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deepspace scouter
Federal Navy Academy
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Posted - 2008.04.08 15:19:00 -
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I got a mail concerning something in eve (was asked not to disclose it, hence also posting with alt since it could be real), i was wondering who should i contact in CCP to find out whether or not it is real?
Thanks!
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Tarminic
Forsaken Resistance
The Last Stand
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Posted - 2008.04.08 15:22:00 -
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Is this an e-mail or EVE Mail? Was it regarding forum moderation or being banned or a petition you files?
If they're asking for your username or password or wanting you to put that information in at a site that isn't www.eve-online.com I would contact CCP immediately - it's probably a phishing attempt.
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Tarminic - 34 Million SP in Forum Warfare
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Fink Angel
The Merry Men
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Posted - 2008.04.08 15:24:00 -
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Is it a game, or is it real?
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Wild Rho
GoonFleet
GoonSwarm
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Posted - 2008.04.08 15:25:00 -
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Also be bloody careful if it tells you to go to any links in the mail. A few phishing attempts have contained links to a page that looks identical to the Eve O login screen (you can guess what happened to people who were careless enough to enter their login details there).
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Avon
Black Nova Corp
Band of Brothers
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Posted - 2008.04.08 15:26:00 -
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Reply to the email with loads of really abusive and sexually perverse pictures.
When the authorities arrive to arrest you, ask who sent them.
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deepspace scouter
Federal Navy Academy
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Posted - 2008.04.08 15:27:00 -
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Edited by: deepspace scouter on 08/04/2008 15:29:28
sorry forgot about that. its a E-mail, not eve-mail.
yes it contains links, not clicked them yet though and won't until i know its safe.
edit: and no, no asking for username or password.
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Tactus
Hidden Agenda
Deep Space Engineering
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Posted - 2008.04.08 15:27:00 -
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 Originally by: Fink Angel
Is it a game, or is it real?
whether you think you can or you think you can't, you're right.
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Isobe Mitsu
Science and Trade Institute
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Posted - 2008.04.08 15:30:00 -
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Originally by: Fink Angel
Is it a game, or is it real?
In Soviet Russia game plays you.
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Tarminic
Forsaken Resistance
The Last Stand
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Posted - 2008.04.08 15:31:00 -
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Originally by: deepspace scouter
Edited by: deepspace scouter on 08/04/2008 15:29:28
sorry forgot about that. its a E-mail, not eve-mail.
yes it contains links, not clicked them yet though and won't until i know its safe.
edit: and no, no asking for username or password.
Can you send me the links in an eve-mail? I'll check it out and see if it looks legit.
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Tarminic - 34 Million SP in Forum Warfare
Play EVE: Downtime Madness v0.8 (Updated 4/7) |
Akita T
Caldari Navy Volunteer Task Force
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Posted - 2008.04.08 15:37:00 -
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Originally by: deepspace scouter
I got a mail concerning something in eve (was asked not to disclose it, hence also posting with alt since it could be real)
If it involves a response to a petition you sent, it has a high probability of being legit.
Or, if it is a response to some other previous forms of official communication.
If it involves some special offer "only you and a select few" received... most probably fake.
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deepspace scouter
Federal Navy Academy
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Posted - 2008.04.08 15:50:00 -
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Originally by: Tarminic
Originally by: deepspace scouter
Edited by: deepspace scouter on 08/04/2008 15:29:28
sorry forgot about that. its a E-mail, not eve-mail.
yes it contains links, not clicked them yet though and won't until i know its safe.
edit: and no, no asking for username or password.
Can you send me the links in an eve-mail? I'll check it out and see if it looks legit.
i'm not sure if i can do that.. as if they go where they supposedly goes it would give it away.
i went the manual route through to the site it supposedly links to, only difference is that the link in the mail has .asp at the end while it doesn't show in my browsers address bar...should that make a difference?
