old AJ Classic TH-cam skit.
The closest thing to scamming I've done is probably that someone asked me to trade them a super Sapphire potion and I did not I gave them double payout potion which is obviously completely different I told them that that potion would be able to double the sapphire Awards you get for playing mini games which you can see next to the games menu below the Buddy game button and from there it would give you double The Sapphires if I'm not too mistaken so I was hoping that they wouldn't give anything in exchange for my four double payout potions and my glow potion that I just attached and hope they didn't see so they ended up giving me several crafting crystals that I hope they were just dying to get rid of and I also gave me a dense snow portion that I actually used and I liked
I don't like how arrogant some scammers are. They know they are doing something wrong but then act like they aren't.
Some scammers act arrogant and it does annoy me as well. Then there are some that do it since they want to be rare and they do feel bad, and typically try and deny being a scammer lol. Or they hide on multiple accounts.
Some scam methods you missed are the one I first fell victim to where they trade for an item and give a good deal then they say that they need to clear items for space then they take away the good items on the back. I've also seen someone try to say they are lazy so trade them this item and they will give the sapphires later. I don't think jammers trading for items for far less then their worth is a scam. I still think it should be said that some jammers try to far under trade for items and put on wanted items so you think they know the worth. Also I want to say I agree scammers can change I don't like scamming by any means but ive seen a few people talking with buddies about how they used to be a scammer but they changed. Happy to say ive only been scammed once and it was for red double tsunami wings my first good item I got.
Me just looking at ur amazing drawings: So like forget about scamming. LOOK. AT. HER. TALENT.
The one on 7:00 basically is 2 accounts (same people) 1 account will ask trade to trade away there super rare item for a common item while the other has it and asks u to overtrade and when u get the item they both leave almost happend to me so be careful!
Happened to me as well sadly
@@LeamonPuppy yea I saw that video it was on your " answering my biggest question" video I do feel bad for you but very proud you've grown into not falling for those scams anymore although it wasn't entirely your fault since you were young at that time
I tried scamming, one time, and I completely failed-
Didn't get anything from anyone, so I decided it was a lost cause and never tried again XD
I do admit that I once was one of those poor poor bunnies In the pillow room begging for spikes though
I remember when I was still playing Aj, I was working really hard to get a sheep cloak. It was my dream item. I went to a "giveaway" and it got scammed. I was devastated, but I eventually got over it.
This story has a happy ending, though. I was in the Pillow Room telling a buddy about what happened. Then I got a Jam-a-gram with a gift. I opened it to find that someone had given me a sheep cloak. The person who gave it to me was such a good person. The sheep cloak is still on my avatar to this day.
If by any chance that person is reading this, it's Topasjaguar, thank you so much for giving me your sheep cloak. It's still my favorite item on that game, and I'll always be grateful for your generosity.
This is such a sweet story! I hope one day you eventually find them again, despite the slim chances.
Aww there is still some kind hearted jammers and that makes me feel alot better
Story: my sister has scammed before (a long time ago she doesn’t anymore) it is horrible she feels bad for it but she had bad experience before on animal jam and in real life, thx for not being to hard on scammers even tho they do bad things
And 16k yaaaay! Congrats u deserve soo many more!🎉
6:45 bro I saw someone get tricked by that one and started doing it, was an insanely good way of manipulating (young) people but was limited by the rare you already had.
Another one I used (after falling for it myself) to do was two accounts, one saying I could manipulate the item color using a client, *but* I needed a copy of the item first. Then I’d act it out with 2 other accounts and see if anyone else would step up.
10 years later I wish that I could find their usernames but it’s been to long, they’ve probably moved on and gained the same trust issues I gained with that game.
I hope that one day scamming will be less popular, I have been scammed MANY times and lost all my progress.. also congrats on 16k subs✨
There is one other type of scamming- well, I call it scamming but I'm not sure if it falls into the category.
Someone will create a new account, and instantly make it a 'new jammer', then go around the pillow room or other places in Jamaa saying:
"Please trade me rares/items I'm new!" And people actually DO fall for that, or think: eh, its not too bad... And trade their items away. In fact I remember just a few days ago someone had traded a 'new jammer' their pixelated wings (the actual item name) they were wearing.
It gets super annoying because most of the new jammers in ajpw ALL have main accounts.
