Scamming

When you are scammed, you are led in to think you will be getting something, but are tricked into getting something else. For example, if I was going to trade 20 Credits for a Petal Patch and someone put in a Grass Patch, I'd have been scammed.

Scammers

Scamers are Habbos out there that can sometimes be mean or nasty. They use a number of methods to try and fool Habbo's into giving them their furniture. Click here to view other people's scam experiences and scams you should know about.

Scammers will normally say stuff such as "I can double your furniture", or "go to this site for free credits". They are lying, there is no such thing as free credits, nor can they double your furniture.

Sometimes, scammers will also try and trick you via email. They will use a fake email addresses to send you an email from fake e-mail such as [email protected] so be aware of the links you're clicking and make sure you're fully vigilant of what details you're entering.

How to prevent being Scammed

1. Always watch what people trade you. If you are buying two Petal Patches for 42c, make sure it's Petal Patches that are in the trade box, as well as the small number 2 in the top corner.
2. Make sure you receive the right amount of credits for your furni.
3. A quick trade, is a bad trade! People like to do quic trades to get you confused and in the end, you get scammed.
4. Never trust the free credits links, they are out to get your account and will end up taking everything!

High Alert Scams

Talk to Frank Brain Lamp

There are 2 different brain lamps on Habbo, each very similar to each other. There is the talk to frank brain lamp and just a brain lamp, the talk to frank brain lamp is the expensive one and the normal lamp is worth a few credits. A user shows you the expensive to talk to frank brain lamp, offers a low price. Then the user picks up the cheap on and tries to trade it to you when you're paying for the expensive one.

Petal and Grass Patch

Your wanting to trade something for a petal patch? Make sure you check the trading box's before you click confirm! All the user has to do is quickly change the petal patch to a grass patch, without you knowing of the change you will end up with a grass patch instead of the rare petal patch! Some say they look quite familiar. So just be careful and watch this scam and you should be able keep all your prized furni safe.