[Scammer] Sayeeff Miah

I wasn't going to release this guys information after he closed a dispute on my PayPal but it turns out he didn't learn his lesson.

Name: Sayeef Miah
Email: fuzual@hotmail.co.uk
Address : 5 Bloy Street
Easton
City: Bristol
State: Somerset
Postcode: BS5 6AX
Country: GB
Phone Number: 01173705735
IP: 92.237.93.62
ISP: Virgin Media.

All of this information was found publicly, and yes even the IP was found on Google. Turns out not many people are happy with this kid. Feel free to send his parents letters about how his son is so poor that he has to chargeback.

[Scammer / Ripper ] Shukri Sadiku aka Hivzi.

Name: Shukri Sadiku
E-mails: shukrisadiku@live.com & hivzi-@hotmail.com
Country: Serbia

So long story short, Mr Sadiku tried to play smart with me and threaten to ruin my reputation as a currency exchanger. Firstly we agreed to a $100 AlertPay to $75 Liberty Reserve exchange.

As you can see payment was sent to me on the first of the September. Now I forward you to the next screenshots;





Here he clearly agrees to my terms and conditions BEFORE he sends the money. Then a few days later I get this PM:


At this point I'm annoyed because he clearly said the understood the rules. PM'ing me for no valid reason can count as a good excuse for pissing me off. So I decided to refund him. I prefer a small quality customer base rather than dealing with bullshit like this. He messaged me on MSN threatening to chargeback if I didn't send him his money, so I said go ahead, it'll be your loss. I'm afraid I don't have MSN logs kept due to a PC reformat. As I deal with refunds in my own time due to customers misbehaviour, it's their problem. I arrange refunds when I can, sadly this was one time when it was not possible as my AlertPay account got limited.


Yes, I could have refunded via other methods but as this was a blatant violation of ToS I didn't want to dip into my own pocket. Why should I? The user was rude to me so why should he get special treatment. I've had issue before with accounts getting limited but they get refunded, especially if they understand the situation but people who constantly complain and show no understanding get no special treatment.

Here comes the kick. Mr Sadiku is the real scammer & ripper here. Let's see why:

Firstly lets see his reputation on Hackforums (found here). Multiple people calling him a scammer. Secondly he claims to sell CVVs and various other illegal goods on here ...but this format looks all too similar.




$500 minimum AND by WU? Wow, what a bargain and you can't even get scammed. Ask anyone who's a blackhat, many forum spammers use this EXACT template to rip people for a few bucks. Mr Shukri calls me a scammer for making sure people keep to my Terms of Service...but in reality he is the scammer. If your going to do something like credit card fraud...at least make sure your good at it.

Shukri isn't very smart at keeping his information or PC safe either. Here we see his PC has been infected by the password stealer iStealer.



Stay away from this ripper / scammer.

[Scammer & Spammer] Danyal Rehman

Never been scammed by this guy personally but thought it was a smart idea to piss me off. Below should be enough proof for everyone to stay away from him. Person has impersonated trusted members and scammed.

E-mail - danyalrehman@hotmail.com
Banned On Sythe.org.
Proof of e-mail being used on EMF.
IP address logged on StopForumSpam.
Facebook Profile.
Scam report on HF.
Banned (dead) account on HF.

[Scammer] Sandy Denise Lapp

Title: Mrs.
First Name: Sandy
Last Name: Lapp
Address: 6263 E. King Lane
City: Inverness
State: Florida
Country: US
Zip Code: 34452
Phone: 3526372547

You might be surprised that a female with a husband and children is posted here - before you moralfags start on me, I don't give a fuck. Scamming when your a mother of children makes you one sick person. What kind of example are you teaching the kids? Guess how much I got scammed for - $74. I sold you a Fandango gift card on eBay. You told me the card was fine and you still disputed the case with your credit card company. Fuck you. Sandy - if want your information removed. Pay me back and I'll take this down until then your a scammer.