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deepspace scouter
Federal Navy Academy
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Posted - 2008.04.08 15:51:00 -
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Originally by: Akita T
Originally by: deepspace scouter
I got a mail concerning something in eve (was asked not to disclose it, hence also posting with alt since it could be real)
If it involves a response to a petition you sent, it has a high probability of being legit.
Or, if it is a response to some other previous forms of official communication.
If it involves some special offer "only you and a select few" received... most probably fake.
no to the highlighted text
the non highlighted...not sure what you mean by it...:(
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Akita T
Caldari Navy Volunteer Task Force
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Posted - 2008.04.08 15:52:00 -
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Edited by: Akita T on 08/04/2008 15:53:30
I just hope you have all your antivir/antistuff updated, and you haven't entered your EVE login details anywhere except on THIS site right here.
Originally by: deepspace scouter
Originally by: Akita T
Or, if it is a response to some other previous forms of official communication.
not sure what you mean by it...:(
Response to a question you asked, or survey you took part in, or stuff like that, that was certainly an official CCP endeavour.
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Tarminic
Forsaken Resistance
The Last Stand
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Posted - 2008.04.08 15:53:00 -
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Originally by: deepspace scouter
Originally by: Tarminic
Originally by: deepspace scouter
Edited by: deepspace scouter on 08/04/2008 15:29:28
sorry forgot about that. its a E-mail, not eve-mail.
yes it contains links, not clicked them yet though and won't until i know its safe.
edit: and no, no asking for username or password.
Can you send me the links in an eve-mail? I'll check it out and see if it looks legit.
i'm not sure if i can do that.. as if they go where they supposedly goes it would give it away.
i went the manual route through to the site it supposedly links to, only difference is that the link in the mail has .asp at the end while it doesn't show in my browsers address bar...should that make a difference?
How about the website? I can probably look up who owns it and see if it's CCP or something sketchy.
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Tarminic - 34 Million SP in Forum Warfare
Play EVE: Downtime Madness v0.8 (Updated 4/7) |
deepspace scouter
Federal Navy Academy
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Posted - 2008.04.08 15:54:00 -
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Originally by: Akita T
I just hope you have all your antivir/antistuff updated, and you haven't entered your EVE login details anywhere except on THIS site right here.
i have..I'm kinda security paranoid :P
isn't there anyone i could mail at CCP for this? or would filing a petition asking work?
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deepspace scouter
Federal Navy Academy
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Posted - 2008.04.08 15:56:00 -
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Originally by: Tarminic
Originally by: deepspace scouter
Originally by: Tarminic
Originally by: deepspace scouter
Edited by: deepspace scouter on 08/04/2008 15:29:28
sorry forgot about that. its a E-mail, not eve-mail.
yes it contains links, not clicked them yet though and won't until i know its safe.
edit: and no, no asking for username or password.
Can you send me the links in an eve-mail? I'll check it out and see if it looks legit.
i'm not sure if i can do that.. as if they go where they supposedly goes it would give it away.
i went the manual route through to the site it supposedly links to, only difference is that the link in the mail has .asp at the end while it doesn't show in my browsers address bar...should that make a difference?
How about the website? I can probably look up who owns it and see if it's CCP or something sketchy.
the link shows http://www.eve-online.com/xxxxxxxxxx , but from what i understand there are ways of concealing to where a link leads....thats what i'm concerned about, not the sites that it supposedly leads to but the small chance of it being concealed and leading somwhere else...
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Adonis 4174
White Wolf Enterprises
Harmonious Ascent
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Posted - 2008.04.08 15:56:00 -
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If you're that concerned then assume it's a fake, delete it and feel better. That's what the sender gets for not being credible enough.
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Virida
Mindstar Technology
The Kano Organisation
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Posted - 2008.04.08 15:59:00 -
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Ask the one who supposedly made the email. Petition and ask, or send a email to ccp and ask.
