Urza285 Posted October 21, 2011 Share Posted October 21, 2011 Ok this straight up freaked me out. I was doing some last minute crap before getting my daily assists and heading off to bed and this "Mod Mark" pm's me what you see. In complete disbelief I rick click his name and his name is something completely different: Maxed [February 14, 2012] | Completionist [October 25, 2012] | Trimmed Completionist [in Progress]Visit my Blog! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urza285 Posted October 21, 2011 Author Share Posted October 21, 2011 look for a gold crown/threadNo, not "/thread"... This person shouldn't be able to have a "mask" so to say. Thats some pretty good deception rihght there. Maxed [February 14, 2012] | Completionist [October 25, 2012] | Trimmed Completionist [in Progress]Visit my Blog! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leaf Posted October 21, 2011 Share Posted October 21, 2011 That would be the PM update. You can now do 255 characters + text can wrap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urza285 Posted October 21, 2011 Author Share Posted October 21, 2011 That would be the PM update. You can now do 255 characters + text can wrap.Oh wow I didn't even see the first line of text... All I saw was the last two. How the hell did I not notice that? I'm usually pretty observant and spot dumb crap like that... Ohhh man slick little bastard isn't he? Maxed [February 14, 2012] | Completionist [October 25, 2012] | Trimmed Completionist [in Progress]Visit my Blog! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naraku893 Posted October 21, 2011 Share Posted October 21, 2011 its all 1 message by the server guy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urza285 Posted October 21, 2011 Author Share Posted October 21, 2011 its all 1 message by the server guyYeah I just noticed, but thats a damn good scam. Well at least I'm putting this out there so I can help expand everyones scam repertoire and be alert :s. I mean the whole website thing tripped a switch and said it was fake, but this is a pretty good one. Maxed [February 14, 2012] | Completionist [October 25, 2012] | Trimmed Completionist [in Progress]Visit my Blog! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urza285 Posted October 21, 2011 Author Share Posted October 21, 2011 It just occurred to me that I think Jagex should add text indentation for wrapped text. Mighty-mighty-forum-bug-reporter-uppers GOOOOO!!!!!!!!!! Maxed [February 14, 2012] | Completionist [October 25, 2012] | Trimmed Completionist [in Progress]Visit my Blog! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saradomin_Mage Posted October 21, 2011 Share Posted October 21, 2011 Mods having to censor evade, hahaha.I'm sure Mod Mark would tell you to go to an external website :P In real life MMO you don't get 99 smithing by making endless bronze daggers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thus Posted October 21, 2011 Share Posted October 21, 2011 Look for the crown. Is it that hard? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HexiledRazz Posted October 21, 2011 Share Posted October 21, 2011 Of course no one on here would fall for it, in fact hardly anyone would i think. But perhaps a poor noob that doesn't know the basics? They wouldn't be worth hijacking though. Regardless, it just goes to show that scammers are finding more and more ways :rolleyes: Hexiled Razz. Player since March 8th, 2005. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir_Squab Posted October 21, 2011 Share Posted October 21, 2011 look for a gold crown/thread To be honest, I think this summed it up nicely. Anyone who has an account worth stealing should know that. Clever, but still. Squab unleashes Megiddo! Completed all quests and hard diaries. 75+ Skiller. (At one point.) 2000+ total. 99 Magic.[spoiler=The rest of my sig. You know you wanna see it.]my difinition of noob is i dont like u, either u are better then me or u are worst them meBuying spins make you a bad person...don't do it. It's like buying nukes for North Korea.Well if it bothers you that the game is more fun now, then you can go cry in a corner. :shame:your article was the equivalent of a circumcized porcupineThe only thing wrong with it is the lack of a percentage for when you need to stroke it. Poignant Purple to Lokie's Ravishing Red and Alg's Brilliant Blue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sy_Accursed Posted October 21, 2011 Share Posted October 21, 2011 look for a gold crown/thread To be honest, I think this summed it up nicely. Anyone who has an account worth stealing should know that. Clever, but still. Last I hecked they even spam it at you in account creation and tutorial now that: 1) Jagex won;t contact* you anywhere but their own forum message inbox system, anyone pming or emailling claiming to be jagex is scamming2) Pmods have silver crowns, jmods have gold crowns. Anyone without a crown is not a mod. *obviously meaning important personal contact not email newsletters they occasionally do and obviously some mods have social pm conversations with some users. Operation Gold Sparkles :: Chompy Kills :: Full Profound :: Champions :: Barbarian Notes :: Champions Tackle Box :: MA RewardsDragonkin Journals :: Ports Stories :: Elder Chronicles :: Boss Slayer :: Penance King :: Kal'gerion Titles :: Gold Statue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