[SCAMMER] SiVaKuMar

SivaKuMar (real name: Bhogala Hari Siva Kumar Reddy) is a scammer who has scammed many people via the online money transfer site, Western Union. Mr Reddy claims he is able to gain access to Facebook accounts and wants people to pay him through Western Union for this service. He also claims to run e-currency exchanging services, where one form of e-currency is exchanged into another. Bhogala Hari Siva Kumar Reddy has failed to provide any of his services. Let's dig deeper into how he has been able to scam so many people. Firstly he is using Western Union. Western Union is a non refundable service. Once you send someone money via WU, you cannot get it back. So you can imagine why he picked this option. Once the money has been sent to Bhogala, it cannot be returned. He simply walks away with the money and that's the end of it. There is much conclusive proof that he is a scammer. The first source can be found here ( http://www.hackforums.net/showthread.php?tid=965723 ) - a user was scammed $432 in a fake hack attempt. It doesn't take an genius to realise that Mr Reddy has no hacking skills.

The above screenshot shows how much hacking skills he really has. Well this guy is in for a surprise. I've managed to track him down. Ladies & Gentlemen I present to you Mr Bhogala Hari Siva Kumar Reddy.

I also have his full address and contact details;


Bhogala Hari Siva Kumar Reddy
Kakinada
Post Code: 533003
+91.9779558006
School/College: B.V.C Engineering College
Skype: sivakumar147896325
MSN: bhogala@live.in

Enjoy.

IJJI.com Hacked.

Update - it seems like IJJI.com has been hacked about 4 times now, each by different groups. As of this update it directs to DXT gaming (http://dxtgaming.com/) All I can say is iJJi is getting owned pretty hard, you would think that they would have some sort of protection for such a sophisticated gaming network but instead they've left themselves vulnerable to many attacks. Let's hope the sites DB or any personal information wasn't extracted. Just goes to show not every site is safe from attack.

Had to post about this one. IJJI was hacked. Little information is out on who did it except that the website redirects to (http://pastebin.com/raw.php?i=L3L0963Z) and quoted "Owned by n0ths hacker group." Video below to prove it was real. (may still be processing)

Some are saying it was an ex-webmaster but nothing has been confirmed atm. Either way props to the group and hopefully this will be a lesson to Ijji to fix up their security.

Regarding Xch4ng3.com + Magmahost.

My main website Xch4ng3.com is down - I'm aware so please no messages or any sort of communication informing me so. It seems like a continuous DDoS attack however I cannot be sure at this point. The site has been down for some time now. I have contacted my host (Magmahost) multiple times regarding the downtime however my support tickets have magically been "closed" or vanished without any trace. It's quiet a shame actually, Magmahost has been very efficient in responding to my previous support tickets however it seems like when the situation is out of their hand they simply decide to ignore you - whilst continuing to take your money. I now recommend everyone to avoid Magmahost, no matter how appealing their prices may look (which is what lured me in first.) Do you really want a company with terrible customer service? The least they could do is inform me of the status of my website. Thankfully, Xch4ng3.com was only made for minimal use and ad revenue and I remain in profit so downtime is really not an issue, however imagine if you were running a serious business - each second of downtime is potential revenue loss.

As I have mentioned, I am still unaware of the root cause of the downtime, however my suspicions still remain on a continuous DDoS attack. If the attacker is reading this message please be aware that you are not causing me any sort of loss, damage or stress.

That will be all.

[PSA] Beware of Reward4U.net

It has come to my attention that a site called Reward4U.net is going around on forums being promoted. What you don't know is that R4U is sort of an advanced phisher. Here's how it works.

- Site gets promoted on forums.

- Admin hopes that that you use the same username and password for R4u as you did on the forum.

- Steals your account to spam and who else knows what.

I have enough proof and evidence which confirms this. Here is the site information if anyone wants to take it further.

