Apr 18, 2015

Increased Facebook Security Checks = Many Lost Mafia Wars Accounts

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Facebook is on a serious witch hunt and many Mafia Wars accounts are at risk. Many players are reporting a recent wave of security checks. If you can’t identify your friends in a photo security check than the only way to get your account back is to keep trying or send in a photo ID. The problem for many is that most alternative accounts aren’t unique to a real person. Lindsay Richmond suggest that you log in to the mobile site as the security check is a little bit easier ( https://m.facebook.com/). Facebook isn’t doing Zynga any favors. Mafia Wars is already on a rapid decline due to players quitting the game. Many who still want to play are being forced out by Facebook. The loss of these accounts may reflect why the metrics are dropping at a faster pace than normal. If Facebook keeps this up it may be time for Zynga to consider making the game available on a different platform.

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  1. Social security card? Birth certificate? Bank statement? What else could possibly be needed to steal identities. This doesn't pass the sniff test.

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    1. no shit, right? I wouldn't give my info to facebook--they sell it to whoever wants to pay for it, and then it's wide open across the board for any and all hackers to gain. If they security check me after I've just added several hundred people, then that's it, I'm gone for good and will never use this site again.

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  2. Facebook - the worst gaming platform EVER.

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    1. Possibly because Facebook was never intended to be a gaming platform EVER.

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    2. Indeed. Meanwhile they are more than happy to take a 30% cut of everything that is spent on games like Mafia Wars.

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  3. Say WHAT????? You want my personal information? You must be kidding - I do not provide that information willingly, If it becomes a requirement, I'll be taking a permanent vacation.

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  4. I concor wholeheartedly about the identity theft. Facebook as long as it's been used has sanctioned virus, worm, trojan and other forms of data theft by simply relying on the users to report content and block apps, Everyone at some stage or another has received "dodgy messages with a "link" from unknown users.
    Having said that, now they want us to provide critical identification documents which even a moderately simple "thief" can use to become you. Already Facebook has insisted the name by which everyone has known me my entire life is not a legitimate name - now when I use the "social platform" it has become highly anti-social as even people I have know for 20 years see my "enforced" name and do not recognise or acknowledge it as being from me.

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  5. f.ck what else Facebook wants to know about us , underwear size , ass size , or how muck i make love to my girlfriend , Facebook is going by way to far

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  6. Is it even legal?

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  7. they have also cut a bunch of people from being able to post to (or start) groups

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  8. you may submit your ID, Social Security card etc with the actual numbers blacked out for your safety - I did, told them WHY I blacked it out & it was accepted

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  9. why don't we just give them every thing so they can bend us over and take us, I'll give up facebook and mafia wars before they get my details.

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  10. I've been wondering for quite some time now why Zynga doesn't move Mafia Wars off of facebook. The reason for facebook is to get new players, but is there anybody in this entire world dumb enough to start playing this game at this point? So there is not point staying on facebook. It's just dragging the game down at this point.

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  11. If Zynga made mafia wars available on another platform I would happily never use Facebook again

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    1. Now this I tend to agree with completely.

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  12. Wow, sounds extremely fishy to me.......... Red flags going up on this one!!

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  13. If you're losing your fake accounts you have created to gain an unfair advantage in Mafia wars, please go read the terms of service for Facebook BEFORE trashing Facebook for taking away your fake accounts

    Since I know most script users don't want to do anything manually.... here's a snippet of what it says:

    Registration and Account Security

    Facebook users provide their real names and information, and we need your help to keep it that way. Here are some commitments you make to us relating to registering and maintaining the security of your account:

    You will not provide any false personal information on Facebook, or create an account for anyone other than yourself without permission.

    You will not create more than one personal account.

    If we disable your account, you will not create another one without our permission.

    Not sure... but I think these rules apply to the fake accounts everyone is losing?? Just saying :P

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    1. That is the entire reason zinga needs to move log-on and messages, and groups to zinga server instead of facebook server so they can control their game without another identity blocking their game.

