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right now i am dealing with password phishers
one hint of advice. upon clicking on links that people send you, look at the URL in your browser first. the most common one for phishing on gaia is ripway.
one pm i got was:
MoD_7896
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PM: 5247260.09381487
Sincerely, [MOD] 0-M0D-0
seems pretty real, huh? too bad. he spend all that time making it up (which i did admit...it looked pretty cool), and i just reported him. they're a-holes.
one obvious giveaway was the barcode....why a barcode of all things? even if it was real, it looks like the message came from the financing part of gaia rather than the gaia main.
Edit by LanceCalvis
This post has been modified slightly. To eliminate the click-able link in the post.