Site - http://reward4u.net/

Host - http://www.hosting24.com/

Contact Details:

Mohd Anas ()

36 Balak ram street near Ansarian
Khatauli
Uttar Pradesh,251201
IN
Tel. +00.9368004307

You can report it to Hosting24 if you find a clause which the site violates in their ToS (http://www.hosting24.com/tos.php). I can't be bothered to do, just letting the community know of the situation.

YouTube Gets Exploited.

Updated #2 - I've heard reports that Tinkode came out with the 0day exploit. Props to him for an pretty awesome find. Many of you will recognize TinKode if you read his security blog or have seen him around at HF.

Updated: All comments have been hidden whilst YouTube fixes the situation. Maybe now would be the time for them to sanitize inputs?

YouTube was bombarded with spam today after a code was released which allowed HTML to be posted in comments. This was advanced on and led to customisable javascript alerts and full page "ads" as well as complete page redirects now. See images below and check out YouTube whilst it's still not been fixed.

Taking Back Hacker.

I thought it was about time I wrote this up. This post is in response to Omniscient's post regarding Taking Back Hacker.

"I am sick of hearing how the term "hacker" means you're a criminal. I'd like to start a serious campaign to spread the message that hackers are people that are computer enthusiasts using computers in unorthodox and creative ways. Hackers are people that think outside the box. Hackers learn to manipulate code, hardware, and software.

I think the time has come to undo the damage the media has done to the good name of hackers by slurring the term on the airwaves and damaging reputations everywhere.

Any good website will give multiple meanings for the term hacker. It was originally not intended to be criminals that use computers to commit crime. But now this is the public perception and it hurts all of us. I don't see why I can't be a proud hacker and have to hide it amongst friends as if it's something shameful. "

This is my part in this campaign if you will. Firstly, I think the term hacking has been almost criminalised by the media. Nearly all of the time when hackers or any sort of hacking is mentioned in the media it is in a negative view. The rare times that it's shown in a good light, it's not very beneficial to the world, so most just dismiss it. This only shows one side of the story and shouldn't act as a reference to the whole idea of a hacker. Hacking can be viewed in different ways, but firstly we must understand that they're are different types of hackers.

• White Hat Hackers.

These are the good guys. White Hat hackers are the angels of the computing world. They are people who use unorthodox and uncommon ways of protecting computers. Whilst most do not dabble in any sort of blackhat activity, many are skilled in (and some are ex blackhats) and have vast knowledge of how blackhats operate and the techniques they use. They can then use this knowledge to come up with a defence of their own.

• Grey Hat Hackers.

Grey hat hackers are in the middle. They have knowledge of both black hat and white hat activities, however they can go either way. Some decide to protect themselves by using blackhat techniques against their attackers (eye for an eye mentality.) whilst others just choose to go either way whenever they feel like it. It really depends on the person.

• Black Hat Hackers.

Black hat hackers exist simply to cause damage or do anything to get their own way. They will not give a second thought about causing damage or breaking into a system for their own needs.

So as you can see, there are many aspects to hacking then you originally think. The aim of hacking is not always to cause damage, but instead it can be used for various thing - protection, to gain more knowledge and even for fun and creativity.

As we have advanced into a new age, a new generation must arise. This is no different in the hacking community. Over the past few years (and even from the start in some cases) a new generation of so called hackers has arisen. The hacking community refers to these as script kiddies. Script kiddies (or skiddies.) are people who use tools created by legitimate hackers without having any idea what they do. A good example of this was David Lennon who used Avalanche - a mail bomber to email bomb his employer, which crashed the email servers (source.) Script kiddies often have no understanding of how things work, sometimes even leeching other's work without credit. Then we move onto the hackers who think they are actually hackers because they use tools like RATs or hostbooters. I think I speak for the rest of the community when I say that they do not represent us as a whole. They have tarnished the name of hackers just because they can pay someone to set up a botnet for them and enter some simple commands.

