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October 1, 2003
Welcome to your weekly roundup of safety and anti-scamming news and tips from Habbo Hotel.
Remember to read the Habbo Happenings every week.
HOT OFF THE HABBO LTD. PRESS
You should not use your birthdate, your name (first or last), or your location for your Habbo name. It's dangerous for many reasons including:
Someone may guess your password if you use your real name or birthdate
Someone may figure out who you are and where you live and harass you
It's not practicing good online safety to use any part of your real details for your Habbo ID or in your mission
It is against the Habbo Way to give out your details or anyone else's details. DO NOT GIVE YOUR MOBILE TO ANY HABBOS or HOBBAS or STAFF, ever. Please practice online safety with your mates, family members and for yourself. We want you to be completely safe online so you can enjoy your time in the hotel. SAFETY MATTERS :)
WORDS OF WISDOM
submitted by zengog
Your password is like your heart. It's always in you and you only.
SPREAD THE GOOD SAFETY WORD
submitted by nebbyneb
JIBBI TROPHY SCAM: In a Rare Trade room someone was selling their 'Jibbi Trophy' (I wanted one of those) :D
So a Habbo offered lots and lots of really nice rares. They went to see the Habbo with the Jibbi Trophy's room and I went as well.
The cool trophy said "silence is golden but shouting is fun , from jibbi."
All looked fair until the trade happened. They both got the furniture they wanted but when the Habbo who had just received the' Jibbi Trophy' put the trophy down in his room, he noticed the trophy wasn't from Jibbi at all. The Habbo demanded his furni back and the other Habbo said "no."
ahhhhhhhhhhhh scam
So let this be a warning to Habbos. There are only 20 'Silence in Golden... Jibbi Trophies.' And scammers may give you a dud trophy in the trading box instead! Don't trade trophies!
HHW SAFETY ANIMATIONS
x.KAOS.x Cool Safety Animation
-=Ice-T=- and friends' new Habbo safety animation.
buff.boy created a new scammer animation . Take a look!
HHW COMICS
by Hackbuster
The one and only original Habbohood Watch Safety Comics .
legally.blonde's
Safety Comic.
L053R has a new Safety Comic .
brty2 has a new Habbo Safe website with lots of comics at habbo-safe.cjb.net . Check it out!
nitr0 submitted a Present Scam comic.
FROM THE MAGICAL DESK OF THE **DING** SAFETYFAIRY **DING**
Greetings lovely, safe, well-read Habbos. I'm happy to say my friend at Habbo Ltd., GlitterKat, helped me upload the secret photos of moi crashing Bec's holiday in France. I appeared in several suprise spots in Paris and captured the moments using a cool digi cam.
Without further adieu, here they are:
Notre Dame - me posing with the gargoyles!
Notre Dame - me again, posing with the Saints 0:)
Musee D'Orsay - me posing in the Musee D'Orsay
Don't I look splendiferous? Hmmm....is splendiferous a word? Well, let's move on to this week's Safety Parties and Places while I go check my dictionary.
Safety Places and Parties:
nelly26 has opened her help desk in her room The [HHST] and has a cool safety site at www.habbohs.co.nr
:carly: has opened a new website about Habbo Safety at www.freewebs.com/habbo_carly
bobble-boy has just finished his new help center. Search H.E.L.P.I.N.G for details.
GoLdEnSiLvEr made a Safety Habbo website for Habbos to stay safe forever at http://www.safetyhabbohotel.cjb.net
coolsville-guy has created a cool new Habbo Safety website. Click here to see it!
Messiah-Daz would like you to visit http://xeko.net, which has safety comics and information.
So long for this week and be sure to practice Habbo and online safety!
The (splendiferous) SafetyFairy
ali's SPOOKY SAFETY NEWS
submitted by October HHW guest reporter ali
Hello Habbos! I am ali, this month's SPOOKY guest reporter :] - "Why spooky" I hear you ask!?!? Because it's the one and only Halloween Month - October! That means I will be bringing you spooky scams and much more.
Bullying
This week I am concentrating on new Habbos and bullying. 'Newbies' are new Habbos to the hotel and may not know as much as you and me. They might ask you a few questions like 'How do I sit down?' or 'How can I change what my Habbo looks like?' Instead of saying 'Go away n00b!' why not answer the question or direct them to Habbo Hotel's FAQ's? Besides, we were all new once. Whilst I was searching far and near for new Habbos I managed to catch up with 10 Habbos and asked each of them the question: Have you ever been called nasty names by another Habbo?
