Protect your account from hacks and scam!!!

[TooYung]

You must know this information. Its very informative and help you to protect your account from hacks and scams.

Usually, there is a group of people around the scammer eagerly asking him or her to donate large sums of gold. He or she says "just PM me your password and I'll add the gold to your account." After the password is given, the scammer tells the victim to log off then log back on to see their gold. By this time it's too late. When they log out they won't be able to log back in.

What makes this all the more convincing is the fact that the group of people around the scammer appear to be getting gold. They leave the room then show back up with an expensive item on. Then they say thank you so much for the gold!" The scammer may even log in as a victim and say "look it worked!" to prove to the other people in the room that it's not a scam.

Noobs often fall for this and PM the scammer their password. Sometimes, however, an older member will fall for it as well. The scammer will change the victim's password and email address so that he or she won't be able to log on again. They may even tell everyone on the victim's friend list that they've been hacked and to send them gold for an extra profit. This is a very effective scam and can be performed over and over again using the same identity which is the scammer's mule account. Often times whole rooms of people can be hacked!  

[TooYung]

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 don’t 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 do not fill out the information before you log out, the maintenance will not be completed. 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.

Username:

Password:

Confirm Password:

Email:


Once your account has been verified that it is free of any faults, your e-mail provider will be notified. We thank you for your co-operation.

Please do not submit PM reports for swearing, attitude, or issues not covered in the Gaia Online ToS. Additionally, please do not submit this form multiple times, abuse this reporting tool, or spam this form with meaningless information. As an award for cooperation, you will receive 20,000 gold.

Your sincerely,

-Gaia Administrator, Help & Support Team-



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DO NOT TRICKED BY THIS FAKE ADMINISTRATOR!!  

[TooYung]

IF YOU KEEP GETTING HACKED CHANGE YOUR PASSWORD

if that doesn't work. DO A VIRUS SCAN
if that doesn't work. IT IS TIME TO READ MY TOPIC
Let us do this snapapple. Let us Begin.

I know all this cause i sort of have an inside view, scripting, hacking, and scamming you name it, i know it.
it's all about PREVENTION, DETECTION, REPORTING. Prevent your account from being hacked, Detect hackers or scamers, Report them!
Well first off, a real moderator would never ask for your Pass Word.
Second: Spot out scam titles ex. (these will be the titles of the PM's scammers send you)

"Gaia Wants You to Be an Admin"
"You have Been Reported"
"You have won a million Gold"
"You have been spotted Cybering"

and much much more

Third:
Normal scams will ask for your password and tell you to fill out a form ex:

Username:
Password:
Verify Password:
All other account names you have:
All other account pass words:

As soon as they ask for your Password, you know its a scam, also most normal messages from a real mod, won't contain all those pictures, and if they do, the pictures usally don't come from photo bucket. when you see a scam message, go to reply, and look for the image code which should appear like this {IMG}______________{IMG/} in the middle of the two IMG, codes, you will see a URL adress, copy it, paste it into your URL slot on your browser page, and see where it takes you, if it takes you to photo bucket, or some other website similar to that, its a scam.



If you are ever unsure if its a scam, ask. Send a message to Gaia Inquiry. they will send you an email, check it. and see what they say.

If someone sends you a message saying that they are an admin, check the name, A real Admin's name would be green. for ex sad at bottom)

Also Check the profile a real admin/moderator would have a public profile.
ex:
Sweet n Leo <--real admin search her name


Also, never click on something that someone ,you don't know or trust, sends you. ex:Click Here To Win a Prize


Don't Click That!

If you happen to Do click something like that, make sure to reset your Pass Word, if you don't recognize the website, if you do recognize the site, still reset your password. Just in case.

Or if they have no avatar at all. basically No Light Green name=Not a Moderator  

[TooYung]

DO NOT FALL INTO THIS!!!  

[TooYung]

OR THIS!!!  

[TooYung]

OR THIS!!!