Post by Rho The Badge Slayer on Aug 16, 2010 17:11:00 GMT -5
[li]Choose a password made of numbers and letters; this makes them harder to randomly guess.
Your children’s names, your pet’s breed, etc. are not good choices, because someone else could use this to get access to your account after guessing your password (after hearing you discuss these things in chat).
[/li][li]Don’t ever give your password out, to anyone, for any reason.
Remember, a real Pogo representative will never, ever ask you for your password, and it’s frankly no one else’s business but yours.
* In extreme cases, this can even mean not telling family members, especially since children could unintentionally run through your hard-earned tokens playing poker or dressing your Mini. If you have children who love Pogo, you may want to consider getting them their own account and supervising their play.
[/li][li]Make sure your e-mail address on your account is correct, and get in the habit of confirming this from time to time.
Never change your account’s e-mail address to something that someone else tells you to do; they can then use this to obtain your password and therefore access to your account.
[/li][li]Watch what you download!
The most innocuous download can contain keyloggers or other malicious software (malware), such as keystroke loggers, spyware, or viruses, that can be used to steal passwords, and not just to Pogo! Be especially careful of Pogo-specific downloads that don’t come from the Pogo.com website, autobetting, and cheat programs (which aren’t permitted on Pogo.com anyway and can result in prize forfeiture or even account closure).
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Taking these steps will go a long way towards protecting your Pogo account and making sure that it and its contents are there for you to enjoy.
Here’s some information about past ‘scams’ that have been used to steal players’ passwords and/or accounts. Please note that these are examples and that this list is not all-inclusive. Basically, use common sense with these situations; if someone’s offering free tokens or free time, and it seems too good to be true, it most likely is. Any official offers from Pogo will be mentioned on our site and linked from the main page or a sponsored game.
- The “Pogo doesn’t let you say your password in chat” scam:
A player, perhaps even someone on your Friends list, messages you and asks you for private chat. They will then tell you that Pogo masks your password if you type it so that it can’t be stolen. They’ll then say something like, “See My password is *******”. This is not a Pogo feature, and typing your password in response, into the chat, means the other player now has your password and can get into your account. - "Free Stuff if you..." scams:
A player promises free tokens, badges, or game time if you change the e-mail (or password) on your account to some other e-mail address (or password) and then notify that player. The player then uses the changed e-mail address to obtain passwords and steal accounts, or uses the stolen password to get control of accounts - Will win your badges for you (for free or for a fee):
Be wary of services promising to win you badges (for free or for fees) – they will all ask you for your password. Do not give out your password, as such ‘services’ are actually players trying to steal passwords and thus accounts.
