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Message to all friends...
theres a hacker on the loose, he's tryin to scam you.
by PimpToast
Yesterday when i was playing CoD5, my account signed out all of a sudden and a message popped up on screen reading something like "Your account has been recoverd on another xbox 360, and you must create a new one, or recover it again to play on this system" At first, i didn't know what happened and couldn't log back into my gamertag. I then logged onto my silver account and saw that my account was indeed online and i was in shock.
Someone was using my account. They then sent messages out to all of my friends stating they could get all of my friends free microsoft points. Several of my friends, thinking it was me saying this, gave their information the the person that stole my account, also getting theirs stolen. I immediately sent messages to my gamertag, telling him/her to leave it alone. I waited and then got two messages from him/her threatening my life. Within the messages the hacker mentioned my name adress, zip code and so on, saying he was going to transfer my microsoft points to his account. This dumbass didn't even know that i had exactly 0 microsoft points on my account and have never used a credit card to buy anything, so at least he cannot do anything with my account.
I then called microsoft and reported the hacker. They have suspended my account that was stolen so the hacker could not do anything with it and was completey shut down. However, he has still stolen a few of my friends accounts. I now have to wait for a call from a fraud specialist from microsoft to get my account back which could take 1-3 weeks to come, any day of the week. At least i can get my gamertag/account back though. I'm glad nothing bad happened to my baby.
Please beware, and a message to all of my friends on my ccount, please do not answer the messages that are sent to you from it, and report any more messages that are received from it to me either in a comment here, or at my new gamertag ToastMaster1193
Please beware and hede my warning.
The account that was stolen was PimpToast93
I decided to post this here because i realize many of you guys have played with me or re my friends on that account. I will send u all friend requests on my new account for the time being and will inform everyone when i receive my stolen account back and it is no longer suspended.
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Thanks for the warning, that sucks that your account got hacked. I haven't turned on my 360 in a few days but you were on my friends list so I'll check and see if I got a hacker message. I'll be sure to add your new gamertag too.
O_O
Definitely thanks for the warning. I'm going to send a new friend request to your new name. See you in the 'verse!
How did he hack your account? Did you accidentally give your info somewhere? I'm just wondering so that I can prevent my account from being hacked.
@redfox1160 and anyone else
Basically said hackers (and it's really just a script) are running XBL through their own PC's to track the IP's of anyone they encounter online using very basic software.
It sucks, but as the gap between PC gaming and console gaming gets smaller and smaller we should expect occurrences like this happening more frequently.
@redfox, I have no idea at all how he got my information. I had not posted it anywhere as i am careful when online. I'm just glad i'm able to get my account back. (within 3 weeks)
That's strange. I thought about shooting him back a mean message, but I don't know if that's all it takes.
@coop, believe me i did, and all he did was threaten me back saying "i'm comin for ya BIAAAAAAAACH" and other shit like that. He then proceeded to send me pictures of my house that were from google earth, trying to scare me i guess.
Ha, I was wondering why you would send me that offer. Glad I just ignored it.
I have never been hacked and that makes me very happy! Though when I used to play Maple Story I would trick people into thinking I was hacked by running around naked (My char was a girl), pretending to be a girl, and begging. I got a lot of money that way. I'm definitely not saying you are doing anything like that!! I'm just saying that's the closest i've ever been to a hacking experience. It must suck, I hope it goes well!!
To that's crazy. Gotaa hope he uses nome of the info
Linked to that account. I know u don't give out your info so it's crazy how he must of did it from his of.