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Lord Gwee

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Post: 20149545_1 created on Tue, 28 Nov 2006 15:07:16 +0000
Posted: Tue, 28 Nov 2006 15:07:16 +0000

I reenter my katanas in the mp and I immediately get 2 people pretending to be mods saying I'm hacking people and they are demanding I give them my password.
I check their profiles, one has an account 2 days old and the other is 2 years old. Of course I report them, I've done it before but I've never gotten a written responce from any real mods. I pm the older account and ask him why he risks his account for such a lame scam. He replys that my account will be banished rolleyes
I get these pms several times a day with my other mules.

Do you think its a small group of people or a growing trend to try to scam?
Do you think it's serious or just stupid?
Are the mods doing anything and just not letting us know, or is there a huge slush pile of growing scammers and hackers?

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we are sorry to inform you that you have been reported numberous times for hacking incidents, we have reason to believe you have tried or have succeded in hacking others, as you know this is a serious crime on gaia and the punishment is you being ban. we request that you give us your password so we may check your history, if nothing comes up you are free to go, but if you have any evidence in your history of hacking we will give you a break and let you off this time with a warning for allowing us to check, if we do not get your passowrd in the next 24 hours you will be banished, if in 24 hours you have not signed on yet, then when you do, you will have a hour to comply with your password or be banished im sorry for this inconvenous but we need to cut down on the hacking here on gaia.

thank you
gaia adminasters.

You have been reported for impersenating a moderator and asking for passwords.

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im sorry your account will be banished have a nice day

[MOD] Scammer

Warning: This account has been reported for multiple hack attempts. Please reply to this message with your trade history and comply respectfully with us or we will be forced to ban this account.

Respectfully yours,

Moderator Scammer.

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Post: 20149545_2 created on Tue, 28 Nov 2006 15:10:48 +0000
Posted: Tue, 28 Nov 2006 15:10:48 +0000

Anyone who pretends to be a mod should recieve no mercy.

But I saw a board yesterday, with someone displaying a PM they recieved from a scammer. The one about the beta-testing. Anyway, a few people said that they might've fallen for that.

Well, some people see those posts and immediately go to try it. Of course, that incident alone hasn't caused millions of scammers to come out of hiding. It was just an example. -nod-

I've never gotten a scam PM and I hope I never do. xD 'Cause in the end, I might get banned for using too much caps lock. gonk

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Post: 20149545_3 created on Tue, 28 Nov 2006 15:12:12 +0000
Posted: Tue, 28 Nov 2006 15:12:12 +0000

Wow. I'll never understand scammers, it's like they were born with a few screws loose. I'm sure the moderators are doing whatever they can to take care of the problem, but I fear there shall always be at least one scammer out there.

@_@ At least many users aren't foolish enough to fall for these crap tricks. Also, there are so many scam attempts a day that I don't think it's possible for just one small group of people to be doing it. Although I'm sure there is some little weird group of people who plot against the happy users of Gaia. *shakes a fist*

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Post: 20149545_4 created on Tue, 28 Nov 2006 15:15:05 +0000
Posted: Tue, 28 Nov 2006 15:15:05 +0000

Why the Hell can't scammers get a clue? The only people who tend to fall for those most of the time are newbies who don't have much.
Usually if you have afford a good avatar, you've been around long enough to know better than to pass around your password.
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Post: 20149545_5 created on Tue, 28 Nov 2006 15:18:46 +0000
Posted: Tue, 28 Nov 2006 15:18:46 +0000

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rofl My password: rEp0rtEdUrbuTt! rofl

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Post: 20149545_6 created on Tue, 28 Nov 2006 15:25:33 +0000
Posted: Tue, 28 Nov 2006 15:25:33 +0000

I've been getting alot of them lately - mainly because I've been selling the profits of my exchange whoring.

I don't get the ones that only ask for your trade history though. :/

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Post: 20149545_7 created on Tue, 28 Nov 2006 15:29:10 +0000
Posted: Tue, 28 Nov 2006 15:29:10 +0000

Kariki Neroli

I've been getting alot of them lately - mainly because I've been selling the profits of my exchange whoring.

I don't get the ones that only ask for your trade history though. :/

So why would they need trade history?

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Post: 20149545_8 created on Tue, 28 Nov 2006 15:30:29 +0000
Posted: Tue, 28 Nov 2006 15:30:29 +0000

******** THAT, I LOVE YOUR AVATAR. O;

Edit: Scammers don't bother with me...Why not..? ;-;

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Post: 20149545_9 created on Tue, 28 Nov 2006 15:31:51 +0000
Posted: Tue, 28 Nov 2006 15:31:51 +0000

I got the same PM the other day. Instantly reported it.

The only people who fall for that stuff though are newbies who don't have anything yet... Well, hopefully...

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Post: 20149545_10 created on Tue, 28 Nov 2006 15:35:28 +0000
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I LOVE YOUR AVATAR. O;

Uh...thanks..uhhh, Please vote for Meah! rofl

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Post: 20149545_11 created on Tue, 28 Nov 2006 15:37:26 +0000
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Enelya Anarion

We are acting as soon as we get word. Blasted things like respawning faster than we can kill them.

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Post: 20149545_12 created on Tue, 28 Nov 2006 15:42:51 +0000
Posted: Tue, 28 Nov 2006 15:42:51 +0000

Yeay for banishing accounts! rofl

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Post: 20149545_13 created on Tue, 28 Nov 2006 15:44:27 +0000
Posted: Tue, 28 Nov 2006 15:44:27 +0000

Lord Gwee

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I've been getting alot of them lately - mainly because I've been selling the profits of my exchange whoring.

I don't get the ones that only ask for your trade history though. :/

So why would they need trade history?

That's what I want to know. gonk

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Post: 20149545_14 created on Tue, 28 Nov 2006 15:46:29 +0000
Posted: Tue, 28 Nov 2006 15:46:29 +0000

terradi

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We are acting as soon as we get word. Blasted things like respawning faster than we can kill them.

Cool a mod, question for you:
Do you think it's a small group of the same people or is it a growing trend?
I've noticed that 95% of them use the same tactics: new account, no seeable avatar, mod speech.

The account that was 2 years old was an anomaly.

ps thanks for posting your opinions

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Post: 20149545_15 created on Tue, 28 Nov 2006 15:48:45 +0000
Posted: Tue, 28 Nov 2006 15:48:45 +0000

I get those quite often now as well, its been happening more and more days after I bought my demonic pendant. Thing is they use the same copy and paste to try and scam me. I think I replyed to one of their PM's with the ORLY owl as well.

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