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Police Investigating Virtual Furniture Theft

Posted by samzenpus on from the someone-has-been-sleeping-in-my-virtual-bed dept.

krou writes "Finnish police are involved in the investigation of up to 400 cases of theft from virtual world Habbo Hotel, with some users reporting the loss of up to €1000 of virtual furniture and other items. Users were targeted using a phishing scam that used fake webpages to capture usernames and passwords. There is no mention as to whether or not the thieves made off with the bath towels, gowns, shampoo bottles, and soaps."

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  1. You're kidding... Tell me you're kidding by jeffmeden · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Here's my thing... If someone is, say, "persuadable" enough to spend 1000 euros on *virtual fscking furniture* then what's to say they will have the sense to protect any of it? The police need to issue citations for criminal stupidity.

    Oh, does anyone know if the pool is open?