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engineer-of-doom
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 28, 2007 12:22 am


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PostPosted: Mon Mar 19, 2007 6:11 am


Thanks for the warning.......... I would love to pull out his foxy whiskers one by one!!!! sad

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PostPosted: Mon Mar 19, 2007 9:52 am


A good friend of mine had that happen to her, except that when she gave her password to ga!amod, they kept her account. She's completely without an account and she had a lot of expensive items on it.
PostPosted: Fri Mar 23, 2007 3:26 pm


Some one tried to steal my password the other day by saying that I had been reported for botting and I had to give my username and password to make sure my reply wasn't a botted message. When I replied and didn't give my password they threatened me and started using bad grammar, so I knew it was a fake.

Arana Kamina

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PostPosted: Sun Apr 01, 2007 4:23 pm


Hello,

I am the owner of this subforum.Feal free to post.
PostPosted: Sun Apr 01, 2007 4:24 pm


Arana_Kamina
Some one tried to steal my password the other day by saying that I had been reported for botting and I had to give my username and password to make sure my reply wasn't a botted message. When I replied and didn't give my password they threatened me and started using bad grammar, so I knew it was a fake.
Good job Don't Fall for fake scams newbies!

`English~Angel~Queen`


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PostPosted: Wed Apr 04, 2007 5:20 am


That was a nice thing you did, thanks. Being a moderator on irc.icq.com (ChanOp, nick Skorpion) I see scams all day long of every variety. What amazes me on Gaia (I have been here for only a few months) is that the gold is not real, but yet they still scam for it as if it was. They're the kind of ppl we z-line where I come from.
PostPosted: Thu Jun 21, 2007 8:46 pm


wow

Khitty


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PostPosted: Sat Aug 04, 2007 8:04 pm


hey thanks a lot. ill definitely look out for scams like that. I appreciate you taking the time to educate us on these occurrences heart biggrin
PostPosted: Mon Sep 24, 2007 12:05 am


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PostPosted: Fri Oct 12, 2007 9:13 pm


I agreed with you. I had to report some bots in while back. I found 3 of them advertesing in GCD forums.
PostPosted: Tue Oct 16, 2007 10:25 pm


I think I experienced it too, I clicked on the link on a forum which somehow linked to another page that looks exactly like a Gaia one with the top borders and all. The page stated that I had somehow lost connection and I had to re-login.

I did, but something felt wrong, so after a while I changed my account password, thank god that it was still valid, and when I instinctively checked my items... lo and behold, my elemental hair was already missing. But since I do not have much gold then, it was all there. And luckily the scammer (if it was) didn't get my other 3 collectibles.

I am not sure if this was a scam process or a glitch, because even when the hair went missing, my avvie still has it on her head... is it possible?

I can usually detect a scam when I see one, and most of the time I just ignore the messages and delete it. It's just that that one looked kinda genuine. sigh.. but i know better now.

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welshlad2008

PostPosted: Mon Dec 03, 2007 4:06 pm


thanks for posting this i had a pm thru saying i woz being investigated for hacking(i can barely start up a computer lol) he asked 4 my username and password needless 2 say i reported it
PostPosted: Wed Jan 23, 2008 8:23 pm


I got one of those gold things I didn't do it because my friend got one and it took all her gold from her!

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PostPosted: Fri Jan 25, 2008 1:36 am


thnx alot!!!!!!! 3nodding 3nodding 3nodding 3nodding
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