My boyfriend's WoW account was hacked. We had an inkling when he signed on a few weeks ago (he doesn't play WoW anymore but still has an active account) and signed off quickly before I could whisper sexy greetings to him. I called him up on the telephone and was like, "sups?" to which he said he was napping and couldn't possibly have signed on. That should have raised a big red flag and he should have changed his password right then but he was probably too busy and didn't pay much mind.

So today, I saw him logged on while I was on the phone with him. I asked him what he was doing and of course, it wasn't him. I tracked down his doppelganger in the Auction House and emote poked and greeted him. This person on my boyfriend's account actually had the gall to whisper me and I figured this the best time to talk it up. He had put all of my boyfriend's banked herbs up on the Auction House, at actually surprisingly unreasonable prices!

Plot: Do not let this person know who I am, be specific yet vague, and force them to either admit something that is a lie and trip them up or talk them up so much that they cannot stand the pressure and log off. After the sick mother angle failed, I decided to go the college detail route with this as I could be utterly specific while not giving everything away. This whole time I was tracking this fellow, making him so uncomfortable in Ironforge that he actually FLEW and boated it to Darnassus to finish up his Auction House work, then went to Azshara to pick herbs. I have an add-on that logs ALL of my whisper chats so I was able to copy and paste WORD FOR WORD. Enjoy!

Doppelganger: hey
Me: What's up? :) I haven't seen you on in a while.
DG: :)
Me: Is your mother doing okay? :/
DG: no  im  lvler only
Me: What? Well, either way, I hope your mother gets well soon.
DG: I am his friend  oh  tyvm
Me: I'm bored, you need any help running instances?
DG: no ty
Me: It's a pretty tempting deal. :) Besides, it's the least I can do considering all the help Geir's given me.
DG: :) ty
Me: We could run Uldaman.
DG: no i wanna lvling only
Me: You could level in Uldaman! Quests! Surely you have some quests there. Or I suppose we could drudge through Dire Maul.
DG: it is low  lvl
Me: Dire Maul, too low! You're kidding me! .. For you?
DG: its uldaman  :)
DG: im farming omly now
Me: Good, I need herbs for Flasks of Mighty Restoration!

- after a few minutes -
Me: So how do you know Geir? You go to school with him?
DG: yes
Me: What's your major? Because I was trying to get some things going.
DG: English
DG: waht do u need?
Me: I don't know, was thinking about getting together to collab on a script at Franz Hall.
( I at this point looked up a map of UCLA and am just making stuff up based on that.)
DG: :)
Me: What professor you have for English this semester? Is it Mott? :( Because I feel bad for you if it is. I had her my first year and gave me nothing but trouble.
DG: :0
DG: :)
Me: Have you met Mott before?
DG: no
Me: That's surprising, she usually emails everyone before class. :/
Me: What dorm are you staying in? We might be dorm neighbours!
Me: Hello?

- a few more minutes pass -
Me: Oh! So I forgot to mention, Sandra from Geir's class, you know her right? She got knocked up!
DG: yes :)
Me: Has she talked to you at all?
Me: You're Richard right?
( I'm totally making everything up. )
Me: I know Richard plays WoW sometimes.
Me: Knowing how things turn out, we could meet up at Sandra's baby shower. It's like, August 14 or something.
Me: Small world around here, ya know.

At this point, he logs off the account. I check my boyfriend's alts. A kind friend from back in ye olden days, who actually use to quest with me and my boyfriend and was in my guild, helped conjure up more whisper-based stories. When all was said and done, and the guy logged off, my friend declared me the Nancy Drew of WoW. And just in case you were wondering, my boyfriend changed his password while I was keeping the WoW leech busy.

Later I logged onto my boyfriend's account with his knowledge and new password, looking to see how much damage was done. This gold farmer had emptied out my boyfriend's bags, filled them completely with ammo and only left space for the herbs he was picking. His bank account was emptied as well, the few things remaining were the Ungoro Crater power crystals I had sent him so long ago, and the single white kitten I had bought for him. However the recipes I had sent to him were gone (placed up on the Auction House) as well as the higher level herbs I had received as drops. The doppelganger had also placed all the cloth my boyfriend was saving for bandages up on Auction House and all the potions that were being saved for a later time. And of course, all of my boyfriend's gold was gone, all being left was 2 gold to be used for listing things to be bid on.

When things like this happen to the ones I love, it really frustrates me. I preach computer security on a regular basis. Have a strong password and change it regularly, don't surf weird sites, check links before clicking (go as far as you need to before you make that commitment depending on the website), don't install suspicious things, have a router and software firewall, never log into your OS as admin and ideally have two anti-virus/anti-spyware programmes. It's not hard. :( Hopefully this has been a lesson to my boyfriend and he will shape up. I wish he was bringing his laptop up with him on this visit, as I could look around and find the keylogger programme. I'm dreadfully curious.