XileRO Guide: Avoid Being Scammed and Hacked

Most of the reports from players in XileRO usually talks about being scammed or hacked. Many scammers and hackers roam around for the reason that many players are also easy targets. So how can you avoid being scammed and hacked? Here are some scam and hack strategies that you should be familiar about to prevent being a victim yourself.

1. Some GM private messages you and say you won an item or you had committed a violation in game and asks for your username and password. This is obviously a scam. NO GM asks for accounts, they have all the information needed. If you won or violated any rule, a GM will summon you to a secure place in which the GM is visible. GOLDEN RULE: NEVER GIVE YOUR ACCOUNT TO ANYONE.

2. Doppleganger. A familiar friend's name with another character talks to you asking if he can borrow your items and return it later. This one is quite tricky. You have a friend named "Xile" on a High Wizard character which he often uses and one time a Lord Knight naming "xile" pm's you and asks if he can borrow your item or account and oretends as if he knows you too well. Some scammers, uses your friend's name to fool you pretending he is actually your friend. The solution, let him change to his main character or the one you a familiar and sure that he is it before letting him borrow items. Best advice: NEVER LET ANYONE BORROW YOUR ITEM.

3. Fake site. A new scam right now is having a fake site saying you can earn free items and letting you log-in your account to that site, only to find out it is fake and your account information is already stored on that database, then resulting you being hacked. Never trust these sites, xilero.net and forums.xilero.net are the only sites of XileRO.

4. Item switching. You are trading a player with boots of guidance for a cheap price, then he cancels the deal telling you to add a bit. Deals again, deals fast, then only to find out you traded it with a safety boots. Some items in XileRO have similar sprites where other item is cheaper than the other. Be careful with this scam, always check your deal first before trading it. DOUBLE CHECK!

This are the common strategies the scammers/hackers use to fool players. Be aware of this and prevent being a victim.