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Geek Culture / Getting Ripped off on AIM - Look out

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John H
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Posted: 21st Feb 2004 20:34
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SystmMsg942: Your screen name (YOUR SN HERE) has been having difficulties processing some documents on AOL(R) Instant Messenger (TM). Please enter your password below and we will have it fixed as soon as possible. Thank you.

Aol Instant Messanger


Now, I am 99% sure this is a hoax, who aggrees?


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Preston C
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Posted: 21st Feb 2004 20:47
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Quote: "SystmMsg942:"


Yeah, its a hoax. If anything were to send you a message from AIM, it would be the stupid bot that tells you if you've logged onto your name twice on the same computer.

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Posted: 21st Feb 2004 21:12
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HOAX Hoax HOax HOAx etc..........

AOL or ANYBODY who has the need will NEVER ask you for your password like that, you should be on a secure connection if you need to be using your password, (padlock icon in the bottom right) unless you want it logged and recorded on the server archives for everybody to read.

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lagmaster
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Posted: 21st Feb 2004 21:14
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first of all why use aim?

if you do make sure it has the option to disable ims from anyone not on your friends list.

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Lord Ozzum
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Posted: 21st Feb 2004 21:15
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i know why: some stupid idots only have it. fortunately i don't know any of them

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Killswitch
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Posted: 21st Feb 2004 21:38
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Lagmasteruk.. erm you have an aim button below your post...

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HZence
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Posted: 21st Feb 2004 21:44
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What's wrong with AIM?


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Shadow
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Posted: 21st Feb 2004 21:59
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I've never heard of anyone ever needing to know their customers' (or whatever you call them) passwords.
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Lord Ozzum
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Posted: 21st Feb 2004 22:00
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click on it HZence

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lagmaster
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Posted: 21st Feb 2004 22:01
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i only get ims from people on my friends list which counts to 4.

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Represent
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Posted: 21st Feb 2004 22:50
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Its a hoax. Read the AIM licence agreement. It says something like no staff or something like that will ask for your password. And anyways they should send you an email and give you a lot of information about whats wrong before asking for your password... and don't they already know it.. its in their database.
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IanM
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Posted: 21st Feb 2004 23:24
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Any legitimate request of this type will ask you to connect to their website and login that way.

Anything that provides you with a link is to use is to be suspected. I had an email from my Bank (supposedly) that used a CGI link on the banks website to direct everything offsite.

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Dave J
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Posted: 22nd Feb 2004 00:48
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Yup, I believe there's a form on the Website so you can report SN's. I'm not sure what they'll do though, hopefully they will ban the IP but it being AOL and all, they'll probably just ban the SN.


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Lord Ozzum
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Posted: 22nd Feb 2004 00:50
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aol sucks

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UnderLord
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Wow if you needed someone to tell you it was a hoax then your gullable....no offence but....anyone with brains would know that AOL would more likely spam your e-mail then spam you online heh...

The search continues.

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HZence
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Posted: 22nd Feb 2004 03:05
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Quote: "HZence: fag
HZence: hey guess what
HZence: give me your password
SystmMsg942: wat
HZence: lol
SystmMsg942: whos this
HZence: somebody...
SystmMsg942: sombody
SystmMsg942: wow
HZence: i know
HZence: isn't that crazy
SystmMsg942: ya
SystmMsg942: so wats u[p
HZence: not much
HZence: but you might wanna check this out...
SystmMsg942: whos this again
HZence: hold on while i grab the link...
HZence: http://darkbasicpro.thegamecreators.com/?m=forum_view&t=26421&b=2
SystmMsg942: no
SystmMsg942: no
HZence: SystmMsg942: Your screen name (YOUR SN HERE) has been having difficulties processing some documents on AOL(R) Instant Messenger (TM). Please enter your password below and we will have it fixed as soon as possible. Thank you.

HZence: that's what it says
HZence: a guy posted a thread about it.
HZence: lol.
HZence: "Now, I am 99% sure this is a hoax, who aggrees?"
SystmMsg942: me
SystmMsg942: ass
HZence: are you calling me an ass
HZence: or him
SystmMsg942: i dont no whos this
HZence: why would you do something like that
HZence: that's mean
SystmMsg942: whos htis
HZence: i'm just a guy on the forums
HZence: that that guy posts at
SystmMsg942: wat forums
HZence: the darkbasic pro forums
SystmMsg942: i have no clue"


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MikeS
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Posted: 22nd Feb 2004 04:15
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NOOOOO!!! Don't lead him here!



A book? I hate book. Book is stupid.
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Lord Ozzum
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Posted: 22nd Feb 2004 04:28
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wow

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HZence
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Posted: 22nd Feb 2004 04:38
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Heh, sorry. But he wouldn't click the link because he thought it was a virus.


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Dave J
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Posted: 22nd Feb 2004 04:58
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lmao.


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MikeS
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Posted: 22nd Feb 2004 05:06
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I was just messing with ya.

Besides, if he joined it'd be pretty easy for the mods to get his i.p, and then ban him.



A book? I hate book. Book is stupid.
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UnderLord
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Posted: 22nd Feb 2004 07:23
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yeah and then make his IP public i bet anything he's on dial up hahaha what a loser

The search continues.

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Benjamin
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Posted: 22nd Feb 2004 22:18
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Quote: "i bet anything he's on dial up hahaha what a loser"
Pfft yeah, what a loser

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ReD_eYe
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i spent some of the best years of my life on dial-up...

In the beginning, the universe was created...
This made alot of people very angry and it has been widely regarded as a bad idea...
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UnderLord
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Red_eye so did i but now im spending my better years on cable...

The search continues.

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AluminumPork
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lol, I'm with ya under_lord. But I think I had it worst, Free Juno. Dun Dun Dun

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Night Giant
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Quote: "hopefully they will ban the IP but it being AOL and all, they'll probably just ban the SN.
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i read that aol does not give ip addresses, or they do, but it's a really weird system that makes it very difficult to ban individual computers. i remember on deviantart they were having a lot of problems with certain users, and a lot of them were using aol, so they couldn't ban the individual ip's, so they had to just ban anyone using aol as their isp. it's weird.

oh, wow. insignificantpunks.cjb.net. we like orange treble clef notes, just for future reference.

no: website for progs yet.
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