Man Arrested for Robbing RuneScape Virtual Characters

It has been revealed that British police have arrested a 23-year-old man accused of stealing virtual characters and goods from players of one of the world’s most popular online games.

The man, from the Avon & Somerset region, was arrested last Tuesday by officers of the Police Central e-Crime Unit (PCeU), after allegedly phishing the usernames and passwords used by players of RuneScape, a Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game (MMORPG).

RuneScape is (appropriately for an MMORPG) massively popular, with players spending hours in a medieval fantasy world, exploring and going on quests, grabbing gold and casting spells on each other.

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