Gaia scammers

elleoelle

GuGee Since: 2007-03-24
GuG-Points: 700
Last Seen: 06/28/2008 - 8:44pm

I am: Not really paying attention

Submitted by elleoelle on August 8, 2007 - 9:30am.

Hey gang - I don't know of a better way to get the word out, although I posted in the Gaia forum too, so here goes -

1) Delete Lynn's old profile as a friend and block it.

2) Do NOT join this guild:

"admin" wrote:

You have been invited by PrincessDarkFire to join The Guild Of Many Interests! NOW WITH 1k per day giveaway going on!. This guild has an entry fee of 0 to join. This amount will be automatically deducted from your account if you accept the request.

Please choose from one of the following options.

[url=http://www.gaiaonline.com/guilds/index.php?guild_id=39879][Browse Guild][/url] [url=http://www.gaiaonline.com/guilds/index.php?guild_id=39879&gmode=acceptinvite&proc=31608303[/url][Join Guild][/url] [url=http://www.gaiaonline.com/guilds/index.php?guild_id=39879&gmode=declineinvite&proc=31608303][Clear Invitation][/url]

<b>PrincessDarkFire has also included this reason for inviting you:

We are having a 1K gold a day giveaway, come and check it out. Free to join, so please join our guild, thank you for your time. :-)

3) Report the guild, it's now advertised on Lynn's profile. Clearly a scam guild. More of us reporting it will get it banned.

What a mess - so sorry it happened to you, Lynn.

LynnH

GuGee Since: 18-Sep-2006
GuG-Points: 1206
Last Seen: 07/14/2008 - 7:28am

I am: On vacation!

Gaia scammers Update

August 9, 2007 - 10:22am

I was able to recover some things that the hacker did not have time for. I really believe that Foamy scared him off and he quit. thank you Foamy

I received a message stating that my store had been closed due to an abuse report or by request. So, a small step in that direction. On second thought, I just checked and it has in fact been deactivated by a moderator.

In the meantime, have found many people with a name of a d m l n in their Gaia name. Shouldn't be allowed I say.

Just be cautious everyone.

If I was standing on a fish, I'd slip and fall......

GeekInThePink

GuGee Since: 02-Feb-2007
GuG-Points: 577
Last Seen: 07/18/2008 - 2:37pm
Location: Out of the Sandbox & back to my roots --> Wyoming

Re: Gaia scammers

August 9, 2007 - 1:16am

Oh Lynn...this totally sucks! I'm sure that it's probably some dumb kid up to no good. So glad that you got some of your stuff back. Let us know what you need and we'll get it for you!!!

What you do in this life, will echo for eternity.

LynnH

GuGee Since: 18-Sep-2006
GuG-Points: 1206
Last Seen: 07/14/2008 - 7:28am

I am: On vacation!

Re: Gaia scammers

August 8, 2007 - 11:40am

Miss Trinity!~~

You are the best. I saw what you msg'd the jerk. I loved it! Thank you.

You have been banned from GrownUpGeek Guild by AnimesTrinity.

AnimesTrinity also provided this reason for this action:
Worthless person hacked this account...

If I was standing on a fish, I'd slip and fall......

animestrinity

GuGee Since: 21-Oct-2006
GuG-Points: 1425
Last Seen: 07/19/2008 - 12:29pm
Location: On my own planet... keep off... no visitors.

I am: a Ramen Noodle!

Re: Gaia scammers

August 8, 2007 - 11:08am

Well if you are able to get your password and account back, like LadyC said, you'll have a record of all trades...

I'm sorry too that this happened... I put up a Hackers/Scammers thread that lists ways that Gaia users try to get your gold/items... in addition to the thread elle started about the scam guild...

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elleoelle

GuGee Since: 24-Mar-2007
GuG-Points: 700
Last Seen: 06/28/2008 - 8:44pm

I am: Not really paying attention

Re: Gaia scammers

August 8, 2007 - 11:10am

Saw that, Anime.

