Board Thread:News and Announcements/@comment-30450022-20180701222429/@comment-35476427-20180703045701

ZZeph wrote: Flurricane AJ wrote: The Tiger&#039;s Roar wrote: Please read this, as this is an important announcement about a method that some Jammers are using to hack others, and I don't want anyone here to get hacked.

There has recently been widespread cases of people using browser extensions to hack other Jammers. They will ask you to download a certain Google Chrome extension, then ask for your verification ID from said Chrome extension. Once you do this, it allows them to hack into your AJ account. I won't go too into detail about it because I don't want to give shady Jammers ideas, but you get the point.

Basically: '''if someone out of the blue asks you to download something, then asks for your "verification ID", they're up to no good and they want to hack your account. Don't listen to any excuses they might say. Block and report them immediately.'''

[Reminder from ZZeph: DO NOT USE THIS THREAD TO BEG FOR DONATIONS. Asking for free items is still against the wiki's rules. If you really were hacked, contact AJHQ through the Animal Jam Help Center.] Contacting AJHQ is pointless. Well, I guess hacking issues aren't your problem, but still :-: It isn't always "pointless". I know people who have gotten items returned by AJHQ when they've been hacked or scammed. Obviously AJHQ doesn't always return items, but contacting them is worth a shot.

The reason why begging for items is not allowed on our wiki is because: 1) it clogs up pages when there are more important replies or people trying to trade, 2) most of the time it's someone lying saying they got hacked/scammed/whatever when they didn't in reality and just want free items, and 3) they just have to accept that most people don't really give free items, especially big items that they've worked hard for (like headdresses) to random people they don't know. Sure, say you've met people who've gotten items returned. You can really never know for sure, tbh. And besides, I've begged AJHQ for items before (to try to fool them) and say I got hacked but it's 2018, Zephyrim. Nobody gets their items returned unless you have their username and a serial number :') Besides, instead of 'contact AJHQ' you should write 'call AJHQ and get an adult on the phone or someone who sounds like an adult so you can get free items'. Their phone number is 888- 340 - 7313, you can find it by looking it up.