Warning: In-game scam

[Hatchet Klown]

It has come to our attention that a few gold/grey accounts are being used by a bot to attempt to defraud users to visiting www.tao-offert.tk for a Tactics Arena Online subscription at a reduced cost.

Please refrain from visiting the website, and submit a ticket if you feel that your account information has been comprimised. If you have visited the website but not signed up for anything, change your password as a precaution.

We are working to figure out the person behind this scam, if you have any information that may help us, please contact Serg or any moderator.

Thanks,
~TAO Staff~

[Silver Coast]

I'm scared..

*runs away*

[The Anti]

So it's a fake service, then they just take your money? *sigh*

[Silver Coast]

That's kick ass..

Sucks to be the person who gets scammed though.

[Jeffery]

It has come to our attention that a few gold/grey accounts are being used by a bot to attempt to defraud users to visiting www.tao-offert.tk for a Tactics Arena Online subscription at a reduced cost.

Please refrain from visiting the website, and submit a ticket if you feel that your account information has been comprimised. If you have visited the website but not signed up for anything, change your password as a precaution.

We are working to figure out the person behind this scam, if you have any information that may help us, please contact Serg or any moderator.

Thanks,
~TAO Staff~
Email abuse@altervista.it

The account goldfree.altervista.org is where the scam is hosted at.

Also, notify Paypal immediately. Since someone is taking emails and passwords, their scam department will shut the site down faster than you can think.

[Silver Coast]

Ouch..

That would suck for the people who actually care about this game.

[DIGIX]

Ouch..

That would suck for the people who actually care about this game.

Shutting down a fake scamming site wouldn't suck for the people who actually care about this game, I think you misread Jeff's post.

[Silver Coast]

It was kinda long and boring, so you're most likely right about that.

[EleMENTAL]

It was kinda long and boring, so you're most likely right about that.

3 lines? I'd hate to see you're grades in english.

[Jeffery]

BTW, I have notified Paypal, as well as altervista, although I still suggest someone from TAO does as well. If altervista doesn't cooperate quickly, I can arrange for cotice to ICANN as well.
The ICANN trick worked well when Yahoo ignored the original warning about Artifice. Then it was ICANN to Melbourne IT, who then contacted Yahoo, who immediately negated the registry for the site.

[Hatchet Klown]

Email abuse@altervista.it

The account goldfree.altervista.org is where the scam is hosted at.

Also, notify Paypal immediately. Since someone is taking emails and passwords, their scam department will shut the site down faster than you can think.

Has already been done. I told you we're working to find those responsible/correct the issue. :rolleyes:

[serg]

Yeah I notified altervista this morning as well...

[The Anti]

Isn't it AltaVista? Or I'm I thinking of the search engine site..

[uniquinous]

similar name but not the same

[The Anti]

Okay thanks for clearing that up. Had me confused for a second.

[CPC]

3 lines? I'd hate to see you're grades in english.

:bye:

[Veilmenacex]

that bot is annoying as hell it spams the lobby so much ...

[The Anti]

Is it possible to ban the bot accounts, or will it just regenerate or something and keep coming back?

[mantis33]

3 lines? I'd hate to see you're grades in english.

And I'd hate to see yours. ;)

[Hatchet Klown]

And I'd hate to see yours. ;)

Starting a sentence with 'and'? FAIL

[Jeffery]

Starting a sentence with 'and'? FAIL
With an "and".
;)

[mantis33]

Actually, contrary to popular belief, using "and" at the beginning of a sentence can be correct, as it was in my sentence. Look it up.

You = FAIL

[Lord Sesshomaru]

3 lines? I'd hate to see you're grades in english.

http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb19/youdumbcat/EpicFail02.jpg

[007 GOD]

If people wont pay $5 for an account, why would they pay less? $5 is not that much anyway.

[Jeffery]

Basic greed.

Why pay $5 if you can pay $3?

[007 GOD]

Because the main thing stopping people from paying $5 is that they dont have a method for paying.

[Jeffery]

Because the main thing stopping people from paying $5 is that they dont have a method for paying.
Or they don;t think it's worth it paying for a game that is dead.

[007 GOD]

Or they don;t think it's worth it paying for a game that is dead.

I dunno. The noobs who want to upgrade but cant, dont see it as dying like we do. But I do see your point.

[Jeffery]

I dunno. The noobs who want to upgrade but cant, dont see it as dying like we do. But I do see your point.
You again confuse newbs with n00bs.

[007 GOD]

Meh. I need a new word. It gets to confusing for me.

[The Butcher]

Starting a sentence with 'and'? FAIL

That's a stretch... But I'll allow it.

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[Jeffery]

BTW, the website is now down. Suspended by the mob guys.

Look for them to move it elsewhere though.

[007 GOD]

Which website?

[Riot-Girl]

www.tao-offer.co.cc

The newest website of scamming!

Whats with Jefferys posts? They've gone down like, 29,000.

[BOHEMOTH]

ok, i went there, what is it, Riot?
a way for people to get yur paypal shyte?

[shurtugal]

Dang... and it was such easy money. Anyone stupid enough to fall for it, deserves it. Oh wait, can people see the line under my white text?

[Unforgottner]

So it's a fake service, then they just take your money? *sigh*

Uhhh... do you live under a rock?

[Shiznit]

www.tao-offer.co.cc

The newest website of scamming!

Whats with Jefferys posts? They've gone down like, 29,000.

Fantastic question. He's like.. 1,100 now.

[Jeffery]

www.tao-offer.co.cc

The newest website of scamming!

Whats with Jefferys posts? They've gone down like, 29,000.
Website shut down. Keep reporting any new versions. The quicker action is taken, the more likely this guy will give up.

