I just got an unsolicited whisper in game...
Mod Edit: Image removed as GWG does not allow names to be published, as well as showing the link to the fake site. Please remove all names, and the link, from the image if you wish it to be displayed.
When I went to the site it looks official...
However the address at the top is very strange and when you click on the link they ask for your email AND password for your current account.
Anet never requires you to give them your password, they have it already if you give them your email account or account name.
I believe this is a scam and people should be made aware of it....
Note* I left the name and link in the image so people could be made aware of what was being sent, there is no question of the senders intention.
The link was displayed so people knew what to avoid, and so Anet could look at it and see if legal action was inorder.
Removing both of these from the image leaves me with a screen shot of several blacked out lines of text and nothing else..........
WARNING! New scam..
Crom The Pale
Ghost Recon
You have to be quite stupid to belive that site is legit and a moron to give them your username/password.
Also block out that name or GWG will remove the pic.
Also block out that name or GWG will remove the pic.
ravensong
Definitely a scam, I say!
...too suspicious....especially the fact you need to give password ..
...too suspicious....especially the fact you need to give password ..
Etta
It's a scam, no doubt about it. Can't post his name though.
Brianna
I bet he's only PMing people with FoW armor and high end stuff, But I honestly think you'd have to be a monkey to fall for that one.
Mordakai
Hmm, I wonder if Anet should have a announcement come on your screen when you first start playing reitering the "Protect your account" statement on the login screen.
Yes, it's redundent. Yes, people are stupid. But, if it saves one person some grief, it's worth it.
On a side note, has anyone ever gotten anything from www.guildwars.com/newsletter ?
There's an ad in the GWEN "Manuscript" for GW2 Beta info, and I went to sign up for the newsletter, and it said I was already signed up for the newletter.
Yes, it's redundent. Yes, people are stupid. But, if it saves one person some grief, it's worth it.
On a side note, has anyone ever gotten anything from www.guildwars.com/newsletter ?
There's an ad in the GWEN "Manuscript" for GW2 Beta info, and I went to sign up for the newsletter, and it said I was already signed up for the newletter.
Sarevok Thordin
No page even loaded for me thanks to NoScript LOL.
Shakkara
Actually something similiar has popped up on a few auction sites in the netherlands too (free gw beta keys for auction, click this link, blah blah).
zwei2stein
here is what you should do:
go to that scam site.
examine it.
write short script that keeps on reloading page, filling garbage in email/password form
go get cup of tea.
depending on how fast your connection is, by time you are done with tea and cookies, poor scammer has propably huge pile of useless stuff in results and can as well just give up on it. You can also just let it run overnight if its possible.
It's quite a fun. Especially if you have couple of proxy servers you can switch from time to tine and if you have engine that genereates "beliveable" garbage email addresses and passwords.
go to that scam site.
examine it.
write short script that keeps on reloading page, filling garbage in email/password form
go get cup of tea.
depending on how fast your connection is, by time you are done with tea and cookies, poor scammer has propably huge pile of useless stuff in results and can as well just give up on it. You can also just let it run overnight if its possible.
It's quite a fun. Especially if you have couple of proxy servers you can switch from time to tine and if you have engine that genereates "beliveable" garbage email addresses and passwords.
Government Flu
Wait a minute, was someone selling a glod swork? That definitely seems like a scam to me.
As well as those PMs. Just don't go to any site you don't trust, especially if it's from someone you don't know. A little common sense will go a long way.
As well as those PMs. Just don't go to any site you don't trust, especially if it's from someone you don't know. A little common sense will go a long way.
helldrik
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Originally Posted by zwei2stein
here is what you should do:
go to that scam site. examine it. write short script that keeps on reloading page, filling garbage in email/password form go get cup of tea. depending on how fast your connection is, by time you are done with tea and cookies, poor scammer has propably huge pile of useless stuff in results and can as well just give up on it. You can also just let it run overnight if its possible. It's quite a fun. Especially if you have couple of proxy servers you can switch from time to tine and if you have engine that genereates "beliveable" garbage email addresses and passwords. |
the idea of scam the scammer is very fascinating...
