Dumb Idead that is even dumber if done on Evony
1). While their hero is out on a battle, email the player and claim that you have kidnapped his hero. Give them a link that could not be opened and claim that this link is the evidence that his hero had been kidnapped by you. Then proceed to demand gold as a randsome.
2). Mail to a player claiming that a prince of Romanga who just happened to have the same name as the player had recently quit and that you are willing to give him all the prince's inheritance if the player is willing to send you a little gold. Then proceed to skip states via a teleporting scroll.
3). Claim that you could give players double the amount of gold they give you. Actually give out double the amount of gold they give you until you receieves so much gold at once you are unable to give them double the amount of the gold receieved. Then proceed to skip states.
4) Claim you are the messiah and attract massive amounts of follwers. After gaining their trust, tell them that the end of the server is near and ask them to disband their soldiers and dispose of their wall defences to achieve total peace and tranquility at the server's end. After ensuring that all followers have left the server for good, proceed to loot all of their belongings.
5). Claim that you are insane and offer to sell you resources at LOW LOW PRICES. Continue to hoard the players' money until they relize that you haven't been sending them resources at all. Then proceed to skip states.
6). Convince a new player to "buy" your troops for gold. Send your troops to their embassy until you have receieved the gold payment. Then proceed to skipping states.
7). Claim to a player that his castle is on sacred grounds and unless he sends you money and you remove the curse for him, he would be cursed.
8). Convince a new player that the land his castle is on is a strategic vantage point for an assult on an "Evil Organization". Wait for his troops to leave his castle to defeat the other "Evil citadels", then swoop in, take his resouces and gold, and proceed to skipping states.
9). Offer to a player a "once in a lifetime opportunity" of "enlarging their army size using natural remedies". After receieving their payment, proceed to check-out: of the state.
10). Mail to a player claiming that you are from the warhouse company and that the player's warehouse's password had been hacked into. Make them send to you the new password and proceed to transferring all their warehouse storage to you account (Note: There is no warehouse password)
11). Convince a new player that a huge army is coming his way and he must let you loot him first because you will give the resources looted back to him unlike the "huge army". Proceed to skipping state after plundering his city.
12). Claim you are a psychic and send 500 players a message saying that Alliance A would win the alliance battle against alliance B, while sending 500 other players a message that says Alliance B would win against Alliance A. If Alliance A won against Alliance B. Demand gold from all the players (who receieved you message saying that alliance A would win) for a prediction of the match-up between alliance C and Alliance D. If alliance B won then do the same thing for alliance B instead. Send 250 letters to the players who receieved the accurate prediction, saying that Alliance C would triumpth over alliance D., and demand them gold if the prediction comes true. Do the similar thing if alliance D claimed victorious. Keep demanding gold until the other players lay waste to your city.