When she said there’s more then 1 victim- the music became creepy-
tbh after leaving this game for years and then coming back to it for nostalgia, i really just dont care for rares or trading at all anymore. im older now and in highschool (currently 9th grade) and i remember how upset i was to be scammed out of an item i worked so hard for. I always wanted to be rare, like having raccoon tails, dj headsets, archer hat etc. and what not, (personally imo these items are ugly and basic and i prefer the more niche/weirder items that wild works releases LOL) and now looking back at it, it's so funny how upset i was from having a pixel in my inventory taken away from me. yeah at the time it sucked like hell, but once AJ is gone, all of that work and investment is basically gone with it. instead of worrying about rares, why not just enjoy what you have at the current moment instead, those rare items aren't going anywhere anytime soon, and might even drop in rarity as well since the community works in weird ways when it comes to pixels LOL. anyways thats my story uhh bye GNDJKSHEJ🏃💨
I once accidentally scammed in a Roblox game called “Creatures Of Sonaria”. I was trading for a Keruku, an extremely rare and expensive creature to get, many consider it the most rare creature to own, since it came from buying things with Robux in the Beta phase of the game. I offered to add a few other decent items after the first trade, since you could only trade a few items at the time. After that, when they accepted and I got it, I got so excited that I pressed the button to go back to the main game, since the trading is in a separate server. A few minutes later, I realized I forgot to offer to give them the other decent items. I feel so guilty, since I had told in my ad that I was willing to trade more. I remember looking for them for practically an hour straight, but I guess they must’ve left or I couldn’t find them, since I was never able to fully offer the entire trade.
Besides my story, does any current or past scammer ever feel guilty for scamming? I felt terrible for possibly scamming someone, so have you guys ever felt bad?
Hi Leamon! Thanks for the notice and helping to protect new jammers. I’m a fan and I love watching your content and how you try to protect the new jammers. Thank you!
Ayo what a hard working TH-camr
Same goes to you bro 🤝
Hahahaha, IS not same person? 😏😏
I use to scam when I was like 10-11 I don’t remember much but I do remember that I would get 2 devices and use 2 accounts and have one of them scam me in a popular den like wootmoo or julian2 then people would feel bad and give me things. I don’t play animal jam often anymore but I do kinda regret it because even if it wasn’t really hands on scamming it was still lying 😔
I used to scam a lot (not big items, items like forest, blackout, ect.) In a way it was a coping mechanism for all of the bullying i was dealing with in school. Eventually, a person i had met on aj had made me realize how i had hurt many people because of my scamming and so that made me stop but at that point, i had already been know as “the scammer”. I had to make a new account and gain a better reputation.
AJHQ won't even give your items back, they just say “sorryyy we can’t give ur item back because u lost it in a trade too badd ://////“
It's so annoying
Yeah. There are a lot of scams, but I rlly wanted to share this
Sometimes people lie like "mega drop in my den! dropping over 50 potions!", he was a new jammer. A level 1 monkey, default. And than when everyone was in his den.. On the floor there was rugs making a writing " N4z1" Uncensored. Everyone freaked out, and when he came he said.. "Come worship our Lord h1tl3r for sapphires", and the kids fell for it. They actually worshiped him, and the other jammers who knew where panicking. And the moment they were worshipping, he left. I'm scared if he has an alternative account also influencing other people badly.. These ja..ers aren't even trolls. Theyre just trying to spread bad messages and it irritates me. His den had hearts all over which he represented as "bleeding hearts" mvrd3r, though its not what the painted hearts were for. I honestly cant-..
Omg congratulations on 16k! You so deserved it!!
Aw tysm!
@@LeamonPuppy your very welcome :)
Another scam is when the scammer will add one or more rare items to the trade and a whole bunch of bad items with it, and then take away the rare item(s), which you are not likely to realize because of all the other items in the trade. That’s how I was scammed.
And I once tried to scam, I got the item I wanted but decided to keep the good role and trade it back as I said.
I thought will be easy to lock that person out, but I felt a remorse.
In other case, when you make a trade with someone and they are both concerned with what got, it is as it should. But can happen that the person changes his/her mind and wants to trd back. It wasn't fair but, gave the item back and she gave mine... or perhaps that jammer wanted to put a test and see. The test is good because the jammer can understand and trd back and the same time bad because it saddes him/her.
Leamon you deserve over 16K! Your voice is so beautiful, whenever I do mine my voice always cracks, but yours is so soft, and it's easy to understand you! I love you so much your awesome!
Thanks for addressing this problem! Yeah Animal Jam has quite a bit of flaws.
The "worth system" is a complete joke. It creates drama and gives worth to objects that aren't even real. If anything it hurts the game and makes it not as fun for everyone.
When I was new to aj, very new, I had few friends but I was very attached to them cause I was so excited to have some new friends. Some of my friends were toxic but I was a dumb little kid and didn't realize how rude they were being to me, and by this time I bought some pom-pom earings with an amazing color cause they looked adorable! I had this one toxic friend who noticed them and begged for my to trade them to her so that she could try them on and then give them back, but I wasn't a total idiot, this was a scam and I knew it! But I only had about 5 people in my buddy list and I have had some good times with this person so I didn't want to unfriend them, but I should've unfriended them and left their den before anything bad happened. I should've taken that red flag. But I didn't. You see, I told them "No sorry," cause I didn't wanna get scammed. They continued to beg and plead to "try them on" and that they would give them back, I continued to say no though. At this point I was getting frustrated, I should've told them No and left them but I didn't want to abandon my "friend" when I should've, so I gave them the pom-pom earings and saw them put them on, and then left! They didn't unbuddy me or lock me out of their den, they just left! I didn't know you could report jammers at that time so I just left their den and started crying cause I knew that this would happen. I unbuddied them immediately, but that scammer was stupid, cause pom-pom earings were in-store so all I had to do was play some mini games and buy them again. I never got scammed ever again, but now I'm level 33 and super rare and I make sure to help the people who get scammed cause my eyes are open now.
