A player in a Siege Discord server almost lost his account last month without trading a single item. A message said the Marketplace was back and his listings needed restoring; one click took him to a perfect copy of the real page, login box waiting. He typed his email, then stopped, finger over the password field, because the address looked off. He is not careless — he is exactly who common r6 marketplace scams are built to catch: a normal player, in a hurry, who trusts a page because it looks right.
Inside the official Marketplace, a completed trade is protected by design. When a trade fills, the item and the R6 Credits move together, at the same moment, handled by the system itself. Nobody hands over a skin and then waits on a stranger’s honesty. The system itself is the middleman — it never asks you to trust a person.
Nobody is scammed by the Marketplace itself: a scam needs a gap, a moment where one side holds both item and money, and inside the official system that gap does not exist. Every scam therefore starts the same way — by persuading you to step outside the system, onto ground the scammer controls. Our explainer on what the R6 Marketplace is shows how the real system is set up.
This guide covers the seven traps players fall for most, the red flags each one shows, and the safe response to each — plus a pre-trade checklist, what to do if you have already engaged, and how to verify the real thing. For the wider picture, see our guide on whether the R6 Marketplace is safe.
Trap 1: Fake Marketplace Websites and Phishing Login Pages
The most common trap is a website that looks like the Marketplace but is not. It copies the layout and colours — the giveaway is the address: a lookalike domain with a swapped letter or extra word, spread through Discord and dodgy search results. Its real job is the login box: sign in to “view prices” or “verify your items,” and your email, password, and two-step code go straight to the scammer.
The closure has given it a fresh costume. Ubisoft lists the Marketplace as temporarily closed, with no reopening date, so any message claiming it is “back,” offering “early access,” or asking you to log in to “restore” listings is bait — real announcements appear only on official channels. Watch for:
- It arrived as a message link.
- The domain is close, but not exact.
- It demands a login first.
Safe response: never log in via a sent link — type Ubisoft’s official address yourself.
Trap 2: “I’ll Pay Outside the Marketplace for a Better Rate”
This trap starts as a friendly Discord message. Someone likes your skin, then explains why you should trade off the Marketplace: more than your listing price, or a different payment method, if you deal directly. It sounds like a favour; it is not. Outside the system there is no order book, no matched exchange, and no record — and the “payment” typically never arrives, arrives as a screenshot, or is reversed after you hand over your side.
Red flags: moving the deal into DMs; a better rate tied to trading outside; pressure to delist first. Safe response: a genuine buyer can simply buy your listing inside the Marketplace — which is exactly why the offer to leave exists.
Trap 3: The Trusted Middleman Scam
Built for players who already know direct trading is risky, this one has the scammer offer to remove the risk. A third person, presented as a trusted moderator with pages of vouches, will “hold” the item or payment until both sides complete their halves. In practice the middleman is the scammer, or works with them: hand over your item and both vanish — or a problem is invented and a fee demanded to “release” the trade.
Red flags: a middleman the other party suggests; vouches in screenshots or a scammer-controlled channel; any extra human step at all. Safe response: the official system already plays the middleman automatically, with no person involved — a human one adds risk, not safety.
Trap 4: Fake Ubisoft Support and Admin Impersonators
Here the scammer pretends to be authority. An account dressed up as Ubisoft support, a game admin, or a Marketplace moderator messages you: your account is flagged, a trade is stuck — fixing it means sharing details, a code, or a login through their link.
Real support does not work this way. Ubisoft staff never run account fixes through DMs, and never need your password or two-step code; real help runs through official channels, where you open a case yourself. Red flags: being contacted first, out of the blue; an official-looking name or avatar; any request for a password or code. Safe response: end the conversation; if worried, type the official help address yourself instead.
Trap 5: Too-Good-to-Be-True Prices and Pressure Tactics
Some traps need no fake websites or fake people — just greed and a hurry. You are offered a rare skin for a fraction of its usual price, or a buyer offers well above the going rate, with one condition: deal now, off the Marketplace, before someone else takes it. The unrealistic price is bait to skip your checks; the deadline stops you thinking. Your side of the deal is real — theirs is not.
Red flags: a price that makes no sense; a countdown or rival buyers; the deal collapsing if you suggest completing it inside the Marketplace. Safe response: slow down. Real listings stay listed — a bargain that cannot survive ten minutes of thought was never a bargain.
Trap 6: “Verification” Requests That Steal Your 2FA and Backup Codes
Two-step verification (2FA) is the lock scammers most want open, because it can hand them the whole account. The trap wears a safety costume: mid-trade, your account must be “verified” first — by reading out the code sent to your email or authenticator, or sharing a backup code.
The rule that ends it: a code proves it is you, to the service that sent it — it is never shared with a person, for any trade. The moment someone asks, you are not in a verification step; you are in the scam. Marketplace access depends on that same security — level 25, active 2FA, good standing, via Ubisoft’s official website in a browser, as our R6 Marketplace requirements guide explains. Treat codes like your password: real sign-in page only, shared with no one.
