World of Warcraft Scams Explained Through Infographic
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One of the things that turned me off to WoW was increasingly being bugged in-game by gold farmers, scammers, and the like once my character started hitting some of the higher levels. It got to the point where if a stranger tried to contact me, my initial response was "I'm not going to give you any gold."
It is a shame you can't really see the picture, even if you open it in a new window and zoom in.
Although I play world of warcraft on a
I run into scammers mostly trying to do work for you and once the item is ready charging ridiculous amounts for it (like 100,000 gold for 1 strong troll's blood elixir) unfortunately you can just refuse the trade and tell the person to bugger off and the problem is solved
Also someone hacked my trial account (the trial had run out 3 years ago) hope the big "please pay to activate this account" screen made them all smiley and happy.
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Also someone hacked my trial account (the trial had run out 3 years ago) hope the big "please pay to activate this account" screen made them all smiley and happy.
I checked my old Hotmail some days ago, and I'd been spammed with the routine "your account has been seized for illegal activity" messages. As it happens, I updated my WoW contact address, so I knew they were all scams.
I had been getting a lot of scam mails for the e-mail addy I was using for W.o.W then I changed it to one that hardly ever gets any use one day.
I guess the spammers didn't get the memo, because I get all the real e-mail to the new addy; and still an ungodly amount of spam to the previous.
I guess the spammers didn't get the memo, because I get all the real e-mail to the new addy; and still an ungodly amount of spam to the previous.
This also applies to STEAM! DO NOT type in your info to log into a "steam" forum if one of your "friends" suddenly decides to link you something "you have to see!"
Good guide for the uninitiated. for the rest of us MMO players, DUH!
P.S. I got an email about my SC2 account password having been changed But strangely enough it wasnt sent to the primary email i had attached to it! I almost got tempted to click on the link "If you did not make these changes, please click here to report this incidence" XD
You have to go to the official website yourself and check. thought it was funny that my password was changed but it was still the same password i used XD
Good guide for the uninitiated. for the rest of us MMO players, DUH!
P.S. I got an email about my SC2 account password having been changed But strangely enough it wasnt sent to the primary email i had attached to it! I almost got tempted to click on the link "If you did not make these changes, please click here to report this incidence" XD
You have to go to the official website yourself and check. thought it was funny that my password was changed but it was still the same password i used XD
Im sellin copper. lots and lots of copper. i also have unexclusive, ultra-unrare white weapons for sale. great deals on leather belts. I make em myself. basically im selling loot from just outside silvermoon. anyone want in?
Yeah. I don't play WoW. I've never played WoW. I never will play WoW. Or any other MMO for that matter. I'd be willing to bet that they are either buying the email addresses from one gaming site or another, or they are stealing them from a gaming site. It wouldn't be cost effective to try to send emails to every email address you can find. They must be narrowing their search by people who at least play video games.Antitonic said:
I wouldn't call the power-leveling scam cheating. I'd call it shirking. In theory, (if both parties were honest in the deal), you are paying someone to play the game on your behalf. At best, this is delegating. At worst, shirking.antidonkey said:
And hell, were I less attached to my money and actually thought there was such a service that was legitimate AND I wanted to play WoW with friends I'd consider it. I have a lot more money than free time for grinding.
Hell, if blizzard was smart, they'd just let players pay a couple bucks to auto-level up. You could easily put a cap on it if you wanted of course. When I tried to play the game last, I was treated to three full god damn days of running around doing quests and killing monsters by myself before I even started to see other people with any regularity. And it took five full days before I got to a point where I could reasonably hope to find a group if I needed one. I got bored and quit long before I got to the point that I could even hope to play with the friends who goaded me to join.