"Don't Go There" - Safety Campaign kicks off
Quote:
Your friend on Habbo just told you on IM that you’ve been voted most popular Habbo? Been offered to join Habbo’s official staff? Just completed a telephrase or user game and got this link to go and claim your prize? Somebody's found an exploit and wants to tell you how to generated coins? For free?
What do all these great-sounding offers have in common? THEY ARE SCAMS.
These ones get you to go on an external site that has nothing to do with Habbo (even if it says Habbo in the link name) and enter your Habbo login details. If you do that the scammer gets access to your account and robs you off all your hard-earned credits and much-loved furni.
By visiting the site alone, you could pick up a key logging programme. All the scammer then needs to do is wait for you to login and simply collects your password via the keystrokes.
Scammers love to hijack one account this way and then tell everyone on the victim’s friends lists about the scamsite, so even if you believe this is coming from your Habbo friend, DO NOT go there.
Whatever goes on in Habbo – polls, competitions, contest results - stays in Habbo. You may see the odd reference to the official Habbo Twitter or Facebook site, but that’s it. If you haven’t seen any promotion in the news articles or on the Me page about the event or activity, then chances are it doesn't exist and someone is trying to have you on. DO NOT go there.
So what do I do if I someone PMs me on Habbo and I think it’s a scam site?
Report it to the moderators right then and there from your console. That way they can see the chatlog and take immediate action. Under no circumstances should you go and check out the site before reporting it.
What about if I’ve done a telephrase and they ask me to go to the site to get the prize or see an answer?
Same as above. Report this immediately and DO NOT go to the site they suggested.
I’ve reported a site a few times but someone else keeps spamming it. What do I do?
Sadly these scam rings are a bit like organized virtual crime. They have a whole host of avatars and computers and just keep hopping from one avatar to another. We are on to them though and will do wide-swept blocks if we have to, so we appreciate you reporting whenever you find someone scamming this way.
I've been scammed, they've changed my login details, and now I can't access my account anymore:(
If you've lost access to your account contact Customer Support for help.
What are some of the scamsites I should be looking out for?
Rule of thumb is, if they offer free credits or HC, a page to vote or nominate for your favourite Habbo, it's all too good to be true and you should stay well away from the site they're asking you to go to. URLs typically make some reference to Habbo, popular ones are:
habbo com staff be
habbo com vote nl
happyhabbo co nf/#home
onehabbo com
habbo2013 com
ganheap com br
These are only a few; more are added daily (as well as taken down by our legal team), so please keep your wits about your Habbo and stay safe by NOT going there. Watch this space for weekly safety updates, how to win our fabulous Don’t Go There badge and more.
Staying right here with you,
- http://www.habbo.com/articles/3071-d...aign-kicks-off
I'm happy staff acknowledged user safety, this was a pretty big scam happening (see here: http://www.habboxforum.com/showthread.php?t=790893&)
