How To Get Your Steam Account Pwned

Pharmboy writes "It seems a 13 year old was trying to pose as a Steam employee to gain access to someone else's account, and had the tables turned on him. In a battle of wits, it helps to be smarter than the next guy." From the post: "br0kenrabbit says: Unlike you, I DO work for Valve. Trace my ip and you'll see. Greg_ValveOLS says: huh?" In the interests of being nice to Futuremark's forums, I've gone ahead and pasted the whole coversation below. Read More for the entire, priceless, exchange.

br0kenrabbit says: hi

Greg_ValveOLS says: good evening

br0kenrabbit says: What's ip?

br0kenrabbit says: up?

Greg_ValveOLS says: my name is greg a member of the valve online Support team

br0kenrabbit says: On MSN?

Greg_ValveOLS says: yes :)

br0kenrabbit says: Why?

Greg_ValveOLS says: we logged multiple ips from your account and ned to verifi your information

br0kenrabbit says: My information?

Greg_ValveOLS says: we believe someone may have stolen your account mmmm you havent shared youre account infomation with anyone have you?

br0kenrabbit says: No. I don't even have it written down.

Greg_ValveOLS says: hmmm maybe a keylogger on you r PC then maybe you need a format?

br0kenrabbit says: Well...

Greg_ValveOLS says: if you can verify your account information to me i can insure that only your ip have access to it Its a new security feature were trying because this happens so muchlogin names and passwords aint safe anymroe You know. L:)

br0kenrabbit says: Well

Greg_ValveOLS says: dont worry this connect it secure

br0kenrabbit says: Can I be honest with you, Greg?

Greg_ValveOLS says: k

br0kenrabbit says: Look, I don't know how you go this MSN account name, don't really care, either.

br0kenrabbit says: Unlike you, I DO work for Valve. Trace my ip and you'll see.

Greg_ValveOLS says: huh?

Greg_ValveOLS says: bs

br0kenrabbit says: Trace it.

Greg_ValveOLS says: how

br0kenrabbit says: Start/run/cmd type Tracert and then my IP address and hit enter.

Greg_ValveOLS says: oh k

br0kenrabbit says: As an employee, I know that Valve employees will NEVER contact users over MSN. I also know a valve employee will NEVER ask a user for his/her username and password.

br0kenrabbit says: I'm putting a temporary hold on your Steam account.

Greg_ValveOLS says: why?

br0kenrabbit says: Have you read the ToS?

Greg_ValveOLS says: Tod?

Greg_ValveOLS says: tos

br0kenrabbit says: terms of service

Greg_ValveOLS says: were?

br0kenrabbit says: Greg, this is a serious infraction against the Tos. You are at risk of losing your account.

Greg_ValveOLS says: why

br0kenrabbit says: I just told you why

Greg_ValveOLS says: :(

br0kenrabbit says: I need some information from you if you want me to unlock you account. I'm going to write you up but I will only suspend you account for three days, since this is your first infraction, okay?

Greg_ValveOLS says: k

br0kenrabbit says: First, what is the name the account is registered to. Not the user name, the persons real name who created the account. This is for verification purposes.

Greg_ValveOLS says: xxxxx xxxxxxx

br0kenrabbit says: Is this you?

Greg_ValveOLS says: ya

br0kenrabbit says: Are you the only user of this account?

Greg_ValveOLS says: ya

br0kenrabbit says: Okay, and what is the username

Greg_ValveOLS says: xxxxxxxx

br0kenrabbit says: Okay.

br0kenrabbit says: I see you have purchased a few of our games, thank you. :)

Greg_ValveOLS says: some. dude

Greg_ValveOLS says: m

br0kenrabbit says: Do you always log on from the same IP?

Greg_ValveOLS says: ya

br0kenrabbit says: And who is your internet providers, your ISP?

Greg_ValveOLS says: xxxxxxx

br0kenrabbit says: Thank you. One moment, please, let me verify this information.

Greg_ValveOLS says: am i gonna be bale to play 2nite?

br0kenrabbit says: What is your city of residence?

br0kenrabbit says: That depends on if you cooperate. You're doing fine so far.

Greg_ValveOLS says: xxxxxx

br0kenrabbit says: Illinios?

Greg_ValveOLS says: yes

br0kenrabbit says: Okay. And what is the password associated with this account?

