In EVE Online, for instance, one player, Nightfreeze, allegedly cheated his in-game friends and rivals out of hundreds of millions of in-game "credits" using nothing but fake accounts, a public library's telephone, some help from friends, and his wits.

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The message by was relayed to national authorities in participating countries, who then alerted the public using a variety of systems including sirens, text messages, email, media outlets, and telephone.

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