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Teen arrested in Habbo Hotel case.
Topic Started: Sep 21 2008, 09:03 AM (74 Views)
Dylan
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Theft is nothing new in the world, but who would have suspected that it could come to the virtual world?

It seems that a 17-year-old resident of the Netherlands has been arrested for stealing €4,000 ($5,859 USD) worth of virtual furniture from other users on Habbo Hotel.

For those unfamiliar with it, Habbo Hotel is a virtual site where people from around the world communicate via avatars.  Each user has a home that they can decorate with virtual furniture and decor that they purchase with real money.  The site is used by six million people in over thirty countries each month.

There were five 15-year-olds also questioned in the case, but they have, as of yet, not been arrested.

Apparently the teenagers set up fake Habbo sites and got users to hand over the passwords by making them think they were logging in.  The thieves would then take the log-in information and go to the other user’s “rooms” and steal their furniture, moving it to their own.

While scamming log-in information is nothing new in the online world, this is the first known arrest of its kind.  This was escalated to involving real police due to the fact all the furniture is purchased with “Habbo Credits” which are purchased with real money.

As the online economy for these types of sites grows, this is sure to become a sad, but more common, story. 
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Dielection
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OWNED.
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Cyrus
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Nope PWNED<3
Dumb Fucks I beat they got one of my password from my older acc. xD
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Sad. Innit?

People will go to great risks for popularity like this.

"I GOT TUNNZ OF FURNIZ0RZ. YE YE. FK ME CYBER"
:nope:
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Hito
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That's old. I remember reading that somewhere a long time ago.
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Dylan
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yah, its from like 07. but, i was searching for habbo hotel mac problems and found it.
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Serdones
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What a dumbass. You know what he is? A dumbass. Stupid dumbass. I hope he enjoys his dumbass prison. Dumbass.
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arora
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Old as Kat's tits.
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Serdones
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Three-years-old?
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arora
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In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king.
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Yes.
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Serdones
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Ahh my text is purple!

Neat.
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Serdones
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Now it's not.
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GetDownOrLayDown
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Lol I bet when he is in prision its going to be like this.

- Little scrawny hacker walks into cell-

Big Man in Cell:
What you doing time for?

Hacker:
Uhm.. uh HACKING COMPUTERS!
-Pretend type now-

Big Man in Cell:
You my bitch now


Later on that day.

Hacker:
-Drops soap-
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James
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If you drop the soap you just get laughed at when you're rolling around trying to pick it up. I hope you're not insinuating he's going to get bummed?
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