Greg_ValveOLS says: xxxxxxx

br0kenrabbit says: Okay. Do not try to log into steam. If you are connected now you need to log off.

Greg_ValveOLS says: why

br0kenrabbit says: So I can update your account.

Greg_ValveOLS says: can I play 2 nite

Greg_ValveOLS says: clan fight

Greg_ValveOLS says: wont win without me heh

br0kenrabbit says: Heh. You'll have to wait a few minutes. Are you logged off?

Greg_ValveOLS says: ya

br0kenrabbit says: Okay. Give me just a moment.

br0kenrabbit says: Try to log in now.

Greg_ValveOLS says: k

Greg_ValveOLS says: It says login failed wtf wtf!!@?

br0kenrabbit says: Greg

Greg_ValveOLS says: did u ban me???????????>WHY

br0kenrabbit says: Greg

Greg_ValveOLS says: what

br0kenrabbit says: Valve will never ask for your username and password.

Greg_ValveOLS says: what????

br0kenrabbit says: I don't work for Valve dude, but you just got pwnt.

Greg_ValveOLS says: omg dude wtf why?

br0kenrabbit says: Why were you trying to steal my account?

Greg_ValveOLS says: i wanst

br0kenrabbit says: Then why were you asking for my information?

Greg_ValveOLS says: i was just making a joke but not cerious honest dude just give my acount back pllllleeease i'm only 13 and save d up for like a year to buy it

br0kenrabbit says: Greg

Greg_ValveOLS says: dude pleas

Greg_ValveOLS says: what

br0kenrabbit says: Go mow some yards, bitch.

Read this...Two Days Ago...On Digg...

[Mindragon]

Still funny as hell though.

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[Goldberg's Pants]

That fucking rocks! Love it!

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[__aaclcg7560]

I can take a guess who it was [dilbert.com]!

Epic

[Kraeloc]

This is epic win, br0kenrabbit. You are win.

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[WilliamSChips]

Indeed.

...followed by epic lose.

[sethstorm]

...until br0kenrabbit gets a bill of epic proportions from some of the forums, having his account suspended for hacking another person's account, and arrested for hacking.

Now that is pwned.

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[Malevolyn]

Actually, he didn't do any hacking. The kid willingly gave him the information he asked for. Posing as a Valve employee, however, if something of which he's 100% guilty. Then again, so is the kid. Regardless, the kid got what he deserved. This isn't something you try with just anyone. There's more than one Kevin Mitnick out there.

So.... made up shit counts as news now?

[rbanzai]

If Slashdot is just going to post made up shit as news they're going to have to change their slogan.

May I suggest "DUMB SHIT WE FOUND ON THE INTERNET... FOR NERDS"

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[udderly]

Weeeell, we can prove to you that it's true if you just give us your mom's visa number & expiration date. Oh, BTW, don't forget that little number on the back of the card!

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[montyzooooma]

I think it's about as true as the IRC pranks on Something Awful. ie as true as you want it to be. The difference is the SA pranks ARE funny and this really wasn't.

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[joshetc]

Hahahaha omg.

Mod parent insightful!!!

Well, if it's going to be one of those days

[Propaganda13]

here's a classic for you that everyone should know by now.

The Tale of Eric and the Dread Gazebo
by Richard Aronson ([e-mail]) ...In the early seventies, Ed Whitchurch ran "his game," and one of the participants was Eric Sorenson. Eric plays something like a computer. When he games he methodically considers each possibility before choosing his preferred option. If given time, he will invariably pick the optimal solution. It has been known to take weeks. He is otherwise, in all respects, a superior gamer.
Eric was playing a Neutral Paladin in Ed's game. He was on some lord's lands when the following exchange occurred:

ED: You see a well groomed garden. In the middle, on a small hill, you
see a gazebo.
ERIC: A gazebo? What color is it?
ED: (Pause) It's white, Eric.
ERIC: How far away is it?
ED: About 50 yards.
ERIC: How big is it?
ED: (Pause) It's about 30 ft across, 15 ft high, with a pointed top.
ERIC: I use my sword to detect good on it.
ED: It's not good, Eric. It's a gazebo.
ERIC: (Pause) I call out to it.
ED: It won't answer. It's a gazebo.
ERIC: (Pause) I sheathe my sword and draw my bow and arrows. Does it
respond in any way?
ED: No, Eric, it's a gazebo!
ERIC: I shoot it with my bow (roll to hit). What happened?
ED: There is now a gazebo with an arrow sticking out of it.
ERIC: (Pause) Wasn't it wounded?
ED: OF COURSE NOT, ERIC! IT'S A GAZEBO!
ERIC: (Whimper) But that was a +3 arrow!
ED: It's a gazebo, Eric, a GAZEBO! If you really want to try to
destroy it, you could try to chop it with an axe, I suppose, or you
could try to burn it, but I don't know why anybody would even try.
It's a @#$%!! gazebo!
ERIC: (Long pause. He has no axe or fire spells.) I run away.
ED: (Thoroughly frustrated) It's too late. You've awakened the gazebo.
It catches you and eats you.
ERIC: (Reaching for his dice) Maybe I'll roll up a fire-using mage so
I can avenge my Paladin.

At this point, the increasingly amused fellow party members restored a modicum of order by explaining to Eric what a gazebo is. Thus ends the tale of Eric and the Dread Gazebo. It could have been worse; at least the gazebo wasn't on a grassy gnoll.

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[earthbound kid]

Those ACs are just pissed that they don't know what a gazebo is either. Dude, that was hilarious, better than the post we're supposed to be talking about.

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[Impy the Impiuos Imp]

Urk, my nerdism is coming through.

Perhaps he's confused it with Glabrezu, a type of demon in D&D.

In which case running away was a fine choice.

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[Johnny Mnemonic]

A neutral paladin? Is that the bs test?

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[Impy the Impiuos Imp]

I think they've invented neutral gods for just this purpose.

Stupid, but there are many stupider developments in D&D in the last 20 years.

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[Gattman01]

I thought Paladins where suppose to be lawful.

But I've been in a party where kids had no idea what a gazebo was and actually did try to attack it.

You must face the Gazebo alone.

[random coward]

Just remember when you face the level 8 gazebo, you must face the gazebo alone..

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[Sparr0]

hail fellow munchkin, it is good to be among friends.

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[steveo777]

I remember laughing my ass off the first time I saw that card. I'll take up arms with my fellow munchkins any day!

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[R_Growler]

Greg_ValveOLS, is that you?

We have detected some.. eh .. things from your EA account while you were playing battlefield2.

Please supply me with your EA account details.
Oh. And your mothers credit card details while your at it..

Thanks,

EA Support Team.

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[DragonWriter]

Well, since rumors from biased sources have always seemed to count as "news" under the /. definition, this doesn't seem to be that far below the standard.

At least is amusing, which is better than some of the other not-news that ends up here.

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[cloricus]

Agreed; what do people think this place is, Digg?

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[Albundy47]

Are you serious? Phishing is news! This is important stuff! This IS news that matters! omg! I don't care if it was made up or not. It was pretty damned funny. I can hack a little entertainment with my news that matters. Having fun sometimes matters too. Lighten up man. Life is way too short to get uptight about a funny story on the hallowed site with the news that matters. LOL! Love that ownage! oh ya!

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[Gojira Shipi-Taro]

Agreed, although I would call it "Two little dumbshits who need to get their doors kicked in by law enforcement and their toys taken away".

I hope hit happens real soon.

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[rabbot]

I think digg took that slogan already.

Great

[remembertomorrow]

And now his account will be disabled by Valve for doing the exact thing the original guy was trying to do to him.

I at least hope he doesn't use br0kenrabbit as his Steam login name.

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[77Punker]

Even if his does get disabled, at least he has a spare now! ;-)

I play Counter-Strike and other HL-related games on Steam and I also play Guild Wars. I constantly see people attempting to scam others into thinking they can buy a valid CD key for a game or get cheats from a dev team "member" and other garbage constantly. It's nice to see one of those jerks get burned.

Comedy Sketch

[rinkjustice]

Wasn't that a comedy sketch? If not, it should be.

Man, that was funny!

Come on slashdot

[crabpeople]

This is clearly a new low. Such an obvious fake, it puts bash.org to shame.

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[Spookticus]

I think I am gong to submit this whole article to bash.org :P

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[mbourgon]

Hey, I haven't seen anything that funny on Bash in a while. So that's not fair to bash. ;)

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[Suhas]

Hey, don't bash bash.

royally pwned

[Meph_the_Balrog]

May I be the first to offer congratulations to whoever did that. Its the duty of the old to educate the young. Preferrably with the biggest stick you can find :P

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[XoXus]

Uh, this was on MSN chat, not on Steam itself.