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    2. Really? I have 1 account,when FB decided to deactivate my acct.FB needs no reasons,even if you follow their so called registration/a,security.You don't even need to be a script player as you seem to think as a reason.I sent in my I.D. as another mentioned but also along w/pictured I.D. I also mentioned just what advice my attn.gave me Seems since FB has accepted monies from me,If they did not return my acct.it is consider theft( as if some1 uses a stolen c.c.) it is no different even if FB is a business.So too me being a real person.using my real name it's not just fake /multi accts.If FB takes my acct again I still have all from years back as too,they should have on file

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    3. I guess when so many are abusing a system, someone innocent is eventually bound to get caught in the same net... that's sad and shouldn't be happening, but unfortunately innocent people will get caught as well. But I hope you get your account back, as soon as FB figures out a mistake was made :)

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  14. Looks like we have a purge in progress... about time too Facebook :) Soon everyone will be down to just 1 account (hopefully) thanks to Facebook... ending the era of fake accounts and unfair advantages in the game :) But, I'm sure Zynga will figure out a way to move the game to salvage the 90% fake accounts that keep the game alive... I doubt zynga has the balls to follow through with the purge the same way Facebook is... although Zynga doesn't allow fake accounts, it's no secret they are dependent on the fakes 100% I guess Facebook has more balls than Zynga ;) Hopefully the game will get shut down soon... ending the nightmare for good... if the 90% fake accounts get removed by Facebook, I doubt Zynga will have any interest or incentive to keep the game going... as probably 99% of all people would quit :P Unless of course Zynga finds another platform for the game to continue the fake accounts and script abuse

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    1. Ha! Last time we went through this I used my work phone, home phone, cell phone, wife's phone, parents' phone, and kids' phone. It is also dirt cheap to get a pay as you go phone for 1 month, so really a guy can get unlimited phone numbers to verify accounts. It's pointless.

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    2. Sure, the cheater always finds a way - it's in his/her nature. Some people look for an easy way to gain an unfair advantage and to cheat - while others just play the game the way it was intended and have fun. That's the difference between the 2 types of players we have in the game- And sadly 99% of all MW gamers are type 1 :P lol

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    3. Removing all minis as most people call them would give Zynga less than half of what they claim as daily players. I have seen many that have 3, 4, 5 accounts.Move to a different platform but Zynga would still allow them as to skew their numbers. They have allowed it here on facebook I imagine as there is probably some kind of clause in their contract to have X amounts of players or get charged more or be removed from Facebook.

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  15. I have had this happen to several of my mini accounts over the past year or so. I just keep guessing the peoples pictures of peeps on my friends list they give you, some I recognise, others I guess, eventually I get enough to be let back in. Pain in the butt...yes.. Give my personal info ? LMAO

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  16. Everyone talking saying it is about time the take the fake accounts out. You don't understand one thing, that the owner of mafia wars has been scamming us from the beginning, He did a presentation to other gamers and his employees teaching them how to scam members out of money. There is a video on youtube of this session. He is a cheat, and you are against people with fake accounts? Even people who pay with VIP are scammed. the game is rigged from the start, so you need an advantage like scripts , and having mini's does not give you and edge, it gives you more work to do . Besides if you have an edge on mafia wars and zynga who in their right mind would feel sympathy for zynga and mw. If you dont' want more than one account that is your choice, but you need to quit judging people that are skillful players. In my experience people who have no skills are the ones that bitch about mini accounts, and say they have the edge. That is bs of the third degree. There are hoards of people with multiple accounts, and they are the ones that help others more than anything. Wuit crying over some one that knows the ins and outs of the game and get a life. jeez....

