8331 - silly aim prank bots - "I say, old bean, have you seen my hat?"

[scottobear]

I keep getting hit by the aim bot that starts out with "i say, old bean, have you seen my hat?", usually aim user chewableputty.

An explanation of how the bot works is here.

Check out the google search - it seems to be happening to quite a few people.

The greathatsby bot scans LJ users for AIM screen names then sends two people the same message and relays their replies to each other so each person thinks the other person IMed them out of the blue.

Sort of a new version of the 3-way calling prank. I've gotten pings (even when invisible to aim) maybe once a week for the last 6 weeks. a nifty part of the trick is that it auto translates your im name to the bot name when you're in chat, too. so if you identify yourself as "I'm biglug23" it'll say to the other side "I'm chewableputty".

a way around it is to break it up with spaces or some other character - b'i'g'l'u'g'2'3'

other bot names -

chewableputty
thegreathatsby
bananahoedown
studbeefpile66
studleyqbeefpile
dirkfunk3000
dirkfunk5000
funkyplumber238
hatfact0ry
ofhatsandmen
scrubtron
iamscrubtron
scrubtronwashere
scrubtronics
octosausage
goatblaster16
greathatsby64
bananahootenanny

Comments

[ilenebook.livejournal.com]

Thank god I use a Mac

[scottobear.livejournal.com]

well, they'll go to you, too, if you use an aim chat box and have it published public!

[ilenebook.livejournal.com]

I don't but thanks for the warning.
That is so not nice.
The barking cat video is a scream..
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1172984901145939236&q=barking+cat&pl=true

[scottobear.livejournal.com]

he speaks dog! (a chihuahua dialect, it seems)

firpo says

[(Anonymous)]

a little off topic, but

you should check out onegoodmove today if you haven't yet- there is the white house correspondents dinner hosted by steven colbert and what he does is truly subversive.

also, i love your "i want to make-believe" icon thingy.

Re: firpo says

[scottobear.livejournal.com]

will do! Thank you !:D

[kissmydusty.livejournal.com]

hey yeah. i just had this done to me. i got thru to the other person so take that damn bot!

[kissmydusty.livejournal.com]

thanks for the info btw. i would have been so lost!

[scottobear.livejournal.com]

happy to help out.. it is sort of confusing!

[mango-stars.livejournal.com]

Jeez! Thanks for posting this! I JUST had this happen to me last night and i searched for the song lyric (which i was assuming it was) and found this post. Stupid AIM bots! I was so confused as to who was messing with me, haha.

[scottobear.livejournal.com]

quite welcome! silly aimbots... nothing to fear, just pranking.

[devika.livejournal.com]

hahah thanks for this post! so silly, but even i am amused that i got owned by a bot!

[scottobear.livejournal.com]

happy to help out! I just discovered another one called ofhatsandmen

woo hoo, how do i get a bot?

[(Anonymous)]

I dunno how to get a bot!