How to Avoid Scams on Gaia Online
Never give out your password!, Choose a complicated password., Read Gaia's TOS., Check username colors., Check the message you suspect of scamming., If you answered yes to any of these questions, it's most likely a scam.
Step-by-Step Guide
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Step 1: Never give out your password!
This goes for everything that uses a password.
Gaia administrators will never contact you asking for your password, typing your password anywhere but an official Gaia Online password entry field will result in the password being accessible to unscrupulous users.
Do not post it backwards, or in code either.
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Step 2: Choose a complicated password.
This also goes for most things.
For example, hooray4dolphins is weaker than hooray4dolphins2329438.
Also, keep your password different from your username.
And never put the word "Password" in your password. , It may be long, and lacking in plot development, but it helps a lot. , NPC's have red names, admins and developers have orange names, omnimods have green names, global mods have light blue names, dedicated mods have purple names, the people on your friends list have dark blue names, and helpers have no color in their names.
Regular users lack color in their names as well. , Is it:
Written with bad grammar? Far fetched? (I.E.
The "Ban fish" scam) Too good to be true? (I.e. a chance at a mod position on your first day, 10 halos, etc.) Sent by a user claiming to be Gaia staff? Asking for your password? Threatening you with a banning if you do not give your Password, or any of your gold/items. , Each message has a report button next to it you can use to alert a mod.
Click it, and explain your reasons for reporting.
Do not respond to the message.
Also, A new scam has arose where, in a Message or a forum post that asks you to vote for the in the arena, Vote for a friend, check out a thread, etc.
And to the untrained eye it will look like a normal link such as http://www.gaiaonline.com/mygaia But in reality if you move your mouse over the link the address bar at the bottom will have a different URL, Taking you to a site which looks like the Gaia login screen, don't believe it, Always check the URL of the site, if it doesn't say http://www.gaiaonline.com/ then it's a fraud and putting in your password will allow them to hack your account, if you accidentally do enter your Username and password don't panic, quickly go to your account settings and change your password. (I recommend having a special password in a file on your computer that you can copy and paste to the form so it will be quick and strong.
However, I wouldn't do this if you share your computer with other people, The may delete the file.) -
Step 3: Read Gaia's TOS.
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Step 4: Check username colors.
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Step 5: Check the message you suspect of scamming.
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Step 6: If you answered yes to any of these questions
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Step 7: it's most likely a scam.
Detailed Guide
This goes for everything that uses a password.
Gaia administrators will never contact you asking for your password, typing your password anywhere but an official Gaia Online password entry field will result in the password being accessible to unscrupulous users.
Do not post it backwards, or in code either.
People can figure that out.
This also goes for most things.
For example, hooray4dolphins is weaker than hooray4dolphins2329438.
Also, keep your password different from your username.
And never put the word "Password" in your password. , It may be long, and lacking in plot development, but it helps a lot. , NPC's have red names, admins and developers have orange names, omnimods have green names, global mods have light blue names, dedicated mods have purple names, the people on your friends list have dark blue names, and helpers have no color in their names.
Regular users lack color in their names as well. , Is it:
Written with bad grammar? Far fetched? (I.E.
The "Ban fish" scam) Too good to be true? (I.e. a chance at a mod position on your first day, 10 halos, etc.) Sent by a user claiming to be Gaia staff? Asking for your password? Threatening you with a banning if you do not give your Password, or any of your gold/items. , Each message has a report button next to it you can use to alert a mod.
Click it, and explain your reasons for reporting.
Do not respond to the message.
Also, A new scam has arose where, in a Message or a forum post that asks you to vote for the in the arena, Vote for a friend, check out a thread, etc.
And to the untrained eye it will look like a normal link such as http://www.gaiaonline.com/mygaia But in reality if you move your mouse over the link the address bar at the bottom will have a different URL, Taking you to a site which looks like the Gaia login screen, don't believe it, Always check the URL of the site, if it doesn't say http://www.gaiaonline.com/ then it's a fraud and putting in your password will allow them to hack your account, if you accidentally do enter your Username and password don't panic, quickly go to your account settings and change your password. (I recommend having a special password in a file on your computer that you can copy and paste to the form so it will be quick and strong.
However, I wouldn't do this if you share your computer with other people, The may delete the file.)
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