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

[Kava]

New Password scam e-mail

From : Gaia Online <[e-mail]>
Sent : Tuesday, September 20, 2005 8:33 PM
To : xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject : Dear Gaia User

| | | Inbox


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

[terradi]

User Shops refusing to Update September 23
When some users try editing the description of their shop, the message "Invalid Entry, please click back and choose a reasonable name and description." appears.
Workaround: To fix this try changing the name of your shop at the same time you edit the description. Simply changing that description as well as changing the name allowed seems to allow the description to go through. After that feel free to go back and change your shop name back to whatever it originally was.
(Refreshing also works occassionally. smile )

[Aquafire]

Password scam e-mail

[e-mail]

Quote:

Dear Gaian,
Your account has been reported as hacked. To ensure that this account is rightfully yours, please answer the following:
-Date Of Birth:
-A Few Names From Your Friendslist-
-Gaia Home (Yes or No)-
-Journal (Yes or No- If Yes, Name of Your Journal)-
-Any Previous Username-
-Password-
-Please Confirm Password-
-Additional Information That May Help Prove The Account Is Yours-
We are so sorry for this inconvience. As you know, Gaia is currently changing, so this may be an accident. But, at Gaia, we take hacking seriously. If you do not reply with the completed form, we must assume that the account is hacked, and will be shut down. Thank you for your time.
Sincerely,
The Gaia Security Staff

[terradi]

Still at it

Gaia Admin <[e-mail]>

Dear Gaia User,

The moderators on Gaia have been carefully searching for new mods to
join us. We've been watching you and have decided to accept you into our
group. You are a worthy Gaian to work as a moderator to help keep Gaia safe.
The reason we are e-mailing you instead of PMing you is that, as you know,
we moderators are very busy and have too many PM's as it is. So it is much
easier to use e-mail. If you want to accept this offer and become a mod like
us then fill out the below form and return it to us via e-mail within 24
hours to be accepted.

Gaia Username-

Gaia Password-

Type of Moderator you wish to be (color)-


The reason we need your password is so we can enter it into our database
therefore you can never be hacked into. Remember: If this form is not filled
out and returned to us within 24 hours you will not be able to become a mod,
and you will never get the chance again. If you do not wish to be a mod then
return this message and state that you wish to remain a normal Gaian, and
this offer will be given to another worthy member. Also, do not log on to
Gaia after you return this message, we will respond by e-mail once you can
log on again.This is for security reasons and should only take half an hour
at max. If you have any questions regarding this message please respond
asking them. Thank you and have a nice day.

Sincerely,
Gaia Online Moderators

(User previously listed as one of our email scammers via address, reposting their particular message due to a resurgence of this scam)

[Kava]

Reminder

This e-mail address: [e-mail] is apparently still active in sending scam e-mails out. I received three separate user reports on this today. Their latest scam e-mail looks like this:

Quote:

Dear Gaia User,

The moderators on Gaia have been carefully searching for new mods to
join us. We've been watching you and have decided to accept you into
our
group. You are a worthy Gaian to work as a moderator to help keep Gaia
safe.
The reason we are e-mailing you instead of PMing you is that, as you
know,
we moderators are very busy and have too many PM's as it is. So it is
much
easier to use e-mail. If you want to accept this offer and become a mod
like
us then fill out the below form and return it to us via e-mail within
24
hours to be accepted.

Gaia Username-

Gaia Password-

Type of Moderator you wish to be (color)-


The reason we need your password is so we can enter it into our
database
therefore you can never be hacked into. Remember: If this form is not
filled
out and returned to us within 24 hours you will not be able to become a
mod,
and you will never get the chance again. If you do not wish to be a mod
then
return this message and state that you wish to remain a normal Gaian,
and
this offer will be given to another worthy member. Also, do not log on
to
Gaia after you return this message, we will respond by e-mail once you
can
log on again.This is for security reasons and should only take half an
hour
at max. If you have any questions regarding this message please respond
asking them. Thank you and have a nice day.

Sincerely,
Gaia Online Moderators

[Kava]

Updated

"Your Store is Full" Feb 15
Some users are getting an error message: "There were one or more errors while processing your request Sorry, your store is already full" though their store has less than four items in it. If you experience this and have some items currently up for sale in your store, please try cancelling all current sales. If that doesn't help, or you don't have any items in your store when you receive this message, please contact a moderator and they should be able to help you with it.

