Crime Police investigate Habbo Hotel virtual furniture theft

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Thieves have struck again in the virtual world Habbo Hotel.

Finnish police are investigating up to 400 cases of theft, with some members reporting the loss of up to €1000 (£840) worth of virtual furniture and other items, according to Detective Sergeant Marko Levonen.

"We have done five home searches in five cities in Finland," he said.

This is not the first time Habbo Hotel, which allows users to meet friends and buy virtual goods, has been targeted.

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Police investigate Habbo Hotel virtual furniture theft

Finnish police raid homes in five cities in Finland, looking for evidence of virtual furniture theft.
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Is this what our police do to kill time? Hold on. They don't have time to kill...

Seriously? It should be in the ToS or EULA stating that Habbo Hotel isn't responsible for any losses. And... you'd have to be a DUMBASS to buy VIRTUAL FURNITURE...
 
FireCat

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The bastards stole my couch! :mad:

What if they find the thief's, lock them in a cell with virtual item?
 
Vellu

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-Wait. How are they gonna find the virtual goods by searching homes?
 
SineCosine

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The virtual fingerprints >.>
The thieves are obviously gonna' have their Habbo Hotel avatars sent to the Habbo jail where they will only get one Habbo call per Habbo week.

Those Habbo victims should have remembered to buy a Habbo door-lock when they were spending cash on Habbo furniture.
 
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Hold on. Let me go buy a Habbo Glock. It'll keep them away for sure. And maybe I'll get a Habbo M24... And a Habbo G3. And a Habbo M416.... And a....
 
Prometheus

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Next!
"Habbo hotel residents found murdered!"
Police are wondering just how to kill someone virtually.
 
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They control them, and alternatively delete them.
Oh me and my witty non-funny nonsensical sentences.
 
tom_mai78101

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Welcome to the world of cybernet, where crimes are inevitable. :thup:
 
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I don't really understand why you guys are so against this. Let's say you buy keys for SC2 and other Blizzard games and attach them to your battle.net account. Then someone steals your account, and uses your account themselves, making you unable to use those keys you had purchased. Are you gonna be just like, "Oh, someone stole that stuff I paid big bucks for. Ok, nice"? You should; a random 28(?)-character string on Blizzard's server is just as virtual as a piece of furniture on Sulake's server.

> It should be in the ToS or EULA stating that Habbo Hotel isn't responsible for any losses.
I don't think they're investigating it as Sulake (Habbo Hotel's owner) being responsible, but rather as the guys who actually stole the goods being responsible.

> And... you'd have to be a DUMBASS to buy VIRTUAL FURNITURE...
And... you'd have to be a DUMBASS to buy VIRTUAL PETS... To defend these Habbo users, though, can be said they are mostly 10-14 years old. I don't think same can be said for WoW users. :p

To be honest I think you have to be a dumbass to steal virtual furniture in Habbo. I mean if you're 16 or older (as you kinda like have to be to make a phishing site or such), it's starting to get really creepy you're still in that place. These guys should be ashamed of themselves being in Habbo. :/
 
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People on habbo hotel can consolidate $10,000+ of furniture, it is really crazy.
 
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