Tell me what's truly safe when connecting to the outside world and I'll answer your question :
A O Hell has always been a bait pool for the less fortunate and not so bright. It's a field day for those that want to play.
Since the beginning there were guys taking peoples screen names and bumping them offline and then using their account. Not much has changed since then. You could even download software to do it to them.
Is there really anything "safe" out there. If someone wants in bad enough they will.