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Rainbeam
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PostPosted: Mon Aug 06, 2007 4:17 pm


There is a chemical in your brain

No really! Someone tried to get my stuff. So I thought maybe this might happen to you, (as it happened to a friend of mine within like...the same 10 min). Here's what you do:

Click on their profile. If it says "Hi, my name is Kevin. Hahahaaa" Then they probably aren't a mod.

Go to: List of Admin and see if they are there. An easy way to do this is to push CTL+F and type in their name. This searches the whole page for you to see if the name is there. If they aren't on the list, then they aren't a mod.

Then: Report that biatch. Yeah....feels good doesn't it? Take that you jerk! mwhahaha

Plus: A good idea is to keep their PM for your records. Crazy I know, but if you do have to go through a nice little search party once you've reported them, you'll have proof. Or if they try it again, you'll know it was the same person.
Something I learned today: It's actually called Phishing. And the one where they send you to a false Gaia site so you log in is called Redirecting.
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PostPosted: Mon Aug 06, 2007 4:30 pm


What do you mean they tried to hack you? Like log in as you and take your stuff and personal info? (Has never had this problem that she knows of)

Sakyh
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Rainbeam
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PostPosted: Mon Aug 06, 2007 6:07 pm


There is a chemical in your brain

Most hackers pretend to be ADMIN and then ask for your password, so they can "check" your Gaia. This one claimed I had been reported and had to clear me. ninja But I'm too stealthy and sneaked away...

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PostPosted: Mon Aug 06, 2007 7:43 pm


Personally, the only way that I may get hacked is if I forgot about the slick little Fake Front page trick. You know the one where you click a link and it sends you to what appears to be Gaia's front page, but you are logged out, then you type in your username and password, and it sends that information to the page owner so they can take all of your stuff while you are asleep. I have never been hacked before, but I have been temp-banned or something like that. Back in '04, I tried to log in to my first account, Roy Boy, and I coulden't. That lasted for about 4 months. It was weird. I didn't do anything to warrent banning, and I can log in to it now, and I still had all of my items, so I wasn't hacked, but it was weird. Anyone know what that was about?

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Halyth
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PostPosted: Mon Aug 06, 2007 9:15 pm


It feels good...


I've gotten a lot of those "You have been reported!" messages asking for my password. It mainly happens when I'm selling a lot of stuff in the Marketplace.

Gaia has stated more then once that they will not ask you for your log in information, so I just report it immediately.

...to know you're mine.
PostPosted: Mon Aug 06, 2007 9:35 pm


There is a chemical in your brain

Hey, I noticed that too! I had just sold my ORLY? and my Cosmic Wrap when it happened. I'm saving for a Coco and I decided I wanted a cute little kitty more than those two. They are pretty cheap in comparison anyway.


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PostPosted: Tue Aug 07, 2007 4:14 am


That tells me that the person is looking for people that have MC's to sell, and tries to go after those people. You might want to mention that in a report.
PostPosted: Tue Aug 07, 2007 10:35 pm


I just report the pm, and fill it out as "Attempted scamming".

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PostPosted: Thu Aug 09, 2007 5:12 am


Hah! Wow. I just encountered my first personal hack attempt.
It was the fake page that I was telling you about. I have a screen shot that I want to show you all.


User Image

Ok, Notice the web address? It says ripway. I will not supply the full address because I could be banned as well, so this picture will have to do.

What ever you do, DO NOT GO TO THIS LINK AND USE YOUR USERNAME AND PASSWORD!

Something in the address also tells me something about who is behind it. In the address, after "ripway", it says "lilcody209" which means that the person who is behind it has a username on that website by the name of lilcody209! If you guys try to find who he is, you could tell the Gaia admins, and they could possibly have a chat with the ripway people and get them to ban all of the things like that!
PostPosted: Sat Aug 11, 2007 11:10 pm


I actually got this:
User Image - Blocked by "Display Image" Settings. Click to show.
Great scam attempt or GREATEST yet?

An Djinn


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PostPosted: Sun Aug 12, 2007 7:28 pm


A lot of times, the horrible grammar and spelling will give them away. However, a few "intelligent" scammers have tried to hack me, especially after I sold a few thousand tickets on the marketplace.

I want to see someone try to scam people with the old logged-out homepage screen twisted If anyone falls for that, I seriously doubt they should be on a computer.
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