ALPS Serious SCAM... This is good.

shoto · Post by **shoto** » Sat Jan 27, 2007 4:35 pm

ok so a preface.... I log in this morning and i see that i just recieved a message from an "Alps" moderator. I read it and it says that it is just a random safety check. I reply and the second message i receive, as the scammer realizes that i am receptive, makes it clear that something is fishy.

Ok at this point I was like a little confused...Why is a mod contacting insignificant me?? My worries were soon put to rest as it was made clear that this guy was desperate.

to this i replied with a laugh,and mocked him. Thinking that he hadn't been defeated he tried again.

I WAS SHACKING IN MY BONEZZZZZ. Again i mocked him and then told him the Sro policy of not giving out info. I thought if he couldn't be convinced by being ridiculed maybe he would listen to reason.

And so he did and victory was mine!!

Now there were a few other messages recieved in between, but that was when i was like..."I'm confused, your english is terrible,and what do you actually want?"
Please people on ALPS don't fall for this...otherwise i will be really really sad

Vandango · Post by **Vandango** » Sat Jan 27, 2007 4:49 pm

most pathetic thing ive ever seen

shoto · Post by **shoto** » Sat Jan 27, 2007 5:03 pm

i tried to get him to talk to me...but he kept saying type /info and talk to my superiors...confusing

i play silk road · Post by **i play silk road** » Sat Jan 27, 2007 5:06 pm

what a tard, that guy should know that jm can get anyones pass, they have a record of them

and b esides, withhout ur username, ur pass is useless

Fat_Smurf · Post by **Fat_Smurf** » Sat Jan 27, 2007 6:49 pm

i play silk road wrote:what a tard, that guy should know that jm can get anyones pass, they have a record of them

and b esides, withhout ur username, ur pass is useless

no i'm pretty sure they can't access them... normally it's a private thing and that's why they can't give back lost acocunt and stuff like that

clarencekuna · Post by **clarencekuna** » Sat Jan 27, 2007 6:57 pm

MY login info (for anyone trying the same trick to me)is as follows:

Username: umbrellaman
Password: benddownandillshoveanumbrellaupyourazzandopenit

yoko · Post by **yoko** » Sat Jan 27, 2007 7:02 pm

Fat_Smurf wrote:
i play silk road wrote:what a tard, that guy should know that jm can get anyones pass, they have a record of them

and b esides, withhout ur username, ur pass is useless

no i'm pretty sure they can't access them... normally it's a private thing and that's why they can't give back lost acocunt and stuff like that

Yep, you are correct.

Normally passwords are saved in a one way hash format. That way passwords can not be deduced from a password database either. To make it harder to brute force them, you usually also apply a salt to ensure that the one-way hash is unique, even for people with the same password. Common format now days are MD5, SHA-1 or higher SHA-algorithms. Not that both MD5 and SHA-1 has been found to be vulnerable for collision attacks. This is however not a worry for passwords, but for digital signing of documents.

It is unlikely that JM have the password in a format which is usuable. However, there is never any reason why they would ever need your password. Anything you need your password for, they could most likely accomplish with an administrator login instead and thus, it is a scam.

Quyxz · Post by **Quyxz** » Sat Jan 27, 2007 7:40 pm

lol. This is the most outstanding way to get someones pw.

Hudders · Post by **Hudders** » Sat Jan 27, 2007 8:07 pm

Lol similar thing happened to me, I was close to giving it over because i'm a bit of a noob with a couple of mil.

. but then i checked the rules and dint give it over... THANK GOD!

LadyB · Post by **LadyB** » Sat Jan 27, 2007 8:15 pm

hes in olympus too

shoto · Post by **shoto** » Sat Jan 27, 2007 8:22 pm

LadyB wrote:hes in olympus too

There you go, that's what i was really worried about; that he was working across servers scamming people...the funny thing is how he tries to assure me that he is a mod, even though he obviously can't ban me. It's the arrogance that really gets me.

I wish there was a way to get people banned. I mean this guy is seriously hurting the game. I can see if you are new to the game you could fall for something like this. Like a newb or a younger kid hearing that his account could be banned may just hand over info without thinking twice....Although it would cut the amount of stupid people in game. haha j/k

Geedunk · Post by **Geedunk** » Sat Jan 27, 2007 8:31 pm

He spelled verification wrong. First mistake.

2nd: Gm's have a [GM] before or after their names.

3rd: You will never have to verify your password, since you do it once you log in.

4th: This was fun!

[SD]Twysta · Post by **[SD]Twysta** » Sat Jan 27, 2007 9:45 pm

Very nice post i have to say.

that noob was just lucky that no1 picked the name "Moderator" yet