Curse

SomeSayImFamous · Jan 07, 2010, 09:39 PM // 21:39

When you receive this message at the same time means that you have a routine account of our recent examination, was checking your account we have the evidence to prove that involved in the controversial game currency transaction so we had to take the necessary measures.
Please visit our web site https://secure.ncsoft.com/ as soon as possible to activate your account or we will suspend your account.

The NCsoft Team

I dont even play Aion and do not even have one on my ncsoft account is this a scam right here? I didnt click on the link I deleted the email right away.

gone · Jan 07, 2010, 09:45 PM // 21:45

yes it is a scam.

Martin Firestorm · Jan 07, 2010, 09:45 PM // 21:45

Same here--got mine this morning, and I don't have an aion account. Forwarded to Gaile.

SomeSayImFamous · Jan 07, 2010, 09:47 PM // 21:47

Oh ok, Well I just wanted to know I usually stay away from that stuff. My master acct and my gwars acct has been hacked 3-4 times now and luckily everytime support has gotten it back to me in a day everytime. Its just frustrating how ppl go out of there way for a game. I mean literally.

gone · Jan 07, 2010, 09:55 PM // 21:55

Quote:

Originally Posted by SomeSayImFamous

Oh ok, Well I just wanted to know I usually stay away from that stuff. My master acct and my gwars acct has been hacked 3-4 times now and luckily everytime support has gotten it back to me in a day everytime. Its just frustrating how ppl go out of there way for a game. I mean literally.

make no mistake, they aren't going out of their way for a game. it's cash they are after.

SomeSayImFamous · Jan 07, 2010, 09:56 PM // 21:56

Quote:

Originally Posted by flubber

make no mistake, they aren't going out of their way for a game. it's cash they are after.

Yeah True but they dont know whats on an acct and honestly mine is useless as I use every dime on titles.

End · Jan 07, 2010, 10:51 PM // 22:51

Everyone seems to be getting these emails....kinda makes me sad

I don't get any...

Quaker · Jan 07, 2010, 10:58 PM // 22:58

Quote:

Originally Posted by SomeSayImFamous

When you receive this message at the same time means that you have a routine account of our recent examination, was checking your account we have the evidence to prove that involved in the controversial game currency transaction so we had to take the necessary measures.
Please visit our web site https://secure.ncsoft.com/ as soon as possible to activate your account or we will suspend your account.

The poor grammar makes me think it's a scam. When you cursor over URL, does it show the same URL at the bottom of the window (or wherever your browser would show it)? That secure.ncsoft.com URL seems legit, but in the actual e-mail you'd probably find that it's really some other URL.

But, oddly enough I got an e-mail like that one time that actually was legit. Someone in the same ISP as me made a small typo when making an account and the confirmation e-mail ended up going to me.

C4RB1N3 · Jan 07, 2010, 11:36 PM // 23:36

lol wow these hackers never quit do they,..yeah there is ALOT of hacking attempts towards this game because it was just launched and in game currency and items are in high demand for RMT(sadly...)and these gold sellers and such cant reach demand with all there bots FINALLY getting banned so they turn to stealing from real players.and they way they get your email is through forums just like this, so a good suggestion is to set everything so that no one can see it but you, and also spread the word that plaync.com and ncsoft.com are the ONLY websites that belong to NCsoft .

HawkofStorms · Jan 08, 2010, 12:01 AM // 00:01

REMOVE THAT LINK IMMEDIATELY

It likely contains keyloggers.

The actual site is secure.plaync.com

GODh · Jan 08, 2010, 12:41 AM // 00:41

I get 2 to 5 of this kind of email per day... most are for WoW, and i dont even play that. In the email they ask me to fill in some details about my account (including password, lol) so that they can "verify" it. Yeah right, i think you must be pretty stupid to fall for that. Although there are probably some ignorant people who click on everythting...

Gift3d · Jan 08, 2010, 03:29 AM // 03:29

Quote:

Originally Posted by HawkofStorms

REMOVE THAT LINK IMMEDIATELY

It likely contains keyloggers.

The actual site is secure.plaync.com

you are an idiot.

the link on here leads you to the official ncsoft website

these emails have an alternate href, but since op c/p'd the plaintext and not the html, it shows up as the real url because the forum software does that automatically. i got the email as well and the alternate href links to a misspelled fake website.

not to mention secure.plaync.com is a nonexistant url. that's like a hat-trick fail, 3 in a row. congratulations buddy!

and just for the record, these are phishing emails, and you cannot get download and execute a virus on your computer from simply clicking on a link.

gone · Jan 08, 2010, 03:57 AM // 03:57

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gift3d

you cannot get download and execute a virus on your computer from simply clicking on a link.

if you are using an email client that allows scripting...

Gift3d · Jan 08, 2010, 04:45 AM // 04:45

Quote:

Originally Posted by flubber

if you are using an email client that allows scripting...

if you're using outdated email "clients" and not using any antivirus or firewall you deserve to get the living shit hacked out of you, and in this example i'm giving the people on guru the benefit of the doubt by assuming we aren't *total* idiots. don't prove me wrong, pretty please?

gone · Jan 08, 2010, 05:01 AM // 05:01

but you just said...

Quote:

you cannot get download and execute a virus on your computer from simply clicking on a link.

now it's outdated email clients, AV programs, and firewalls..deserve has nothing to do with it.

I'm glad to see you think the internets and it's inhabitants are up to snuff.

the following links are just for you.
http://www.us-cert.gov/reading_room/virus.html#virus

http://www.microsoft.com/protect/fra...ng/reduce.aspx

HawkofStorms · Jan 08, 2010, 06:18 AM // 06:18

I wouldn't normally bother responding, but since you are being so snarky.

https://secure.plaync.com/cgi-bin/pl...pl?language=en

That's the link that is a redirect to the secure.ncsoft.com which is the ACTUAL link posted on Aion's website.
http://na.aiononline.com/

Thus, when I saw the two being different, I was initially so suspicious.

Damma · Jan 08, 2010, 09:16 AM // 09:16

Is this for real? Has anyone else gotten an email like this? Doesn't seem the correct way to be written. The subject line in the email says
"Aion Account Check". I haven't even looked into the Aion game at anytime.My husband plays GW too and he never got one.We never trade,buy or sell to anyone.

From: NCsoft Support ([email protected])
Subject: Aion Account Check
When you receive this message at the same time means that you have a routine account of our recent examination, was checking your account we have the evidence to prove that involved in the controversial game currency transaction so we had to take the necessary measures.
Please visit our web site (I deleted) as soon as possible to activate your account or we will suspend your account.

The NCsoft Team

I deleted the link just incase..

remus longblade · Jan 08, 2010, 09:22 AM // 09:22

No. It's not legit. If you copy pasted that, look at the address: it's not support(at)ncsoft.com, it's a very close support(at)nsoft.com. They removed a letter (the c) hoping you wouldn't notice. Along with the numerous grammatical errors, there's a huge chance it's just a phishing scam.

I'd report the email address to NCSoft and see what they can do about it.

MisterB · Jan 08, 2010, 09:30 AM // 09:30

Quote:

Originally Posted by remus longblade

there's a huge chance it's just a phishing scam.

I would say it's a probability of 100%. Forward it to support(but use the correct email address; the email you received is fake), block the sender, delete it, trash it, forget about it.

Damma · Jan 08, 2010, 09:31 AM // 09:31

Thank you,will be reporting it to them right away.