Scammer posing as RoM GM :thinking:

[Zinnia]

I think this problem is worth patching it from the source, did someone try to submit something to create a fix from rAthena and Hercules so new or updated servers will not have this problem?

We will look into solutions to filter that kind of behavior &/or block it and if we have one we will share it on rAthena forums and send the link in this topic.

[Notturno]

This is exactly why I play on Rise of Midgard, great to see a quick and fair resolution. 

[Inochi]

80% chance that was Zinnia's brother from another mother located and hosted inside the #5 internet cafe of the Philippines.

[RyukaValis]

This is a common scam method used on most RO private servers. This happened to me frequently on a server I played on around September 2016 where I would put up a chatroom trying to recruit guildmembers. Random players would disguise themselves as Game Masters and Admins of said server, asking to get my Skype and telling me to "keep quiet about it". Then two months later on another server the exact same scenario happened again. I sincerely doubt ROM staffers would try to attempt such a thing.

What you can do about it is just to report them to your respective server GMs through forums or in-game methods. The more players that does just that the less fishy chatroom schemes will occur. Naturally, you can't stop people from trying to scam but you can prevent some individuals from fraud.

There is also a very easy way to see deception. Look at their names and compare them to the actual developers. If in doubt look around a bit or ask someone.