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PostPosted: Wed Aug 31, 2011 1:42 pm


higirls! it has come to my attention that other members have been posting about phishing alerts, well i recieved one about an hour ago and reported it without a second thought... it is from a user that i cannot name (who joined on 8/27/11, AKA, 4 days ago) and looks like this:

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©Copyright serving Gaia since 2003 "Report Scanner". 2011 Gaia Interactive Device, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Attention User,
We are sorry to inform you that your account has been brought to our attention. Your account has been REPORTED and needs to be investigated for further information. Like any other Gaian Administrator, we dont normally ask for this information but to clear your report we must. You will be asked a few questions to verify that this is your account. Please fill out the information requested. If you were offline when you received this message, you have been given 15 minutes to reply to this message as of the time you logged in or this report will not be able to pass the maintainence.
IF YOU IGNORE THIS MESSAGE YOU WILL BE BANNED

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Password: g a i a 1 2 3

Verify Password: g a i a 1 2 3

Email: g a i a 1 2 3 @ g a i a . c o m





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Password:

Verify Password:

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I replied with this:

kaela2015
there are so many things wrong with this...

first, there is not an orange subtitle under your name that states ADMIN
second even if there was, ADMIN dont look like NEWBS because they have been playing gaia for such a long time that they gained their un-noobiness
third: dont say you were hacked, because real ADMIN know what a good password is, and FYI, its not GAIA123.
fourth, even if your phishing mule did pass for ADMIN, no ADMIN will ever ask for a password. its not "like most others", no NO ADMIN WILL EVER!!!
sixth: IF I WAS REPORTED, YOU WOULDNT NEED TO GET INTO MY ACCOUNT, WOULD YOU???
seventh: did you really expect to be able to hack me or other long-time players?
eigth: only pathetic newbs send these out to try to scare their way to the top.
ninth: that last paragraph MAKES NO SENSE
tenth: i looked you up. you joined 3 days ago... PROVING YOU ARE A NOOB!!!

Yea, exactlu, so BACK THE FRICK OFF AND GROW SOME ANTLERS!!!!!!



SO GIRLS, PLEASE DONT FALL FOR THIS SCAM!!!

have a nice, safe day!
PostPosted: Wed Aug 31, 2011 1:54 pm


... You do realize namedropping isn't allowed, right? And that this is the oldest trick in the book and everyone's aware? neutral

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PostPosted: Thu Sep 01, 2011 7:42 am


Shady-chan
... You do realize namedropping isn't allowed, right? And that this is the oldest trick in the book and everyone's aware? neutral


I realize this is the oldest trick in the book, but wouldnt it be nice to know that there is a phisher on the loose? (because some people WILL give out their information)

and i do realize that name dropping isnt allowed, however this is a brand new acount created just for Phishing and i am sure that saying his name wont cause many problems.

thank you for your concerns.
PostPosted: Thu Sep 01, 2011 7:49 am


No need to reply, sugar. Just report it.
Glad that you did not fall into the trap.

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PostPosted: Thu Sep 01, 2011 4:19 pm


kaela2015
I realize this is the oldest trick in the book, but wouldnt it be nice to know that there is a phisher on the loose? (because some people WILL give out their information)

and i do realize that name dropping isnt allowed, however this is a brand new acount created just for Phishing and i am sure that saying his name wont cause many problems.

thank you for your concerns.

There's always phishers. Nothing new.
And how do you know that this account wasn't a newb who fell for the stupid trick and has no control over his account? That's why there's no namedropping allowed. You don't know. neutral
PostPosted: Thu Sep 01, 2011 7:13 pm


anyone dumb enough to fall for that deserves to be hacked.

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PostPosted: Fri Sep 02, 2011 8:15 am


Shady-chan
kaela2015
I realize this is the oldest trick in the book, but wouldnt it be nice to know that there is a phisher on the loose? (because some people WILL give out their information)

and i do realize that name dropping isnt allowed, however this is a brand new acount created just for Phishing and i am sure that saying his name wont cause many problems.

thank you for your concerns.

There's always phishers. Nothing new.
And how do you know that this account wasn't a newb who fell for the stupid trick and has no control over his account? That's why there's no namedropping allowed. You don't know. neutral

maybe the person who did it wasnt new to gaia, but the account he used was. if you look up the name the date he signed up shows as 8/27/11
PostPosted: Fri Sep 02, 2011 11:33 am


[~+~]

I have editted out the name.
Do not namedrop, as it is against the Gaia ToS, or a rule of some sort, and we don't want you getting banned. :3

Glad to see you didn't fall for it though.

Unfortunately, things like this have been going around for years.

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PostPosted: Fri Sep 02, 2011 11:36 am


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[~+~]

I have editted out the name.
Do not namedrop, as it is against the Gaia ToS, or a rule of any sort, and we don't want you getting banned. :3

Glad to see you didn't fall for it though.

Unfortunately, things like this have been going around for years.

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unfortunatly. things like this will never go away, i just hope that nobody else falls for it.
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