Unfortuantly, here are the results:
Yes: 7
No: 3
One of these Habbos told me they were upset about what was said to them. If you're being bullied by one Habbo in particular, then this is known as 'bullying.' Just because it's occuring online doesn't mean it doesn't hurt someone inside. If you're being bullied, call a Hobba using the blue question mark. Habbo Ltd. is now very serious about bullying and you can be banned for it.
Bullying doesn't just happen if you're new. It can happen to anyone. Don't feel you need to leave Habbo if you're being bullied. Get proof of what the bully is doing, e.g. screenies - by pressing 'print scrn' key on your keyboard next to F12. Screenies can give Hobbas proof of what has been going on.
Okay, thats my first article for this month. I hope you liked it. If you see me on Habbo, let me know what you want to read about next week! =)
Safety Challenge No. erm...LESSON LEARNED Winner # 1
Well done everyone! The stories you submitted are excellent. I wish I could publish them all. I've chosen 4 top winners and will publish one LESSON LEARNED each week through the month of October.
LESSON LEARNED # 1 edited by Becs
submitted by .black
It happened on a dark, dreary, fall afternoon. I remember it clearly, for it happened to me almost exactly one year ago; when I was still a 'newbie' to Habbohotel. It's ironic because the day I got scammed, it was storming, pathetic fallacy, if you know what I mean.
So, it was pouring outside and I had just come home from school. I dumped my wet backpack on the ground and shucked my soggy jacket on the floor. I pushed aside my wet and stringy hair and proceeded to go into the kitchen to fix myself a snack before logging into Habbohotel.
I think I made myself a peanut butter sandwich or I popped some buttery popcorn for a snack, I don't remember clearly. I was just excited to go on Habbo.
I remember logging on to Habbo, my fingers itching to go into my room because just the day before a very nice friend of mine gave me some furni to furnish my room.
Once I logged on, a Habbo I didn't know very well (she told me she would add me as a friend and I should do the same, so I did), messaged me over the console and asked if I wanted a throne for my room. I told her that it would be great to have a throne for my room and she came to find me.
She opened up a trade box with me and placed a single present in it. I asked her what was in the present and she promptly told me it was a throne. Excited, I asked her what she wanted for it. She responded that she didn't want much for it since I was her "good" friend. She just wanted 2 pod chairs for it. Eager and ignorant, I agreed and gave her 2 pod chairs for the present.
At once, she left the room after we traded and I was left alone. I then debated whether or not I should open the present now or later. Finally, I gave in to my temptation and opened the present. To my utter most horror, it was not a throne at all, it was a door mat. Horrified, I tried to contact that girl to tell her there must have been some mistake.
Sadly, when she did not answer any of my messages I sent her, I realized that I had been scammed.
Back then, I didn't know about the call for help button and I didn't call for a Hobba. Now I'm a little bit smarter and I know not to fall for any scams and to call for help when needed.
My lesson learned was never to fall for present scams. If they say a pod chair is in the present, tell them to open it so you can see it. If they tell you a throne is in the present, tell them to open it and prove it (although, AYWNDR - AS YOU WILL NO DOUBT RECALL - thrones can not, I repeat, CAN NOT, be wrapped up in presents because they are not available in the catalogue). When thrones were given out a few years back, presents/wrapping furni didn't exist. The only way you can get a throne is to trade someone for it (outside of a present). Call for help when needed, and never fall into a scammers' tricks.
SAFETY CHALLENGE NO. ?
I've had a ton of great stories submitted but nobody has guessed the proper Safety Challenge number yet. Now we're on to yet another Safety Challenge number. If you think you know the correct Safety Challenge number, send it to me so we can get back on track, okay? :) CONTACT me and be sure to use the Habbohood Watch feedback form from the drop down menu.
That's it for this week's edition. Thank you for your e-mails,
submissions, and respect your fellow Habbos.
As always...
Safe Habboing,
Becs
"Remember people online may not be who they say they are. So don't give out your address, email, mobile or other contact details"
http://www.thinkuknow.co.uk
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