E-Mail Scamming?

[Messiah2k02]

I received this email from a @hotmail.co.uk address, and I presume its falsely trying to get my account details, should I be reporting this email address to jagex, and do u think there is any action they can take?

 

 

 

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From: "Andrew Gower"

 

Subject: Your Runescape Account - Messiah2k02

 

Runescape

 

Dear Messiah2k02,

 

Due to a recent surge in new Runescape accounts, we are carrying out

 

checks on all accounts over one month old to clarify which are still

 

active. Accounts we discover still to be active will be untouched,

 

however accounts which we find are inactive due to lack of response to

 

this email will be locked and potentially terminated.

 

Therefore, we ask that you prove you are still using your Runescape

 

account, Messiah2k02, by replying to us, and providing us with the

 

following information, so that it matches what we have on our records:

 

1) Your Runescape Name

 

2) Approximate date that you created the account

 

3) Your Runescape password for this account

 

4) Your current Bank PIN number for this account

 

5) And if possible, as many previous passwords as you can remember.

 

The Jagex Staff already know all of these details, we simply need you to

 

confirm them.

 

Please either reply to this email with the reply button, or send a new

 

email with the required information to [email protected]

 

We thank you for your co-operation, and would like to remind you that if

 

we hear no response your account may be locked and terminated.

 

Yours sincerely,

 

Andrew Gower and the Runescape Staff.

[Blaze The Movie Fan]

Yes you should. You should send them query, try some service to upload your message since this beats the limit. They will find out, just report them the e-mail. They will take some action against it even if it isn't a member of RuneScape.

[Positief]

Kind of logical that it arent them:

 

 

 

- They say themselves: 'Jagex staff will NEVER email you'

 

 

 

- It would have been a @jagex account or something

 

 

 

- He wrote your name, so they would have to sent it to all runescape users seperately which means they would have to send a few million e-mails.

[orami]

Kind of logical that it arent them:

 

 

 

- They say themselves: 'Jagex staff will NEVER email you'

 

 

 

- It would have been a @jagex account or something

 

 

 

- He wrote your name, so they would have to sent it to all runescape users seperately which means they would have to send a few million e-mails.

 

 

 

well thats not true, you can set it to change a word every letter

 

and send it

 

technology rocks! =D>

[Messiah2k02]

regardless its still obviously false. jagex wouldn't be using hotmail, furthermore their reasoning is stupid - if they want to check "active" accounts they have it saved on their ingame database the last time and IP you logged in from.

 

 

 

i'm just concerned incase any others get an email like this or who have been foolish to reply. I guess if I report it jagex may be able to get hotmail to close this email down an stop further ppl from being bothered.

[babica_zlata]

yep ur right dont fall on that scam and why would jagex want ur pass they alredy have it

[Ancientsagz]

I got the same letter too... I replied to it and on the same day, I got hacked. I shouldn't of wrote back. I'm such an idiot. Now, I have to start all over with money, weapons, and runes

[Dragon_Scyth]

I feel for you ancient but thats just stupid even if Jagex emailed you i would think anyone would see that as a fake.

[azncool55]

I never check my email...and i asking for your pin shouldve told you right away that it was a scam..well gl ancient it always sucks to be hacked..

[cxueqing1]

An interesting post. The scammers sent emails to noobs only, no old birds? LOL.

[Fabricant]

I remember my friend got one of those before. I told him to make an account, finish tutorial island and send them the name and pass for it

 

 

 

2 days later the account was stolen. We were laughing so hard....

 

 

 

 

 

So there you go, its a scam....(I knew it when my friend told me about it anyway...)

[Zargo_VI]

You can use this link for reporting the email scams :)

 

http://forum.tip.it/account_problem.php

 

 

 

Whatever you do, for your own safety, do NOT click any links that include in the mail.

 

Remember that Jagex will NEVER send you any mails.

 

 

 

For more information check this link http://forum.tip.it/viewtopic.php?t=71500

[johnno41]

Jagex dont email u they use their ingame mail system to tell you stuff, obviously scam dont trust

[saidada1189]

SCAM

 

 

 

Also, see a post that was in general regarding this :twisted:

[Dragon_Scyth]

Yes i have to admit its one of the better Email scams ive seen but if you were silly enough to think its real the fact they ask for your bank pin and previous passwords makes it a obvious scam. Plus many many many more things... Atleast these guys can spell