Trap 7: Fake Giveaways and Trade Bots
The last trap wears a party hat. A post or announcement offers free credits, a rare skin, or a celebration pack — just log in through the linked page, or send a small item to “confirm your entry.” Trade bots run the same play: send an item, get back something better — supposedly. There is no prize and no bot. The login page is Trap 1’s phishing page, and the item you send is simply taken.
Red flags: prizes requiring a login through a link; entry fees paid in items; urgency about the giveaway ending. Safe response: real giveaways live on the organiser’s official channels and never need a password, code, or item in advance. If it is not visible there, it does not exist.
The Red-Flag Checklist: Run Through This Before Any Trade
Seven traps, shared fingerprints. Before agreeing to anything that touches your items or account, run down this list (terms like listing and order book are explained in our trading glossary). One flag is reason enough to stop.
| Red flag | What it usually means |
|---|---|
| You are asked to trade outside the official Marketplace | The protection is being removed |
| The deal started in Discord DMs | No record, no safety net, no appeal |
| A link asks you to log in, verify, or claim something | Likely a phishing page after your password and codes |
| A message says the Marketplace is back, or offers early access | Bait built on the closure — no reopening date exists |
| Someone asks for your password, 2FA code, or a backup code | Account theft in progress |
| A middleman is offered or required | The third person is part of the trap |
| The price is far better than the item’s normal going rate | Bait to make you skip your checks |
| You are rushed with deadlines or expiring offers | Pressure to stop you thinking; real listings can wait |
| “Support” or an “admin” contacted you first about a problem | Impersonation; real support answers cases you open |
Three habits make most of it irrelevant:
- Trade only inside the official system.
- Log in only via pages you reached yourself.
- Never share a code — not with a buyer, a middleman, or “support.”
Our legitimacy and safety guide goes deeper.
What to Do If You Already Engaged With a Scammer
Clicked, logged in somewhere suspicious, shared a code, or sent an item? Move fast — accounts can often still be secured:
- Secure the account first. Sign in through the official Ubisoft site or app — never through the link you were sent.
- Change your password. New, strong, unique — this can sign out other sessions, which is what you want.
- Re-check your 2FA. Confirm it is still on, on a method you control. Shared backup codes? Generate fresh ones and store them offline.
- Check what else is exposed. If that password is reused elsewhere, change those too — email first, it is the master key.
- Report it officially. Open a case at the official Ubisoft help site with dates and screenshots — reports are how fake sites get taken down.
How to Verify You Are on the Official Marketplace
Most traps collapse if you can tell the real thing from an imitation:
- How you got there. The Marketplace lives on Ubisoft’s official website, reached in a browser whatever device you play on — there is no separate in-game version. Arrived via a sent link? Leave, and navigate there yourself.
- The address. Read the domain letter by letter. One swapped or extra character means a different website.
- The gates are your account’s gates. Real access depends on your account: level 25, active 2FA, good standing. A site with no requirements, or one asking you to “unlock” trading by logging in, is not the real system — our walkthrough on how to access the R6 Marketplace shows the genuine route.
- Nothing extra is requested. The real system never asks for a code shared with a person, a release fee, or an item sent first. Any extra step is the scammer’s.
Pass all four, and you are where the built-in protections apply.
Common R6 Marketplace Scams: FAQs
Can you be scammed inside the official R6 Marketplace itself?
Not as players usually mean it. When a trade fills, item and credits move together, so nobody waits on a stranger’s honesty. Every scam here works by moving the trade out of that system first — the move itself is the biggest red flag.
Someone offered to pay more for my skin if we deal on Discord. Is that legitimate?
Treat it as a scam. A genuine buyer can simply buy your listing inside the Marketplace, where the exchange is automatic and recorded. Insisting on Discord makes sense only if the goal is removing those protections — paying more is the standard bait.
Ubisoft support messaged me asking for a verification code. What should I do?
Nothing they ask. Real support never needs your password or 2FA code, and does not fix accounts through direct messages. End the conversation; if worried, type the official help address yourself and check for any real notice.
I sent an item to a “middleman.” Can I get it back?
Realistically, unlikely: it happened outside the system where Ubisoft’s protections apply — that was the design. Still report it officially with your evidence, and secure your account at once if details or codes were shared.
Why do Marketplace scams target my 2FA and backup codes?
Because the account is the real prize. Password plus a working code can hand a scammer the whole account — items, credits, standing. Codes belong in the real sign-in page only; one requested by a person is the scam, not a safety step.
Final Thoughts
Every trap here is one trick in different clothes — a fake page, a friendly buyer, a helpful middleman, an urgent admin — all moving you one step outside the official system, because inside it there is no gap to work in. Spot the move, not the costume, and most scams fall apart at the start.
Keep the rule simple: trade only where item and credits move together, log in only on pages you reached yourself, never hand a code to a person — and the Marketplace stays a system where you never have to trust a stranger. For everything else we publish on it, start from the R6 Marketplace homepage.