BioWare Warns of Nefarious Old Republic Beta Scams

[Scott Bullock]

BioWare Warns of Nefarious Old Republic Beta Scams

We all want access to Star Wars: The Old Republic's beta, but BioWare warns that the internet is rife with frauds ands scams.

Writing on The Old Republic's SWTOR.com [http://www.swtor.com/community/showthread.php?t=283091].[/B]"

But the scams don't end there. Fake e-mail invites to the program, masquerading as official BioWare invites, have been found, and will often lead to an official-looking site hoping to trick you out of your credit information. BioWare stresses that any real invite will come from [email protected]. "Any other e-mail address claiming to offer an invitation is likely to be a scam."

BioWare warns that anyone trying to sell you access to the beta is a scammer, trying to part you from your "money, credit card information, or identity." It also says that no matter how excited you may be for Star Wars: The Old Republic, your security is more important.

And for those of you entertaining the thought of buying or selling a real beta account, "The sale of accounts with access to the Game Testing Program is strictly prohibited by the Game Testing Agreement," and any accounts that are found to have been traded or sold are immediately banned.

What is this world coming to when you can't even trust a beta invite?

Source: Eurogamer [http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2011-03-21-bioware-warns-of-swtor-beta-scams]

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[PixelKing]

Selling beta keys?
Seriously?

 

[Crazy_Man_42]

And this is why I don't go for the beta key and also because every computer I have can't handle this game.

Got to keep saving up for a new computer

 

[xDHxD148L0]

I wouldnt buy a beta key sometimes its better just to wait for the retail release of the game, it gets me more hype when I can go into a game fresh not knowing a lot about it.

 

[Tireseas_v1legacy]

In other news: The sky is apparently blue...

 

[JediMB]

What is this world coming to when you can't even trust a beta invite?

*looks at the eighty-eleven Cataclysm "beta invites" he got*

Oh, a terrible world, indeed...

 

[thenumberthirteen]

BioWare stresses that any real invite will come from [email protected]. "Any other e-mail address claiming to offer an invitation is likely to be a scam."

Correct me if I'm wrong, but can't you easily send an e-mail from whatever address you want?

 

[jp201]

What is this world coming to when you can't even trust a beta invite?

*looks at the eighty-eleven Cataclysm "beta invites" he got*

Oh, a terrible world, indeed...

Yeah I got a ton of those also.

Its really nothing new phising emails.

 

[swytchblayd]

Isn't this kinda "duh"?

Basic rule of thumb for Life, 101: "If it sounds too good to be true... it probably is."

What is this world coming to when you can't even trust a beta invite?

*looks at the eighty-eleven Cataclysm "beta invites" he got*

Oh, a terrible world, indeed...

I've gotten those... and I've never even owned WoW, let alone played it >

 

[D Moness]

Isn't this kinda "duh"?

Basic rule of thumb for Life, 101: "If it sounds too good to be true... it probably is."

What is this world coming to when you can't even trust a beta invite?

*looks at the eighty-eleven Cataclysm "beta invites" he got*

Oh, a terrible world, indeed...

I've gotten those... and I've never even owned WoW, let alone played it >

Same here they even kept sending them after cataclysm was on sale as well

 

[Fappy]

Why would someone pay to play a BETA version of a game? You're essentially paying to do what people in the industry consider WORK. That's pretty damn backwards.

 

[Danpascooch]

Selling beta keys?
Seriously?

Is that surprising? It's an insanely anticipated title, if I thought I could get away with it I would gladly drop $25 for a key.

 

[seditary]

What is this world coming to when you can't even trust a beta invite?

*looks at the eighty-eleven Cataclysm "beta invites" he got*

Oh, a terrible world, indeed...

Heh, I was still getting Cata beta invites 3 weeks after it released...

 

[JediMB]

BioWare stresses that any real invite will come from [email protected]. "Any other e-mail address claiming to offer an invitation is likely to be a scam."

Correct me if I'm wrong, but can't you easily send an e-mail from whatever address you want?

You are correct.

All WoW-related spam I get is seemingly sent from [email protected], or something along those lines.

What you have to pay attention to is where the links in the e-mail go.

 

[thenumberthirteen]

BioWare stresses that any real invite will come from [email protected]. "Any other e-mail address claiming to offer an invitation is likely to be a scam."

Correct me if I'm wrong, but can't you easily send an e-mail from whatever address you want?

You are correct.

All WoW-related spam I get is seemingly sent from [email protected], or something along those lines.

What you have to pay attention to is where the links in the e-mail go.

Thought so. I remember coding a program to send E-mails in my web design course.