Announcement: Gaia Problems: (Gaia Toolbar update workaround 08-01-08)

[Nana_Wing]

10-24-06: Towns Search

For a while the /loc seemed to be down, but appears to be working again.

[Wolfie]

Oct. 26th 2006 - "Remember Me" not working properly

Some users have experienced that they do not stay logged in even thought they repeatedly check "Remember me".
The admins and developers are aware of this and they're doing their best to try to solve this. 3nodding

[Moonblossom]

October 28th, 2006 - Database Issues

There are currently issues connecting to some features, such as profiles and journals. We don't have an ETA as to when this will be fixed, but it's a known issue and will be looked into as soon as possible smile

[Nana_Wing]

More Email Password Scams.

This is the latest letter and email not to fall for.

Quote:

From: Gaia Online Moderator <[e-mail]>

Dear Gaia User,

It has come to our attention that you, or someone on your account has
scammed several users on Gaia. Because of this, you will be banned from
the site on all accounts linked to your computer. For safety issues and to
make sure this account on Gaia is yours, we will need you to fill out the
following information below and send it back to us as soon as possible.

Gaia Username -

Gaia Password -

Reason you should not be banned -


We will need the above information to verify if the account is yours. If this
information is not sent back to us via e-mail, we will be forced to shut
down or ban your Gaiaonline account. Sorry for the inconvenience.

Sincerely,
The Gaia Online Staff

Please be reminded that Gaia Staff will not ask for your password, we don't need your password and no one else does but you.

[Nana_Wing]

New PM Password Phishing scam.

Please watch out for this PM, as it is false.

Quote:

You have been suspected of hacking multiple accounts on Gaia

We have received a few reports of you hacking accounts on Gaia. In order to avoid an immediate ban, we require your password to check your trade history. If you take longer then FIVE minutes to respond to this warning, your account will be permanently banned. If you chose to cooperate and we find you guilty, your ban will only be temporary. But if you chose to disobey, your account will lose all of its rights and your IP will be blocked from our site.

Please read our TOS, Rules and Regulations.

Sincerely,
The Gaia Administrators

[Nana_Wing]

New password scam going around via Email. Please watch out for [e-mail].

The message goes something like this.

Quote:

Dear Gaia,

We have sent this letter to you and other Gaia's because it is that time of
year when we need to have more moderators around our place. If you deside
you want to be a moderator and email us your Gaia information we will be
sending a Gaia quiz and you will have to answer at least 20 out of 25 out of
the questions listed if you do succeed we will then send a request regarding
for you to be a moderator.

Information needed:

Gaia's Name:

Gaia's Password:

Gaia's date of birth:

Please give us your Gaia information so that we know which Gaia to send this
too

Please reply to this message as soon as possible

Thank you
--
Gaia Support

Don't be fooled by this. Moderators are not seleceted in this way.

[Wolfie]

Update on 'Remember me' feature

"Remember Me" not working properly October 26th
Some users have experienced that they do not stay logged in even thought they repeatedly check "Remember me".
The admins and developers are aware of this and they're doing their best to try to solve this. 3nodding

Update: This issue should have been resolved. Please clear your cache, cookies and saved password in order to make the feature function properly again.

[Nana_Wing]

Another new Password Scam going around to look out for.

Again be aware this is not true. Gaia staff will not ask for your passwords. So please watch out for these scams and report them immediately!

Quote:

Subject: Warning: Please read

Gaia's new hacker protection system has received
reports that you have been suspected of hacking users.
Please fill out the following criteria so that we
may check your account and/or trading activity to
confirm or disprove these accusations:

Username:

Password:

This process will not take long, and
you will be notified on the results of
our investigation as soon as possible.

If you do not comply within twenty-four(24) hours,
we will be forced to temorarily ban or permanently
ban your account.

Another to watch for.

Quote:

You have been suspected of hacking multiple accounts on Gaia.

We have received a few reports of you hacking accounts. In order to avoid an immediate ban, we require to check your trade history. To do this we need your PSWD.Gaia needs to find out who is behind all of these hacks.Gaia usually doesn't ask for your PSWD but we really need to find out who is behind this. Gaia ADMINS think you are behind this and are thinking about banning your account i am on your side,I know that you didnt do it.If you take longer then TEN minutes to respond to this warning, your account will be permanently banned unless you are offline at the time. In that case, you will have a ten minute period from the time that you sign on to respond to this message. If you choose to cooperate and we find you innocent, your ban will only be temporary. If you chose to ignore this warning or if we find that you have been hacking accounts, your account will lose all of its rights and your IP will be blocked from Gaia.

People Who Reported you
1. < Name inserted here >
2. < Name inserted here >

Sincerely,
Gaia MOD

[Nana_Wing]

Looks like another Password Scam is going around. Just got this new report.

Again this is a scam, do not give them your password. Report it immediately to a moderator, or through the PM report system, as this is just a grab to get your password, and steal your account and items. 3nodding

Quote:

YOU HAVE BEEN SUSPECTED OF HACKING AN ACCOUNT

Failure to submit your Screen name and Password will result in the banning of the accused account

All Questions will be answered after the screening proccess

1 hour is given upon opening this message to comply

-Gaia Hacking Security

[Nana_Wing]

A new bogus PM is cycling through. Watch out for this one guys.

Again this is a scam. Do not give away your info.

Quote:

We are sorry for the interruption, but your account has been accused of hacking. Gaia admins will have to go through your account for evidence. If you are proven not guilty you will recive 10000gold.

Sincerely,

Gaia Admins and The Hacking Security System

Also please send your e-mail adress and password to this Mod-bot.