I think thats really kind to help those that were scammed since you had been scammed before and no one should have to feel that way :)
@@BugsyBugYT ye it's rude to scam in aj especially cause little kids are in the game and don't understand when people try to scam them :(
@@C00keis901 Yeah true they dont know its a scam so its easy for them to fall for sadly :(
@@BugsyBugYT :(
@@C00keis901 :(
I know this doesn't relate to scamming. But i feel like the whole game nowadays is about trading. It used to be a fun eductional game for kids. But nowadays people just want rares. Also ingoring what problems animal jam has done. Thanks for reading!
I'll admit it, I scam. And I still do, no matter how much I try to stop- knowing that it's a crappy thing to do. I personally got scammed, and was left with really nothing. I tried watching tutorials, videos, seeking help to my friends, nothing helped. That's when I noticed that Aj wasn't the same when you're not rare. You don't get noticed, no one helps you, no one trades you, it's not the best experience. So, I turned to scamming. I loved scamming ( And still do, ) It made me so happy. It gave me this feeling I've never experienced. It was addicting, what started to a few scams here and there, not any kind of big items- But, when I did it more and more, I started to get better- getting more and better items, made me feel more, the better the item, the better I felt. Mostly because of my awful mental health throughout 2020 to the end of 2021. It was like something to distract me from what was going on with my life. I'm fine now, of course. I don't see myself quitting any time soon, hopefully though. I realize why and how it's wrong, I would appreciate some kind of advice- if any of you guys have any. Thanks for talking about the horrible hate to scammers though. It's not rare to be yelled at, sent death threats and more- it doesn't really affect me but other people as well could be hurt from those kinds of comments and messages. But again, thanks. Have a great day and night.
if you’re still experiencing this then I wish you the best still, scamming isn’t really the healthiest thing to do but if you can’t control it then that’s not your fault but I can’t stop you either, so good luck if you’re unable to
@@abandonedchannel Thanks Vella
I will admit, you're pretty scummy, but as long as you're working on not doing it again, I think you can do better.
Hihi I just became a fan today and I have to say your drawings are amazing!! I Wanna see how you progress and I'll still be here when you hit 1 mil!
When i was alot younger i use to scam on aj, then some people had sent me death threats and such- althou the main reason i had even started scaming a while back(i dont do it anymore) was mostly cuz i was tired of getting my stuff taken away so i had used it as a way of trying to get my item worth back
Also i feel most the times whenever scammers do get death threats its uselly from fricking aldults- so they are letrerllat bulling a dang child for scamming some ingame items and its quite sad
I’ll admit, I have scammed, and I still do. Barely though, but I don’t really think it’s okay sometimes. Scamming is scamming, and it’s not okay. I do feel guilty sometimes whenever I scam, but personally, scamming is fun. I don’t do it for rares, I do it for fun. It’s funny seeing children cry and get worked up a lot over virtual items, but again, it’s not that funny. That’s why I barely scam, but I still like getting entertained. Also, I appreciate how you actually stand up whenever a scammer gets death threatened a lot. I respect your opinion, and I am planning to stop soon. Just trying to get the feeling out of me. But yeah, that’s the end. Thank you Leamon, for actually thinking before speaking.
I remember being scammed in aj classic for like 3 5th birthday cakes when i never knew what real or fake den betas were. And the scammer gave me fake den betas then left quickly after i gave them the birthday cakes
There are also scammers like noisetty who scam others through a fake animal jam email, sadly many people have been hacked due to falling for that scam.
I admit it: i used to scam. Once in apr (i think) when i was 9, I trust traded my Bff. But i told her to go first instead, and she trusted me. She traded me 2 solids, but then.. i left. I left, leaving my BFF sad. But then, after a few months (or a 1 year), i felt horrible. I gave away the 2 solids.
You missed 1 that i know off and it was how my sister was scammed. The scammer will tell you to but ur offer up for a item of theirs (like a rainbow spike for example) Than they will say something like "I'm a little under let me add some items" than they will add a bunch of cheap crap until there almost 2 pages full of items. Than they will erase the item you where trading for (Like the rainbow spike) At the last minuet. And the person being scammed doesn't see it and accept the trd not getting the item they where promised.