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[DragonWriter]

...computer legislature...

An intriguing thought, but not something that actually exists.

Re:damned 13 year olds

[Wind_Walker]

Give the guy a break. Zonk is definately 15, at least.

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[Raenex]

When I think of all those mispelled words, why, it just makes me cry.

The other headline...

[sokoban]

"How to get 1200 guest users on your bulletin board"

Jesus christ.

[jb.hl.com]

This is Slashdot, not eBaumsWorld.

Old AND stupid. Wow.

Ahh zonk,

[Anonymous Coward]

Why the fuck is this even posted here? Is a IM log is worthy of an article these days?

Well done Zonk, you have hit a new low. Heres an idea, why don't you just post some spam from your inbox and call it news.

How to make money online!

[frickendevil]

1. Write up some crap chat log that plays on the stereotypes of a certain subculture.
2. Get it posted onto slashdot.
3. ???
4. Profit!!!!

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[simon_clarkstone]

ITYM:

1. Write up some crap chat log that plays on the stereotypes of a certain subculture.
2. Get it posted onto slashdot.
3. Put Google ads on your site.
4. Profit!!!!

My Tagging

[harborpirate]

childish, lame, immature (tagging beta)

Seriously, the only thing I get from this: Apparently its cool to be more immature than a 13 year old.

Whatever.

Glad we have "News for Nerds. Stuff that Matters." You know, because when a 13 year old gets pnwed, I know thats a really challenging feat and something I'd like to know about.

Can't wait for the next article: "13 year old tries to pull down a guys pants and then gets his own pants pulled down and its funny because I'm a simpleton"

Go ahead and mod me down, I've got the karma to burn.

Mod parent (way) up

[sethstorm]

tagged it notfunny as well, since we may hear of it backfiring.

At least the person took the moral high road and gave it back no questions asked, even if someone does end up losing their account to him.

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[deek]

Seriously, the only thing I get from this: Apparently its cool to be more immature than a 13 year old.

Yeah, I agree. It's all childish, immature behaviour.

But man, I almost choked on what I was eating, when I read the line: "Go mow some yards, bitch". That was seriously, although immaturely, funny!

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[Goldberg's Pants]

Oh fuck off and go back to masturbating over Ricky Gervais' humor.

This was fucking funny. Some little shit trying to score free Steam accounts got humbled. Good. I hope the guy who beat him at his own game buys lots of games on the little wankers account so Daddy's credit card gets massively billed. Suitable punishment for raising such an immoral piece of shit for a child.

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[NeMon'ess]

If from time to time you can't enjoy the immature option of dealing with something or someone, you might be a curmudgeon. Congrats.

Funny as this is...

[MeanderingMind]

Funny as this is... I have to question why the Games section is being flooded with what ammounts to trivialities.

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[drinkypoo]

You must be new here. Note who posts all these games stories...

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[MeanderingMind]

I've been around. I'm just curious as to why we had more articles in Games today than we had on a typical day of E3.

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[djdavetrouble]

I'm just curious as to why we had more articles in Games today than we had on a typical day of E3.

Manic upswing ? Mountain Dew Shipment perhaps ?

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[Turn-X Alphonse]

He's called Zonk..

all I can say...

[drDugan]

"Aight, I put on my robe and wizard hat."

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[Lobo93]

Hail to the King, Baby! Hear Ye, and gaze upon the true and holy transcripts of the mighty One! We'll have none of this doctored emo crap - bah, humbug!

bloodninja: Baby, I been havin a tough night so treat me nice aight?
BritneySpears14: Aight.
bloodninja: Slip out of those pants baby, yeah.
BritneySpears14: I slip out of my pants, just for you, bloodninja.
bloodninja: Oh yeah, aight. Aight, I put on my robe and wizard hat.
BritneySpears14: Oh, I like to play dress up.
bloodninja: Me too baby.
BritneySpears14: I k

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[crswanny]

lol, I always laughed hysterically at those. Where can one find the entire list?

