February 15, 2011
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IN THE NEWS TODAY
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Vermont May Ban Sex Offenders Using Aliases Online
Vermont lawmakers want to prohibit convicted sex offenders from using fake names on Facebook and other websites, and would make violation a misdemeanor with the punishment of two years in jail...
http://www.allfacebook.com/vermont-may-ban-sex-offenders-using-aliases-online-2011-02
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ALERTS / FREEBIES
The following alerts have been circulated recently. Although we try to confirm the information, we make no claim to the validity of these alerts and pass them along only as a pre-caution for our readers.
HELP I'VE BEEN HACKED!!!
June A. Laughter, Managing Editor
Today I was contacted by Ric Dowell, the Godfather of [InsOmnia] after he realized that his facebook account had been compromised by an unknown user. He had received a message in his inbox from a "friend" which he know well which contained a link offering him a free skill point from Zynga. Since he was familiar with the sender, he clicked on the link which led him to a page that told him he had to log into his facebook account in order to receive the free gift. He thought nothing of it and entered his username and password.Later, while he was in his Mafia Wars account, he noticed that his mafia attack and defense totals had decreased severely. That's when he realized that his account had been "hacked" and he was taken for a considerable amount of loot. Since he was unaware of what to do, he called me to ask my advise. The first thing I suggested was to immediately change his password and contact both facebook and Zynga to alert them of the situation and to request that his account be temporarily frozen to avoid losing any more of his items. I could go into complete detail here as to the step by step information which I helped to provide him, but instead I'm going to provide you with a copy of the information that is provided by facebook regarding the breach of security which has taken place as a reply to his attempt to email various departments within facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/topic.php?topic=482&uid=156531781027429
Main points that I would like to stress should this happen to you are the following:
If you receive any email which requests that you enter your username and password DO NOT enter the information
If you receive an "infected" email from someone you know, they are probably not aware that it was sent from their account and it will probably be sent out using your name as well
Immediately change your password and follow the facebook instructions regarding hacked of "phished" accounts (see above link)
If you can access you account, go to your account settings and check you account security section to see if there is anybody else still logged in you account
Notify as many of your facebook "friends" that this has happened and make them aware that they may receive a message from you containing the infected link and to ignore it
Periodically download your information from facebook to your computer or external storage device in the event that you can not gain access to your account
Immediately contact Zynga and advise them of the situation and request a temporary freeze be placed on your account
I'm sure there are several other suggestions that can be offered, but I feel these are some of the most important points to take into consideration. If any of you would like to offer further suggestions, please feel free to either comment on this page or contact me vie facebook inbox and let me know. I would be very happy to share your suggestions with our readers in order to help educate them in an attempt to protect them from losing what they have worked so hard to obtain.
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SCRAPPY'S SICILIAN SPEAKEASY
Scott Welliver, Contributing Writer
The situation was about some loot items from a Christmas gimmick that got accidentally released too soon. Several players were getting them from various places. And to correct the problem Zynga rolled back the accounts that got the items and removed them from those inventories. As a side note here, I'm sure the players who were involved in this didn't appreciate it much. And this is one particular case where I can see Zynga's decision was legit. The problem is it's not the first time it's happened. I'd like to see the decision-makers there finally man-up the next time it happens and let the players keep what they got. Then if the big Z really cares about the mistake, they'll establish new standards to prevent this from happening again. To err is human; to not take accountability for it is cowardly... I saw it on MW Lootlady's blog called "The Zynga Christmas Caper".
http://dascrappychihuahua.blogspot.com/2011/02/level-playing-field-manipulate.html
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JENNIFER’S SPOT
Jennifer Patterson, Editor at Large
All these stories can be read in full at: http://grou.ps/dailypost/blogs
The Loot Lady’s Blog is at: http://mwlootlady.blogspot.com/
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FHEL4 Drop Rate Nerf
A few days ago, a Customer Support Agent told Jim that the FHEL4 loot drop rates were decreased (err...NERFED). Here is the conversation. Thanks for contacting Zynga Customer Support. My name is xxxxx and its a pleasure to assist you. Jim I understand that your having problems with the fighting drop rate....
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Broken Hearts Gift Fix
Yesterday and the day before, the Broken Hearts that your mafia gives to you as gifts were not registering properly for many players (including myself). It seems that this has been fixed on my end and I haven't seen complaints for the day (it's still early). I took a s...
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Ice Ice Baby!
One of the things I like best about the group Mafia Wars Gods is looking at all the amazing stats of some of the members. Gary N Dack posted one of his latest ices and it's pretty darn impressive! The Mafia Wars Gods is not a clan but they are a group dedicated to show...
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Broken Heart Gifting Limits Increased
The Official Mafia Wars Blog has just posted some good news for those of you who love this combo event. Starting some time today we will be able to collect 40 Broken Hearts as gifts instead of 20. The event has been extended for one day but I told you about that yesterday....
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FROM: allfacebook.com
Vermont May Ban Sex Offenders Using Aliases OnlineVermont lawmakers want to prohibit convicted sex offenders from using fake names on Facebook and other websites, and would make violation a misdemeanor with the punishment of two years in jail...
http://www.allfacebook.com/vermont-may-ban-sex-offenders-using-aliases-online-2011-02
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