Beware of Scammers and Account Phishing

[floralsnow]

Hello ladies! I recently received this stupid message and I thought I'll share it here.

This message came from a someone with a username REPORT_Yukai. After reading this, it made me a little bit scared (Of course, it's a matter of being banned), but I suspected it because of some irregularities. So I thought I'll check the internet for similar messages and found this one from Yahoo! Answers. It is an obvious way of getting your account information and use it for their personal interest. Also, if you search the said username, you will notice that she is definitely NOT a moderator of gaia online because she just recently joined yesterday (April 23, 2012)! And for goodness sake, if she wants to fool somebody, I hope she can erase that

REPORT_LAUREN

line! I also don't think that gaia moderators will immediately order you to stop any of your activities and pull out all items your selling in the marketplace when they spotted you doing something wrong. This scammer just really want to get your items of your account!

Anyways, if anybody has encountered this kind of message, please don't get be fooled and immediately report this message . The link can be found after the delete button and somewhere down the message. I hope this can be of help to everybody. Don't get too careless or you might lose your hard-earned items and golds!  

[Alicia007]

Thank you for the heads-up!  

[JohJohTheMahdern]

That message is a pretty detailed, official-looking setup. It would be easy for people to believe it's real. Good work calling our attention to it!  

[x-YourPretendFantasy-x]

Yay! Now we have stupidity mixed in the mix of hackers : D
=3= They can't do things on their own can they?  

[hoenest]

ohmy, gaia will never ask for your password o:  

[Kitalpha Hart]

i had someone tell me that i would be banned within three hours if i didn't give him my username, pass, rl name, address, etc.
meanwhile, i'm looking at it four hours later after having an assembly at school on internet safety.
wanna say really bad timing? ou o
but the whole address and irl name makes me think it was a creeper of some kind. plus, the account was only a few days old, so i'm willing to bet it was a hacker or something that had been banned recently  

[Haunting Paranoia]

I am so happy that I've never gotten a message like that because I'm gullible and would have been really freaked out and possibly even give them my information. Then, I'd be paranoid for the next week that they would be talented enough to hack my account without the need of asking me for my information just to get back at me.  

[StrayKit]

actual admin and moderators on gaia will NEVER ask for your password. I've had similar messages sent to me before so I know how it makes you a little nervous at first but just remember that and you'll be in the clear  

[13 Mockingjay]

You have to be careful with that stuff. If you give them your e-mail, not only can they hack your Gaia, but anything else logged in with that e-mail address (Facebook, Twitter, etc.) They can also hack your e-mail through Gaia and, if they wanted too, could possibly get to your personal items on your actual computer. I knew a girl that had that happen to her. Fortunately, she was going to school to be some kind of computer enigneer and was in the middle of a class when they hacked her e-mail, so her instructor helped her stop the hacker and she didn't lose anything.  

[Mother Molly]

Thank you for posting! I've had similar messages sent to me on different websites. Always remember that administrators would never ask for your personal information because they already have it.
It's amazing the lengths that people will go through to hack into accounts, and it's scary that they would ask for an 'rl' name neutral  

[Jin-is-supreme]

i wish i'd get these messages :< they are so funny to me. like a really bad pun that causes you to give out a strange keen in between a sob and a laugh.  

[A Song Is Born]

While, good for you for speaking up, I feel the need to warn you, that you should take out the name of the scammer, out of your post.
Its considered name dropping and is a violation that can get you in trouble.. sweatdrop
I would hate for you to get in trouble over trying to help others.