Curse

Miss Eisei · Aug 13, 2008, 10:44 PM // 22:44

So i got this today, first EVER scam attempt i got in my mail about GW
Thought i might as well put a heads up on here

Quote:

Order number: 37892
Order date: August, 13, 2008

Please retain this number. In the event that there is a problem with your order, this number will be requested by customer support.

Qty Description Price
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1 Guild Wars Platinum Edition (R) $59.99
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&n bsp; Subtotal $59.99
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Total $59.99

For assistance please visit our PlayNC Support Center at http://support.plaync.com/ where you can view answers to frequently asked questions or submit your issue to our Customer Support team via the "Ask a Question" option.

The serial code associated with this purchase can be found on the PlayNC account it was purch ased under.
Visit http://secure.plaync.com/cgi-bin/plaync_login.pl to access your PlayNC account.

Online game codes are non-returnable, non-refundable and can only be used to create/upgrade one game account.
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ofcourse anyone bright enough to look where email is from ([email protected]) would be bright enough not to follow link and log in, but you never know

also the links are fake, sending you to ( plaync.coolpage.biz ) DO NOT CLICK IT AND LOG IN !!!!!!

viper11025 · Aug 13, 2008, 10:49 PM // 22:49

TY for the info.......btw.
Did you give your email to ANYONE in game?
You might need to report them......they could be behind this.
Not sure, and not pointing fingers.
>.>

Sarevok Thordin · Aug 13, 2008, 10:52 PM // 22:52

Quote:

Originally Posted by viper11025

TY for the info.......btw.
Did you give your email to ANYONE in game?
You might need to report them......they could be behind this.
Not sure, and not pointing fingers.
>.>

he said that the e-mail could have been gotten through the forums.

On that note, if you goto the site, I'm pretty sure it has input verification turned off, so you can submit any old crap there to wind them up.

viper11025 · Aug 13, 2008, 10:53 PM // 22:53

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sarevok Thordin

he said that the e-mail could have been gotten through the forums.

I know.....BUT it is still possible..........if it's from the fourms then it makes more sense.
Don't use your email here for the actual game

Winding them up?
O.O
>.< LOL

Sigma Onkoron · Aug 13, 2008, 10:56 PM // 22:56

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the last line. wat? (thanks for the heads up.)

russiansteven · Aug 13, 2008, 11:09 PM // 23:09

Thanks for the reply scammers these days there a lot of them and you need to becareful not to get caught up in there silly little games.

- Thanks for Posting This Up

viper11025 · Aug 13, 2008, 11:11 PM // 23:11

I suggest we make a "Don't get scammed, read this first" thread that reguard to all GW related scams.
Wait, I think I'll make one.
>.>
Maybe not..................I'd need a lot of help.

Jae Onasi · Aug 13, 2008, 11:19 PM // 23:19

They could have emailed you from viewing your public profile and clicking on the option to send you email.

In your user cp, you can go to 'edit options' and uncheck the option that allows members to send you email.

Miss Eisei · Aug 13, 2008, 11:22 PM // 23:22

I'm guessing they used my MSN email , LOL

not the same as my game, and it was on this forum, i removed it now
they are prolly grabbing emails/msn of here or the other gw forum, hehe

JeniM · Aug 14, 2008, 01:16 AM // 01:16

If anyones dumb enough to get scammed I'll buy you a new account just as soon as my long lost uncle that just died in Africa puts all his money in my account. I sent all my bank details off but nothing yet

Inde · Aug 14, 2008, 01:31 AM // 01:31

All right, let me clarify some things.

First off, no one has your email from here. Email addresses are not visible.

Second off, if they did use the "email contact" form it doesn't disclose your email but it does disclose the email of the person who is sending it. That email address would HAVE to be registered on this forum since you can't change or alter it while sending the message. I've looked through our forum database and no one with the email address [email protected] has an account here. Not to mention that if they did use that form it would have also disclosed their forum name as well.

They did not contact you through this forum or get your email address from this forum.

Edit: I am editing to clarify this statement that if someone chose to input their MSN IM information then their email address was displayed. Since this is an optional feature and one that a forum user had to do themselves then this was their choice. We have gone ahead and manually wiped out all MSN IM id's from this forum. You can re input this information but, just as before, this is your choice and you assume the risk of having your email address displayed.

You will certainly want to let ArenaNet know of this so please contact them through support.

pumpkin pie · Aug 14, 2008, 01:52 AM // 01:52

Has Miss Eisei contacted anyone via email through this forum?

Lady Raenef · Aug 14, 2008, 01:56 AM // 01:56

To the OP; I sympathize with this sad person's feeble attempt at stealing an account, but please bold the fact that the links are fake. I don't want another thread of someone saying that their account was stolen because of this thread. I would put the notice above the quote, for starters.

Chokey · Aug 14, 2008, 09:34 AM // 09:34

I've just recieved this e-mail

So anyone looking at my thread I just posted,ignore it.

Guess I should be glad I cant get my account info back

Thanks for posting this, atleast I dont have to get my parents all anguished over it d:

Lyynyyrd · Aug 14, 2008, 10:09 AM // 10:09

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lady Raenef

To the OP; I sympathize with this sad person's feeble attempt at stealing an account, but please bold the fact that the links are fake. I don't want another thread of someone saying that their account was stolen because of this thread. I would put the notice above the quote, for starters.

The links are real, as a result of him copy+pasting the message directly from his e-mail... copy+paste on most e-mail clients do not copy hyperlinks.

The only malicious part of his post is at the end, which is introduced as fake and followed by capslock warning.

Chrono Re delle Ere · Aug 14, 2008, 10:26 AM // 10:26

ok I am a dumb guy....just made the thread about this since I received this e-mail as well.

Well it confirms the fact that it's fishing

Edit: copying the other post I did:

I received this e-mail this morning:

it's obviously some sort of fishing mail in order to steal people's play nc account information.

I never bought GW Platinum Edition, and the mail asks me, as you can see, to click on that link and enter my account from there, which is quite suspicious.

Wanted to warn everybody, have a good day ;D

sLiceR · Aug 14, 2008, 10:42 AM // 10:42

I got this too on my MSN e-mail that I display on this forum. Of course I use a different e-mail for the GW account.

N1ghtstalker · Aug 14, 2008, 10:50 AM // 10:50

didn't get e-mail
got two e-mails and the one i use for my account isn't on this forum
i don't display my IGN even just in case...

Sai Rith · Aug 14, 2008, 02:24 PM // 14:24

Have to admit, pretty well typed out scam, and somewhat convincing (except the last line).

Inde · Aug 14, 2008, 02:30 PM // 14:30

Everyone, if you are choosing to display your MSN IM info, you are giving them your email address.