999134 Posted October 21, 2011 Share Posted October 21, 2011 Just use common sense to avoid being scammed, its actually quite a fun tool >.>From zezima: Hi Check it out, huge amount of effort has gone into this massive mod![hide=old sig][/hide] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginger_Warrior Posted October 21, 2011 Share Posted October 21, 2011 I don't really believe it's the player's own fault for being scammed any more than I would believe it's an old lady's fault for being scammed in real life by rogue traders promising to do her boiler up for free. In both cases, someone has gone out to purposefully deceive and manipulate somebody else's free will in a predatory manner. That said, there really isn't anything Jagex can do. One gripe I've had with this update is the lack of indentation when the text falls into the next line. I wish it was something more like: Gingy Warr: blah blah blah text continues hereWouldn't that solve this problem? | Favourite Game Music | Last.fm | HYT Friend Chat Rules | Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mazhar Posted October 21, 2011 Share Posted October 21, 2011 Thank you sir my account is still intact today thanks to this thread Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Runar Posted October 21, 2011 Share Posted October 21, 2011 Thanks for posting this. I probably wouldn't fall for this, but I'm sure many will. The Runar's (OSRS) DIY blog - most viewed Blogscape blog ever! Contract? ／人◕ ‿‿ ◕人＼ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwreeTak Posted October 21, 2011 Share Posted October 21, 2011 I haven't seen this scam before. Nice to see information about it. Thanks for warning us :) Add me if you so wish: SwreeTak Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilovecuttingyews Posted October 21, 2011 Share Posted October 21, 2011 I read about this first in the Mod forums and was a little concerned, but once I saw a picture I knew I wouldn't get caught, but I'm sure someone will. I also know Jagex is aware of this and are looking into it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilovecuttingyews Posted October 21, 2011 Share Posted October 21, 2011 I read about this first in the Mod forums and was a little concerned, but once I saw a picture I knew I wouldn't get caught, but I'm sure someone will. I also know Jagex is aware of this and are looking into it.Thats an interesting story that I find to be quite engaging.From Mod Mark: Hi whats your pass?Oh hey Mark! Nice to talk to you again. I'm not sure why you need my password, but it's ..... hey wait .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pal2002 Posted October 21, 2011 Share Posted October 21, 2011 Although most of us know well that jagex will put a message in your inbox instead of randomly pming you, the scammers sure have gotten advanced to be able to actually have mod mark in the name.... I would prefer even to fail with honor than to win by cheating - Sophocles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Autist Posted October 23, 2011 Share Posted October 23, 2011 Not sure if I am starting to lose my eyesight, but I would have to zoom that image in photoshop to read something out of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jiblix Posted October 23, 2011 Share Posted October 23, 2011 Mod Mark is the lead designer; he basically manages the content developers. AKA - He has absolutely nothing to do with P-Mods/F-Mods. Also recruitment has been stuck on hold since August due to some UK laws preventing them from recruit 'volunteer mods'. If you didn't know any of those two, they wouldn't send you off to external sites and such whats. I guess it would be believable to some people but just ask yourself... where is the crown? No crown = They're trying to phish your password. Jibby Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iglw Posted October 23, 2011 Share Posted October 23, 2011 Sneaky bastards. I agree with indenting multi-line messages, or perhaps bolding or colouring the actual name to distinguish it from the message. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stonewall337 Posted October 25, 2011 Share Posted October 25, 2011 The website has a ,tk ending. Only an idiot would be fooled. People are idiots, thats why people get scammed. /thread. [hide=Drops]Araxxor Eye x1 Leg pieces x2GWD: 5000 Addy bar Steam B Staff x3 Z Spear x6 Sara. Hilt x2 Bandos Hilt x2 (LS, Solo)SS x6 (1 LS)Tormented Demons: Shard x6 Slice x5 Claws x9 Limbs x3DKS: Archer x21 Warrior x31 Berserker x30 Axe x51[/hide] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alg Posted October 25, 2011 Share Posted October 25, 2011 The website has a ,tk ending. Only an idiot would be fooled. People are idiots, thats why people get scammed. /thread.Dat oversimplification. I painted some stuff and put it on tumblr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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