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Gwoden
Order of the Griffin
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Posted - 2008.04.08 15:59:00 -
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Your best bet here is to contact CCP, or go through our normal ways of interacting with CCP. Like using this site. Legit emails usually are used to notify you of something, but they do not provide "convenient" links to provide feedback. Especially regarding sensitive information.
When in doubt, don't click it :) If it's really that serious, they will notify you some other way. With phishing, spam, scams, etc. email is just not that reliable for communication.
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Priest Amarr
Temple's Gate
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Posted - 2008.04.08 16:08:00 -
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If you are part of their official program and have a non disclosure agreement with them, you already would know it , wouldn't you? Otherwise I dont know if they are playing 'This is top secret' game with people , but dont you think its best petitioning it using this website including the mail you received and get a real answer from CCP? Nobody can really help you here without knowing true nature of it. Petition system is their official method of communication, use official communication channels since faking an email address is so easy today.
Be Safe
Priest Amarr
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deepspace scouter
Federal Navy Academy
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Posted - 2008.04.08 16:12:00 -
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i've decided to petition it, i think CCP should make a list of real mail adresses or something or send an in game notification....
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fuxinos
Guys 0f Sarcasm
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Posted - 2008.04.08 16:32:00 -
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...maybe its JUST a survey link...
just use a good browser, some common sense and you should be fine *sigh* :P
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FuQue
Imperial Academy
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Posted - 2008.04.08 16:57:00 -
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Hover your mouse over the link, and look in the bottom of your browser.
If the link is anything but eve-online.com, it's probably a phishing scam.
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Shionoya Risa
The Xenodus Initiative.
Overclockers Podpilot Services
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Posted - 2008.04.08 17:14:00 -
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Originally by: FuQue
Hover your mouse over the link, and look in the bottom of your browser.
If the link is anything but eve-online.com, it's probably a phishing scam.
That rules out the legit survey that has been going around recently, although, to be fair that shouldn't have been outsourced anyway...
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Vego Slentis
Copperhead Arsenal
The Fourth District
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Posted - 2008.04.08 17:25:00 -
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Originally by: Shionoya Risa
That rules out the legit survey that has been going around recently, although, to be fair that shouldn't have been outsourced anyway...
Oops, that was legit? I deleted it assuming it was some sort of scam. Oh well.
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Shintai
Balad Naran Orbital Shipyards
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Posted - 2008.04.08 18:29:00 -
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Ask yourself why CCP would mail you. Sounds very possible fake.
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Ki Anna
Ki Tech Industries
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Posted - 2008.04.08 18:34:00 -
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Edited by: Ki Anna on 08/04/2008 18:35:42
Originally by: deepspace scouter
the link shows http://www.eve-online.com/xxxxxxxxxx , but from what i understand there are ways of concealing to where a link leads....thats what i'm concerned about, not the sites that it supposedly leads to but the small chance of it being concealed and leading somwhere else...
If you type out the URL that you want to go to, you can be sure that you end up at the right place. So just type out the url into your browser if the URL looks legit.
The way that alot of those phising mails will send you to the wrong site is they will put the correct URL as the text of the message, then put a fake url as the hyperlink, like this: http://www.eve-online.com/
If you simply type/copy the url into your browser, it won't matter where their hyperlink goes.
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fuxinos
Guys 0f Sarcasm
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Posted - 2008.04.08 18:43:00 -
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Originally by: Ki Anna
If you type out the URL that you want to go to, you can be sure that you end up at the right place. So just type out the url into your browser if the URL looks legit.
while were on the paranoid train anyway, that above way isnt 100% secure if your browser/system is compromised
example host entry
123.45.6.7 www.eve-online.com
would redirect "legit" www.eve-online.com to a ip 123.45.6.7 (lets say some evil webserver)
:P
enjoy
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Spaztick
Canadian Assault Network
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Posted - 2008.04.08 18:47:00 -
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You and your DCP manipulation will be the doom of us all!
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