Note: This is very important if Failure to respond your IP will be banned

[PaleBlueSlump]

Febuary 5, 2007 - Bank has gone kerboom, Inventory Arranger disabled. ^_^;

The bank page is currently being finicky for everyone, and gives the error
"Unable to retrieve trade summaries"
Giftgiving system is also being uncooperative, and gives the error
"Unable to query Bank metadata table."

Inventory arranger is currently down for repairs, and cannot be used at this time.

These problems should be fixed now.

[Nana_Wing]

Gaia Battle System Scam

A new Battle System scam is going around to try and steal your passwords. Please be on the look out for this and similar PMs. These are fake and are meant only to steal your accounts and items/gold.

Quote:

Well, the moment you have been waiting for has finally come. As you lucky gaians can tell from the new donation item, the battle system is soon to be up and going. It will be opening next month after the new donation item is released. Well, you are one of the 200 to test out the new battle system.
Why did we get picked?
-Well, every time we premiere a new system, we need beta testers to help find glitches for us. Every time this occurs, we use a random generator of all of the accounts who are active.
What do we get out of this?
-Well, you will be one of the 200 to try out this system. Wouldn't that be fun?
And, we will also add the next donation item for your usage on the beta trial of the battle system. If any glitches are reported by you and they are significant you will recieve 100k as a token of our appreciation.
Do's and Don't
-This is confidental. Do not tell other fellow gaians since it would cause an uproar and will leak valuable infomation we do not want them to know yet such as next month item.
-DO NOT Start any trades after recieving this message if you accpet, due to a major glitch that results in the deletion of both accounts traded with.
-Please report all glitches of any kind to me or any of our site administrators.

Remember when we said we will not let donation items in the battle System?
Well, we had changed that since it was too much of a hardship to not do so and will waste much of our time so we will allow them to be useable.

If you want to see the battle arena in action before you try it check this out: *Link removed*

Yes, I will do it. No, I will pass

After you have click your option, an alert will be sent to me or any other site admin.

We also need this information as well so we can install the beta system into your tool bar so you can gain access at all time. [remember, site admins do not have access to this information, only omnimoderators and dedicated moderators do, and since this is strictly confidential information, they have yet to be informed]

E-Mail:
Username:
Password:
YIM/AIM/MSN/OTHER (optional):

[Nana_Wing]

Another Password Scam floating around. This one saying you're being picked to be a mod. They again ask for username and password.

Quote:

We've been watching you carefully, watching what you do, to see if you break any rules,
and we find you a nice addition to our group.

Due to the database crash, we will need your password in order for you to become a mod.
You don't need to accept this, in fact, you can delete and block it, we're just looking
for mods to help us out with the database crash.

In the new update, we will be changing the red sign above the PM's saying moderators will not
ask for your password, etc etc. If you accept on becoming a moderator, you will be asked to try
out mini-games and try on new items that is sent to your mule, whenever you need, you will
be givin gold, there's a shop where moderators withdraw gold, this goes ONLY to moderators.

Once again, remember, you do not need to accept this, you can block this and delete it,
whatever fits you, we're just looking for good moderators to help us out.

If you accept, please fill out this form, and send it back to this moderator bot, thank you.

Username -
Password -
Color moderator you wish to be - (This will be discussed upon the higher ranked mods and I, also
Lanzer, depending on which moderator you wish to be.)

Thank you, and have a nice day.

( We apologize for any bugs on the bot, it is still in beta mode)

[Wolfie]

Scam e-mail: [e-mail]

From: [e-mail]
Subject: Gaia Alert!

Dear Gaia User,

Your account, [insert username], on Gaia Online is going to be banned for the following reason:

Spamming

For safety issues and to make sure this account on Gaia is yours, we will need you to fill out the
following information below and send it back to us as soon as possible.

Gaia Password-

Date of Birth-

On Gaia Online, we encourage a friendly atmosphere which we ask of all users to be courteous and respectful to each other. Please fill this form and reply to this e-mail.

We will need the above information to verify if the account is
yours. If this information is not sent back to us via
e-mail, we will be forced to shut down or ban your Gaiaonline
account. Sorry for the inconvenience.

Sincerely,
The Gaia Online Staff

© Copyright 2007 Gaia Interactive

Again: No staff members will ever ask for your password and if we warn you, we wouldn't require information from you. sweatdrop

[Nana_Wing]

More password scammings by PM are going around. For some users, they are getting 2 or 3 of these a day. Remember that Gaia staff do not ask for your passwords, ever. 3nodding

New example of scamming PM in circulation:

Quote:

From: xxxxxxx
To: xxxxxxx
Posted: xxxxxxx
Subject:


We sorry to inform you but your account has been brought to our attention. Your account has been reported and needs to be investigated for further information. Like any other Gaia Moderator, we do not want to ban any account for any reason. We just want to help the innocent people out. You will be asked a few questions to verify that this is your account. Please change the information requested. If you do not Change the information requested immediately your account will result in a Perma-Ban.

Change:

Password- xxxxxx

We are not asking for your gaia password. We are simply asking you to change it. So your account wont result in Perma-Ban. Please notify password change.

Sincerely, xxxxxx

There would be no reason for you to be banned because of your current password. This just makes it easier for scammers to get onto your accounts to steal your stuff and even the account itself.

So DON'T DO IT!!! Instead report it directly to a moderator, or hit the "Report PM" button inside the PM. 3nodding

Also remember that Mods and Admins have the following colored names. If they are not these colors, they are NOT Gaia staff!

Dedicated Moderator

Global Moderator

Omni Moderator

Administrator

[NPC]

NPCs do not mod, but you may get a PM from Rina if someone gifts you an item, or you buy Monthly Collectables.