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
A new scam
DregotheBlessed
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.
Sereng Amaranth
Never use the same information. 
Good luck! And hopefully you know his IGN to report it to Anet.
Good luck! And hopefully you know his IGN to report it to Anet.
Chance Folly
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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.
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Aniewiel
Yep, be sure to report the site to ANet and the fact that your account was stolen.
Axle_Fieshe
ur own fault. ur retarted.
Sol_Vie
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Originally Posted by Axle_Fieshe
ur own fault. ur retarted.
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Drego- good luck with getting your account back.
a_scrawny_gnoll01
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Originally Posted by Axle_Fieshe
ur own fault. ur retarted.
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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
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ur own fault. ur retarted.
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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
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.
For the OP, that sucks man.
huh
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.
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
sorry its late here, whats DotA again?
Lag Hell
stands for defence of the ancients, its a cool custom WC3 map
Lag Hell
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ur own fault. ur retarted.
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huh
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.
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
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ur own fault. ur retarted.
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Irongate
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,
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
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I love reading flame posts [read: what an imature child i am posts].
Savio
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I love reading flame posts [read: what an imature child i am posts].
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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
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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.
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I use different passwords, but not like this way. should save some unnecessary passwords.
thank you.
aron searle
what i do is have 2 e-mail addresses. one ill give out willy nilly, one i ONLY use for important stuff like guild wars account set up.
One bonus of this is all the junk mail goes to number 1 keeping no.2 nice and tidy
Hope you get your acc back dragothblessed.
One bonus of this is all the junk mail goes to number 1 keeping no.2 nice and tidy
Hope you get your acc back dragothblessed.
neoteo
i can understand this kind of scam ... the guy gains a guildwars account ..
but there are other kinds of scams that are just anoying and stupid
like someone on my guild . i made him a officer cose he sounded a nice person ... big mistake ... when im offline he kicks 4 person and then leaves ...
very strange ... bad luck for him those 4 are my real life friends ...
i dont know what the hell did he gain doing this ...
fun ? just becose im pissed off ...
help us god , people conpletely lost it ...
but there are other kinds of scams that are just anoying and stupid
like someone on my guild . i made him a officer cose he sounded a nice person ... big mistake ... when im offline he kicks 4 person and then leaves ...
very strange ... bad luck for him those 4 are my real life friends ...
i dont know what the hell did he gain doing this ...
fun ? just becose im pissed off ...
help us god , people conpletely lost it ...
=HT=Ingram
never never never use the same email and password that your game account uses in a web forums.
If you have too make another dummy Hotmail account or something for that kind of thing. Sorry to hear about that. contact Arenanet ASAP.
[email protected] and tell them your account has been hijacked. They will contact you for Registration confirmations... Hopefully you registered your game... If not they have ways of verifiying your info. but you Need to contact them ASAP. the downside they can do little to restore your account at this time. so you may have to start all over again from scratch..
Sorry...
If you have too make another dummy Hotmail account or something for that kind of thing. Sorry to hear about that. contact Arenanet ASAP.
[email protected] and tell them your account has been hijacked. They will contact you for Registration confirmations... Hopefully you registered your game... If not they have ways of verifiying your info. but you Need to contact them ASAP. the downside they can do little to restore your account at this time. so you may have to start all over again from scratch..
Sorry...
DregotheBlessed
thanks for all of the CONSTRUCTIVE information its really apperciated.
i contacted arena net b4 i came to post, that much i knew to do. i have followed their instructions to the letter and i am currently waiting their verification reply
i must say my inexperience has cost me ( how much i still do not know) but i have gained valuable knowledge. and once again i greatly appreciate the advise and info
i contacted arena net b4 i came to post, that much i knew to do. i have followed their instructions to the letter and i am currently waiting their verification reply
i must say my inexperience has cost me ( how much i still do not know) but i have gained valuable knowledge. and once again i greatly appreciate the advise and info
Venus
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Ub3R F4G!!!!
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lord_shar
Sorry to hear about your misfortune.
I recently added a D-Link DGL4300 when I noticed someone performing a sustained port-scan on my PC. My old NAT-based router was allowing these scans through, but fortunately they were being detected and blocked by my ZA software firewall. Either way, I took no chances and upgraded my firewall. Now ZA sees nothing, and my router firewall logs are still filling up with blocked intrusion entries. Someone really wants my GW stuff, but they're not going to get it with script-monkey utilities.
If you don't already have anti-spyware or viral software loaded now, I sure hope you correct this situation soon. Your hackers may actually get some real critical info, like credit card numbers and other identity-theft ammo...
I recently added a D-Link DGL4300 when I noticed someone performing a sustained port-scan on my PC. My old NAT-based router was allowing these scans through, but fortunately they were being detected and blocked by my ZA software firewall. Either way, I took no chances and upgraded my firewall. Now ZA sees nothing, and my router firewall logs are still filling up with blocked intrusion entries. Someone really wants my GW stuff, but they're not going to get it with script-monkey utilities.
If you don't already have anti-spyware or viral software loaded now, I sure hope you correct this situation soon. Your hackers may actually get some real critical info, like credit card numbers and other identity-theft ammo...