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#1 Erekes

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Posted 10 July 2011 - 12:17 AM

A guild member of mine was pm'd by someone in game who used virtually the same exact name spelling as another guild member. The only difference in the spelling was that a capital i was used instead of a lowercase L. This person asked if he/she may borrow one of her characters.

Whoever it was that wanted to gain access to her accounts was reported by both her and the one he/she tried to impersonate. I just wanted to post this so as to warn others just in case this person or someone else tries to do this again.
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#2 Viri

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Posted 10 July 2011 - 12:25 AM

This is why if you're going to trust someone with your info give it to them via msn or vent or something
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Posted 10 July 2011 - 12:28 AM

they could fake vent or msn too.

Just don't give out your info at all and tell them to go play sakray.
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Posted 10 July 2011 - 12:34 AM

they could fake vent or msn too.

Just don't give out your info at all and tell them to go play sakray.


You can't talk in someone else's voice. =P
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#5 Viri

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Posted 10 July 2011 - 12:35 AM

You wouldn't give your account info to someone you just met, that's stupid. I mean people that you already have on MSN of course.
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#6 Erekes

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Posted 10 July 2011 - 12:37 AM

No account information was given out. I just wanted to inform everyone that there are people out there who may pose as a friend or guild member in order to scam you.
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Posted 10 July 2011 - 12:47 AM

sorry, you just made it sound like msn and vent is 100% safe. The actual voice might be.


the trick is really old, but thanks for the warning anyway :)
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#8 Erekes

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Posted 10 July 2011 - 12:49 AM

Yea I figured it was but reminders never hurt. : )
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Posted 10 July 2011 - 12:50 AM

That's what I was saying a few weeks ago.... http://forums.warppo...958#entry455958


I had assumed it was someone they met in PVP or something and whoever did it was just being an immature ass... But I guess there's a person surfing thru ropd looking at guilds for names that use 'l's.


Why can't people just play ro like it's a game...
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#10 Viri

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Posted 10 July 2011 - 12:54 AM

Someone I was trolling and making fun of in pvp the other day said "IS THIS A GAME TO YOU?" to me and I damn near died. Like I was literally speechless. Some kids are a little srs
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#11 An1ma

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Posted 10 July 2011 - 02:04 AM

Its pretty obvious when the person he is trying to impersonate isnt online in your guild window. You should always ask the person to meet you face to face so you can see his character. Anyways like viri said dont ever give out your info ingame or period.
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Posted 10 July 2011 - 03:17 AM

Someone I was trolling and making fun of in pvp the other day said "IS THIS A GAME TO YOU?" to me and I damn near died. Like I was literally speechless. Some kids are a little srs


That's like my boyfriends mom telling him to "pause the game!" when he's playing an mmo. XD
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Posted 10 July 2011 - 07:25 PM

You can't talk in someone else's voice. =P

I do a pretty good Don Knotts impression, but seeing as how he's dead I don't think he'd be needing anyone's account info.
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Posted 10 July 2011 - 08:21 PM

I do a pretty good Don Knotts impression, but seeing as how he's dead I don't think he'd be needing anyone's account info.


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Posted 10 July 2011 - 08:25 PM

I do a pretty good Don Knotts impression, but seeing as how he's dead I don't think he'd be needing anyone's account info.


He needs more bullets
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Posted 10 July 2011 - 08:35 PM

I loled. xD
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Posted 10 July 2011 - 09:12 PM

Its one of the oldest scams in RO. I feared the same and made both my characters ( same acc ) using this. So no one could scam on my name heh.
Polka Dot- AB PoIka Dot -warlock.Yeah its fun to watch some people go' @_@ i thought you were a wiz/ab how did you change your class' before realizing it might be something to do with the name.
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Posted 10 July 2011 - 09:24 PM

san-serif typography fonts fail, but its pretty much the standard on most on-screen bodies of text. Posted Image
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