Suspicious or what?

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Koudelka
Koudelka
Frost Gate Guardian
#1
http://img509.imageshack.us/img509/8...sorwhatvi4.png

Another ploy by account stealers?

Remember everyone: NCSoft and Arenanet will never send you an e-mail personally (unless you reported something and they're replying) in which case they'll use grammar and it won't be sent to your junk email box :P.

Merry Christmas anyway, and don't lose your account in a festive frenzy!

EDIT: Oh, and there's no way I'm opening it.
Lyynyyrd
Lyynyyrd
Banned
#2
EDIT: Oh, and there's no way I'm opening it.


Why not? :\
F
Fay Vert
Desert Nomad
#3
Posting images with your email address displayed in is a good way to get more mail like that.
Latham
Latham
Frost Gate Guardian
#4
Quote:
NCSoft and Arenanet will never send you an e-mail personally
That said, You definitely open the message ? But more to the point, I am relatively sure NC Soft can use grammar correctly, So all in all, Fishy to me !
Abedeus
Abedeus
Grotto Attendant
#5
NCsoft is spelled with a small "s". Also, thread name is lower case. Sure as hell it's a scam.
kupp
kupp
Jungle Guide
#6
Quote:
Originally Posted by Koudelka View Post
http://img253.imageshack.us/img253/5...sorwhatvj5.png

Another ploy by account stealers?

Remember everyone: NCSoft and Arenanet will never send you an e-mail personally (unless you reported something and they're replying) in which case they'll use grammar and it won't be sent to your junk email box :P.

Merry Christmas anyway, and don't lose your account in a festive frenzy!

EDIT: Oh, and there's no way I'm opening it.
You can open it, just don't reply with your login info or install any crap that might be attached to the email

Actually I'd like to see what the email says, got a couple emails from Valve regarding my steam account deletion or pending ban, and they needed my password to check any 'anomalies' I always laugh at that.
phan
phan
Wilds Pathfinder
#7
Open it
and says something like

[email protected]
passwords : icannotlie
Gun Pierson
Gun Pierson
Forge Runner
#8
Don't show your email adress in public like that. Also to minimise the chance of brute force hacking attacks, players should setup a complex password. This means at least 8 characters long with normal and capitals, numbers and special signs in it.
fantasyforever
fantasyforever
Ascalonian Squire
#9
Wow. What a scam. NCsoft wouldn't do a thread in lowercase (If they e-mailed you about a report you sent.) like Abedeus said.
a
acerbity
Frost Gate Guardian
#10
Quote:
Originally Posted by Gun Pierson View Post
Don't show your email adress in public like that. Also to minimise the chance of brute force hacking attacks, players should setup a complex password. This means at least 8 characters long with normal and capitals, numbers and special signs in it.
Would i matter?
Its not even in text form, its in an image.
If someone really wanted to brute his account they would have done it by now, no one is gunna waste their time bruting a random account.
Come to think of it, why did you even post that? its not even relevant to the thread, you act is if someone is gunna brute their account so they can read that email

OT: Open it, screenshot. You're not gunna get a virus from opening an email, and if you do, switch to a different host. Jeez, the stupidy of people these days, which is even sadder because they think they're being smart by being "cautious"
Koudelka
Koudelka
Frost Gate Guardian
#11
Just before posting the image I thought: "Is there anything in this picture there shouldn't be?". E-mail address is removed now, but tbh, they already know it, so I'm not losing sleep over it.

I wonder how they got it though...

Oh well.

Also, the content doesn't interest me, I know it's just a scam.
Gun Pierson
Gun Pierson
Forge Runner
#12
Quote:
Originally Posted by acerbity View Post
Would i matter?
Come to think of it, why did you even post that? its not even relevant to the thread, you act is if someone is gunna brute their account so they can read that email
I think the OP wisely uploaded another pic, as I clearly saw a hotmail account earlier on. So yeah it's relevant as a hotmail account can be used as gw account. Most people are no IT specialists. The info about the complex password is something I have to tell workers on a daily basis as a lot of people have their password written on their forehead sorta speak. Wanne decrease the chance of getting hacked, using a complex password helps.

That's why.
a
acerbity
Frost Gate Guardian
#13
Quote:
Originally Posted by Gun Pierson View Post
I think the OP wisely uploaded another pic, as I clearly saw a hotmail account earlier on. So yeah it's relevant as a hotmail account can be used as gw account. Most people are no IT specialists. The info about the complex password is something I have to tell workers on a daily basis as a lot of people have their password written on their forehead sorta speak. Wanne decrease the chance of getting hacked, using a complex password helps.

That's why.
Ok then, sorry, i misread you
fusa
fusa
Krytan Explorer
#14
Quote:
Originally Posted by Koudelka View Post
and it won't be sent to your junk email box :P.
Actually some of the email's I have been getting recently from PlayNC have been sent to junk mail by thunderbird, marking them as possible scam. But you're right about yours, its a fake email, and not a good idea to open. Also their message subject will end with [Incident: 01234-001234]
J
Jebus
Wilds Pathfinder
#15
Quote:
Originally Posted by phan View Post
Open it
and says something like

[email protected]
passwords : icannotlie
Or you could just not waste your time?
Konig Des Todes
Konig Des Todes
Ooo, pretty flower
#16
If Anet can add things like this then I think support might get lazy enough to forget capital letters.

But I still say it is a scam as, if I remember correctly, Anet and NCsoft doesn't delete accounts, they just perma ban them.

If you are that curious as to what might be in it, get on a old computer or a library computer or something and open it there.

Quote:
Originally Posted by phan View Post
Open it
and says something like

[email protected]
passwords : icannotlie
Don't do that! Some rapper wanna-be that plays GW has an accont and password that!
F
Fay Vert
Desert Nomad
#17
Quote:
Originally Posted by Koudelka View Post
Just before posting the image I thought: "Is there anything in this picture there shouldn't be?". E-mail address is removed now, but tbh, they already know it, so I'm not losing sleep over it.
Its still clearly visible as you have your usename on show and its @hotmail.com

Quote:
Originally Posted by Koudelka View Post
I wonder how they got it though...
Dictionary spam of random names @hotmail.com
theonetheonlybruce
theonetheonlybruce
Krytan Explorer
#18
on another note every email i ever gotten from them has always been from PlayNC Support as for the text not being caps or what not it its a replies to them its titled how u had. it i got plenty of emails from them during a account ban incident
K
Khazad Guard
Krytan Explorer
#19
Quote:
Originally Posted by Koudelka View Post
Just before posting the image I thought: "Is there anything in this picture there shouldn't be?". E-mail address is removed now, but tbh, they already know it, so I'm not losing sleep over it.
The thing is although you edited your new picture's link into the original thread, people who quoted your original message still have the link to the old picture. So it would be wise to delete the old picture from your imageshack account
M
Mechz
Frost Gate Guardian
#20
Bwahaha! Now I know one of his e-mail addresses!

Now I can mildly annoy him!

Get a grip, guys. It's not a social security number.