Go Phish? Beware of Phising Scams!
Phishing is a type of deception designed to steal your valuable personal data, such as credit card numbers, passwords, account data, or other information. I’ve recently seen quite a few discussions going on about accounts being hijacked after a visit to a site that someone thought was an official Xbox site. These sites often claim they’re offering free Microsoft Points or a variety of other free things but that’s not what they really are. They are sites looking to gain your personal information including email address and passwords in order to access to your Xbox Live accounts. They do this by mirroring other official sites to deceive and trick you. They are not official.
Do not provide your information to any website that you are not sure about or that you can not verify. Many of these sites are posted on message boards so I suggest you make sure to double check the links before clicking or to not click at all. Don’t fall for the “free” temptation. I know it seems like a no-brainer but people do fall for this stuff. I’ve read far too many stories on accounts being hijacked after following what appeared to be an official Xbox site when in reality, it was a phishing site.
February 12th, 2008 at 1:04 pm
Bummer
Good Lookin out Deac!
February 12th, 2008 at 1:30 pm
yeah this unfortunately happens quite often. it’s no different from these “give me your information so i can boost your gamerscore” offers.
February 12th, 2008 at 1:41 pm
I recently had a “get achievements for MS points” offer across Live. I filed a complaint against the user for tampering with the Xbox or Xbox Live.
February 12th, 2008 at 2:10 pm
I wanted to let my readers know about these scams as well.
February 12th, 2008 at 2:24 pm
people stupid enough to fall for these things usually deserve it. Come on how obvious are these things…. jesus.
well its called natural selection.
February 12th, 2008 at 3:24 pm
hahaha i hope no one falls for this its so obvious
February 12th, 2008 at 3:26 pm
Please be safe people… if it sounds too good, it probably is too good.
February 12th, 2008 at 6:36 pm
ya i myself almost fell for one on the xbox forums but when i actually clicked the link it basically was set-up to look like the log-in of microsoft. And then i knew it wasn’t at all what it was supposed to be.
February 12th, 2008 at 7:09 pm
yeah you guys and girls pay CLOSE attention to this kind of thing.
February 14th, 2008 at 11:30 am
I will keep an eye out!
October 6th, 2008 at 6:01 am
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