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[–]ScreamingAloudInside 6 points7 points ago

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Ah, was so fun to see the cute private message phishers on my old mmo spouting things like: "UR ACCOUNT HAVE BEEN DETECTED AS CHEATING. PLEASE TRAVEL TO BUTTLENAT.BR.AU.ORG.COM AND ENTER YOUR DETAILS. IF NO THAN YOU WILL BE BANND."

[–][deleted] 2 points3 points ago

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yeah, honestly, it's like they don't even try anymore :P

[–]Not_trolling_or_am_I 1 point2 points ago

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Actually some put a lot of effort IMO...

Check this mail I just got. I don't own WoW though.

[–]dustontheground 0 points1 point ago

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I don't think that you're trolling, but the guy who sent the email definitely is.

[–]thePJA 3 points4 points ago

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My WoW account that I haven't used in 2 years (Got to level 7. Quit WoW.) was hacked, and apparently used for gold farming. I sent in a ticket, letting them know that I haven't used it and I don't care for the WoW account, so they said "Oops our bad. Here's your account back and all the items and gold that was on the characters."

I still haven't re-downloaded it to collect my free items and gold.

[–]ETL4nubs 3 points4 points ago

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Happened to me too. I was a level 74 and the person hacked me, leveled me to 80, got me epic flying and all that, maxed out both professions, and had an inventory FILLED with random gems and Earthstorm Diamonds. I also got a free month paid for. When it happened there was no game time on the account, so they paid to hack it. No complaints.

[–]Lavaburp 2 points3 points ago

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It was most likley hacked and sold.

[–]quakank 1 point2 points ago

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My WoW account was hacked after a couple years of inactivity as well. Got sent a free authenticator which I now use for SC2 :D

[–]thePJA 0 points1 point ago

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Hm I should look into doing this!

[–]mini_painter_mark 1 point2 points ago

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I get 3 of these a day for WoW, at least one for Rift, and one or two a week from Aion.....I never played Aion.

[–]Indigoh 0 points1 point ago

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I played runescape some time ago and recently got an email like this telling me someone apparently had hacked my account. I wouldn't have responded even if it was legitimate. Also, I don't recall giving runescape my email in the first place.

[–]NeoScout 0 points1 point ago

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I've gotten alot of those email lately, really annoying.