If you've ever seen Hackers Wanted it sums up how I feel about this. The movie makes some good points, and some I agree with strongly. Society is based around conformity, you all answer to a higher authority - whether it be a boss, parent or even God. You all answer to someone. You all have some sort of job, go to school and conform in some sort of way. So when someone like a hacker breaks that conformity, society isn't going to accept it nicely. As long as someone who breaks that conformity exists, society will always have someone to blame - and why's that? Because they're different. You wouldn't blame them if they followed your way. However, what most people fail to realise is that if you don't dare to break the current boundaries, you can't ever expect to advance. Your just stuck inside your box, living the same way.

So the next time you decide to label a hacker, have a think. Some of them are the reason your living the way you are right now.

TheHowlersDen2010/SurfersUnited - Exposed As Liars.

Update: I just received an email wanting to confirm my email for The Jianna Report forum. Why would I sign up to your forum anyway? Seems like a frame attempt. Oh well, David or Tan if you see this cancel the request. It wasn't made by me, I have no need to be on your forum.

In response to - http://thehowlersden2010.blogspot.com/2010/06/interruption-continued.html

I take this moment to respond to TheHowlersDen and to bring to MissyD's attention that all she has posted is lies. It's funny how you post that picture of "Hacking the FBI/CIA/NASA" and only posted the search result but not the full thread. If you actually bothered to see my replies on that thread.

Accusation #1 - "Hacking The FBI/CIA/NASA"

It's funny how you post that picture of "Hacking the FBI/CIA/NASA" and only posted the search result but not the full thread. If you actually bothered to see my replies on that thread. Since when was discussion about people who have previously exploited government computers illegal? Take a look below at the replies I made, are any of them illegal - I think not.

The proof is there. It was a discussion on people hacking the FBI and I was discussing figures such as Kevin Mitnick and Gary Mckinnon, so nice try. I'm fairly confident free speech applies everywhere right? I did nothing illegal. You people are hilarious.

Accusation #2 - Porn Videos.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eva_Angelina

That's the porn star that was mentioned in the video. She is 25 and was obviously within limits when the video was made. I rest my case.

Accusation/Claim #3 - Nico Hoffman

I also think you're confused, my name isn't Nico Hoffamn. I never claimed anywhere that my name was Nico Hoffman. I was posting the information of another scammer.

Accusation/Claim #4 - Inside Man At JustHost

I have no idea where your getting these claims from, or are you just pissed because I took your host down? It's no use denying it, it was just me because they suspended your account. However Galron99 is lying to you. There is no inside man at JustHost. Is that why you've chosen a new free host due to the fact that no host will allow slanderous or defamatory comments? Maybe it's the fact that you think having my full name must make you superior to me. Go ahead, see if you can do anything with my name. I have nothing to hide, that's why its available on the internet in the first place. If I was doing something illegal I would have taken more precautions and I sure as hell wouldn't use this tag all around. Have you not read my tutorial on staying anonymous?

Accusation/Claim #5 - Blackhat Forums.

Look up the term blackhat, it doesn't always mean illegal it just means things which are usually frowned up. Just because I'm part of blackhat SEO doesn't make me a criminal or being part of it isn't illegal either. Infact look at my posts on BHSEO, NONE of them are related to blackat SEO work but all of them are posts regarding legal ways of making money.

Listen up and listen well. I am not a skid, nor am I an idiot. Tip off whoever you want, I am not doing anything illegal so I have nothing to worry about. You may ask why I surf HackForums? Well I do so I can educate myself on how people use white hat tools such as RATs in a negative way and how I may protect myself from them. HackForums is a 100% white hat site so get that into your head. You're wasting your time. I am aware of who has my full information and only a few real life people have them so go ahead, tip off the FBI, NASA even Interpol that I was discussing a hacker who has already been tried and convicted and NOW WORKS for the authorities themselves. Do whatever you want, sue me, file complaints against me. They will all be futile as I am not blackhat. How about you give me your names and contact information so I can actually get my lawyers to file a cease and desist letter for slanderous and defamatory comments? Not to mention posting information of a minor. Go ahead and tip off who you want, when they do turn up at my door I'll be happy to redirect them to you. You've just been exposed as nothing but liars.

xoxoxoxoxo

[Scammer] "KvaKi" - Ivan Kvakan

It seems like this little kid likes opening false claims and attempts to chargeback for the most stupidest things. I sold him an eBook (over at HackForums) and about a month later he decides to do a chargeback, claiming I said "I was going to offer him a second eBook" and then I said "lololol are you crazy." Funny because I don't sell any other books apart from the one I sold him and I don't speak like that.

