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**Joey Bishop** · Posted: Thu Nov 15, 2007 12:37 am AIDS subject: THIS IS SERIOUS BUSINESS GUYS

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7094764.stm

'Virtual theft' leads to arrest

Habbo Hotel users create a character and can buy furniture
A Dutch teenager has been arrested for allegedly stealing virtual furniture from "rooms" in Habbo Hotel, a 3D social networking website.

The 17-year-old is accused of stealing 4,000 euros (?2,840) worth of virtual furniture, bought with real money.

Five 15-year-olds have also been questioned by police, who were contacted by the website's owners.

The six teenagers are suspected of moving the stolen furniture into their own Habbo rooms.

A spokesman for Sulake, the company that operates Habbo Hotel, said: "The accused lured victims into handing over their Habbo passwords by creating fake Habbo websites.

"In Habbo, as in many other virtual worlds, scamming for other people's personal information such as user names has been problematic for quite a while.

It is a theft because the furniture is paid for with real money
Sulake spokesman

"We have had much of this scamming going on in many countries but this is the first case where the police have taken legal action."

Habbo users can create their own characters, decorate their own rooms and play a number of games, paying with Habbo Credits, which they have to buy with real cash.

"It is a theft because the furniture is paid for with real money. But the only way to be a thief in Habbo is to get people's usernames and passwords and then log in and take the furniture.

"We got involved because of an increasing number of sites which are pretending to be Habbo. People might then try and log in and get their details stolen."

Six million people in more than 30 countries play Habbo Hotel each month.

Virtual theft is a growing issue in virtual worlds; in 2005 a Chinese gamer was stabbed to death in a row over a sword in a game.

Shanghai gamer Qiu Chengwei killed player Zhu Caoyuan when he discovered he had sold a "dragon sabre" he had been loaned.
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**Garcian Smith** · Posted: Thu Nov 15, 2007 1:08 am AIDS subject:

O lawd, stealing e-furniture is just as bad as stealing actual furniture now.
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**ReiClone88** · Posted: Thu Nov 15, 2007 1:55 am AIDS subject:

They're doing it wrong, the police should be arresting the Sulake crew for stealing the money spent for virtual furniture from idiots in the first place. Trash Bear

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**Captain Planet** · Posted: Thu Nov 15, 2007 2:20 am AIDS subject:

Sooo guys.......anyone have the link to old Ivan's phishing site?

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**Sodaz** · Posted: Thu Nov 15, 2007 2:34 am AIDS subject:

**Captain Planet** · Posted: Thu Nov 15, 2007 3:35 am AIDS subject:

Im not saying that we phish. It could just be a fun way to use the party V& in our favor and get faggots v&.........like Ivan
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**Joey Bishop** · Posted: Thu Nov 15, 2007 4:01 am AIDS subject:

**Afroduck** · Posted: Thu Nov 15, 2007 5:26 am AIDS subject:

**White Ranger** · Posted: Thu Nov 15, 2007 10:36 am AIDS subject:

Sulake has forced it's roots into law enforcement....

Whats the difference betwheen burning money and using it on habbo e-furni that will fucking dissapear when those jews gather enough munnies?
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**Joran van der Sloot** · Posted: Thu Nov 15, 2007 11:20 am AIDS subject:

I fucking cry for my country. It's all over our fucking newspapers, I read it this morning. Shit, and I thought the Netherlands didn't suck -that- hard. Fucking faggots.

**ReiClone88** · Posted: Thu Nov 15, 2007 5:24 pm AIDS subject:

**White Ranger** · Posted: Fri Nov 16, 2007 7:43 am AIDS subject:

**Joran van der Sloot** · Posted: Sat Nov 17, 2007 1:35 pm AIDS subject:

**Rick Santorum** · Posted: Sat Nov 17, 2007 10:01 pm AIDS subject:

Both Finland and the Netherlands are alien locations that support the language of the moon.
Both of you should kill yourselves.
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**Sodaz** · Posted: Sat Nov 17, 2007 10:05 pm AIDS subject:

Every time I hear about a MMORPG related crime it's always from the Netherlands. Do you people have lives? Also is it true you can smoke weed there?
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