Animal Jam’s “Problematic” Scamming Side 

Make sure to watch the video all the way through, I discuss EVERYTHING

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 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.

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

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

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

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

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 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 don't like how arrogant some scammers are. They know they are doing something wrong but then act like they aren't.

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.

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

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.

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-..

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 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.

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.

Ayo what a hard working RU-vidr

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.

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 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✨

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!

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.

Thanks for addressing this problem! Yeah Animal Jam has quite a bit of flaws.

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?

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.

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!🎉

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.

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!

When she said there’s more then 1 victim- the music became creepy-

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.

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.

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!

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.

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!

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!

Omg congratulations on 16k! You so deserved 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.

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.

Or even cross trades - trading stuff for other games you can get scammed

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!

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 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.

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. 😕

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

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.

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..😓

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

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

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. 😢

ugh, i hate scamming, i got hacked and lost my headdress from a certain scam and i ended up quitting (in ajc)

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

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.

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 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.

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.)

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 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

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 admit I did used to scam rarely, but I was around 9 at the time. I didn’t understand a lot at the time because I joined after the beta year. So I wanted to be cool and validated by some. I scammed someone and the guilt I felt after was unbelievable. I actually still had them on my buddy list and insisted I give the item back but the person was nice enough to let me keep it. That person was so nice and they changed me for who I am today. And I will admit I have occasional thoughts of scamming but I remember that person and go off to trade traditionally.

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.

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!

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.

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⛅♥

In late 2015 I was at the trading party (Ajc) and I had a rare jamaaliday scarf I was so happy about it I loved that scarf so much lol… and this jammer who had been my buddy I played adventures with and all that had offered me a spiked collar so I was like heck yeah… I can’t remember what she said but it was before the updated trading… she put a necklace on trade and wanted a few things before I traded the scarf for the spike… I was 11 so I was a little dumb and fell for it I gave her rare elf shoes and a rare necklace and something else then she put on another necklace which confused me but said she’d give me the spike after and a membership code so I could get the spike gifted to me… I did the trade then got blocked and kicked from her den :’( I cried for days lmao now it’s funny but gosh I still miss my scarf I was so attached to it I’m 18 now tho and don’t fall for that anymore but I still play everyday for hours 😂😂😂

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.

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 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 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.

I used to scam, and I am very very disappointed in myself, especially because I only recently stopped. I've been playing basically since beta days, I started playing I think December 2015, I scammed basically since trading was introduced. I had used it as a coping mechanism for my parents divorce, my abusive father and stepfather, my neglectful mother and many other problems I dont wish to share as they are far too personal. I stopped scamming maybe 7 months ago after my best buddy on the entire game got scammed, by someone using the same method I did (which, was lying about worth to new/inactive players) after I saw how much pain that caused him I quit scamming, and im so very glad I did. I am terribly ashamed for what I have done in the past, it makes me sick thinking about it. I really appreciate that you include the segment of it being a coping mechanism.

I'll admitt I once tried too but they figured it out and I apologized gave free items to them.

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

Leamon, you missed one lol. Its one where you go up to someone, say you will give them a really good item if they get an item from someone else (2nd scammer) and then they will trade that 2nd person for their item and get scammed. its really similar to the one in the video but its a bit different :) (this is how i got scammed a while ago- 😭)

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 remember when I was twelve, animal jam used to give away items on there RU-vid 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

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*

Thanks for the info so whenever a scammer asks for my passsword I’ll give a fake one haha

Haha! I remember when I got double team scammed back when I played AJ years ago.

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.

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)

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 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 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 used to be a scammer back when I actually used to play the game. I used a method which wasn’t mentioned in this video, and i see why, it’s a really uncommon way of scamming. I used a chrome extension called tampermonkey, which was a script editor and would allow me to gain access to any one’s account without the use of a username or password. This was back in 2016 or so, so I don’t have a strong memory of how I did it, but it included the person I was scamming giving me their token (which is a really long string of characters) so I could then put their token in the place of mine and boom I was in their account. I was a kid around the age of 12 - 13 years old. I guess it could be classed as more of a hack?

I stopped trading big items a while ago, its not worth it. Rare emo arctics irritate me so i just trade small stuff in the fox lair. Im happy with that plus shopping for my rares is way easier

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

Ive been scammed about 28 times in animal jam and due to being mad about it I have trust issues and have scammed a couple of times on animal jam a year or 2 ago before I quit animal jam. I had stopped scamming ever since I feel guilty still to this day and i refuse to make spares and such, I cannot take anything about scamming people I have become a better person and im upset how mean I was back then just because of pixels on a screen getting scammed then being mad. Recently about 2 months ago I came back and have been scammed about 4-6 more times because im more gullable for being tricked because I do not know my worth at all so my friends have been helping me.

Also how ajhq does absolutely nothing about it And congrats on 16K leamon puppy!

someone stole 11 bucks from me and so i stole something from everyone in the class. it all back fired and then even the teacher accused me of stealing a envelope of money from her. At that point i kinda did feel like stealing that envelope and destroying the money inside just because they blamed me for such a thing but that would just prove them right and encourage their and my own behavior.. so like the coward i am i just moved to a new country and school trying to escape my past.

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.

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.

Death threats are definitely not the way to go just forgive the person for scamming you wish them well and block them

I rarely trade anymore. Recently after a year of not being online I decided to join a server, and when I got a trade request in the pillow room someone was wanted my feathered ears item or smth like those little feathers that go on the back of your animals ears? Well I accepted the request thing and they started adding items you get when you first join the game. I said "nty this is an unfair trade." And they go OMG NO IM SO OVER YOUR SCAMMING MEEEEE" obviously i wasn't. I was not sure what they where trying to do to be honest. After they declined the trade they started spamming "YOUR SO PICKY!!!! THAT WAS A FAIR TRADE!!! YOUR SO RUDE!!!!" and I was like uh- no- you where adding beginner items for my feathered ears- and said it wasn't fair- then she left the pillow room not sure if she didnt think I knew what worth was but yea interesting story in my opinion.

Julian2 vibes lol.

No kidding, Scammers get alot of hate. I PRETENDED to scam once as a joke on a random account and I GOT BANNED FOR A DAY ON THAT ACCOUNT! Bro geez!

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

Scamming is wrong but the baiter trolls are annoying too

One time I got scammed for my phantom flight set I got another one though. But people still ask for it