Oh dang that’s awful, and the new trading system basically allows that to happen
Or even cross trades - trading stuff for other games you can get scammed
When I was 11, way back in like 2016 when the game has freshly came out and the rarity system was WAY different to what it currently is - play wild was my whole life and I spent hours upon hours upon hours trading and working up for items - me and my two best friends would constantly help eachother (since we knew eachother irl) my bestie would gift me really huge items like crossbow, heart antenna etc and I could never thank them enough for that because, as a child, it made me so happy! I vividly remember a time when one of my friends was at my house and we worked together from her phone to scam a person out of their butterfly wings (back then they were SUPER rare) and it was an awful feeling! I had a massive feeling of adrenaline, guilt, shame, and even though it wasn’t me scamming directly (I was watching and helping her what to say while she was doing it on her phone) I swore to never do that again because I myself got scammed off my butterfly wings later that year! Just goes to show that karma is really there to haunt you - and a lot of younger scammers are really just very complexed. While yes it is an awful thing to scam, we have to understand most scammers are probably having an awful life if they go as far as projecting that and trying to unfairly steal items from people in a silly online game, I’m not saying it’s excusable but it’s understandable. Somewhere along the timeline I remember being scammed out of a black tipped raccoon and black bow tie - that ultimately shattered my hopes for trading and I haven’t been actively working towards any big items since :,3 I find it easier to grind for items now (alpha chests farming, pet expeditions, buying directly from shops, doing commissions etc) as it’s a solo one person job and I don’t have to rely on trusting anyone to be fair anymore lol
I started playing aj 2018 where the items were already rare. I can remember in 2019, my dream was dizzy stars.
There was someone, who claimed to give me dizzy stars if i give them my stuff. Luckily there was still the trade system with only 4 items. But since i played only for a few months, i did it and obviously he scamed. 😕
ive only been scammed once when i was younger, i was maybe 10 or 11 years old and i was DESPERATE for sapphires (i really wanted an arctic wolf back then) but my mum always said no
i had a few decent items, most notably a spiked collar (the normal black and white one) so basically, i was a stupid wee kid and someone came up to me and promised that they would drop enough sapphires so i could buy an arctic wolf if i gave them my spiked collar
you know how the story ends, the scammer logs off with my spike and doesnt drop anything (i cried for days) but i learned a very valuable lesson that day (even though it was through the hard way) be careful who you trust, and dont make trades outside the trading system
I got scammed once on animal jam classic.
This first part isn’t how I got scammed
I went to a buddy’s den and their friend randomly (if I recall correctly. This happened over a year ago) asked me my dream item and my favorite colors. I said spiked collar, and dark gray and blue. They traded me a blue long for a not very rare item and gifted me a black long. I was so excited I genuinely was having trouble making comprehensive words.
Less then twenty four hours later I fell for a trust trade giveaway scam. They had another person saying they were legit, probably a friend or an alt account.
There was another time where I had a friend who didn’t really play much anymore who gave me a pink long spike and wrist. I also fell for a trust trade giveaway scam.
ugh, i hate scamming, i got hacked and lost my headdress from a certain scam and i ended up quitting (in ajc)
I had a friend who used to scam people and she would had sold the virtual items for real life cash whenever she has free time (Not only on aj but on several different game platforms). She was very vague when she explained how exactly she had done it but all I know was that she got people to tell them their passwords on emails. She stopped doing it recently because she is starting to have less time to log into every accounts and trade their items into her spares. At one point she wanted me to help her and she told me that she would pay me. I refused but I almost did considered doing it. I didn't do it because I didn't need money at all like how she needed it. She needed the money for an important personal reason. If I had a very important reason to really need the money, but in order to do that is to ruin little kids happy virtual life..... then I would. I had been scammed before and I cried, but I was glad that I had because I learned valuable lessons. I also learned to avoid Real life scams just from being scammed on Aj. Scamming is not okay but there is always a reason why people do it, in this case, my friend needed money ( not a "want", it was a need).
I just got scammed like three minutes ago! I was in Jamma and this person was like “ABC to be in vid!” And of course I was like “ABC” cuz I thought that I was gonna really be in a vid, so they were like ok meet me in my den! So I went after they buddied me. When ai got there they said- this vid is about scamming and they said hey my sunflowers! And I said hi they said today were are going to do a skit and show you how to avoid being scammed so we did a fake trust trade then I got scammed they unbuddied me and kicked me out of then den!
I think I scammed once? Someone was collecting rocks and I traded them showing them a token one, and they asked if the bear they offered was actually rare. I said no and felt guilty
As a ex-scammer, I have 3 separate things I used to do.
1: The free items scam. Basically make a new account and ask for free items, then trade them to your main.
2: Uncommon "Rare" items. Just lie about worth of uncommon items.
3: fake drop. Buy a my shop, and sell random items. Then lie about a drop.
I no longer scam, but I did scam a few rare items. To everyone I did scam, I'm sorry. 😢
I remember back in 2017, i got scammed out a blackout spike by trust trading. I was promised a flower crown back when they were worth tons. They traded me junk for my blackout and then when they got it they locked me out of the den, still remember that situation till this day.
