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Even though it is against the rules, players have been known to trade powerful characters and items within  runescape gold and other similar games.

"buy runescape, a hammer or a sword within a game can be worth thousands of pounds," Rob Fahey, former editor of online magazine gamesindustry.biz, told The Times. "It's bizarre but that's the 21st Century for you."

Mark Gerhard, chief executive of Jagex Games, which makes runescape gold, said: "Players invest years of time and effort into developing their character so theft of (an) account shouldn't be treated differently to the theft of other valuable possessions."

Four years ago, rs gold a Chinese man was stabbed to death after he borrowed a dragon sabre in the online game Legends of Mir 3 then sold the powerful virtual weapon to someone else for 7,200 yuan (£640).