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Mallikanth	Posted - 2008.01.16 20:45:00 - [1] I've just recieved an e-mail from "[email protected]" using almost my correct chracter name telling me I can re-actvate that Character for 9.95 This character is paid for up until 21/05/2008 and I would have thought a mailshot like this would have been better targeted, if it were legit. Now having investigated further while typing this is see the reactivation link in the e-mail takes me to "https://secure.eve-online.com/login.aspx?username=Malikanth" Note the username is wrong. Bad targeting, good spoof or wrong owner of a Toon with a similar name?
Mallikan Gallente The Scope	Posted - 2008.01.16 20:46:00 - [2] Fake, fake, fake. If I recall, CCP never sends subscription notifications. And I would love to be paying 9.95 a month instead of 14.95. ;) --- lol.. I messed up.
DubanFP Caldari Four Rings Phalanx Alliance	Posted - 2008.01.16 20:49:00 - [3] Originally by: Mallikan Fake, fake, fake. If I recall, CCP never sends subscription notifications. And I would love to be paying 9.95 a month instead of 14.95. ;) However strangely enough the offer is real. People who reactivate their inactive account this month pay $9.95 for the first month "although it goes back to the normal price afterwards". I reopened an account with this offer. The link seems strangely correct, but if I did take up the offer I'd go to www.eve-online.com & renew rather then trusting the email-link just in case. ___________ Desolacer> Who the heck gives YOU the right to ruin it for others buy blowing them up. Zaqar> CCP
Mallikan Gallente The Scope	Posted - 2008.01.16 20:51:00 - [4] Weird.. --- lol.. I messed up.
Matalino Gallente Ki Tech Industries	Posted - 2008.01.16 21:00:00 - [5] If it actually takes you to https://secure.eve-online.com then it is legit. Or atleast the link is legit, if not the contents of the email. Just be sure that it actually takes you to the right site. Sometime they will have the text of the link say one thing, while the html of the link will send you somewhere else. There are even some tricks they can use to hide the link from showing up correctly in the status bar when mousing over it. However if you paste that URL that you provided strait into your browser it will take you to CCP's official website.
Angel DeMorphis Gallente	Posted - 2008.01.16 21:38:00 - [6] As noted in another thread, legit Eve emails won't ask you to click anything. You should always go directly to the Eve site and renew from there. My sig taken from this site. [IMAGE REMOVED]
Alowishus Pastry Coalition Sex Panthers	Posted - 2008.01.16 21:44:00 - [7] I took advantage of that offer. I can't remember if I clicked the link in the mail or did it the old fashioned way but it worked and my account was renewed. Hmmm. Now I am paranoid. /makes fart noise
Zathi Shaitan Minmatar Illiteracy Combatants	Posted - 2008.01.16 21:48:00 - [8] Edited by: Zathi Shaitan on 16/01/2008 21:48:35 Originally by: Mallikanth I've just recieved an e-mail from "[email protected]" using almost my correct chracter name telling me I can re-actvate that Character for 9.95 This character is paid for up until 21/05/2008 and I would have thought a mailshot like this would have been better targeted, if it were legit. Now having investigated further while typing this is see the reactivation link in the e-mail takes me to "https://secure.eve-online.com/login.aspx?username=Malikanth" Note the username is wrong. Bad targeting, good spoof or wrong owner of a Toon with a similar name? I suspect every CCP offer. True or not. ;) ---- " Several unconventional alliances where made at that point " - Hey CCP, "where" != "were".. you too, Brutus?
Blu Root	Posted - 2008.01.16 21:49:00 - [9] Edited by: Blu Root on 16/01/2008 21:53:07 I could tell it was fake before you even finished your first sentence, i doubt CCP would send spam mail via subscribermail.com and i'm positive they'de spell your character name right lmao EDIT: heh turns out they do use that service, never noticed

CCP Saint C C P	Posted - 2008.01.16 21:57:00 - [10] This is actually a legitimate offer. "The first month of EVE Online will cost only 9.95 with this special reactivation offer. Following the first month, your account will automatically be billed as a recurring subscription for 14.95 a month." This offer is only good for another four days. Saint Community Representative EVE Online, CCP Games Email/Netfang

Alowishus Pastry Coalition Sex Panthers	Posted - 2008.01.16 21:59:00 - [11] Originally by: CCP Saint This is actually a legitimate offer. "The first month of EVE Online will cost only 9.95 with this special reactivation offer. Following the first month, your account will automatically be billed as a recurring subscription for 14.95 a month." This offer is only good for another four days. The offer is legit but is the e-mail? Did CCP actually send mail from [email protected]? /makes fart noise
Alowishus Pastry Coalition Sex Panthers	Posted - 2008.01.16 22:01:00 - [12] Edited by: Alowishus on 16/01/2008 22:07:24 From what I can tell, CCP used a third party marketing company to promote this offer. Is that correct? /makes fart noise
Flamewave Contempt.	Posted - 2008.01.16 22:09:00 - [13] CCP's been using subscribermail.com for a while now. __________
Alowishus Pastry Coalition Sex Panthers	Posted - 2008.01.16 22:13:00 - [14] Everyone here, including the OP are *******s. I never, ever have fallen for any type of internet fraud and for about ten minutes there you guys made me think I had. Seriously though, glad some Nigerian isn't running around with my CC info. /makes fart noise
Nispih Arp	Posted - 2008.01.16 22:13:00 - [15] Perhaps you have another account with a similar name? The mail is legit - I recieved such a mail as well from an identical address (for another account).
Mallikanth	Posted - 2008.01.17 08:28:00 - [16] Originally by: Alowishus Everyone here, including the OP are *******s. I never, ever have fallen for any type of internet fraud and for about ten minutes there you guys made me think I had. Seriously though, glad some Nigerian isn't running around with my CC info. As the OP I can categorically state I've also never ever fallen for any type of internet fraud. I've also refrained from using words blocked by CCP's naughty word scanner thingy, unlike you, my foul mouthed friend. If you actually read the OP it was a query on poor spelling for a real account name (and no I don't have another similarly named character), why a real offer would be sent to an ineligible account, was it just poor targeting, or indeed a very cleaver spoof? It's turns out it's real and poorly targeted from what I can tell. End of story. /me removes tin foil hat.

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