Several years ago, on AJ Classic, before it was given the Classic title, an arctic wolf had scammed me out of my freedom wings using the classic old "gift me this, and i will gift you this" scam. (This was back when non-members could still send gifts) I didn't even want to give my wings, but they kept on pressuring, and i was young at the time. I even had their user memorized for a while, but not anymore since i flat out quit after the mess with Feral. At that time too, freedom wings were a dream item of mine since i was a non-member, unable to get membership, and i loved the dragon wings because i thought they were so neat. Swords too, and when i learned there were non-member variants of those, of course i wanted them. This was also before freedom wings started coming back to stores. I was really upset at the time, but a good friend of mine gave me another pair not long after. They were a pretty rare jammer at the time, but they were super nice. We've since stopped talking, but i still have them as a buddy on my buddy list.
I've scammed someone before, it was on classic. I don't usually play classic and only play mobile. I was extremely angry of how I was rare in mobile AJ but not in classic even though I barley played it. I ended up scamming a black long, red long, and a few short collars that I don't remember. I also scammed a person by asking if I could try it on, the item was a headdress. I don't remember the color as I rarely get on classic anymore. I'm not going to lie, I don't feel that guilty about it, but at the same time I do feel slightly bad and often think about how those jammers had felt when I scammed their items. I used a spare account so my main wouldn't get exposed or banned. I know I'm bad for not feeling guilty but for some reason I can't get myself to feel even more sad or upset. Tbh I feel good for myself, now I've been scammed multiple times in the past before. It's a horrible feeling and I know that, I also wanted to scam those items because I was angry and extremely sad I was sad, kinda wanted to get revenge even though the jammers I scammed did nothing wrong. I don't scam anymore as I don't play classic, and I only play mobile. And I'm decently rare on mobile. I've never thought about scamming again after I scammed that headdress and don't really want to anymore. I'm sorry that I don't feel guilty for scamming those people
ive gotten scammed twice out of rare gliders..thank you for bringing this to everyones attention
I'll admitt I once tried too but they figured it out and I apologized gave free items to them.
When I was younger me and my cousin would go to different places and say it was our sisters birthday tomorrow or something and that we didn’t have any pets to give her. they would fall for it and give us pets and one day I got a normal colored artic wolf with eyelashes I was so happy and always used it but a year ago I felt so bad so I traded it to someone.. I’m so glad it’s not in my inventory but my past still haunts me…
I know this has been several months but, I do have a story. One time little me did decide to scam someone, not even for the items. For the fun of it. Because I wanted to know what it felt like. So I did a dress-up scam, and managed to get a snowflake spike collar. I ended up getting trades disabled for a day, which was pretty reasonable. I’m pretty sure I gave away that collar eventually because I felt bad. So yeah. Kids definitely do this because they see it and get curious. Not every scammer is an evil mastermind. They can just be a curious and bored ten year old who wanted a little thrill.
scamming, scamming nearly ruined my whole year on animal jam
this sounds dramatic of course, i agree with what your thinking.
heres the story, its a long one, so leamon, if u want u can use it in a video for an example or stuff
i was happily on my ipad, and entered animal jam. it was laggy, so i accidentally entered the sapphire shop. there, a jammer was advertising. [ i will continue this later as im busy rn ]
i always have thoughts if i should scam or not, i lost all my good items by overtrading and things like that, and i really regret it. now, there is no way to get good items, im stuck at this point where the only good items i have are the ones im attached to
I saw someone in a party who had apparently gotten scammed, They began to threaten to scam the person who scammed them and I tried to stop them.They knew the scammers username and they got a bunch of people to raid there den and yell at them.I tried to stop them but I couldn’t. One of the people who were helping them brought me to their den and started yelling at me about why the scammer was so terrible.Saying that the scammer should feel guilty and horrible.And when I told them to stop yelling they said you can’t yell in games and it was just caps.I told them about leamon puppy and this is kinda funny but- They said I shouldn’t watch her and that I can’t trust random strangers on the internet-
also claimed they watched her before?But it was obvious they never had. That’s all I can remember.
I'm bad at worth and people say Animal Jam worth wiki (on fandom) is fake and not real worth, and my rare friend once said Eagle Fountain is worth forest, so I traded my purple cuffs that my sibling gave me and told me not to trade them. I only did it because they were rare and my 'friend' so I thought it was legit. But I know what you're gonna say, but the thing is, I never know WHO to trust. Rare people, nice people, but when I trust both or either I still get tricked. I don't know which jammer(s) are good, and actually good. I still wish for my cuffs back to this day..😓
When i was really new to aj i hated on scammers until i learned that sometimes scam is a way to cope with the pain of their life.
when I was new to ajpw, I had this pet default lion, I really loved it but I was willing to trade it if it meant getting my dream pet at the time, a pet polar bear. So, one day I was advertising my trade when I got traded. They put up an adorable Christmas coloured polar bear! I was sooo excited. Then they just added some random instore items I didn't care about. I excepted because I really wanted that polar bear! Because of the adrenaline I didn't realize the secretly took OFF the polar bear. By the time I realized (about a minute later when I went to take out the polar bear) they were gone, and I was left heartbroken, without the lion or polarbear which I loved. (thankfully I have a default lion again and 4 polar bears which I love deeply.)
i got scammed in a cross trade and cried for over an hour😭 lost a magenta item and a spike on pc, my parents came up to ask why i was crying and i said it was cause i missed my primary skl💀
also congrats on 16k leamon! you deserve it
Dang I kinda forgot about cross trades that’s a kind of scam sometimes.
