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02-09-05, 04:37 PM
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I was a little surprised because I don't think my Party name is actually posted anywhere on this site (I usually change it to "Talking Poker" when I post HHs), and it's different than the name I used at Stars for the tourney. Only a handful of people here have railbirded me, so it's not likely some random visitor. If it is someone from this forum, it's got to be a regular...
Quite the mystery....... I wonder if it's BrianSwa - He should be unbanned by now, but hasn't actually posted. Shocking. |
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02-09-05, 05:00 PM
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I'm curious, since someone is trying to break into your account, I wonder if Party would be legally allowed to give you an IP address for the person. Then you'd be able to trace thru this site and determine who it is (if someone off this board), and after that, who knows what next?
Any legal analysts on this board care to give your three cents?
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02-09-05, 05:02 PM
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If you can get Party Support to do this for you You truely are a GOD.
They said it was from my ISP, the same one I was currently logged in from. I kindly told him where he could shove his keyboard.
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02-09-05, 06:19 PM
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Lucy Jones gets around
I did not receive an email from partypoker as a few of you have but recently I received an email from Earthlink requesting my payment information. The Customer Service Manager's name was Lucy Jones! I called Earthlink and they verified it was a scam. Probably the same clowns just trying other sites. At leas they could change the name.
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02-09-05, 06:21 PM
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Line-up makes me wonder
This seems to be exclusive to our forum, as there's no mention of it on RGP. Also, the three people it did happen to -- Lou, Chip and TP -- are all pretty high profile around here. Perhaps it's another milestone -- you aren't a real poker community until a disgruntled member tries to hack it’s members accounts.
Meanwhile, my favorite part of all of this was Party’s suggest to Chip that he might have requested password assistance 56 times, and then promptly forgotten that he had done so. |
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02-09-05, 06:38 PM
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All of my passwords are between 12-18 characters (with a random mix of letters and numbers) Add to that the sites that allow characters e.g."&" and you have a probability of cracking my password in this lifetime of zero. If anyone hacks that, All the power to them.
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02-09-05, 08:33 PM
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I don't know if I'd be considered a "legal analyst" but I will be graduating from law school in 2 1/2 months. With that said, I don't know anything about international laws especially when they deal w/ cybercrimes. In this situation, someone trying to illegally gain access to someone else's private account certainly qualifies as a cybercrime.
This is less a question of what laws apply than how much PartyPoker will police these activities. Our laws don't apply simply because the company is offshore, and therefore we are out of US jurisdiction. One would think that Party would protect its "regulars," as I suspect Chip, TP, and myself are. But, sadly, it doesn't seem like they give a shit. This isn't the first time I've gotten something like this via email. Within the past week, I've gotten password requests for my PayPal account, Neteller, and Ebay. What the fuck.
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02-09-05, 08:47 PM
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I believe the FBI is interested in cyber crimes in "any" jurisdiction....
That is the beauty of "Cyber" space... there are no boundries... So, the U.S. is seeking to police what it can, Also Interpol.
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02-10-05, 05:22 PM
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I got to talk with the Secret Service a couple of weeks ago when I found a fake $20. I spotted it, but most people couldn't tell without me pointing out the flaws... It's the first counterfeit bill I've ever seen.
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02-10-05, 08:08 PM
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Well I would never try to steal someone's money because I know that everyone busts his/her ass to make their money and stealing it is just bs. Really can't believe you all would think I would do such a thing. Sure im a poor bastard but I believe on earning what you have not stealing it from someone else.
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02-09-05, 10:21 PM
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These are completely different scams. What these are is people creating fake websites and trying to get you to go there and enter your sensitive information, thinking you are entering it in the actual site. Once you do, they have your info and can get into your account and do whatever they please. Some of these things look so realistic, I can't believe more people (non computer people anyway) don't fall for them.
What happened to us last night was some schmuck trying to get into our Party accounts. He clicked on "Forgot Password" on the login screen, and then typed our screen names (many, many times). This sent us a confirmation email with instructions on how to complete resetting our password (this is the email you posted). BTW... what time did you guys get these emails? Mine were just before 4 AM ET... 3:56 and 3:57 AM. |
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02-09-05, 10:40 PM
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Just about the same time for me... that's unbelievable. Chip, send me a PM and tell me what you're thinkin.
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