Very VERY well done! Thank you!

LynnH

GuGee Since: 18-Sep-2006
GuG-Points: 1206
Last Seen: 07/14/2008 - 7:28am

I am: On vacation!

Re: Gaia scammers

August 8, 2007 - 10:50am

Thought of something else.....anyone with a tracker, would you be able to track them if they visit your Gaia page from LynnH's GAIA account OR if they visit here? I see they changed their gender to Male.....they should have said Pig.

I don't have any trackers.

Currently trying to print scree each page I have open, because my computer is getting to bogged down with all these windows open.

If I was standing on a fish, I'd slip and fall......

elleoelle

GuGee Since: 24-Mar-2007
GuG-Points: 700
Last Seen: 06/28/2008 - 8:44pm

I am: Not really paying attention

Re: Gaia scammers

August 8, 2007 - 10:19am

Hmmmm. I wonder what would happen if you clicked the "forgot login" on the start screen - try that, Lynn? I'm sure they changed the email associated... you never know though. I'm sure everything's cleared out though.

Makes me almost want to store things in my mule account just for safe keeping. You never know.

Lynn, send me an add from your new profile. I'll send you some stuff to get restarted.

And you know, we're GuGees are all brighter than your average Gaian. Just proves it only takes one lapse in judgement.

I'd cry too!!!!

LadyCerridwen48

GuGee Since: 06-Feb-2007
GuG-Points: 1663
Last Seen: 07/19/2008 - 4:25pm
Location: Currently NJ, heading towards Western NY

I am: Supporting our troops

Re: Gaia scammers

August 8, 2007 - 10:22am

Elle, good idea, I hadn't thought of the forgot password thing.

And, yeah, I'd totally cry.

I'm in and out of your house, and so far, it's been the same.

"He sounds different. It's the only reason they can hear him at all."

LynnH

GuGee Since: 18-Sep-2006
GuG-Points: 1206
Last Seen: 07/14/2008 - 7:28am

I am: On vacation!

Re: Gaia scammers

August 8, 2007 - 10:11am

Also,

Please do not give out your password to anyone! Admins and moderators will never request your password. If a user states that he/she is an admin or moderator, but is requesting your password, PLEASE REPORT THIS USER TO A MOD!

This is now showing up on my mule account, which is now my account.

Yes, please take LynnH OFF your friend list.

I apologize to EVERYONE for this. As they red statement above says, Admins never ask for your password. I did not know this. In fact, this is the first time I have seen this message.

I sent some pretty upset messages to Gaia at the time this happened. This person was so fast, they changed my password FIRST, and all I could do is sit there and watch them trade all my gold and all my items to themself.

They renamed me admin14. Their name was admin13.

I will try and keep an eye on my house to see if they visit it. They forgot to go in and get that stuff, plus ALL the stuff I had in my storage locker.

I changed my password on my email account that was associated with Gaia. I will do the same here in just a moment.

I suggest everyone change their passwords in Gaia.

Thank you for banning me from the Guild.

Can I be invited again under my mule name, Smartmom? I promise to never answer another admin message asking me for my password. I have learned my lesson.

So yeah, I cried over it. Stupid, yes. I know that.

I have left open 13 windows that might still show some of the stuff they were taking, because Gaia will ask what I lost. I was trying to print screen everything, but really, it happened very fast.

LynnH

If I was standing on a fish, I'd slip and fall......

LadyCerridwen48

GuGee Since: 06-Feb-2007
GuG-Points: 1663
Last Seen: 07/19/2008 - 4:25pm
Location: Currently NJ, heading towards Western NY

I am: Supporting our troops

Re: Gaia scammers

August 8, 2007 - 10:16am

Are you still signed in on that acc't? If so, go to the trade records, and print screen each of them.

"He sounds different. It's the only reason they can hear him at all."