Children are easily scammed because they're pretty gullible unfortunately. :( Being 24 sure has it's advantages. (yes I'm a 24 year old ♀️ and I love playing Animal Jam) The scams are super obvious to me.
Edit: Might be far fetched but the thing that bothers me about scammers is that it starts off in Animal Jam and it might inspire them to become real scammers. Maybe children will move on from scamming but teenagers on the other hand... That's just something I always thought about..
But either way, nobody deserves such hatred.
I’m 18 and play the game. Also many jammers get scammed and then start scamming since they lost items.
@@LeamonPuppy Perhaps you can do a vid about age? Like, some kids overreact about 18-20s who play AJ.
Yes, it's a kid's game but you can still be a teenager at that age. And some still play AJ because it was their childhood, it shouldn't be a problem unless if the person is a bot or worse. 😅
@@Clava_Vodeanuc Whoa dude, you took my idea right off my mind :o
But yeah, I'd be nice if someone would talk about the much older players of AJ. There's not that much as kids/teens but there's some around, such as myself. And whenever there are, kids will freak out and think we're in it for targeting children... It's like we have a bad reputation, thanks to the notorious predators of this game :(
From experience, if I had to mention my age
kids will react to the following:
•Will believe I'm lying about my age
•Will freak out (and maybe even report me?)
•Will mention how "It's a kid's game, you shouldn't be playing it"
•Most importantly and yet again, will think I'm lying of my age
I try to teach children AJ can be fun for everyone but most of the time I get negative responses. It sucks that society doesn't expect young adults such as myself to enjoy fun, cute and innocent games such as AJ. They expect us to play rated M games at best :/
@@A_Random_Shroob I feel this kind of pain, even tho I'm close to 20s, I want and feel the need to be a child, or at least teenager, and young adults can look like teenagers, so there is hope.
And most... yes, you got the major age, may have more responsibilities than before but you don't change overnight.
You are still the kid you wanted to be, if you want to be (some). :,)
And in my opinion, the ages 20-28 you still can be a teen. If in our souls is desire to be a big kid, may bring it outside on our faces, with positively and healt, of course. ^_^
And yessss, some, especially the little children have in mind (probably from their parents or seeing in other places)
that once your at that "grown up age", you can't play, you can't look at Disney, you can't do that anymore, etc.
Or not necessarily what they hear or see... majority of them think that it's much better to be grown up and do whatever you want (rights) but I'm not saying that you must depend only from your parents, just, childhood is youth, magical and innocent.
Now, about the game, yea, bots, predators... how can we be so sure if all of them are adults? Teenagers as well which they are practically kids.
(Sigh) For now, all we have to do is: hiding the age, and say "yes, I'm a child" even tho the jammer will think not, it matters what you think, what you feel.
yup, I was one of those stupid kids who fell for the “ hey can I borrow that I wanna look at it I’ll give it right back “
like rlly, I was stupid
Rlly stupid
I've never been scammed before, or been scammed. But I've been tempted to scam, I will admit. But, it's hard not to be tempted, and your strong for telling yourself no and not listening to the temptation. And even if you used to scam, saying no and stopping is still good, because it shows you can become better. And if one scammer turns away from scamming, surely others can too. Honestly I hate that scamming exists, but I agree with leamon puppy. No ones perfect, so why should you expect perfection? They might just need a reminder that they arent just winning, but that they are hurting others too.
My scam comment: I had once scammed- but this was with my irl friend and I was pretty much forced to do it as I was too scared of her to do anything about it. This was way back in 2019, one time we were just scamming some people when we scammed this girls daredevil scarf. When she kicked us out, I remember the girl who got scammed was just so upset, crying, and I could tell it was really precious to her. Yes I know they're 'just pixels' but its really nice to have them, they make an have something else to do. In that moment, I realized how terrible it was and I so badly wanted to tell her, 'sure I can give this back to you, I'm sorry we scammed you!' But thinking about my friend, I didn't want to betray her- she'd literally try to choke me the next day- But she really was nice other times, and I really believed she wasn't a bad person so I didn't want to expose her... So I just left.
We continued scamming as usual until school started the next year. That time I literally burst into tears and just confessed everything to her- and thankfully, she stopped scamming! But with that, after covid started, aka the next year starring 2021 she quit ajpw, and with that I never saw her again, irl or ig. Like I said before, she really was a nice person in heart, its just so many people scam because of the jealousy of not being able to have the items you wanted. I never again scammed, and in fact I'm trying to help a friend of mine who stopped scamming a long time ago but still feels the urge to do it! I do believe, like you do leamon, that rather scammers aren't bad themselves, (aj of course) but its just scamming itself that's not a great thing to do. Everyone has their own choice. We shouldn't try to rule them over :)
Omg animal jam is just getting worse and worse!