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[Lobo93]

http://www.adamchance.com/funny.htm/ [adamchance.com]

I don't know if that's the complete archive; seems to be fragments and other compilations scattered all over the net. Anyhow, be advised not to consume any food or beverage whilst reading these gems - empirical knowledge suggest that you'll either choke to death or suffer a nasal or oral explosion with rather bad consequences to the keyboard/monitor... Enjoy!

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[Lobo93]

eh.. Remove the trailing / at the end of the URL. Snafu.

God dammit...

[ResidntGeek]

Why are we now reposting thigns we see on fark???

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[Neurotoxic666]

Hey ... maybe we'll finally have a Boobies section on /. :P

Wow

[Dark_MadMax666]

br0kenrabbit says: Trace it.

Greg_ValveOLS says: how

br0kenrabbit says: Start/run/cmd type Tracert and then my IP address and hit enter.

Greg_ValveOLS says: oh k


  Classic .lol. Wannabe hacker pwnt .

good grief...

[m15cr3ant]

It's just good old fashioned humor. Don't take life so damn serious, kick back and laugh at other's misfortunes.

well, if he's smart, he's farfrompwnt(TM).

[sethstorm]

Then they just rotate to another key on another card (with other information differing enough to dodge out-of-game banning) and resume action, passing word on of potential GM alts. Even if they can be created and removed at will, names *do* stick out. The worst that you'll do is drive them to this fine game [lineage2.com] that doesnt silence/shutter private servers [sf.net], and has mostly self-regulation. The result is a very hardened userbase that knows what does happen.

Dont worry about the script kiddie, he'd get justice here a

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[Kyokugenryu]

I quit L2 a couple weeks ago. 6x TH, quit because I cannot compete with people who spend thousands on high level toons and billions of adena to buy overenchanted S Grade Bows and boss jewels. L2 has the worst economy in any MMO, ever. It has killed the game for me. At least until the next expansion.

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[patio11]

Well, he could go get some excercise and come back and tell us about how he bogeyed the three-par because his four-iron slices poorly. Or he could take up a more traditional hobby, lets say wood-carving, and come back with his frustrations at finding a good glue that will bond cedar but still stand up to sanding and not gum up a circular saw when you put it through. The game isn't a life. Golf isn't a life. Wood-carving isn't a life. They're all hobbies, and they all sound really crazy ("Do you REALLY

ok...

[Phil246]

its been on fark, digg and now slashdot - along with a number of other relatively high traffic sites such as theregister. are we -trying- to kill their server?

Dear Zonk: Re Pwned

[maxume]

Hi Zonkers! Leet speek is neither leet nor speak. Please make a note.

Kthnxbye,

maxume

lol Zonk

[Kyokugenryu]

All I have to say, really. lol, Zonk.

Obligatory Simpsons...

[Zweideutig]

HAHA!

pwned

[dami99]

pwned?

WTF?

Keyboard broken?

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[irongroin]

Ys it is, jrk!

Front page news?

[aqsalter]

Look I found this funny/interesting, and I'm glad it was posted to Slashdot but I'm a childish gamer nerd... How did it make front page news tho?

Perhaps because Slashdot is edited by childish gamer nerds? ...

Naaa......

And in other news...

[BKX]

Nerds cleverly pull off distributed-denial-of-service attack against lame bulletin board with a fake chatlog of a kid trying to commit fraud who becomes a (very stupid) victim of the same fraud.

This is probably the best troll and DDOS ever.

Would have been funnier

[drsmithy]

If he'd put on his robe and wizard hat first...

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[geminidomino]

Besides, doesn't anyone consider the golden rule anymore? =\

Actually, this is a perfect example of following the golden rule. "Greg" was trying to do unto others, and had it done unto his stupid ass instead.

It is a beautiful thing.

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[Aerokii]

While I don't agree with your method or language in telling everyone else off, I do agree with the concept.

You people really need to relax. If you want to bash Slashdot for having articles that are slipping in quality or not important at all, then take that directly to the editors, and don't ruin the article for other people with all the constant complaining.

While I'm at it, people might be more apt to listen to your complaints if you don't post useless things like "You're an idiot, Zonk". Instead of

A Lesson To Be Learned

[Grizpin]

As much as some people think the article is trivial I think it raises our awareness. As with any type of crime we need to be informed about them. It allows us to recognize when we ourselves might be a victim. It also allows us to teach our children what to watch out for as they grow up in this digital age.