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General discussion (archive)OMG soemone is trying to steal my STOR account!(29 posts)(29 posts)
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Posted January 14, 2012
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Psyringe: What would be the difference?
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Tantrix: Less scam threats for one thing.
Well, as you can see from the OP )and my own post), you do get those scams no matter whether you actually have an account or not. I never had a WoW account, still I've received hundreds of spam mails about that (non-existing!) account. The scammers simply grab all mail addresses that they can get, and bombard them with said scam mails.
Posted January 14, 2012
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Tantrix: Less scam threats for one thing.
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Psyringe: Well, as you can see from the OP )and my own post), you do get those scams no matter whether you actually have an account or not. I never had a WoW account, still I've received hundreds of spam mails about that (non-existing!) account. The scammers simply grab all mail addresses that they can get, and bombard them with said scam mails.
oh I see
Posted January 14, 2012
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Sogi-Ya: I also got a Email from "best Dick" who wanted to sell me some cock enhancing pills the other week, I'm sure that was related to my MMO gaming too!
Sure it is related. Everybody needs some e-peen enhancing pills, right? :)
Posted January 14, 2012
This reminds me of the time I got a SPEEDING TICKET of all things via E-mail. One thing, I don't drive and another it was for New York City, a place I've never been.
Posted January 14, 2012
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Psyringe: What would be the difference?
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Tantrix: Less scam threats for one thing.
Why? You get these scam emails whether you have an account or not. I would hope most people these days are fairly wary of phishing scams like this (if you aren't you're likely to fall for a banking one, which is much worse than falling for a MMO one, imo). Hell, my email service provider actually rewrites emails if the href URL does not match what's shown and warns you of phising (also digs deeply into the sender and displays it). It's hard to believe that a lot of people think that official Blizzard email is emailed from gdfyiwg@yahoo.com
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chaosbeast: Unfortunately, these scam mails do work with a lot of people. I work at a consumer advocacy group and I'd get a few phone calls a week of people who'd been had.
Of course they work, but for every person who calls you I guarantee there's 10,000 or more that simply deleted the email because they knew it was bullshit.
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Darktrooper1138: This reminds me of the time I got a SPEEDING TICKET of all things via E-mail. One thing, I don't drive and another it was for New York City, a place I've never been.
Parking tickets scams are, likewise, on the rise.
Post edited January 14, 2012 by orcishgamer
Posted January 14, 2012
I also at some point got some about a WOW account that I don't have. And I think there was some to do with paypal a little while ago.
Posted January 14, 2012
Does anyone here got the Bioware's mail about the EA password (if I remember correctly) which needed to be changed some time ago? The mail itself looked a lot like those phishing thingies, only after huge research and verification from their employee did I click the link :)
Posted January 14, 2012
My goodness ... have a look at the mail that just hit my inbox:

UNITED NATIONS: (We the people... A stronger UN for a better word)

Attention:
You may not understand why this email came to you. We have been having a meeting for the passed 7 months which ended 2 days ago with the then secretary to the UNITED NATIONS.This email is to all the people that have been scammed in any part of the world, the UNITED NATIONS have agreed to compensate them with the sum of USD USD $850,000 (Eight hundred and fifty thousand United State Dollars Only) This also includes every foreign contractors that may have not received their contract sum, and people that have had an unfinished transaction or international businesses that failed due to Government problems etc.

We found your name in our list and that is why we are contacting you, this has been agreed upon and have been signed. You are advised to contact Mr.Donald Uzo. You are advice to get in contact with the United Nations Representative Mr.Donald Uzo and provide him with below information.

Full Name:
Address:
Telephone Number:

Country

Person to Contact Mr.Donald Uzo
Email: (deleted)
Cell Phone (deleted)

Thanks and God bless you and your family. Hoping to hear from you as soon as you cash your Fund.

Making the world a better place.

Regards,
I hadn't seen that one before. I'm ... speechless. Which happens quite rarely. :)
Posted January 14, 2012
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Sogi-Ya: lolol, yeah their are several online sites out there that ask for my real name (first middle & last).

as far as they know momma named me "Noneya Foo Kinbizness"
LOL.

Oh man what a terrible scam attempt that was. They havent even researched a bit to check who published the game.
Posted January 14, 2012
For those who don't know: you get those emails from buying anything from cdkey or gold selling sites. These sites are nearly always linked to very shady people who hack accounts to steal your gold or credits - I often buy cdkeys off those sites to save some money (they're always authentic too - I check forums before making the move) and so far on every email address I used for them, I got these spam mails.
Posted January 14, 2012
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Sogi-Ya: I also got a Email from "best Dick" who wanted to sell me some cock enhancing pills the other week, I'm sure that was related to my MMO gaming too!
I think I'm starting to get emails from is brother "Best Penis"
Posted January 14, 2012
What I find funny is that I never receive these emails on the account that I use to play WoW with but receive them all the time on those that I don't.
Posted January 15, 2012
Just recently, I got a phone call from a guy with a thick Indian accent claiming to be from Windows who wanted to help me, because my computer was "downloading viruses".

I ask him: "You from Microsoft?"

He goes: " No, I'm from Windows support"

I ask him: "Then, you won't mind telling me what version of Windows I'm using?"

He goes: "you'll have to talk to my supervisor to get that information"

I ask him: "Sir, how can you be privy to incoming/outgoing internet traffic on my computer if you aren't my ISP?"

He goes: "We are affiliated to your ISP"

I ask him: "In that case, you won't mind telling me who is my ISP?"

He goes: "you'll have to talk to my supervisor to get that information"

After some talking getting nowhere, I tell him: "Ok, I'll turn on my computer and then you tell me what to do" *My computer is on Linux and offline, I do nothing*

He goes: "Ok, tell me when your computer is on"

I tell him: "Ok, my computer is on [still on Linux and offline], tell me what to do"

*He hangs up* (guess he figured from the tone of my voice that I wasn't taking him seriously).

It would dismiss cases like that as just pathetic if it wasn't for the fact that some people probably fall for it and get data/money stolen.
Post edited January 15, 2012 by Magnitus
Posted January 15, 2012
off topic :
http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showpost.php?p=28514193&postcount=1
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