New

White/Blank Pages October 7
Many users have been intermittently getting blank or white pages in various areas of the site right now. The problem is being worked on. Meanwhile, users are encouraged to simply refresh the page until it loads correctly. (F5 on a PC, or Command+R on a mac)

Journal Header Images October 7
Because the html to insert images has been disabled and the bbcode for inserting images isn't currently working in Journals, users attempting to edit Journal headers that have images in them report that the images will no longer display after editing. Likewise, it's not currently possible to insert an image into a journal header that doesn't have one.

[Sky Render]

Pending

Random log outs October 8th
There is a recent problem of users being seemingly-randomly logged out of their Gaia Online accounts. There are currently no known workarounds for this issue; simply log back in to your account.

[Kava]

Updated

Error Removing Items from Inventory, refresh trade window and try again Aug 15
This error was thought to be fixed, but many users are still reporting it. Users who get this error are advised to attempt trading items individually, since there are some indications that the error may be linked to specific items, not specific accounts. Additionally, if there is only one item in your inventory, it might help to place another item into your inventory and then try trading again.

[Sky Render]

New

New scam email October 12th

Scam Email

From: "Gaia Online" <[e-mail]> Add to Address BookAdd to Address Book Add Mobile Alert
To:
Subject: Reactivate your account
Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2005 09:47:06 +0000

Hello,

Your account on "Gaia Online" has had its email changed, most likely
due to
changes made to your profile. If changes were not made to your account,
you
must fill out the form below:
Username (at time of registration):
Password (at time of registration):
Join date:

If you do not fill out the form correctly, your account maybe frozen
until
there is a mod to review it.

If changes were made to your account, please fill out this form:
Current email:
New email:
Username:

Thank you for your patience.

--
- Gaia Online - http://www.gaiaonline.com

_________________________________________________________________
Don?t just search. Find. Check out the new MSN Search!
http://search.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200636ave/direct/01/

Remember that Gaia Online will never ask you for your password!

[Kava]

Link Added

NEW! Step by step, how to report e-mail addresses used for scamming: How to Report an Account Scammer!

[Kava]

New scammer e-mail, same old scam

[e-mail] has been trying to con people with a story about making them moderators.

[Kava]

New scammer IM

DaRk TrEy77 - pretending to be staff

[Lecksfrawen]

New Password scam e-mail

From : Gaia Online <[e-mail]>
Sent : ------ Oct 23 2005
To : xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject : Dear Gaia User

| | |

Dear Gaia User ,

It has come to our attention that you, or someone on your account has
scammed several users on GaiaOnline. Because of this, you will be banned
from the site on all accounts linked to your computer and Internet IP Address.
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 -

Registration E-mail -

We will need the information above to verify if the account is yours. If this information
is not sent back to us, via this e-mail. We will be forced to shut down or ban your
GaiaOnline Account and/or Accounts. Sorry for the Inconvinience.

Sincerely,
The Gaia Online Staff

Your Security Response Number : 16874-87169-13468-12871-16874
Date of Renewal : Please send this e-mail back by, October 25th 2005

Just wanted to make you aware of the scam that is commensing from this hotmail account if you aren't already,to warn other gaians. Thanks for your time

Remember that Gaia Online staff will never ask for your password.

[Lord Yawgmoth]

New E-Mail Scammer

From: Gaia Online <[e-mail]>
Date: ----- Oct 26 2005
To: -----------

Dear Gaia User,

The moderators on Gaia have been carefully searching for new mods to
join us. We've been watching you and have decided to accept you into our
group. You are a worthy Gaian to work as a moderator to help keep Gaia safe.
The reason we are e-mailing you instead of PMing you is that, as you know,
we moderators are very busy and have too many PM's as it is. So it is much
easier to use e-mail. If you want to accept this offer and become a mod like
us then fill out the below form and return it to us via e-mail within 24
hours to be accepted.

Gaia Username-

Gaia Password-

Type of Moderator you wish to be (color)-


The reason we need your password is so we match your password to your username, for safety reasons. Remember: If this form is not filled
out and returned to us within 24 hours you will not be able to become a mod,
and you will never get the chance again. If you do not wish to be a mod then
return this message and state that you wish to remain a normal Gaian, and
this offer will be given to another worthy member. Also, do not log on to
Gaia after you return this message, we will respond by e-mail once you can
log on again.This is for security reasons and should only take half an hour
at max. If you have any questions regarding this message please respond
asking them. Thank you and have a nice day.

Sincerely,
Gaia Online Moderators

Remember Gaia Online Staff will NEVER ask you for your password.

[Kava]

New

Password Recovery Broken Oct 28
There have been many reports that using your security questions to reset your pasword does not currently work. After answering the security questions, an error message is received. The developers are aware of the problem. Please be patient until they are able to fix it.