Scamming has been a thing for years
@@BoppityBeepBoop I know it has I've been through it ever since then game was barely up.
I remember watching a video i did on my mom’s old phone, which was about my old animal jam account i had when furry cuffs were still in stores, in that account i had other stuff like the eclipse clothing and many other decent stuff but when i saw that i was going into jam mart clothing and didn’t buy the cuffs i was like; *WHY DID I MAKE SUCH A MISTAKE*
I got scammed out of a pet I had when I went to get it duplicated. I told them to not scam me, but they did and lock me out.
I was young when that happen I told aj only my dad dose not know how to bring it back. My sister is trying to get it back for me only it been so long.
Just like what you said in the end of the video some scammers just need kindest the most and I also learned that with Ashleigh Brilliant's quote so that's why even if I got hurt I'll try to stay strong♥Godbless⛅♥
Another scam would probably when they change the main item and add bad things after so you don't realise the removed it.
ALSO I USED TO WATCH YOU LIKE 2 YRS AGO LOL I TOOK A LONG BREAK FROM AJ AND IM BK AND FOUND YR CHANNEL AGAIN!
I used to have a friend who was a big scammer but changed, they were actually pretty nice and before they quit scamming they actually got scammed a bunch. Now when I would hang out with them other jammers would judge her bully her even when she has tried to say shes changed. She stopped playing after a while but I feel very bad for them and what usually happened
I remember when I was twelve, animal jam used to give away items on there TH-cam account. every Wednesday they would live-stream and give away items. I used to be so exited to get home from school, and go watch the stream. On the day the candy cavern den came out. (Or some time around that) I got picked, I was so excited! I ended up getting a red dj headset as a reward the next day when I logged in. I treasured it because it was an item from my idol at that time. Although about a year down the line I got scammed. How it worked was, The scammer gave back everyone’s items, until it got really good. Even giving back den plaques. Although I was dumb enough to make the trade, and they locked there den. Everyone that was there lost there items. I remember being so devastated as a kid, I started crying. I was desperate to work back up to get a similar item. ( to replace the one I lost) Perhaps not a red dj, but a dj non the less. I started advertising that I was looking to trade for a dj. Although unfortunately the person that was “helping” me get a dj, used my desperate state to scam me from my den betas. Talk about a bad week. It’s ok though because since then I received a rc tail from ajhq a year or two later so, I no longer look for a dj. I also gained back the worth of the other items I lost through Shops. I’m quite happy now, although I tend to stay away from trading.
-sorry for all the spelling errors
As someone who has been scammed multiple times, and has even accidentally scammed someone out of their pet squirrel, I totally agree with what you have to say. This game- certainly threw me for a loop. Having survived a bunch of trauma in my childhood, AJ was a coping mechanism for me. Unfortunately, after seeing a cami’s frog story video, I got addicted to getting this one frog plushie and was willing to do some downright NEFARIOUS stuff, including making up a DISEASE just to get one. This was years ago, and whilst I’m not doing too better mentally, I’m out of that situation and I don’t really play AJ anymore. Just goes to show that some of this stuff is, in fact, a coping mechanism. Doesn’t mean you shouldn’t call one out on it, but still.
i have never scammed [well, if you don't count that one time i tried to, but failed and got nothing lol], but when a recent animal jam breach happened, ALL of my items are gone, not a bow or a pet to spare. i had played animal jam since 2016 and have recently been falling out of the community, but it kind of... hurts? i had personal attachments to some of my pets, and some of my items [i.e. my visor..] and i haven't gotten on because it feels like animal jam and my happy memories have been ripped away from me...
Apart from scamming, another thing I dislike on animal jam are the trends. I despise trends so much; it's just a period of time when a bunch of people like something and/or dwell in something. The last time I played animal jam it was all about getting the best spikes. Now, as of a few weeks ago when I started again after 3 years, it's all about getting the rarest sugar glider. When I got one and went to the play-as-your-pet party, someone was willing to trade his/her full trade list for that one sugar glider I had. The tradelist included some of the following items:
1. A few outfits
2. A few member-exclusive items
3. 5 FRIGGIN PETS (and an adoption token)
4. A WHOLE PHANTOM PORTAL
5. Some other things, I believe.
At the end of it all, the jammer was so happy as he or she shouted "oh my God, I got a glider!" and I was just there like, "but... you just lost more than 500 sapphires worth of items, for just a pet..."
Thinking back at it is always so unbelievable and sometimes, I even feel guilty about even accepting the trade. I just feel trends are getting out of hand. And after thinking of it all, the next thing that pops up in my mind is, "What next? Spider monkeys? Den music? The futuristic head phones in my wishlist? I hope not."
It’s just a game after all, they’re just items. Even though it hurts to get scammed, some scammers are just hurting themselves mentally. I got scammed twice in the past years, but I’m not too bothered by it
Haha! I remember when I got double team scammed back when I played AJ years ago.
