Agent Insights Ep 21: Generators

Hello, everyone. Flint here to talk about generators. 

Generators are non-Animal Jam sites that claim to be able to give you free stuff. “Stuff” includes memberships, currency (gems/diamonds/etc.), and items. They could possibly promise to give other things. Usually they only want you to enter in your username and password, and they claim they will transfer the items/currency/whatnot directly to your account. 

Generators are always scams. There is no instance in which giving your login information to random people is a good idea. They will take your info, log on to your account, and steal all of your items. Some sites may even give your device viruses/malware that steal all of the info on your computer. Not to mention that they are against AJ’s rules. 

The way to avoid these scams is by not entering your username or password into any site that is not Animal Jam. This Site is Animal Jam. Any site that is not this site is a place that should not have your password. In fact, the only people that should know your password are you and your parents. 

If you come across such a site, you should attempt to report it to either AJ or the platform the site is hosted on (e.g. Blogger, Weebly, Wix, etc.). These sites are scams, and nobody wants scams lying around, including site platforms. 

If you have already entered your password into a generator, change it ASAP. See if you can install an antivirus as well. 

That's all I have now. Bye!

Agent Insights Ep 20: Signs of Scams

Hello, everyone. Flint here, talking about the general signs that what you're involved in could be a scam.

There is little "new" in scammer methods. They usually use the same tricks over and over, with only slight modification. Sometimes, though, it can be a pain to remember them all, or the circumstances can be fuzzy and hard to tell if it's a scam. So, I'll share some general rules for telling scams from non-scams, regardless of type.

1. If it seems too good to be true, it probably is. 

This is not a universal rule, but if someone claims you'll get a bunch of very rare items for relatively little in return, this is a warning sign that it's a likely scam. 

2. Does it involve the exchange of items outside of the normal trading system?

If they want you to gift-trade, indirectly trade them something, trade through a third account, or gift them and they'll gift back more, or log onto your account and put stuff on it, it is a scam. Another way to put this is "Do they, at any point, hold or have the potential to hold your items without having given you a fair trade in return?" Also note that all these rules also apply in giveaways.

3. Does it involve trusting the other jammer more than you would a random guy on the street?

You wouldn't trust some random guy to hold your valuables. He might run off with them. Similarly, you should not trust random jammers to hold your valuables, in case they run off with them. This also applies to trusting them not to accept the trade/share your password/etc. This does not mean you're hostile to others. It means you have good boundaries and good sense. 

That's all, folks. Stay safe!

Random Saturday Ep 30: Bittersweets

Hey all, Blue here with another rand Sat!

Today I am going to be talking about Bittersweets, Animal Jam's (PC) seasonal adventure for Halloween.  

Bitter Sweets is an adventure where you play as your pet, and you go around collecting candy by dissipating Proto-Phantoms, which will drop one candy if you touch them. for every different amounts of candy you collect, you can open a chest. the first one is at 100, second at 200, third at 400, fourth at 700 and last at 1000. 

The rewards are various halloween-themed den items.

There are also special pet passages, for clothing items. There is a passage for bees, kittens, bats, peacocks, puppies, tarantulas and probably some others. They give out different clothing items and sometimes clothing betas.

1000 candies seem like a lot? Yeah, it is. However, there is a quick way I have discovered that can finish the adventure for you fast.

Get a group of four people together, and go find one of the candy jackpots, located at the end of each of the maps legs:

Activate the Jackpot by each sitting on a stump, and grab your candy from the chest when it pops out.

Walk away from the jackpot until you can no longer see it, wait 15 seconds, then go back. It should have reset and you can get the candy again!

This strategy made the whole 5 chests take 10 minutes for me. Its quick and easy!

Thats all from me today,

Stay safe, Jam on!

-Blue

Update Post - September

Hey all! Jade here, with the update post for September.

First of all, we've slightly updated the rules for promotion - we will now not allow time spent on leave to contribute to the minimum time requirements for promotion.

Marshmellow was removed from the society due to inactivity. Cat, however, has rejoined us!

Finally, we are beginning a new contest on our Discord server, "The Search for Moku'ahi". If you would like to participate in this or any of the other games we hold from time to time, you can join our Discord through the link in the sidebar!

Well, that's about all for this month. Stay safe and jam on!