Curse

DregotheBlessed · Oct 17, 2005, 12:36 AM // 00:36

hello everyone there is a new scam on the block (at least new to me) i recently ran in grp with an individual who seemed nice and knowledgable about gw. he told me that he was starting a new forum site and asked me to stop in and check out his site and tell him what i thought., so i go to the site and i have to create a profile for the site. this is where the fun begins. . . at this point i believe i became infected with a key logger.

with in 20 mins i had lost my guildwars account password was changed, the email that i had used to set up my gw account with was deleated, and so was the email that i used to report this incident to the support crew.

i have since recreated a email account and resubmitted my report to support and i am currrently taking the steps to remedy my problems.

i just wanted to give a heads up cuz this was a new scam to me, and kinda get some feed back from you guyz as to what i can/sould do now to both fully recover the integrity of my comp and also help to prevent this from happening again

thx

LiQuId StEeL · Oct 17, 2005, 12:45 AM // 00:45

Unless you downloaded something, it is more likely that he assumed that you have the same password and email in GW, as you would when you made an account for his site.

Sereng Amaranth · Oct 17, 2005, 01:02 AM // 01:02

Never use the same information.

Good luck! And hopefully you know his IGN to report it to Anet.

Chance Folly · Oct 17, 2005, 01:04 AM // 01:04

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Originally Posted by LiQuId StEeL

Unless you downloaded something, it is more likely that he assumed that you have the same password and email in GW, as you would when you made an account for his site.

Sounds about right. I find it works to have 3 sets of passwords: One for games, one for Forums, and one for email. It keeps abusive admins from doing exactly what was done to you.

Aniewiel · Oct 17, 2005, 01:08 AM // 01:08

Yep, be sure to report the site to ANet and the fact that your account was stolen.

Axle_Fieshe · Oct 17, 2005, 05:44 AM // 05:44

ur own fault. ur retarted.

Sol_Vie · Oct 17, 2005, 05:49 AM // 05:49

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Originally Posted by Axle_Fieshe

ur own fault. ur retarted.

You know what? That's totally unnecessary. I bet if that happened to you, you'd be just as upset. That's called trolling and jackassery.

Drego- good luck with getting your account back.

a_scrawny_gnoll01 · Oct 17, 2005, 05:49 AM // 05:49

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Originally Posted by Axle_Fieshe

ur own fault. ur retarted.

*jumps out of the shadows*

Die troll!

*throws lots of rocks*

Seriously... that sucks, and sounds kinda odd as to how this happened.

D.E.V.i.A.N.C.E · Oct 17, 2005, 05:53 AM // 05:53

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Originally Posted by Axle_Fieshe

ur own fault. ur retarted.

urr j00 reteartad

If your going to make fun of others, try to not make yourself look like an idiot.

Passwords shouldnt be the same as others.
Unlike my 10 or more battle.net accounts.

"Ignignokt:The Innocent Shall Suffer... Big Time"
"Ignignokt:Quite Urr I'm Transmitting Rage"

One and Two · Oct 17, 2005, 05:54 AM // 05:54

My battlenet account password is . Literally space space space. I dont care, go ahead and hack it, if you find out my name. All I do is occasionally play DotA.

For the OP, that sucks man.

huh · Oct 17, 2005, 06:13 AM // 06:13

Heeeey lookee that another DotA fan...well occasionally.

Stopped that game a few months ago since I started Guild Wars.
I swear, that game sucked the life out of me over the course of 8 months.
Easily played 500 full games, not including leavers and such.

Thank god I got over it.
Possible the most addictive game I've ever played.

Elistan Theocrat · Oct 17, 2005, 06:15 AM // 06:15

sorry its late here, whats DotA again?

Lag Hell · Oct 17, 2005, 06:18 AM // 06:18

stands for defence of the ancients, its a cool custom WC3 map

Lag Hell · Oct 17, 2005, 06:19 AM // 06:19

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Originally Posted by Axle_Fieshe

ur own fault. ur retarted.

Ub3R F4G!!!!

huh · Oct 17, 2005, 06:22 AM // 06:22

DotA = Defense of the Ancients.

Its a custom map for the Warcraft 3 game.
Don't start, its hard to stop.

Its kinda like a skirmish game (I think).
Each game has 2 sides (Scourge and Sentinel) with a maximum of 5 players a side.
Victory is based on which side's throne is destroyed first.

You get to choose from 50 (?) heroes and each hero has its own combination of skills.
Or you could play it the way which is most fun, -AR (stands for all random).

The amount of whining and bitching in that game is just...*shudder*
Some people just can't handle a loss.

KvanCetre · Oct 17, 2005, 06:28 AM // 06:28

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Originally Posted by Axle_Fieshe

ur own fault. ur retarted.

Axle, you're not banned yet?

Irongate · Oct 17, 2005, 08:34 AM // 08:34

I love the scam posts [read: how stupid am I posts].

Like, "hey check out this scam, I bought a crystalline sword for $3893487 gp and the guy removed the Crystalline Sword and put in a presear sword. I saw him modify his offering but didn't think to mouse over it again, duh.

Again, this one isnt so bad until you assume that you must have either downloaded a dumb prog (duh) or used the same login/pass as your GW account (double duh).

Keep up the good laughs guys. I'm enjoying them.

BTW IGN is Irongate N Zealand <-- come scam me duh, duh,

aron searle · Oct 17, 2005, 08:41 AM // 08:41

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I love the scam posts [read: how stupid am I posts].

I love reading flame posts [read: what an imature child i am posts].

Savio · Oct 17, 2005, 08:43 AM // 08:43

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Originally Posted by aron searle

I love reading flame posts [read: what an imature child i am posts].

Huh, someone beat me to it.

People have been spamming web sites in GW since forever. Some are legit fansites, and many are trying to scam you. Myself, I just stick here and a few other sites that I already know about. I give out my e-mail sparingly.

Makkert · Oct 17, 2005, 08:47 AM // 08:47

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Originally Posted by Chance Folly

Sounds about right. I find it works to have 3 sets of passwords: One for games, one for Forums, and one for email. It keeps abusive admins from doing exactly what was done to you.

That is a great tip!
I use different passwords, but not like this way. should save some unnecessary passwords.
thank you.