Don't fall for this scammer trick

[Jorzonator]

Hey guys, I just wanted to show you some method people use to steal passwords over IRC, so watch out.

<Cthon98>~ hey, if you type in your pw, it will show as stars
<Cthon98> ~********* see!
<AzureDiamond> hunter2
<AzureDiamond> doesnt look like stars to me
<Cthon98>~ <AzureDiamond> *******
<Cthon98> ~thats what I see
<AzureDiamond> oh, really?
<Cthon98> ~Absolutely
<AzureDiamond> you can go hunter2 my hunter2-ing hunter2
<AzureDiamond> haha, does that look funny to you?
<Cthon98>~ lol, yes. See, when YOU type hunter2, it shows to us as *******
<AzureDiamond> thats neat, I didnt know IRC did that
<Cthon98>~yep, no matter how many times you type hunter2, it will show to us as *******
<AzureDiamond> awesome!
<AzureDiamond> wait, how do you know my pw?
<Cthon98>~ er, I just copy pasted YOUR ******'s and it appears to YOU as hunter2 cause its your pw
<AzureDiamond> oh, ok.


OH I just noticed that this was my 666 th post >=)

 

[Liliana]

That's...a little ridiculous.

 

[Rellik]

/me facepalms.

this is certainly original, and i feel sorry for anyone falling for it... but seriously?

 

[Nightmare -]

Original? Rofl that used to be a scam from 8 years ago from a free MMO I will not post the name off here. xP

 

[HazeUk]

Epic facedesk.

 

[Mr Grip]

If you fall for that... that would be just sad.

 

[WaterSnake]

Lol, I saw that on that funny irc quote site. Gold, just gold.

 

[MentalSoul]

/me facepalms.

this is certainly original, and i feel sorry for anyone falling for it... but seriously?

Yeah...

 

[J_landry]

Yeah that's one of the oldest scams in the book, I've seen it done with social security #'s as well, I've never fallen for it though.

 

[Allster]

I first saw this in Runescape a long while back
Such a dumb scam...

 

[Symantech]

I have falled that too when i was 8 ^^