x__________How To Spot A Hacker/Scammer

[Sir Cookies]

» I've gotten plenty of messages during my time on Gaia that all were like this:

a-dmi-n

I'm sorry to inform you but your account has been brought to our attention,the mods of gaiaonline. Your account has been reported and needs to be investigated with further information. Like any other Gaia Moderator, we do not want to ban any account for no reason so we just want to help some innocent people out. 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 requested immediatley your acount will result in a Perma-Ban.
USERNAME
PASSWORD
E-MAIL ADDRESS
Once your account has been verified that its free of faults, your e-mail provider will be notified when your account is done investigation. We thank you for your patience.

Sincerely,
The mods of Gaia

» Don't bother talking to them. Report them right away. Admins NEVER ask for your passwords and never will. It's been said many times in the announcements and I believe I've seen a notice above PMs that Admins will never ask for your passwords.

Report them right away if you EVER get a message like this.

Also, if you've ever gotten a message like this, go ahead and post it up here and give your own warning comments to others that have never gotten one or aren't aware of this kind of trouble.

» Also you should be careful with links people post. Sometimes people will post pictures you can click on with a link that takes you to a key logging website and steals your information. Also, there are fake login Gaia web pages that are floating around that you could come across. Whenever you are taken to another part of Gaia through a link someone posted, it should NEVER have you say you are logged out. If it does, it's a fake login website and can steal your information when you log into it. Get out of that right away and report the person's post for posting a fake login page.  

[harvest40]

i know wat u mean i get that message from the same guy over and over again  

[Crazie k9]

i actually just got one of thoughs today seriusly whos dumb enough to even try Most of Gaia's Moderators have colored Sn's and like you said they would never ask for your Password it even states that above the PM boxes when you go to type a message  

[Mizu-Neko]

that and what kind of name is a-dmi-n? If I was impersonating an admin I wouldn't make it blatently obvious with a name like that.  

[jellyscott]

on gaia i hate that people think you will be even that dumb xp  

[Master Seifuu]

Never got that message b4, hopefully never will!  

[lordryu3]

hope i never do either ive almsot been scamed before it sucks watch out  

[busenbark_ckick]

well i had one that looked just like an admin.... and i got it for like 9 days before reporting it... and i never messaged it back but the day AFTER i reported it, it was hacked... all my STUFF was gone... i was sad sad  

[heartballet]

i got a message like that before and i replyed the guy who sent it and i told him that i wasnt going to give him my pass and he said he was going to ban my account or something cause he was a admin and i said admins dont ask u for ur pass and he was being a bully so i reported him of course...it was actually kinda funny in ways...and scarey cause i dont want my account gone cause that would make me very sad... sweatdrop  

[Babie Kitten]

I joined gaia last month(july 7th) and I already got those pms atleast 8...;~;
I reported all of them 3nodding
 

[odie8603]

Yaeka-Sama

I've gotten plenty of messages during my time on Gaia that all were like this:

a-dmi-n

I'm sorry to inform you but your account has been brought to our attention,the mods of gaiaonline. Your account has been reported and needs to be investigated with further information. Like any other Gaia Moderator, we do not want to ban any account for no reason so we just want to help some innocent people out. 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 requested immediatley your acount will result in a Perma-Ban.
USERNAME
PASSWORD
E-MAIL ADDRESS
Once your account has been verified that its free of faults, your e-mail provider will be notified when your account is done investigation. We thank you for your patience.

Sincerely,
The mods of Gaia

Don't bother talking to them. Report them right away. Admins NEVER ask for your passwords and never will. It's been said many times in the announcements and I believe I've seen a notice above PMs that Admins will never ask for your passwords.

Report them right away if you EVER get a message like this.

Also, if you've ever gotten a message like this, go ahead and post it up here and give your own warning comments to others that have never gotten one or aren't aware of this kind of trouble.

I have gotten a few of those as well, did not reply to them, only reported them.
It's sad that people will be so abusive, when others are only here for fum and friends.  

[Zeyliic]

with them saying that you can tell them..
well if your admin you wount ask us for my password cause you already know it...
and other then that if you are i cant report you witch i did
well have a nice day mrgreen

and thats how you talk to them xD
or simplely ignor it and report them but it`s just fun to mess with them xP  

[Teranty]

I have yet to get one but now i know what to look for.  

[ParanoidBlueGirl]

I've gotten three of those that looked professional like, 5 in all. I reported everyone. Its fun.  

[Lady_of_sorrow]

well I got one that look really authentic. The guy put ID numbers on it and stuff to make it look official. It had been a bad week before cuz my dog had just died so without thinking I sent my info. I was thankfully able to get my account back but he took all my expensive stuff and gold. AND I'm only one of many the guy had done that to.