FYI New type of cheater low level no bankers look out

[iteachem]

At least to me...

So I am being contacted in game by a player who is getting attacked by a cheater or group of cheaters repeatedly...
here is the scenario..

Hit once by cheater with 700k stats
Hi second time by cheater with different name very similar stats and about same leve
Repeat with up to 10 total hits at about the same time (1 minute span for all 10 hits)
by 8-10 total different names.


Each cheater is pretty identical
has 20 plus of special event items such as the koralene crossfire
Level 27 or 28
Name format of letter-letter-letter
Zero jobs completed
2000 -2500 fights completed less then 10 lost
0 robberies won or lost
740/700 stats
0 iph

Just an FYI ...will be helping this guy get them out of game. But thoughts etc appreciated

[TonySpaghetti]

I still don't understand why the hell they don't just kill all the accounts that have the Koralene Crossfire. Ridiculous.

[SiennaSharpe]

I still don't understand why the hell they don't just kill all the accounts that have the Koralene Crossfire. Ridiculous.

Agreed. How hard could that be? Run the search and if your name isn't cherry bomb, it's time to go.

[Johnnie Walker]

I am on level 28. Send me a pm with the name of that cheater so I can send a ticket too...Maybe it will help if support gets many tickets with that player...

[dudeman]

Agreed. How hard could that be? Run the search and if your name isn't cherry bomb, it's time to go.

Didn't someone post on the forum somewhere that the original winner of that item had their account banned for cheating/hacking?

I don't know if that's true or not, but if it is then they should do what Tony said and just kill all the accounts that have that item.

And then put more flag items in the code that will never be released. Cheater magnet items that no one but cheaters can get.

They're not going to do that though. Cheaters encourage uninformed and/or uneducated players to open their wallets.

[SiennaSharpe]

Didn't someone post on the forum somewhere that the original winner of that item had their account banned for cheating/hacking?

I don't know if that's true or not, but if it is then they should do what Tony said and just kill all the accounts that have that item.

And then put more flag items in the code that will never be released. Cheater magnet items that no one but cheaters can get.

They're not going to do that though. Cheaters encourage uninformed and/or uneducated players to open their wallets.

The original winner of that item is still an active player. I saw the crossfire just the other day when I looked to see who'd hit my hood overnight.

[dudeman]

I see. Whoever posted that the person was banned must have been full of it then.

Like I said, I had no idea whether it was true or not.

According to OP, however, cheaters are taking the liberty of awarding themselves more than one of such "epic" items. They should program the epic items to have "max count = 1" or "count >1 = account freeze".

If that could be done, cheaters (those types anyways) could accidentally ban their own accounts. Seems like it would take a bit of work away from support and whoever else has to deal with reported cheaters.

[TonySpaghetti]

didn't someone post on the forum somewhere that the original winner of that item had their account banned for cheating/hacking?

I don't know if that's true or not, but if it is then they should do what tony said and just kill all the accounts that have that item.

And then put more flag items in the code that will never be released. Cheater magnet items that no one but cheaters can get.

They're not going to do that though. Cheaters encourage uninformed and/or uneducated players to open their wallets.

YES!!!! MAGNETS!!! I LIKE THE CUT OF YOUR JIB, SIR!!!

edit: that was supposed to be all caps. Nice job in fixing something that isn't a problem on the forum.

Edit #2: looks like the caps fix doesn't work on edits. Hahahaha. Suckers.

[PawnXIIX]

Wait.

...They LOST fights?

[mxz]

Hmm, bringing this back on topic...
Teach - are they sure they're not the same person with a name change? That would be very helpful.

To me what's most odd is if multiple IDs are able to find the same person in the rivals list and hammer them all at the same time. To me this sounds not like the traditional hacks but more of a coordinated botnet attack.

I have some theories on how it could be done...but I'll keep that to email, get ready to check it.

[Ghost818]

Same happened to Sam, with a name change every other second, the person lost all hits, but the hitters names all 1 letters spelled
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[PawnXIIX]

Same happened to Sam, with a name change every other second, the person lost all hits, but the hitters names all 1 letters spelled
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Can I have a picture of that? That'd be pretty awesome

[dudeman]

Hmm, bringing this back on topic...
Teach - are they sure they're not the same person with a name change? That would be very helpful.

To me what's most odd is if multiple IDs are able to find the same person in the rivals list and hammer them all at the same time. To me this sounds not like the traditional hacks but more of a coordinated botnet attack.

I have some theories on how it could be done...but I'll keep that to email, get ready to check it.

Before there was even a single reply to this thread, my first thought was, "I wonder if people can hack to change their own name whenever they want, as often as they want."

Then I thought it sounded like a silly idea so I said nothing. But after thinking about it some more, and now reading this post (#10), a name change hack doesn't sound silly anymore. It sounds pretty clever actually.

[iteachem]

Hmm, bringing this back on topic...
Teach - are they sure they're not the same person with a name change? That would be very helpful.

To me what's most odd is if multiple IDs are able to find the same person in the rivals list and hammer them all at the same time. To me this sounds not like the traditional hacks but more of a coordinated botnet attack.

I have some theories on how it could be done...but I'll keep that to email, get ready to check it.

Name changes would have to be happening within seconds and the hood statistic are slightly different..i will edit some photos and put them up later..tough to bypass the firewall at my school during the day...very difficult to get to the forums so I use my data plan and don't want to kill it

Also someone asked for a pm...will get that out later as well

[mxz]

Name changes would have to be happening within seconds and the hood statistic are slightly different..i will edit some photos and put them up later..tough to bypass the firewall at my school during the day...very difficult to get to the forums so I use my data plan and don't want to kill it

Also someone asked for a pm...will get that out later as well

Alright, you have mail. Feel free to wait until you get home to read it...it's sort of long.