Thier is a guy going around posing as an ATI employee, he says he works for ATI and that he has access to give you a free GW account. He askes for your email (one that your main account is active with), then later asks for your email password (he claims ati needs your password to verify crap) Then he takes your email, and GW account, and whatever else he can.
Ive had one friend be scammed by this, then aimed by who i thought was my friend (later found out that my friend was scammed <3 grotto peoples) And had the same story, that "my friend" worked for ATI, and could give me an account blah blah (i thought it was fishy from the start) so i let him continue untill he asked for my password, then gave him a HUGE ear full.
Just thought i would give you a heads up/warning for thos who dont know.
Sakora
Scam Alert
Sakora
Teh Azman
No offense to you or your friend, but I think you'd have to be pretty dumb to fall for this...NOTHING requires your email password, except, well your email..
OneArmedScissor
Yeah... you're a dumb ass if you fall for this.
Mumblyfish
lol @ your friend
Uncharacteristically illiterate, but it had to be done.
Uncharacteristically illiterate, but it had to be done.
Sakora
yeah its unfortunate that she fell for it, i know most people are smarter then that, but i thought i would post it just in case
Mumblyfish
"Unfortunate" isn't the word I'd use.
Teh Azman
But I'm not saying anyone who falls for it deserves it...In fact I'd ask you to PM me his name so I can yell at him in game just cuz I feel like yelling at someone, but I realize that could get me banned myself 
Mumblyfish
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In fact I'd ask you to PM me his name so I can yell at him in game just cuz I feel like yelling at someone[...]
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Loviatar
if somebody sees them in action a screenshot sent to GW customer service would be appreciated by them.
Lag Hell
Scammers rely on pplz stupidity, Foolishness is their fuel
Teh Azman
Yeah mumbly has a point...Of course I'm one of the type of people who'd fall for this :P
duanstar
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Originally Posted by Lag Hell
Scammers rely on pplz stupidity, Foolishness is their fuel
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P.S. Sakora, sorry your friend fell for it. If it was someone trustable, the scam seems perfectly plausable. I would think nothing of giving my password to several of my friends because I have confidence that they're trustable.
Mumblyfish
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Originally Posted by duanstar
I would think nothing of giving my password to several of my friends because I have confidence that they're trustable.
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Axle_Fieshe
wat a stoopid dumbass
if someone gets scammed like this i say good, serves em right
if someone gets scammed like this i say good, serves em right
KvanCetre
I'm sorry it has come to this:
owned.
owned.
Alone)
It's not really an alert There are scammers everywhere. Can't be avoided. If someone falls for it, oh well. They will learn from their mistakes.
Kakumei
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It's not really an alert There are scammers everywhere. Can't be avoided. If someone falls for it, oh well. They will learn from their mistakes.
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Alone)
No no, you don't get it. We can't avoid them, because they are THERE already. Not the ACTUAL talking to the scammer. And you don't have to be a dumbass to fall for something from a scammer. That's kind of rude actually. My 8 year old brother started playing, and he's been scammed a bit, and was hoping that there would be nicer people online. If it's someones first time playing, understandable that some people just want things to get done, be more powerful faster. People who have never been doing online games before, sometimes just don't know what scamming is.
Of course common sense can really answer it all, but we all make mistakes, eh?
Of course common sense can really answer it all, but we all make mistakes, eh?
Kakumei
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No no, you don't get it. We can't avoid them, because they are THERE already. Not the ACTUAL talking to the scammer. And you don't have to be a dumbass to fall for something from a scammer. That's kind of rude actually. My 8 year old brother started playing, and he's been scammed a bit, and was hoping that there would be nicer people online. If it's someones first time playing, understandable that some people just want things to get done, be more powerful faster.
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Alone)
Explain being a dumbass. Does it mean that not knowing means someone is being a dumbass? Does it mean that someone who hasn't been exposed and not been experienced mean that person is a dumbass?
Kakumei
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Explain being a dumbass. Does it mean that not knowing means someone is being a dumbass? Does it mean that someone who hasn't been exposed and not been experienced mean that person is a dumbass?
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if you agree, you are a dumbass
if you trade/buy/sell/whatever and there's something wrong (wrong item, wrong amount of money, whatever) and you go ahead and click the accept button because you're too lazy to pay close attention, you are a dumbass
Axle_Fieshe
Hello. Give me your username/password and i'll give u a billion dollars
Send to [email protected]
I promise i am no scammer
Send to [email protected]
I promise i am no scammer
KvanCetre
Hello I work for ATI. I am contacting you in the game at random because we wouldn't want people who are registered through our website to win over email... instead we picked you. Now, I'll just need your email and the password for this account so we can set things up for you... you know, we can do more things in your game account than you can... but we can't access it without you giving us a password...
Alone)
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Originally Posted by Kakumei
being a dumbass is allowing yourself to be scammed; for example, someone comes along and pretends to be an employee for ati and they'll give you a free account if only you'll give them your account info
if you agree, you are a dumbass if you trade/buy/sell/whatever and there's something wrong (wrong item, wrong amount of money, whatever) and you go ahead and click the accept button because you're too lazy to pay close attention, you are a dumbass |
What if someone doesn't know any better? Innocent? That still doesn't answer what being a dumbass is
This is my explanation of being a dumbass (being stupid):
Someone who doesn't change, who just sits around waiting for things to happen instead of actually taking charge. Someone who doesn't know when he or she is wrong. Someone who ignores, and doesn't apply. etc.
