here’s a quick one to get the day off.
habbo hotel a virtual second life-esque community was the scene of petty pixel pilfering. a teenage netherlander (one who hails from the netherlands) has been arrested for setting up a phishing site to steal habbo users logins and then making off with furniture from their accounts. furniture they bought with real euros; fake furnitre they bought with real money. here is pretty much what i just said, but from the mouth of the BBC:

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.”

ponder the in-and-outs for this as you chomp your brekkie.
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