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How can "hackers" be so stupid ?

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Here is a funny story I would like to tell you Tip.it'ers.

 

 

 

2 Days before my holiday, I got scammed (or "hacked"). My account was stolen and I discovered this only 2 weeks after.

 

This was because I had gone holiday and I had no internet connection.

 

Anyway, I think I'm doomed because, two weeks is enough to reset Recovery Questions, PIN, Password and everything.

 

I log back in, to discover, he (or she) hasn't changed Recovery Question, but only my password.

 

 

 

OK, I think to myself, "what about my bank".

 

My bank has been rearranged neat and tidy, with more items than I had before.

 

Including a tidy sum of 2K dragon darts. (Dont ask me !)

 

 

 

In addition to this, I have about 20 more Quest Points, my skills are up and added to that a few extra million.

 

 

 

I mean really !

 

 

 

(Is this the right forum?)

 

 

 

EDIT: Every time you read this thread change the word scammer to "hacker".

 

That term is applied very liberally today, so it is open to interpretation.

 

Hopefully this will prevent some, eh...less than intelligent responses.

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So he didn't try to change your recovery questions? It sort of raises a red flag for anyone using the account, perhaps the scammer was preparing to transfer items to another account?

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Drops: 1x Draconic Visage, 56x Abyssal Whip, 5x Demon Head, D Drops: 37, Barrows Drops: 43, DK Drops: 29

GWD drops: 14,000x Bars, 1x Armadyl Hilt, 2x Armadyl Skirt, 4x Sara Sword, 1x Saradomin Hilt, 8x Bandos Hilt, 8x Bandos Platebody, 9x Bandos Tassets, 4x Bandos Boots, 43x Godsword Shard, 82x Dragon Boots

Dry streak records: Saradomin 412 kills Bandos 988 kills Spirit Mages 633 kills - Slayer Sucks

So he didn't try to change your recovery questions? It sort of raises a red flag for anyone using the account, perhaps the scammer was preparing to transfer items to another account?

 

Darts=junk

 

Quest points=higher trade.

 

so yeah, pretty much what he said^

Don't you know the first rule of MMO's? Anyone higher level than you has no life, and anyone lower than you is a noob.

People in OT eat glass when they are bored.

Erm this goes here I think. Yeah I guess he was gonna transfer items.

Wongton is better than me in anyway~~

 

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He was pretty smart to know how to "hack" you. Regardless if he changed recovs, you can use the old ones to recover the account.

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So he didn't try to change your recovery questions? It sort of raises a red flag for anyone using the account, perhaps the scammer was preparing to transfer items to another account?

 

Darts=junk

 

Quest points=higher trade.

 

so yeah, pretty much what he said^

 

 

 

Yeah, darts may be junk but I sold them for about 2.3million !

 

 

 

not really a rant here, im actually happy about it.

 

 

 

 

 

He was pretty smart to know how to "hack" you. Regardless if he changed recovs, you can use the old ones to recover the account.

 

 

 

I never said he "hacked" me read the post. I was scammed, (stupid on my part, I admit)

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How'd he get your accout in a scam? Were you RWT?

 

 

 

No I dont RWT.

 

He asked me to join his Clan, went to the site.

 

Probably got a virus.

 

 

 

Dont worry though I've scanned my computer.

How'd he get your accout in a scam? Were you RWT?

 

 

 

No I dont RWT.

 

He asked me to join his Clan, went to the site.

 

Probably got a virus.

 

 

 

Dont worry though I've scanned my computer.

 

 

 

Some looser tried to get me to join his clan too. He ended up trying to make me log in to the "official Runescape forums" so I could apply for the clan. It was just a lame phishing site.

Simply visiting a page won't give you a virus.

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Hope you learned a valuable lesson from this. I guess the only thing the scammer got out of all this was two weeks of fun, lol.

 

 

 

But it's also a good thing on your part since you also received more items. :lol:

 

 

 

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At least you gained 2.3m outta the deal :D

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Simply visiting a page won't give you a virus.

 

No, but visiting a page can give a hacker a direct link to your computer making it easier to attack and bypass securites measures and implant an key logger (this is based on the theory the webpage is directly set up for hacking).

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Simply visiting a page won't give you a virus.

 

No, but visiting a page can give a hacker a direct link to your computer making it easier to attack and bypass securites measures and implant an key logger (this is based on the theory the webpage is directly set up for hacking).

 

Err, he'll get your IP address and not much else. That'll let him try to run some port scanners and crack your windows password, but even with the default windows config a patched system won't let him do anything. Your not going to get keylogged from visiting a web page, obviously he did something stupid like downloading a virus without antivirus software or entering his password somewhere he shouldn't.

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Drops: 1x Draconic Visage, 56x Abyssal Whip, 5x Demon Head, D Drops: 37, Barrows Drops: 43, DK Drops: 29

GWD drops: 14,000x Bars, 1x Armadyl Hilt, 2x Armadyl Skirt, 4x Sara Sword, 1x Saradomin Hilt, 8x Bandos Hilt, 8x Bandos Platebody, 9x Bandos Tassets, 4x Bandos Boots, 43x Godsword Shard, 82x Dragon Boots

Dry streak records: Saradomin 412 kills Bandos 988 kills Spirit Mages 633 kills - Slayer Sucks

When you go to another website where you have to create a username and password any admin can see this password.

 

 

 

Jagex aren't joking when they say never use your runescape password anywhere else.

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Wizard's First Rule:

 

People are stupid.

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So, Lone Star, now you see that evil will always triumph because good is dumb.

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Wizard's First Rule:

 

People are stupid.

 

 

 

Are you calling me stupid ! :lol:

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Bandos drops: 20 Hilt | 22 Chestplate | 21 Tassets | 14 Boots

Wizard's First Rule:

 

People are stupid.

 

 

 

Are you calling me stupid ! :lol:

 

If you downloaded a suspicious file, didn't run antivirus software, or entered your usename and password anywhere but runescape.com (the only 3 things that could have happened), you did something stuipd ;)

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Drops: 1x Draconic Visage, 56x Abyssal Whip, 5x Demon Head, D Drops: 37, Barrows Drops: 43, DK Drops: 29

GWD drops: 14,000x Bars, 1x Armadyl Hilt, 2x Armadyl Skirt, 4x Sara Sword, 1x Saradomin Hilt, 8x Bandos Hilt, 8x Bandos Platebody, 9x Bandos Tassets, 4x Bandos Boots, 43x Godsword Shard, 82x Dragon Boots

Dry streak records: Saradomin 412 kills Bandos 988 kills Spirit Mages 633 kills - Slayer Sucks

Maybe the scammer thought he was home free and decided to make you account his main. :lol:

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Maybe the scammer thought he was home free and decided to make you account his main. :lol:
That happened to me one time. >.< a year or so back lol. He actually got me items.

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100,927th to 99 def on February 13th, 2011.

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Maybe the scammer thought he was home free and decided to make you account his main. :lol:
That happened to me one time. >.< a year or so back lol. He actually got me items.

 

 

 

Haha, if I ever got hacked I wouldn't mind seeing a few p-hats in my bank :XD:

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Maybe the scammer thought he was home free and decided to make you account his main. :lol:
That happened to me one time. >.< a year or so back lol. He actually got me items.

 

 

 

Haha, if I ever got hacked I wouldn't mind seeing a few p-hats in my bank :XD:

Haha yea =p. He got me like an obby shield. and some other stuff like that.

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100,927th to 99 def on February 13th, 2011.

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