I think Ill give it a try scripting something
8 hours of nightly connection...............................22 € cent with mastercard
new version of your favorite programming suite........xx € with mastercard
program a script to scam scammers.......................priceless!
sry for the OT :P
bhavv
Ok, I just visited the site and gave them my username and password. I cant wait to try out GW2!!! YAY! JOY!.... Omg omg, give me GW2 beta now now now...
/sarcasm off.
/sarcasm off.
Burning Blade
report him i would say
onerabbit
i lol'd ...
who in there right mind would put ur email/password in a website u never seen and a random person u never heard from before...
who in there right mind would put ur email/password in a website u never seen and a random person u never heard from before...
Code=007
it's down, probably due to bandwitdth limits ñ_ñ
TheRaven
Yeah, I see these things all the time on Yahoo.answers. Little kiddie hackers put up questions like:
"Do you play GW?? Check out this great site!!!! www.scamsrus.com. My little sister got 100 platinum from them for registering!!! Just enter your account and password and they automatically dump free gold in it."
Unfortunately, Yahoo answers is full of little kiddies that fall for it.
"Do you play GW?? Check out this great site!!!! www.scamsrus.com. My little sister got 100 platinum from them for registering!!! Just enter your account and password and they automatically dump free gold in it."
Unfortunately, Yahoo answers is full of little kiddies that fall for it.
Roo Ella
Sort of similar to what I seen in local chat yesterday but this guy
was advertising a gold site I just ignored it.
About a min later someone else warned people in the local chat that they checked the site out
and it asked you for your user name and password so they could deliver the bought gold direct to your account without
trade showing up to anet system or some c%&p like that.
Year right as if anyone would fall for that trick.
was advertising a gold site I just ignored it.
About a min later someone else warned people in the local chat that they checked the site out
and it asked you for your user name and password so they could deliver the bought gold direct to your account without
trade showing up to anet system or some c%&p like that.
Year right as if anyone would fall for that trick.
Arren Knez
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On a side note, has anyone ever gotten anything from www.guildwars.com/newsletter ?
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some one has to be complete idiot to give out their information to a website that they heared of from some random pm in game. i've seen similar sites for other instances, like paypal. no company is ever gonna ask for information from you and if they do its gonna be information that its useless to everyone, like NC support asking for cd keys if you need help.
Divine Slaya
I highly doubt this is a new scam. I'm sure this has been done many times before in different ways, but the truth is, most people are smart enough to realize that this is a scam. If you were to enter your account information into a site like that, you deserved to be scammed.
Onarik Amrak
OMG GW2 Beta! I want in!
/click
/click
/click
/click
/click
/click
EternalTempest
hmmm unless visting the web page tries to hijack your computer
could alway use:
E-mail: [email protected]
Pass: canwebuildityeswecan
or something related to Barney, Teletubies, or your favorite kids show
could alway use:
E-mail: [email protected]
Pass: canwebuildityeswecan
or something related to Barney, Teletubies, or your favorite kids show
Wilkon Dawes
i also got that message from a guy name "*removed*" and lucky i really dont give out my username or password to anything i own.
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Wilkon Dawes
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Originally Posted by EternalTempest
hmmm unless visting the web page tries to hijack your computer
could alway use: E-mail: [email protected] Pass: canwebuildityeswecan or something related to Barney, Teletubies, or your favorite kids show |
Nemo the Capitalist
Omgosh I Played Beta That Site Works :d
Darkobra
I would spam the website to hell if I didn't have the suspicion that just visiting it could keylog me. Let's just say my Scottish vocabulary puts the Guru's censor to shame.
RPGmaniac
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Originally Posted by Wilkon Dawes
i also got that message from a guy name "*removed*" and lucky i really dont give out my username or password to anything i own.
