Jun 18, 2008, 06:21 PM // 18:21
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#21
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Frost Gate Guardian
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Middelburg
Guild: The Sneezing Dragons
Profession: E/
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The European site and the American site are totally different... So I get the American news in RSS and the European I just check every day.
It's sad, it's not so hard to have a bit of consistancy...
On topic, if you check the "players, protect your accounts" button in the loginscreen, it already says that Anet would never ask for your login. Though being selected for a closed beta might make you over-excited, ending up in doing stupid things -_-
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Jun 19, 2008, 03:36 AM // 03:36
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#22
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WTB q8 15^50 Weapons!
Join Date: Nov 2006
Guild: アoo アugs アlan [ァアァ]
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Uhm Yeah thats Harsh.. :S
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Jun 19, 2008, 03:52 AM // 03:52
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#23
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Desert Nomad
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Ascalon
Profession: E/
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Its been added to the American GW page. The announcements tab in the login screen also, more or less, reflects this.
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Jun 19, 2008, 04:04 AM // 04:04
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#24
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Krytan Explorer
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: West Siiiiiiiiiiiiiide
Guild: Gwen Has A Thing For [Pyre]
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Wow..Thats Bad o.o
*bump*
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Jun 19, 2008, 04:14 AM // 04:14
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#25
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Hall Hero
Join Date: Aug 2005
Profession: E/
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Sticky please?
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Jun 19, 2008, 07:37 AM // 07:37
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#26
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Forge Runner
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Arizona, USA
Guild: [OOP] Order of the Phoenix I
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It would seem prudent to report these E-mails if we get them, but who to?
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Jun 19, 2008, 10:18 AM // 10:18
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#27
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The Fallen One
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Oblivion
Guild: Irrelevant
Profession: Mo/Me
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Operative 14
It would seem prudent to report these E-mails if we get them, but who to?
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The FBI Cyber crime division. I am not joking. This is a very serious phishing email scam system. If NCSoft/ArenaNet hasn't already done so, do so if you receive one.
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Jun 19, 2008, 10:44 AM // 10:44
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#28
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Desert Nomad
Join Date: Sep 2007
Guild: Stygian Disciples of Tenebrasus
Profession: N/Me
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Um, what's the email for the British extension of the FBI Cyber crime division? I'm not getting these emails (yet), but I'd like to know.
Or you know, the British equivalent if the FBI hasn't made it here yet. I'm sure they will, we're practically part of the US...
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Jun 23, 2008, 08:12 AM // 08:12
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#29
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Desert Nomad
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: 川崎区、日本
Guild: currently guildless..
Profession: Rt/
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thanks for the heads up! I think I know someone got it from my friend list, and luckly she didnt fall for this
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Jun 23, 2008, 10:17 AM // 10:17
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#30
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Moderator
Join Date: May 2005
Location: Australia
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Just to let you know - www.guildwars.com does actually have that on the news listings. It's just not stand-outish like on the European site.
In fact, if you believe the date - this was posted on www.guildwars.com 1st - the date is 17th June while on European site it's 18th June.. Also, the one on gw.com does not have it's own page.. all you get is the tiny window at the bottom when you hover over the link for it.
and this kind of scam is pretty common around the time of game sequals - people are waiting for the sequal to come out, hoping for a beta.. and *bamn* fake e-mails telling ppl to go to sites with keyloggers, or to enter current user login information to sign up for beta, etc.
Harsh... but when you can make money out of ppl's account's... it's bound to happen ;/
Sad fact is.. people do fall for it.. else they wouldn't bother doing it. just like people are *still* falling for the Nigerian scams.. even after all the information about them, all the tv programs showing them for what they are...etc .. ppl still fall for them *shrugs*
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Jun 23, 2008, 10:38 AM // 10:38
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#31
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So Serious...
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: London
Guild: Nerfs Are [WHAK]
Profession: E/
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A piece of information that'll interest a lot of people, you can report scams/phishing websites using the Google Safe Browsing service:
http://www.google.com/safebrowsing/report_phish/
This service is, for example, used by Firefox3 for its "favicon" feature and to block confirmed phishing/scams website (see details here). If these tools (Google Safe Browsing and FF3) become widespread, it could be the very end of these security attacks. Spread the word.
(more scary facts: hacked computers are used to send viagra emails that provide some scamming companies with up to $150 million a year! source; do not let your computer hacked into, do not buy cheap and untrustworthy products over the Internet!)
I hope Regina will be able to answer Inde's original question:
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Originally Posted by Inde
I do have to ask though why the euro's get the attention for security and not the main guildwars.com page? I'm not trying to put one country against another so please don't turn this into that. But I noticed on the EU page that not only do they have a link to a security software to the left-hand side (yes it's an advertisement but still) and then this news posting that's on their front page but not on the main gw.com page. I just wanted to note the emphasis and difference between these 2 pages (maybe the updating of the main gw.com page though is just a little slower).
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Last edited by Fril Estelin; Jun 23, 2008 at 10:40 AM // 10:40..
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Jul 01, 2008, 02:00 AM // 02:00
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#32
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Lion's Arch Merchant
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: In a chair
Profession: R/Mo
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Woah! Those People who are doing this are going way to far and this is not funny at all I didn't even know about this until I saw this thread. ANet needs to post this up somewhere where more people can see it.
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Jul 04, 2008, 12:47 AM // 00:47
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#34
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Ascalonian Squire
Join Date: Jul 2008
Guild: La Garde De L Aube
Profession: R/Mo
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wierd that its on Europe's page. i cant wait to get my invite to beta.
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