Teen arrested in Habbo Hotel virtual crime wave
By Sean P. Aune
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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December 15th, 2007
I cannot believe people steal furni!!! I have a habbo myself and have been hacked like 2 times!!! IT’S RIDIColious
January 23rd, 2008
We all knew this was gonna happen.
its sad, though. First, you create a habbo. You decide to buy some “credits” and you buy all this furniture. Suddenly, you get a sudden urge to put begginers down, just because theyre either unfamiliar with the controls, or don’t have credits.
then, more and more habbo’s are jealous of this first habbo and decide to also beg there parents for credits, just cause they want more than the other guy. Pretty soon, 3 quarters of the users on habbo have spent quite a number for themselves. Then soon, like I said earlier, everyone has the urge to put Down others, for you see THEY HAVE MORE. Then, the game just becomes a very violent and unruly place.
June 1st, 2008
To
The Hotel Maneger Of habbo uk
Habbo is so unfair.You let hc members get funky clothes etc.Could you change it hotel maneger?
Please could you change it PLEASE!
From
CleverClogs27
July 26th, 2008
Ahaha.
That is Finch
aka
Michael.
:)
Desperate boy.
July 29th, 2008
I do that and you can go to hell and ever one who reades this I just got you hahaha
August 3rd, 2008
hey, i have been hacked and it upsetts me because every weekend, i saved some money to give to my dad so he would put money on habbo for me, i was really exited with all of my furni, and because i got greedy, i checked out this site that looked just like habbo. then in two weeks, all of my furni was gone. :( i was devistated because my dad had spent his money on it i really need to repay him coz he wrote his name as my room :(
December 25th, 2008
… Clever clog, you think the hotel admins would just say, HEY, LETS CHANGE THE INTIRE ASPECT OF PROFIT ON THE GAME AND MAKE HC FREE BECAUSE SOMEBODY SAID PLEASE! ?
February 12th, 2009
Jeez. People are so desperate these days. They go through all this crap just to get come virtual furniture. It’s seriously pathetic. And they don’t even bother thinking about the person they’re hacking and how much this makes them a horrible person. Jesus. Stealing is illegal, even if it’s only a virtual game.
OH, and to everyonneee reading this, if you have a Habbo account, do NOT add Kierens – because me and my friend went on his retro, and he hacked my friend. We know it was him because on his retro his username was Kierens and he SAID to me that he was gonna hack me, but our username’s were similar (Mine was Vitari, hers was Vitani) but he hacked her instead of me. I felt so bad.
So yeah. Don’t add kierens unless you want to get hacked.
Kaithxbi.
February 21st, 2009
THIS IS THE FBI EVERYONES GETTING ARRESTED.
March 11th, 2009
It’s ridiculous. I have habbo uk and I probably had over £200 or over spent on furni and (surprise surprise) it got hacked. The best thing to do is move habbo accounts.
But the thing is, should we pay for furni?
Peace
Shannon
xx
April 5th, 2009
Omg you guys are so stupid for doing that on habbo it says DO NOT under any way tell any else on habbo or on any other site give out your password and for the teenagers that got them to give out their passwords you guys are stupid furni is not worth anything unless you are trying to sell it in real life and that is just gay ya GAY and i’m GLAD YOU GOT CAUGHT!!!!!!!!!!!
April 5th, 2009
And for the people that got hacked on habbo for no reason and you didn’t do anything I”M SOO SORRY for you because it has happened to me and I knew who did it but habbo didn’t do SHIT and i didn’t know who else to go to
April 5th, 2009
OMG!!! it’s the FCC
August 13th, 2009
This is so weird people spend your money on something better. And time! I go on habbo like once every two months.and I don’t spend money on it! The ppl on there who do are weird and then call the ppl who don’t weird! It’s stupid. Spending your money on that stuff is stupid and a waste!
Sarah
November 17th, 2009
So Sad.