[Mephistopheles]

Jeff's post count gets reset daily now. They were having too hard of a time keeping track...that's 1040 posts YESTERDAY. :p

[Big Zeus]

Our post count is much better Mephy!! It is good to hear that the website is down for now...

[Silver Coast]

3 lines? I'd hate to see you're grades in english.

Dude. You have no idea..

[houckeah]

I shut the website down. Jesus, you guys happy? I was going to pay the extra $2 for everyone as a cost of my research. It wasn't a scam, I was simply being a nice guy and spreading my wealth. </sarcasm>

[007 GOD]

ok, i went there, what is it, Riot?
a way for prople to get yur paypal shyte?

Ok, its people like you that keep those idiots going. You just randomly went to the webstie we have been saying is scamming. Come on. Are you that damn retarded. Read the damn thread.

[Riot-Girl]

Nice job Jeffery! Your like the scam protector! Or my father :o?

[Matt 34.5]

Is it possible to ban the bot accounts, or will it just regenerate or something and keep coming back?

Wrong kind of bot... Its not T1000.

TAO hasn't been h4xed, from what I can tell its just a program written to sit on an account and repeat things in-game. But yes, it might come back even with a ban.

[BOHEMOTH]

ok, its people like you that keep those idiots going. You just randomly went to the webstie we have been saying is scamming. Come on. Are you that damn retarded. Read the damn thread.
whoa!!! i just wanted to check it out, go take a zanax or somethin, sheesh!

[*Sanosuke*]

Nice job Jeffery! Your like the scam protector! Or my father :o?

You have some sh*t on your nose.

[Grayslayer]

How dare they try and scam people out of 3 dollars! Those bastards! They might might make the amount in a year that someone working minimum wage makes in a day! Those clever clever foreigners.

[Jeffery]

How dare they try and scam people out of 3 dollars! Those bastards! They might might make the amount in a year that someone working minimum wage makes in a day! Those clever clever foreigners.
You do realize they were also taking the login and passwords to actual Paypal accounts, right? This was notn about getting a $3 ripoff, as that could easily be reversed.

This was a phishing scan, meant to wholesale rip off paypal and bank accounts for as much money as quickly possible.

[Grayslayer]

Rofl Jeffery, I highly doubt anyone who has a paypal account is stupid enough to to trust a foreign website that nowhere indicates association with the game to get a discount on something that is already sold at a very low price. btw how did your post count get reduced to 1,122 O.O

[gryph89]

Rofl Jeffery, I highly doubt anyone who has a paypal account is stupid enough to to trust a foreign website that nowhere indicates association with the game to get a discount on something that is already sold at a very low price. btw how did your post count get reduced to 1,122 O.O

You'd be suprised at the people who need to be darwinized.

[Jeffery]

Rofl Jeffery, I highly doubt anyone who has a paypal account is stupid enough to to trust a foreign website that nowhere indicates association with the game to get a discount on something that is already sold at a very low price. btw how did your post count get reduced to 1,122 O.O
And yet Phishing sites rip off thousands of people a day. All it would take is one out of 5000 people to snag enough money to have made it worthwhile.

[Hatchet Klown]

Rofl Jeffery, I highly doubt anyone who has a paypal account is stupid enough to to trust a foreign website that nowhere indicates association with the game to get a discount on something that is already sold at a very low price. btw how did your post count get reduced to 1,122 O.O

Some people are plain retarded... Read this story:
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,453125,00.html

[007 GOD]

Rofl Jeffery, I highly doubt anyone who has a paypal account is stupid enough to to trust a foreign website that nowhere indicates association with the game to get a discount on something that is already sold at a very low price. btw how did your post count get reduced to 1,122 O.O

Maybe you havent met the TAO community. You should meet them.

[Grayslayer]

LOL ok ok maybe SOME people are that dumb :P but, if they really are they deserve it imo opinion because that right there is a pretty obvious scam. I mean thats on the same level as all those ads for free xboxs and things.

[Baseballboy]

LOL ok ok maybe SOME people are that dumb :P but, if they really are they deserve it imo opinion because that right there is a pretty obvious scam. I mean thats on the same level as all those ads for free xboxs and things.
Uh no. No one deserves that.

[Grayslayer]

Uh no. No one deserves that.

*cough* FELL FOR THE SCAM *cough* :P

[Learz]

I wandered on here, started randomly reading stuff.
So, my big question:
Why is Jeff's post count down that much?
And why isn't he answering?

Also, was it answered some time ago? It's starting to bug me, so before I go on a witch hunt, it would be nice to know if it was answered somewhere else.


Oh and, bad scammers (or whatever will allow this post to stay on topic).

[Shiznit]

I wandered on here, started randomly reading stuff.
So, my big question:
Why is Jeff's post count down that much?
And why isn't he answering?

Also, was it answered some time ago? It's starting to bug me, so before I go on a witch hunt, it would be nice to know if it was answered somewhere else.

No one knows. LET'S MAKE A THREAD!!!! Not really...:ninja:

[-=Jordan=-]

Yes, be well aware of this scammer,not to mention hardcore spammer.. ugh

[MokoToko]

So wait...we can get a gold account for only three dollars from this website?

[Hatchet Klown]

Bump because of idiots necro'ing Bo1's thread.

[Shiznit]

I'm assuming Scorpz is getting the ban hammer.

[Chet101]

Only dumb uncool people get scammed.

[Hatchet Klown]

Only dumb uncool people get scammed.

You've been scammed what, a dozen times?

[CPC]

Only dumb uncool people get scammed.

This guy is obsessed with letting people know that he is cool and naming those that aren't. Slightly amusing... ^^

[Memnarch]

Neg him!