Lag Hell
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I'm sorry it has come to this:
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OMFG UB3R PWN3D n00B, 1 OWN3 UR n00B A$$, 1/\/\a 13373R THAN U HO3!!
widowdaballa
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being a dumbass is allowing yourself to be scammed; for example, someone comes along and pretends to be an employee for ati and they'll give you a free account if only you'll give them your account info
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if you trade/buy/sell/whatever and there's something wrong (wrong item, wrong amount of money, whatever) and you go ahead and click the accept button because you're too lazy to pay close attention, you are a dumbass
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Kakumei, all you wanna do is run your mouth to a topic that doesn't need your pessimistic .02. Why must people be asshats and immediately get to flaming, whining, etc. Is that the whole point to finding this site, registering, and going around reading all these posts? Get a life, and this just doesn't pertain to you only. It's all those other idiots hiding behind their computer with their chest puffed out talking smack to everyone.
THIS IS AN ALERT!!!! Not a post your thoughts on how stupid someone was for getting scammed, it's a post to alert you to that named culprit.
KvanCetre
Helo i wrk 4 Anet n we wanna give u moer char slots. Plz give ur account email n pw ty
Alone)
^^^^
Thank you.
Thank you.
KvanCetre
If you get scammed all you have to do is contact Arenanet support and I'm sure they'll get your account back quickly. Unfortunatly, you can expect all the characters to be gone.
This is why you shouldn't let children play online games.... but then again, when I was 8, we didn't even have the internet. I was already around 11 or 12 when online gaming was coming into fledgling status(remember when they wanted you to pay to play Duke Nuked 3d? 10 bucks a month or so...)
And yes, I know Doom had "online" play...
This is why you shouldn't let children play online games.... but then again, when I was 8, we didn't even have the internet. I was already around 11 or 12 when online gaming was coming into fledgling status(remember when they wanted you to pay to play Duke Nuked 3d? 10 bucks a month or so...)
And yes, I know Doom had "online" play...
widowdaballa
Lol Kvan, Duke Nukem. Yeah, but what i've seen, nowadays, their are as many under 13 yr old kids playing as there are that are 13 or over. It's the reason a game or FORUMS gets filled with people with less maturity and reason. Anyways this is getting off topic, sorry Sakora.
Charcoal Ann
i hate this 'you are a dumbass' crap.
People are always looking for something for nothing. the scammers are working off of that. you people who say 'u dumba$$': i'm sure that if someone said that they were giving away a few ecto for free you would accept.
the condensed nature of the post does not fully demonstrate the depth of word games employed. i rather suspect that he did not say: 'Hi i'm with ATI i need your e-mail address and password to give you free stuff.'
I imagine he worked slowly. carefully feeling his way to the password. trying to put as much distance between each peice of info you give him so that you don't notice what you are telling him.
It's all about mind games. If you come across a very smart scammer then you will need to be VERY alert to notice it.
I looki forward to the day that one of you 'pwned' type of people get scammed. not through maliciousness but simply so that you can see what is required to notice top end scams.
Thanks for the Heads up OP
People are always looking for something for nothing. the scammers are working off of that. you people who say 'u dumba$$': i'm sure that if someone said that they were giving away a few ecto for free you would accept.
the condensed nature of the post does not fully demonstrate the depth of word games employed. i rather suspect that he did not say: 'Hi i'm with ATI i need your e-mail address and password to give you free stuff.'
I imagine he worked slowly. carefully feeling his way to the password. trying to put as much distance between each peice of info you give him so that you don't notice what you are telling him.
It's all about mind games. If you come across a very smart scammer then you will need to be VERY alert to notice it.
I looki forward to the day that one of you 'pwned' type of people get scammed. not through maliciousness but simply so that you can see what is required to notice top end scams.
Thanks for the Heads up OP
D.E.V.i.A.N.C.E
eh people have been phishing for accounts seince starcraft, this isnt really new; but... females do get suckered in to buy things they dont need...
as go's for males; just I see it happen more often to females... and then the elderly then males.
as go's for males; just I see it happen more often to females... and then the elderly then males.
neoteo
all places you can go for free are full of skamers , pirates , low life skum , trash digers ... this people deserve to die in hell , live 100 years of pain alone , no love will be there when they need it ... only guildwars is unbalenced ... real life isnt ... they will pay for sure.
whats the use of 1 milion platinum if you dont have friends ? ok sell it in ebay and go to las vegas ... great.
whats the use of 1 milion platinum if you dont have friends ? ok sell it in ebay and go to las vegas ... great.
lg5000
Haha, once again, 90% of people who fell for a scam deserved it.
A LITTLE common sense and suspicion of things which seem too good to be true goes a LONG way here.
I feel pitty for exactly 1% of people who fall for them, and not at all when it comes to loosing play money during games.
A LITTLE common sense and suspicion of things which seem too good to be true goes a LONG way here.
I feel pitty for exactly 1% of people who fall for them, and not at all when it comes to loosing play money during games.
D.E.V.i.A.N.C.E
neoteo you forgot politicians... wait thats a hybrid of "low life skum" and "trash digers"?
neoteo
yes , works for all , if they dont pay , someone in the family will ... sun grandsun ... nature is the only thing where real balance works
D.E.V.i.A.N.C.E
nature has no balance if physics & time space isnt a constant...
and PLHUEASE stop using words for the wrong meaning.
its "Son"... not The Milky Ways "Sun"
and PLHUEASE stop using words for the wrong meaning.
its "Son"... not The Milky Ways "Sun"
neoteo
ok , here it goes again , im portuguese . if you can post in portuguese , like i can post in english ...
Sekkira
Where's that topic from the admins to get people speaking in english?
neoteo
i try my best , sorry for typos