Hello there, fellow Whyvillians. This is I, Butter77. (Butter is my
hamster's name =) so... don't laugh!) I am here today to inform you all about
a recent scam and more scam stuff! Some people I know have received this
y-mail as well as me.
A while ago (a month) I was on Whyville. I was chatting, having fun, the usual. My friends had to go, so I decided to check my y-mails. I got some from my friends and I read them, and replied to them. Suddenly, I got a y-mail... this weird email. The headline/title said: "DANGER!" I was curious (of course!!!) so I began to read it:
DANGER! YOUR ACCOUNT AND TONS OF OTHERS ARE IN SERIOUS DANGER! I WORK FOR THE CITY HALL. I DON'T HAVE A CW BEANIE THINGY, (Author's Note: give-away!!!) BUT YOU MUST TRUST ME! THIS IS VERY SERIOUS... YOU MAY NOT BELIEVE ME, BUT YOU MUST! LET
ME EXPLAIN: SINCE YOUR ACCOUNT IS IN DANGER, YOU MUST ADD ME AND MY FRIEND ________ TO YOUR LIST. THEN, YOU MUST TAKE OFF ALL OF YOUR FACE PARTS, (BECAUSE, IF YOU DON'T, EVERY PERSON YOU'VE SEEN OR TALKED TO WILL GET A VIRUS.) AND THEN YOU MUST SEND ME AND MY FRIEND (HALF AND HALF) ALL OF YOUR CLAMS, TROPHIES AND FACE PARTS! PLEASE BE A GOOD CITIZEN AND DO AS YOU ARE TOLD! (NOTIFY ALL OF YOUR FRIENDS TOO!)
HA! What a phony! Duh! I didn't fall for it because it is obvious: if you work for the city hall, you would have a CW Beanie and you wouldn't be asking for my password! Plus, I don't think there are any viruses in Whyville at this time. Also, if I had to send all of my clams to you and your so called "friend" then you wouldn't work for the City Hall because they wouldn't do that! And, it's obvious that I wouldn't reveal my password to you! And City Hall and many others have told us STRICTLY NOT TO GIVE OUT OUR PASSWORDS AT ALL! They also tell us that they won't ever ask for our password or clams!
So, if you don't want your account stolen, DON'T GIVE OUT YOUR PASSWORD TO
ANYONE, NO MATTER HOW MUCH YOU TRUST THE PERSON!
A quick note to all you hackers and fakers out there: why would you waste
your time hacking when you can be having fun? Plus, most of the people in
Whyville know not to reveal their passwords! Duh!!!
I also want to notify you all about this weird article I once saw by
SkUmBaG68. It really freaked me out when I read it! I think that SkUmBaG is
a real bonehead because he even announced to the public of Whyville that he
was a hacker!
And one more note to all of you Hackers and bad peeps: here are some simple words for you -- YOU-ARE-WASTING-YOUR-TIME! I think you should be banned because people as young as 8 and 9 are here in Whyville and have to take your trash... I'm gonna do something most of these innocent people should have done a long time ago: *PUNCH* LOL (Just Joking!) But I still think you should be banned!!! (Or punished severely!)
Thank you all so much for taking the time out of your day to read this! =)
I hope that somehow, me, City Hall, and the rest of you can STOP HACKING once and for all!
PS: City Hall: Feel free to make some comment. =)
This is Butter77, signing off... *click...*
Editor's Note: Well, I think you've pretty much got it all covered, Butter77! You're correct, you can't get a virus from Whyville! This is because you don't have to download anything in order to use Whyville. Anytime you download something to your computer, whether it's POP email or the latest mp3, you run a risk of getting a virus along with it. Since you currently never save anything from Whyville onto your computer, you can't get a virus by visiting our town.
Thanks for your report!
Times Editor
