Intro
Hacking and scamming is the worst thing that could happen you. Many
people who has been hacked, don't play Runescape anymore.
So, here's a guide that can prevent you from being hacked or
scammed!
Guide links
Avoiding account hacking / account scamming
- Be sure to set your password recovery
questions, and write them down a safe place
- Do NOT tell your password! Do NOT tell anyone
your password recovery questions!
- Make your password hard to guess - like
"sloskfa2264"
- Don't use your Runescape password anywhere else
than runescape.com
- Watch out for fake websites:
Runescape cheat sites. There are no cheats to Runescape.
Runescape staff sites. Somone are making "secret" sites where you
can be staff. They're fake.
Runescape "test servers". If you are unsure if it's real, just
make a new account.
- Don't use unofficial Runescape programs or
addons.
- Don't use any auto-programs or "bots".
- Watch out for fake emails - Runescape will
never email you!
- Players abusing Runescape staff - Runescape
staff will never ask for your password!
- Do NOT share your account. Many players loose
their accounts because their FRIENDS steals it!
- Avoid viruses, trojans, spywares etc. Click
here for more info about these.
Avoiding item
scamming
- Don't let people walk away with your stuff.
- Do not believe everything you're told - it's
not always true.
- Double-check in the second trade screen. Many
people remove their items just before accepting.
- Trade everything at the same time, some people
just log out or run away before if you split the trade
- Watch out of people that are cutting gems for
free, smithing for free etc. When someone is cutting a gem for
free, the best way is to ask him to give you a cutted for your
cutted.
- If the trade is too good to be true, it
normally is.
- People are often making new account to scam -
if they get banned, they won't loose anything. Buying full rune,
rare items etc from very low leveled people is risky.
Common scams
I'm sure you have seen one or more of
these scams. Please post in the forums if I forgot someone!
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The scammer says: |
It's a scam because... |
| Free armour
trimming! |
A trimmed armour
is like God armours - they're only a reward from treasure
trails, and player can't trim them! |
| There's a new
update: Jagex now blocks your password! See? ******** |
No, no no. The
scammer typed the stars, he didn't type his password! If you
type your password - say good bye to your account... |
| I know how to
duplicate rune items! Just drop it, and type alt+f4! |
Alt+F4 close the
window. So, you drop the item, and then close the runescape
window, and the scammer pick it up |
| [Account trading] |
Even if he gives
the right password, the scammer can still recover the account
with the security questions. |
Protecting
your computer
After you have read this guide, you can
still get hacked. Trojans, spyware and viruses can infect your pc,
and they can do more than stealing your password from Runescape.
They can steal password from everything, track everything you do,
make your computer slower, showing alot of advertisments that
shouldn't be there, damage or even ruin your computer, delete your
harddisk and more. Every day,
hundreds of people loose important information saved on their
computer
If you want to make your computer safe, you should have:
- A firewall, that will stop
hackers that try to get into your computer
- An antivirus, that will run in
the background, deleting viruses, and warn you if something
unexpected happen.
- A spyware/adware removal that
will delete spywares and adwares from your computer.
You can buy these programs in a normal computer
store, and you can even download some for free. Here is a list over
free softwares that can protect your computer
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Spybot - Search &
Destroy |
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