How Not To Get Hacked or Scammed
Written by snapper_
I have been on Neopets for 2 years now and have seen every trick in the book of
how people try to scam and hack. Just recently hacking and scamming has become
more common and even easier to fall for. This article points out the majority,
if not all the ways not to get scammed or hacked and to keep your account safe.
Scams are pretty easy to pick up on, if it's too good to be true it really is.
Usually it will be a fake login screen where you have to retype your password,
or they will change their prices at the last second and you will end up paying
more than you bargained for so keep your wits about you. Other typical scams are
buying 'raffle tickets' to win a bigger prize, or bidding a lot on a cheap item
in a trading post to receive a more expensive item. And trust me, no one will
give you 1 million np or 10 baby paint brushes so don't believe it. Also NEVER
change your email address if someone asks you to.
Hacking is a bit harder to keep away from, if possible don't sign up with a
yahoo or hotmail account as these are as easy as anything to get hacked. All
they have to do is guess your secret password and they are in. ISP emails can be
hacked too but are harder, if possible write your password down in a safe place,
and remove your email from your preferences, if you lose your password you will
have to email neopets but it is much safer this way. Another way you can be
hacked is through cookie grabbers, they are where they steal your computer
cookies and passwords. These are not on neopets anymore but can be on neo
related sites. I would highly recommend not visiting any sites advertised on the
chats that you have never been to as these can contain cookie grabbers that will
steal your account. If you know someone is in your account quickly delete your
cookies and change your password.
IMMEDIATELY.
I would also advise staying away from MSN or at least not receiving files from
people you don't trust as these can contain viruses that will reveal your
passwords. Also NEVER even open emails you don't know who they are from, not
just the attachments, the email too as viruses are encoded into these.
Despite the rumors, I have received confirmation from Neopets staff that there
are no hackers in neopets database and you cannot be hacked through neopets but
if you advertise on chat how much np you have and how many items you have, you
are more a likely target for scams and people to try and hack you. So here are
some final words, don't relogin if its not a neopets.com screen, try and not
have an email address linking from your account, don't post clues in your lookup
to what your password is and try and stay away from sites posted on chat.
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