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 Posted: Mon Mar 12, 2007 10:17 pm
I FOUND THIS IN MY INBOX. IF ANYONE GETS A MESSAGE LIKE THIS, REPORT THIS PERSON WITHOUT GIVING HIM/HER ANY INFORMATION. IT'S NOT A MOD FROM GAIA!! HE/SHE IS OUT TO STEAL YOUR ACCOUNT. THE FUNNY THING IS, I DIDN'T DO ANYTHING WRONG ON GAIA.
From: adm_report_system
To: Butterfly_girl_24
Posted: Mon Mar 12, 2007 9:25 pm
Subject: URGENT MESSAGE FOR: Butterfly_girl_24
I'm sorry to inform you but your account has been reported. You have been reported and your account needs to be investigated with further information. Like any other Gaia investigator, we do not want to ban any account for no reason so we just want to help some innocent people out. You will be asked a few questions to verify that this is your account. Please fill out the information requested. If you do not fill out the information requested immediately your account will result in a Perma-Ban.
Username:
Password :
E-Mail Address:
Once your account has been verified that its free of faults, your e-mail provider will be notified when your account is done investigation. We thank you for your patience.
Sincerely,
The investigator of Gaia
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Posted: Mon Mar 12, 2007 10:20 pm
Good Lord! That's just bizarre! I can't believe people really think they can get away with that!!
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Posted: Tue Mar 13, 2007 12:47 am
Yeah, but some do. I was one of the lucky ones who actually read the Terms of Service. I reported the person to Gaia and they're looking into it for me. I didn't give the person any information. I should've given them (the account thieves) falsified information just so they can go and be pi$$ed off at me. Like a false name, email and password. That would've been funny to see.
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Posted: Tue Mar 13, 2007 2:11 am
It would have been...did you go have a look at their profile?
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Posted: Tue Mar 13, 2007 6:29 am
Wow, that's pretty poorly written... like a 12 year old trying to sound 30 xDD And doing a poor job.
I'm glad you didn't give them any info. I hope they get bannnz0red, bannz0red so hard. wink
Sad thing, probably 20+ people will fall for it before they get caught... I went ahead and added him to my ignore list as a cautionary measure.
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Posted: Tue Mar 13, 2007 7:57 am
Wow...I've gotten a similar message from three *cough*mules*cough* and I've reported them all. xDD
I can't find the clip right now...but it went something like "You've been reported for hacking into accounts. Please gimme your name/password and stuff so we mods can look into your trades. 0_o;"
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Posted: Tue Mar 13, 2007 8:06 pm
Yeah, I've gotten a bunch of those... Although, they're usually so poorly written that only a newbie or an idiot would fall for them. Especially with how Gaia has "Admins and mods will never ask for your password" plastered everywhere.
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Posted: Wed Mar 14, 2007 1:28 am
Can't count how many of those I've received. It never fails to amaze me that they don't bother to check the person out before they send such an email. rolleyes
I replied to one kid and said "do you think if I'm old enough to sign a lease that I would be stupid enough to fall for this?" I was probably a little harsh, but I really hate thieves.
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Posted: Wed Mar 14, 2007 1:38 pm
I usually reply something like:
"If you really are a mod...you'll reply back to this"
*Puts the person on ignore* lol
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Posted: Wed Mar 14, 2007 6:20 pm
Sedesla Can't count how many of those I've received. It never fails to amaze me that they don't bother to check the person out before they send such an email. rolleyes I replied to one kid and said "do you think if I'm old enough to sign a lease that I would be stupid enough to fall for this?" I was probably a little harsh, but I really hate thieves.
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Posted: Wed Mar 14, 2007 11:11 pm
I wish I got more of those... I only got one and I semi-paniched and couldn't think of anything fun to say and have fun with them....... I just kept asking "if it's posted EVERYWHERE not to give out info, then why do you need mine?" and after a few replies of "he's an admin" I jsut said I wouldnt' give it anyways and he just noted back "well others may try and use messages like this on you and they're not admins, so, be careful". 0o. At least he was nice about it. I've seen how others spam and beg and report and other such when they're called on their whitchy-chicky bluff.
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Posted: Sat Mar 24, 2007 7:40 pm
I had my AOL account stolen like this when I was in the third grade (I'm a senior in college now) because back then, there weren't notifications everywhere and I was an ignorant child. It's disgusting how some attempt to take advantage of others...
--ashleyatusc
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Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2007 9:18 am
I've gotten one of those before, but I had some real fun with the little brat. I replied with repeating the same phrase "I will swallow your soul!" and at the end of that message, posted one of those pictures that changes from the normal face to the demonic one. Haven't gotten one since.
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Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2007 9:22 am
I received one just like that and the person sending the message was callin themselves..."Hackchecker". I sent it right to Gaia itself. And I checked later and that account had been frozen.
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