Above is a screenshot of the claim, notice how he is using a fake name for his PayPal account. Obvious sign of a scammer. Here is what I have found out so from what little information I had.

Name: Ivan Kvakan

Alias: kvakica10 or some variations.

eMail: kvakica_ivo@hotmail.com & kvakicaivo10@gmail.com

Age: 16

Location: Croatia, Zagreb

Furthermore, one of these is probably his resident and phone number. I can't cross reference these and chances are none of them are correct but it could be.

A Picture Is Worth A Thousand Words....

I'll let the image speak for itself. Jeremy, (if that is even your real name) chose an offshore host/host which has a very loose ToS next time. Furthermore, the "British authorities" won't do diddly squat to me as I have not done anything illegal at all, so before you try and scare me with the idea of jail, think about it. Being a part of HackForums is not illegal either so they won't find anything there. Feel free to get in touch with my local legal authority or even my school (You should already know it right?) and report me as a "hacker." It won't get you far. If you want to sue me, then (as you said yourself) be prepared to pay quiet the fortune in legal fees for a useless outcome and don't think I won't respond to the case either.

[Paper] Basic Anonymity.

Disclaimer: This tutorial is only for educational and research purposes. You may not use this information for malicious intent. If you do, you accept all blame and I cannot be held responsible for your action. I am only posting this inform and educate.

Welcome to my tutorial on the basics of staying anonymous on the internet. Firstly lets establish the fact that as long as there is proof and evidence of you existing (national database, birth records, criminal records) it is impossible for you not to get caught. If someone wants to find you they will, it just depends on how badly you fuck someone over. Staying 100% anonymous is impossible as long as you exist...on paper that is. The next best thing you can do is ensure you don't get found out by your enemies and what not. There are various steps and basics you can take to avoid having your real identity found out.

Firstly, if you plan on doing illegal stuff never, ever use your own internet connection. This is the first thing that will get you caught. The moment someone has your IP, it's enough to contact your ISP - furthermore all your real details, payment methods are on file with your ISP. If someone like the FBI was on your tail, all they would have to do is contact your ISP (can be found easily with your IP) and get a subpoena for the release of your information. Fucked before you even start. Use a free wi-fi spot such as one in a Starbucks (or generic coffee shop), even one in a library will do so as long as it can't be linked back to you. The blackhat route would be to crack a local Wi-Fi connection and use theirs. This is a bit more risky - if you crack a router which keeps logs then it's possible the usage of internet can be linked back to you. I'll explain more about this further.

tl;dr. Don't use you own internet. Use someone else furthermore, don't do anything which can be linked back to you. So for example, don't use a real name when booking an internet cafe etc, be wary of security cameras, don't be stupid and log into Facebook.

Acquiring an internet connection is only the first step. Even if you get one, you can still fuck up by doing something stupid like leaving your real name etc. A name is enough to begin a search. Don't take the risk. My next recommendation would be connecting to the connection via a VPN. This adds another layer of security, if a n00b was looking for you they would get the VPN IP and even if they got past that it would leave to a dead end - after all how many people use the free WI-FI outside Starbucks? Next comes something else which can be used to identify machines. MAC address. This is a unique address assigned to each machine, and if you were a suspect all it would take is one look into the routers log, match it up with your machine's ID and bam. Instant link and probably enough proof that you use the connection. Solution? MAC Hider/Changer.

tl;dr. Once you get your internet connection, grab a VPN along with a Mac Changer.

