Hope this topic wasn't done already, but it is a serious warning from me to you... DON'T BE AN IDIOT LIKE MYSELF.
ANYWAYS! Apparently the good mood of the holiday season has made an extreme n00b of me... I recently received a message via xbox live from one of my known friends in my friends list, and thought he was helping me out by giving me a heads up about a new update for xbox in the spring...
Not my best of moment, nor was it at all the case.
Moral of the story is: DO NOT FOR ANY REASON visit and/or log in to a website with this address (http://xboxspringupdate.999xx.com/) or any of a similar fashion. They have an interface that looks exactly like xbox.com, and I personally thought I was just signing into the website... God knows I will never trust any "free" thing offered to me in my lifetime, and for my friends that I play online with, I'll see you in a few weeks?
...and so you post the link, with a caption? Perhaps just listing the site without url tags would be more wise. Anyway, I mainly just ignore more of the messages I get on XBL, except from friends that I actually know.
ChocoCake: ...and so you post the link, with a caption? Perhaps just listing the site without url tags would be more wise. Anyway, I mainly just ignore more of the messages I get on XBL, except from friends that I actually know.
Again, not my best moment and written in a fit of rage... Apparently Xbox has a "support team" working on this issue already... So when I called them thinking I had an answer, I find out they've known for awhile and have not sent out a mass message to the rest of their loyal gaming community... I'm livid to say the least.
I clicked on it, and then when the chick appeared I backed out. :-\
EDIT : The site didn't do anything. Didn't even look like xbox.com or anything, it was something else. Oh, and the chick was just talking about advertising stuff on the internet.
EDIT again : Oh! I took off the other parentheses. It looked like xbox.com, but a few differences. xbox.com's sign in is on the left and an ad on the right, while the phishing site is on the right with an ad further right.
Spartan Bannana: Happened to a few other friends o' mine too, hope to hear from you soon.
What did they steal? Did they just hack their account, or take their credit card numbers?
Either way, screw Microsoft and go straight to your local PD because that stuff is illegal.
They've been taking accounts, which in turn, can be used to take credit card numbers if the person has used a credit card to buy MS points. But I agree, go to the Police(though god knows all Colorado PD's are useless) and they might at least try to track these people down
Spartan Bannana: Happened to a few other friends o' mine too, hope to hear from you soon.
What did they steal? Did they just hack their account, or take their credit card numbers?
Either way, screw Microsoft and go straight to your local PD because that stuff is illegal.
They've been taking accounts, which in turn, can be used to take credit card numbers if the person has used a credit card to buy MS points. But I agree, go to the Police(though god knows all Colorado PD's are useless) and they might at least try to track these people down
That or the FBI. No, seriously, that sounds weird, but that stuff is ILLEGAL! Even if Microsoft doesn't care, your local FBI agency will.
Spartan Bannana: Happened to a few other friends o' mine too, hope to hear from you soon.
What did they steal? Did they just hack their account, or take their credit card numbers?
Either way, screw Microsoft and go straight to your local PD because that stuff is illegal.
They've been taking accounts, which in turn, can be used to take credit card numbers if the person has used a credit card to buy MS points. But I agree, go to the Police(though god knows all Colorado PD's are useless) and they might at least try to track these people down
That or the FBI. No, seriously, that sounds weird, but that stuff is ILLEGAL! Even if Microsoft doesn't care, your local FBI agency will.
Mmm... like I said above, I talked with xbox about it, and they apparently have some sort of "support team" working on this whole thing... It just makes me angry that they didn't send out some sort of mass message letting everyone know, which is kinda my job here... God knows that this thread will mainly be ignored though...
Spartan Bannana: Happened to a few other friends o' mine too, hope to hear from you soon.
What did they steal? Did they just hack their account, or take their credit card numbers?
Either way, screw Microsoft and go straight to your local PD because that stuff is illegal.
They've been taking accounts, which in turn, can be used to take credit card numbers if the person has used a credit card to buy MS points. But I agree, go to the Police(though god knows all Colorado PD's are useless) and they might at least try to track these people down
That or the FBI. No, seriously, that sounds weird, but that stuff is ILLEGAL! Even if Microsoft doesn't care, your local FBI agency will.
Some whore who's husband was dealin' drugs shot our local FBI agent xD What do I do then?
Spartan Bannana: Happened to a few other friends o' mine too, hope to hear from you soon.
What did they steal? Did they just hack their account, or take their credit card numbers?
Either way, screw Microsoft and go straight to your local PD because that stuff is illegal.
They've been taking accounts, which in turn, can be used to take credit card numbers if the person has used a credit card to buy MS points. But I agree, go to the Police(though god knows all Colorado PD's are useless) and they might at least try to track these people down
That or the FBI. No, seriously, that sounds weird, but that stuff is ILLEGAL! Even if Microsoft doesn't care, your local FBI agency will.
Mmm... like I said above, I talked with xbox about it, and they apparently have some sort of "support team" working on this whole thing... It just makes me angry that they didn't send out some sort of mass message letting everyone know, which is kinda my job here... God knows that this thread will mainly be ignored though...
Oh well! Not completely my loss... Wait...
Note to the wise: Next time you want Microsoft Points,go to your local GameStop and buy cards from there. You put in the code like an Xbox Live card and you get the points. Thats what I did,and now I have GTA San Andreas and some Saints Row DLC :D
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Hope this topic wasn't done already, but it is a serious warning from me to you... DON'T BE AN IDIOT LIKE MYSELF.
ANYWAYS! Apparently the good mood of the holiday season has made an extreme n00b of me... I recently received a message via xbox live from one of my known friends in my friends list, and thought he was helping me out by giving me a heads up about a new update for xbox in the spring...
Not my best of moment, nor was it at all the case.
Moral of the story is: DO NOT FOR ANY REASON visit and/or log in to a website with this address (http://xboxspringupdate.999xx.com/) or any of a similar fashion. They have an interface that looks exactly like xbox.com, and I personally thought I was just signing into the website... God knows I will never trust any "free" thing offered to me in my lifetime, and for my friends that I play online with, I'll see you in a few weeks?
Lol. I hate myself right now.