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Posted by: Spratchet.9418

Spratchet.9418

This e-mail is making the rounds.

Greetings

We are sorry to inform you that your login account ************************* will be shut down or partially limited within 72 hours due to currency transactions or abnormal login. If you want to remove restrictions, please click the following link to validate:
https://account.guildwars2.com/login/allow?token=E553AB6A-4825-4E6C-A278-00A2C6C305A9.html

We will investigate into this case through verifying the account’s ownership. If the verification goes through, we will cancel any restriction.

Please keep in mind that Guild Wars 2 is a global game with hundreds of thousands of players. This means that standards of behavior must be upheld. For your convenience, you can obtain more information about our rules at the address listed below.

https://www.guildwars2.com/en/legal/

GM Cuache
Guild Wars 2 Support Team

Please be extremely careful not to give them ANY of your info.

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Posted by: Yenn.9185

Yenn.9185

Honestly this kind of phishing mails doesn’t even make it to my inbox.

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Posted by: Smooth Penguin.5294

Smooth Penguin.5294

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Please realize that this has been known for the last 6 months. Gaile put a sticky about it.

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/support/account/A-Note-about-Phishing-Emails-1/first#post2074388

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Posted by: leprekan.7248

leprekan.7248

Honestly this kind of phishing mails doesn’t even make it to my inbox.

It is still very nice that they took the time to warn the masses is it not? Thanks to the OP for taking the time to alert the less than tech savvy.

A Yak since headstart. [herm]

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Posted by: Astral Projections.7320

Astral Projections.7320

You should delete the links so the terminally curious don’t get a case of terminal account theft.

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Posted by: leprekan.7248

leprekan.7248

You should delete the links so the terminally curious don’t get a case of terminal account theft.

NO! If they click that it is Darwin at work, no more no less. Now if they click in an email they have some wiggle room on being curious, in a thread saying not to though it is natural selection.

A Yak since headstart. [herm]