I used to scam on aj, but I havent scammed in a while, and dont plan on doing it anytime soon. I have rlly great friends and a good way to earn saps thats a solid method by going to the phantom dimension and using autoclicker, I will always feel guilty for the ppl who Ive scammed, but I know what I did was wrong, and I wont ever do it again. When I made my new main I decided I would never scam again, not on this acc. And I didnt, and Im doing rlly well for myself now. I am trying to change and become a better person, and Im satisfied and happy with where I am rn.
I haven't scammed but I have hacked
( Btw I was like 7 lol )
I regret what I did but I was trying to get into my friends accounts. I didn't want to hack but I was using their usernames for passwords and I got in.
I will not name the account but I was super jealous because they had galaxy wings, home theater ect.
So I took some ( by some I meant most ) and soon they caught onto me and wanted their stuff back so I gave them back. But again my little self hacked again the same person and everything and that time I still gave them back.
Now that I've been hacked before I now know how it felt for them when I hacked them and now I regret doing everything I did and now I know how it feels to be hacked :)
Once time i had a buddy on aj, she was my best friend, or so i thought-. So back then i had some rares, not many to go around and show off or anything, but just enough to make me feel good about my self. People thought i was "cool" all because i had some rare pixles and wanted to be my buddie, and before i knew it i was surrouded by attion, and it felt nice. So one day my "friend" asked if she could borrow some/most of my pixles so she could try them on with a look she came up with and like a fool i said yes. Of course i was scammed, but i wasnt upset over the fact i lost the rares, i was upset that someone i trusted so much just stood there and backstabbed me. And before i knew it, everyone that loved me for my rares started to vanish. I was so upset that one day i decided i would scam my way back up to the worth. Trust me, it was NOT worth it- i recived a lot of hate for it and evently stopped, i also quite aj for a long perioed of time before returing around 5 months later. I learned from my mistakes and now im back up to being rare again, and i have real friends now too. So dont go off and scam, its just not/ never the best choice. ( sorry for the mispells- i typed this in a hurry lol)
i was a kid. but let me tell you that it's either the ppl that i scammed is a kid like me and easily trust others, i was terrifyingly smart
yes that sounds weird but i do regret what i did, i eventually sell all of my scammed items and i haven't been playing ever since 2018 _(but i played once again, for nostalgia reasons)_
now if you asked me why did i call 'my kid self terribly smart?' is because i'll buddy the people that had the good items i wanted, be friendly, talkative, and play games with them. usually a week, maybe a day or two. then i finally make my move to _"trust trade"_ with them, and they'll fall for it.
gosh even remembering it makes me wanna will-smith-slap myself, not only was i scamming, but i manipulate those people into thinking I'm their _"best friend"_ and fall into a false sense of security
i am still baffled how my childish mind can come up with those ideas..
i was horrible, and good thing i sold off and did giveaways with those items, i don't know what will i feel if i saw it. i don't want to ask any forgiveness as it is too late, but i just wanna say
please don't scam, yes you'll feel happy with those items you'll get, but at the end of the day. it doesn't have any worth or usefulness for you.
When I was younger I fell for the free rares website but gave the user and password of a throw away account and not my main one
One time I got scammed for my phantom flight set
I got another one though.
But people still ask for it
Also how ajhq does absolutely nothing about it
And congrats on 16K leamon puppy!
Thanks for the info so whenever a scammer asks for my passsword I’ll give a fake one haha
I used to scam on adopt me a really long time ago when i was like 8. I dont scam right now, and im glad i dont, im glad i realized its not okay to scam. Im happy that right now, im a better person then who i used to be. I hope many scammers realize it too.
They rarely never ban any scammers even the well known ones. Before people would try to scam me one a month now it's every single hour and day!
I remember this one person was gonna make a vid for youtube nad needed help and they said it was like some kind of never trust scammers vid and we were doing the trust trade part and I was so dumb and didnt think that they would leave and lock their den after I gave them my items
I r ember being scammed over and over.i dont really remember scamming but someone over offered fir crafting crystals they added 2 pets and a dna for 24,then when I said are you sure they said yes so I accepted and then someone told me I scammed them but it was their Choice to add all those items.it hurts so bad to get scammed and if you do now, free to be you i don’t hate scammers I just don’t wanna do it. I don’t wanna be like that I talk about this on my channel sometimes.the way I was scammed once was by color swapping my favor pet.but alas,good things come to an end and I quit fir the whole 2020. Thank you for reading this.
I used to scam when I was a lot younger and I’m not proud of it, it was mainly because I was upset that I had been scammed so many times and I just wanted my rarity back which wasn’t ok and I wish I could find those people who I had scammed but I don’t remember the users. It made me feel so good but after I felt like a complete jerk like especially because I was using my two spare accounts to scam some innocent kids who were just trading.
I once got scammed of my nutcracker boots by this method, scammer puts rare items on trade, puts a bunch of common items on trade, and right before you accept the trade, they remove the rare item, hoping you dont notice that it is gone. ( this works because there can be multiple pages of items on trade now, and its harder to notice the rare item is gone ) the best way to avoid this is to scroll through all the pages of items before you hit accept.