Curse

PlasticBlue · Jun 18, 2008, 06:21 PM // 18:21

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 -_-

Pleikki · Jun 19, 2008, 03:36 AM // 03:36

Uhm Yeah thats Harsh.. :S

DarkFlame · Jun 19, 2008, 03:52 AM // 03:52

Its been added to the American GW page. The announcements tab in the login screen also, more or less, reflects this.

Nessar · Jun 19, 2008, 04:04 AM // 04:04

Wow..Thats Bad o.o

*bump*

HawkofStorms · Jun 19, 2008, 04:14 AM // 04:14

Sticky please?

Operative 14 · Jun 19, 2008, 07:37 AM // 07:37

It would seem prudent to report these E-mails if we get them, but who to?

Lord Sojar · Jun 19, 2008, 10:18 AM // 10:18

Quote:

Originally Posted by Operative 14

It would seem prudent to report these E-mails if we get them, but who to?

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.

Tatile · Jun 19, 2008, 10:44 AM // 10:44

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...

Evil_Necro · Jun 23, 2008, 08:12 AM // 08:12

thanks for the heads up! I think I know someone got it from my friend list, and luckly she didnt fall for this

Kamatsu · Jun 23, 2008, 10:17 AM // 10:17

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*

Fril Estelin · Jun 23, 2008, 10:38 AM // 10:38

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:

Quote:

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).

russiansteven · Jul 01, 2008, 02:00 AM // 02:00

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.

fusa · Jul 01, 2008, 02:10 AM // 02:10

You can forward those emails to [email protected] along with any other scam/spam email you receive. Outlook and probably some other email clients will let you set rules, so if you receive a spam email its automatically forwarded to [email protected]

rynodread · Jul 04, 2008, 12:47 AM // 00:47

wierd that its on Europe's page. i cant wait to get my invite to beta.