Finally, the basic stuff. Don't use ANYTHING that can be linked back to you. Nothing at all, don't upload anything from your machine (most people use their first names as User names), don't use personal or even "hacking" emails. Don't use personal date of births or "inside jokes" as passwords. I mean nothing that can prove it was you or can be related to you in anyway, girlfriends name, common words you use etc.

To sum up these 3 basic tips;

# Never use your own connection.
# A VPN + MAC address changer is the most useful thing you can use.
# Don't use anything at all, which may link back to you, stuff such as emails, names etc.

[Scammer] Saurabh Vashist

I'm posting this to warn the fellow hacker/webmaster community of this scammer. I won't type out the whole story but please refer to these threads and you'll have no doubts. I actually wish people like this would just drop dead and normally I'm not that harsh but the idea is you learn from your mistakes - however this guy just doesn't. Total scum of the Internet and gives a bad name to Indians.

None of this is private information I am not breaking Google/Blogger ToS and all of this can be found on Google & Facebook.

http://forums.digitalpoint.com/showthread.php?t=1597890

http://www.hackforums.net/showthread.php?tid=143839

Mugshot(s).

Below we have a video of Mr Saurabh Vashist asking for a mobile phone from Christmas.

Facebook Profiles:

http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1355522011

http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1141570204

Bad Boys II - Vista Fix [Error During Babel Installation]

Below is just a back story. I felt in the typing mood so I thought why not. If you want the fix, just scroll down.


Recently I purchased a copy of Bad Boys II for the PC. I know. It's a shit game, but I had some fun memories of playing the promotional copy that was given out about 12 years ago that I decided to buy a full copy. At first I tried to obtain it via "sources" but every time I attempted to play, I was greeted with the message "Error during babel installation". I tried everything I knew at that time, various registry edits, checking for conflicts, reinstalling, searching Google and even the method I'm about to show you now. For some weird reason it works now, but didn't seem to work back then. Anyway, I ended giving up on the game, coming to the conclusion that it probably wasn't work because it was a copied game.


I then came across the game on eBay for about £1.99. I decided to buy it, hoping that it would work...and if it didn't, oh well. Not much of a loss. I ordered the game and installed it. To my annoyance, it failed to work. I decided to contact the supplier of the game and I was told


"The issue is sometimes linked to the Graphics Controller Chipset. We would recommend that you check with the PC Manufacturers website and see if there is an updated driver for your Graphics Card. If there is then download and install the update. Also ensure you have the following resolution settings 1024 x 768 32 bit colour.

To change your screen resolution / colour settings Open Display in Control Panel.

Windows XP = To open Display, click Start, click Control Panel, and then click Display.

On the Settings tab, under Display Properties, drag the screen area slider to the required setting, and then click Apply.

A default setting of 1024 x 768 is a standard option to set this to. Also ensure that your colour quality is set to either highest 32bit or true colour 32 bit. When prompted to apply the settings, click OK. Your screen will turn black for a moment. Once your screen resolution changes, you have 15 seconds to confirm the change.

Click Yes to confirm the change; click No or do nothing to revert to your previous setting.

If this does not resolve the issue then the issue will be a compatibility problem with the Graphics Card and you will possibly not be able to resolve the problem.

Bad Boys II requires a 3d video card with at least 32Mb of memory that can display 16bit colour or better. The primary video card in your machine MUST have at least 32Mb of memory for Bad Boys II to run, the memory of any additional accelerator cards will not necessarily be taken into account. If your video card has insufficient memory the game will not run correctly, or at all."

I tried all the above, and once again to my annoyance...no luck. After another good hour messing around with settings and tweaking I finally came to the solution. It's simply that Bad Boys II wasn't designed to be run on a machine running anything higher than Windows XP. The solution? Compatability Mode.

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The Fix

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The long awaited solution. Thankfully it doesn't involve anything too technical and everyone who has a simple understanding of computers will be able to perform the fix.

First, make sure the game is installed correctly. Once installed, Right Click on the launcher icon and click on Properties.

Switch to the compatibility tab and make sure your settings match mine.

Fixed.