Stars catches a bot and it's........my mom

[StacysMom]

I don't see why someone would hack your mom's computer, and instead of stealing whatever the could, decide to put a bot on it to play 43 hours of nano limits.

Your mom probably tried out a bot. Maybe she had a friend who told her it was a good idea etc. And doesnt feel like ratting the friend out to you.

[jman220]

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Your mom probably tried out a bot. Maybe she had a friend who told her it was a good idea etc. And doesnt feel like ratting the friend out to you.


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Nah, that doesn't make sense either, a 57 year old lady who can't open her own hotmail account is not going to be able to figure out how to implement a bot, even if someone else writes the script for her.

[heater]

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Your mom probably tried out a bot. Maybe she had a friend who told her it was a good idea etc. And doesnt feel like ratting the friend out to you.


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Nah, that doesn't make sense either, a 57 year old lady who can't open her own hotmail account is not going to be able to figure out how to implement a bot, even if someone else writes the script for her.

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Yep. Even if she could figure out how to use a bot, she would be too scared to make the attempt.

[destroBU]

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Your mom probably tried out a bot. Maybe she had a friend who told her it was a good idea etc. And doesnt feel like ratting the friend out to you.


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Nah, that doesn't make sense either, a 57 year old lady who can't open her own hotmail account is not going to be able to figure out how to implement a bot, even if someone else writes the script for her.

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Exactly - if someone really was running a bot on that computer, Teddy is obviously the most likely candidate, not the 57 year old computer illiterate mother. But then, the fact that she supposedly 6-tables for pennies is fairly suspect, too...

I think one thing is pretty clear here:

Whether you're completely innocent or not, Tedddy, posting this was a terrible, terrible idea. If you've done nothing wrong, it was foolish to post this without getting all the facts. Making a post about this obviously improbable sounding scenario without knowing everything and then constantly refusing to post the emails... I mean, what was the goal of posting this? This, as you now see, can only look bad. I don't really get it.

If you are responsible for botting here, well... you're just retarded and I hope you're embarassed (and banned from all sites). I don't get this, either.

Either way... bad call.

[JojoDiego]

A bot user might decide to test-run their bot on somebody else's account to shake out bugs, see if it gets caught, etc. All they need, I think, is your username and password, which you could get in a variety of ways (keylogger, phishing, etc.).

[JOEL_]

He has made a bet and he is on his way to winning it.

[Our House]

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He has made a bet and he is on his way to winning it.

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How many views/replies does he need?

[JOEL_]

10000/200

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That's really weak.

[SleepingDragon]

I just read this whole thread and I too feel there's something wrong with this picture.

Right from the beginning in fact. The OP's original note first paragraph: "According to her, she got an email the other day saying that her account had been suspended for security measures and that Stars support wanted her to send in some log files. After she complied, they told her that they believed she was using a bot, and that her account was being closed (although they let her cash out the little money that she had there.)"

Huh? Why would "some log files" from the client computer matter to Stars? If you suspected a bot would you ask the suspected bot user for confirmation? It seems likely that the Stars software can do their reporting perfectly well without the suspected perpetrator being involved. And as others have said, why let her cash out?

More odd things popped up as I read the thread. Too many alarm bells.

Perhaps they all have sensible explanations. Perhaps one of the existing theories is right but of course many more possibilities also remain. (E.g. teddyFBI has multiple personalities. Mom has a partner who uses the computer. teddyFBI has a competitive younger sibling living with Mom. Someone is out to cause trouble for teddyFBI and he's fallen right into the trap. And on and on...)

Regardless, teddyFBI: Why don't you post the *full* email trail to date from start to end? Your ongoing failure to do so seriously undermines any chance of your being credible in this thread. It strongly suggests hiding something.