LynnH

GuGee Since: 18-Sep-2006
GuG-Points: 1206
Last Seen: 07/14/2008 - 7:28am

I am: On vacation!

Re: Gaia scammers

August 8, 2007 - 10:40am

No, I am not still signed in. I was just opening those up to print the trades off (well, screen shot them) and I got logged out for inactivity. I still think it is weird because it was for 15 minutes of not being active and that is not true. Wonder if it actually is an admin who is really a thief.

As far as forgot password. Yes, I did all that, because they hadn't changed my email address yet.

And I got a message back saying giving me the username of admin13. In order to get your password, you have to put in your username and email address. Well, I did that and they did not recognize the name of admin13, so they would not send it. That is weird to me. Foamy checked it for me and said he couldn't find a user of admin13 either.

(BTW, Foamy, I really do apologize for the words I used to the hacker when he sent an email to you)

If I was standing on a fish, I'd slip and fall......

elleoelle

GuGee Since: 24-Mar-2007
GuG-Points: 700
Last Seen: 06/28/2008 - 8:44pm

I am: Not really paying attention

Re: Gaia scammers

August 8, 2007 - 10:57am

It's actually a lower case "L" and not a "I" in admin.

Pasted -

admln14

LadyCerridwen48

GuGee Since: 06-Feb-2007
GuG-Points: 1663
Last Seen: 07/19/2008 - 4:25pm
Location: Currently NJ, heading towards Western NY

I am: Supporting our troops

Re: Gaia scammers

August 8, 2007 - 10:43am

Your acc't isn't admin14, it's admln14. There's an L in there

"He sounds different. It's the only reason they can hear him at all."

LynnH

GuGee Since: 18-Sep-2006
GuG-Points: 1206
Last Seen: 07/14/2008 - 7:28am

I am: On vacation!

Re: Gaia scammers

August 8, 2007 - 11:17am

OMG. You are right. I got it back. But I am not going to use it. I'm just going to trade my house and storage stuff over to WBB if you all think it's okay now.

I really don't want to use it.

Still screen shotting everything before my poor laptop gives up on me.

Thank you!

NOTE: Read the name carefully and clean your glasses from dried tears before requesting your password be sent to your email. It will save a lot of headache. I could have actually saved some stuff. And, btw, tears were mostly because they really made me mad, then took all my clothes and left me in my underwear, then did a sex change operation to make me a man.

If I was standing on a fish, I'd slip and fall......

elleoelle

GuGee Since: 24-Mar-2007
GuG-Points: 700
Last Seen: 06/28/2008 - 8:44pm

I am: Not really paying attention

Re: Gaia scammers

August 8, 2007 - 11:23am

... and you even reposted that comment, didn't you? The one that turned me into a man for a day because I didn't repost it... lol

Seeeeeeee? Those things aren't hoaxes!

He he.

LynnH

GuGee Since: 18-Sep-2006
GuG-Points: 1206
Last Seen: 07/14/2008 - 7:28am

I am: On vacation!

Re: Gaia scammers

August 8, 2007 - 11:42am

hehe and lol Miss elleohelle!

I love you all!

If I was standing on a fish, I'd slip and fall......

LadyCerridwen48

GuGee Since: 06-Feb-2007
GuG-Points: 1663
Last Seen: 07/19/2008 - 4:25pm
Location: Currently NJ, heading towards Western NY

I am: Supporting our troops

Re: Gaia scammers

August 8, 2007 - 11:20am

I didn't catch the L in there until I saw it in a different front, when I was "guarding" your house, LOL, so don't feel bad.

*hugs*

"He sounds different. It's the only reason they can hear him at all."

elleoelle

GuGee Since: 24-Mar-2007
GuG-Points: 700
Last Seen: 06/28/2008 - 8:44pm

I am: Not really paying attention

Re: Gaia scammers

August 8, 2007 - 10:58am

Woops. GMTA.

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