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    1. Haha, well, clearly you're one of the people who "cheats" every chance he gets... and justifies it, like everyone else, by whining about how bad Zynga is and then calling "cheating" being skillful, haha... you go ahead and tell yourself what you need to hear... the rest of us knows what using scripts really is and what having 20 MW accounts does. Don't for one second try to tell me that having 20 accounts doesn't give you an edge, haha... why would anyone be having 20 accounts if they weren't? Or is that your idea of being an excellent and very skillful player? haha... you suck and you are just a huge part of the problem, here... but the biggest problem is like most script users... they don't see it that way. And there is absolutely NO reasoning with script abusers... I have tried... :P And by the looks of things, there will be NO reasoning with you either. Once cheating has become common amongst a certain percentage of players... it just becomes a ntural part of the game (in the minds of the cheaters) But that's like justifying murder or robberies just because a certain percentage of the population does it, haha... luckily our governents have more balls than Zynga, and THANK FOR that ;) Zynga is a spineless, good for nothing piece of greedy crap, who won't even stand by their own ToS. And a lot of players are abusing that fact by cheating... *coughs* sorry, by being "skillful" LMFAO

      And I am not judging anyone... if people wanna cheat and ruin it for others by doing so, that's their business... we are all different and have different values... but I don't judge based on that. I have an opinion about people who cheat and ruin the game for others who don't... but I keep my opinions to myself ;)

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    2. Okay Lizzy I think you had your 15 minutes of fame a while back .., I guess it takes a cheater to know one huh?
      You sit there preaching that having more than one account is cheating? Are you trying to tell us you only have one? And that you don't have or use scripts? Well I call BS on that one I saw the screen shots!!

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  17. I'm done after 6:years and may it rot !!!!

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  18. i know i will regret asking but just curious, how do people using scripts ruin your game? and also, if this is keeping your opinions to yourself, i would hate to see you get worked up and express yourself! lmao

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    1. I would also like to know who "the rest of us" actually is... don't tell us there are more of your type....is there actually a family of you in mafia wars... can anyone join or do you have to be a non script using moaning b*stard that keeps their opinion to themself of course... lmfao

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    2. I would love to explain that to you... however, I get the distinct feeling that you yourself are using scripts to gain an unfair advantage in the game,so it would be pointless for me to try and explain it to you, as you would never understand it... you already crossed that line and now thinks scripts are a fully legal part of the game... so, no reasoning with you either... sorry. And I haven't stated my opinion about the script users... I have merely stated that they are there and expressed my problem with that... beyond that I will keep my opinion to myself

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    3. Yes, I do use scripts...3 to be exact... spocklets, mwaddon and gold demon... and I also pay for VIP... without them and this blog I would've quit long ago... along with many others... so I figure this game would've been closed down long ago if it wasn't for the efforts of all these people that do it to help others get by in the game... maybe you should try one sometime or at least get on with trying to enjoy the game the way you prefer and i will carry on playing it (and spending money... more fool me) the way I prefer.... happy hunting!

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    4. The rest of us = the very few people left in the game who still plays the way the game as intended... by way of manual playing without any use of cheat programs AT all. And NO, I am fully aware that "the rest of us" probably only is about 0.5% of all players. but that doesn't legalize the use of illegal scripts. You can't justify it that way,... haha... it's ridiculous. Someone in here said, that if 99% of all people just went around robbing and killing... would that make it okay? No... it wouldn't... just because a majority of the players cheat, doesn't automatically make it legal. Now, just because Zynga has no spine and their greedy ways have led the astray doesn't make it any more legal. We all know how little Zynga care about anything... if they can make a buck on it they will allow it and just claim they had no clue. Luckily our laws out in the real world work a little better than the ones set by Zynga for this game...otherwise the world would NOT be a pretty place. And it saddens my heart to hear you feel something illegal is okay as long as enough people violate it... sad day indeed... but you're not alone... which only makes it even more sad. But we all play according to our beliefs and conscience...

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    5. You need to take a step back and relax. This is just a game. And if you think "the rest of us" has more than 50 players in this game then you are kidding yourself. The game has gotten far too big to play manually unless you are unemployed or retired. If the script users quit the game it would shut down the following day. Big time script users spend the money and in the end that is all that matters. All of the outrage on cheating for a crappy flash based game in FB? Give me a break. Stop with the whole "cheating" crusade and use that energy on something in real life that could use it.

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