I am not the oldest Neopian, not the newest, but nowadays I suppose Id be considered a veteran. Not one of those cranky ones who are protective over every single point they earn. I have a modest amount and some modest pets.
You see, I have seen a lot of the troubles of Neopets, and fallen victim to quite a few myself. I am, admittedly, gullible. Scams, cheats, and hacks, you name it, I probably have fallen to it. Then there are the stupid things Ive done.
Those fake log-in pages First ones I fell for. Got an e-mail from an AOL account that did not exist, saying they wanted to give me a Starry Paint Brush. That was in my second month on Neopets, and I wanted to paint my Kiko. So, naturally, I went and made a trade offer without a second thought. Boom. Ten minutes later, I went to check if Id gotten the paint brush, and my account was frozen. That quick. I made another account and worked on getting my first unfrozen.
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