Sun Apr 17, 2005 10:20 pm
Kostya wrote:
Who in the world would believe that?
Actually, anyone who is new or naive could fall for it. Same for people for whom English is not a first language.
Sun Apr 17, 2005 10:27 pm
Weewoo wrote:Got the exact same e-mail.Update 12/3/04~Due to mass e-mails coming into mailto:support@neopets.com
please send your application (below) to -removed-. This is Kenya’s
e-mail. She will then interview you further and you may become a Monitor. This
is the first step of four steps in becoming a Monitor.
Please reply with the following information
Neopet Name:
Neopet Password(To verify your account):
Real First Name:
Real Last Name(Optional):
Age:
Why should you become a Monitor?
What team do you wish to be on(See Section 3.14) :
is what it ended with. It asked to send it to a gmail account and asked for your password, and no way in hell am I believing it.
If anyone wants me to forward them the e-mail, PM me or post it here as I'll probably not notice the PM.
whats just stupid if you stop to think about it is that if mailto:support@neopets.com actually was the email address they use for it, the staff member would still use a neopets.com email address, not a gmail one!!!
Sun Apr 17, 2005 10:31 pm
Morningstar wrote:Kostya wrote:
Who in the world would believe that?
Actually, anyone who is new or naive could fall for it. Same for people for whom English is not a first language.
English is my third language.
Sun Apr 17, 2005 10:50 pm
Kostya wrote:Morningstar wrote:Kostya wrote:
Who in the world would believe that?
Actually, anyone who is new or naive could fall for it. Same for people for whom English is not a first language.
English is my third language.
Sorry, I meant to say people who don't speak English at all: those people who play Neopets in a language other than English.
Sun Apr 17, 2005 10:56 pm
Kostya wrote:Morningstar wrote:Kostya wrote:
Who in the world would believe that?
Actually, anyone who is new or naive could fall for it. Same for people for whom English is not a first language.
English is my third language.
now dont start showing off and making us all jealous!
:P
Sun Apr 17, 2005 11:09 pm
When you send it to Neopets, make sure to include all the header info so they can track this moron
Sun Apr 17, 2005 11:10 pm
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v18/s ... 3/fake.jpg
Once again, the screenie I show everytime this comes up. A friend sent this fake email out as a lark.
Once again, the screenie I show everytime this comes up. A friend sent this fake email out as a lark.
Sun Apr 17, 2005 11:58 pm
wow, everyone needs to be very careful!
Mon Apr 18, 2005 12:35 am
Fortunalty the scammer was not smart enough to change the e-mail so i got the password the changed it to..i changed it but then i went out to supper and i came back and my account was frozen...:'( i guess i deserve it for being so stupid...i never went on neopets alot though
Mon Apr 18, 2005 12:45 am
oh man that's really too bad
Mon Apr 18, 2005 12:46 am
livin_in_the_shadow wrote:Fortunalty the scammer was not smart enough to change the e-mail so i got the password the changed it to..i changed it but then i went out to supper and i came back and my account was frozen...:'( i guess i deserve it for being so stupid...i never went on neopets alot though
That's sure not the reason I would like my account to be frozen for.
rachel wrote:Kostya wrote:Morningstar wrote:Kostya wrote:
Who in the world would believe that?
Actually, anyone who is new or naive could fall for it. Same for people for whom English is not a first language.
English is my third language.
now dont start showing off and making us all jealous!
Russian, Ukrainian, English and French.
Mon Apr 18, 2005 12:51 am
That's too bad that your account was frozen. You might be able to get it back if you explained what happened...
You might be able to get it back if you explained what happened...
Mon Apr 18, 2005 1:34 am
Sapphire Faerie wrote:http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v18/s ... 3/fake.jpg
Once again, the screenie I show everytime this comes up. A friend sent this fake email out as a lark.
I remember the day Wayne sent that email to you.
Lits, I'm sorry that your account was frozen.
But maybe your story will help other people not make the same mistake!
Dude, I sound like Oprah.
Mon Apr 18, 2005 1:53 am
I know of a programme that can send spoofed emails and I have used to for April Fools jokes before (no I did not use it for scamming). I did try sending a mailto:support@neopets.com email to myself and it worked.
The bottomline is, don't trust anything that asks for your password even if the email looks legit.
The bottomline is, don't trust anything that asks for your password even if the email looks legit.
Mon Apr 18, 2005 2:26 am
livin_in_the_shadow wrote:Fortunalty the scammer was not smart enough to change the e-mail so i got the password the changed it to..i changed it but then i went out to supper and i came back and my account was frozen...:'( i guess i deserve it for being so stupid...i never went on neopets alot though
You should fill out the Forms to report this (and get your account back!)