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There's always gonna be someone out there who will fall for that. Doesn't matter how many times you tell them not to go to sites they don't know, someone out there will do it and whine to Anet when their account gets hacked.
reverse_oreo
should keep his name on that picture so people can whisper him and badger him right back. Also so anet can ban him for scamming. Seriously, if someone is scamming, posting their name should not be an issue.
Antheus
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Originally Posted by Ghost Recon
You have to be quite stupid to belive that site is legit and a moron to give them your username/password.
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Smile Like Umean It
That's a generous number. Hate to say it, but I doubt the majority of GW players know better. Whether it's because they're young, naive or just thoughtless I don't know.
nw0
That's a pretty obvious scam... but then again, not everyone's as familiar with internet scams as some of us geeks are. 
As long as you remember that A-Net would neither contact you by whisper or ask for your log-in info, you should be fine.
zwei2stein's post reminds me of a popular web page where a guy turned the tables on his internet-thieving neighbors. Feel free to PM me if you want the link... I think it's probably too far off topic for this post.
zwei2stein's post reminds me of a popular web page where a guy turned the tables on his internet-thieving neighbors. Feel free to PM me if you want the link... I think it's probably too far off topic for this post.
Diablo???
bam23
HOLY CRAP!...
Someone is selling a green monk staff!!
Someone is selling a green monk staff!!
Crom The Pale
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FYI - I didn't fall for this silly scam, but since many people playing GW are younger I thought posting this might save some poor kid a lot of grief.
I've know a few people, myself included, that tend to jump on an opportunity fast then think imediately after...OH DEAR! What have I done!!
In my old age gotta go with the Ounce of Prevention.......
M1h4iL
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So, only 5000 accounts will be stolen?
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I suspect many skilled W/Mo's with mending, healing hands and a fiery dragon sword will fall victim to this scam, what a shame hmm?
WildmouseX
even though there's already an "it's a trap" pic here......
Smile Like Umean It
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even though there's already an "it's a trap" pic here......
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jkyarr
Even visiting the site could have undesirable effects on your computer. If these scammers have gone to that much trouble its not inconceivable that the web page itself pushes some variety of monitoring on to your machine and then steals your GW account/ bank accounts / ID the next time you log in to any of those places from that machine.
Until Anet publishes documentation stating that they intend to use in-game links to promote their real world marketing campaigns (which I doubt they'll ever do) don't click a link or visit a website from an unacquainted PC who PMs you in game!
Who cares about your GW account when there are bigger fish to fry? It's the least of the things experienced hackers could steal from you. If you use the same computer that Mommy and Daddy do their online banking on to play Guild Wars and you visited these type of websites its time to tell them the truth before their accounts are emptied.
Until Anet publishes documentation stating that they intend to use in-game links to promote their real world marketing campaigns (which I doubt they'll ever do) don't click a link or visit a website from an unacquainted PC who PMs you in game!
Who cares about your GW account when there are bigger fish to fry? It's the least of the things experienced hackers could steal from you. If you use the same computer that Mommy and Daddy do their online banking on to play Guild Wars and you visited these type of websites its time to tell them the truth before their accounts are emptied.
Chthon
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Originally Posted by jkyarr
Even visiting the site could have undesirable effects on your computer. If these scammers have gone to that much trouble its not inconceivable that the web page itself pushes some variety of monitoring on to your machine and then steals your GW account/ bank accounts / ID the next time you log in to any of those places from that machine.
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As a general rule, well over 99% of dubious sites are safe to "just visit" using a fully-updated version of firefox or opera, backed up by active AV software, and, of course, a fully-updated version of Windows XP (GDI exploit FTL... heh). And the majority of that remaining 1% are safe if all scripts disabled in the browser (go go gadget no-script extension!).
I'd further add that, when someone lacks scruples and has knowledge of an unpatched browser vulnerability that allows arbitrary code execution upon merely viewing a webpage, they tend to go straight to bank and credit card fraud and kinda skip small potatoes like stealing GW accounts. Bank account vs GW account... same amount of work... which would you steal?
HawkofStorms
I find it out that the OP claims this is a "new scam" but this is really THE OLDEST scam in the book.