Guild Wars 2

Wasn’t sure where to post this, so if this is in the wrong place I apologize. But the goal here is to inform both anet staff and other players of a scam being mailed around. My friend received this mail and almost fell for it, then I log in 10 mins ago and I received the same mail. Don’t know if it’s from the same person or not. I attempted to report him in-game but since he hasn’t contacted me directly I was unable to do so.

Just a note to other players who may have or might receive this mail. Anet staff or any other game company will not try to get in contact with you through in-game means for something like this. You’ll get an e-mail about it. And at the bottom of the mail it even says “Note: This message was sent by another player. It was not sent by the Guild wars 2 team.” Vigilance is key people. I don’t want to see anyone thrown for a loop over this.

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/support/support/Please-Take-Care-with-In-Game-Mails

You can report him by clicking on the exclamation mark below the message.

Good to see they’re on top of this and thank you for the advice. I’m going to do that right now.

This is a known issue, check the stickies. The yellow text at the bottom about another player sending it, not ANet, is the best clue. Then there are grammar and punctuation issues, and a request to click a link when links cannot be embedded in in-game mail.

Thank you for trying to warn people, and since we see another such warning every day or two maybe some people are falling for it or are close enough to falling for it that they feel others would. But it is recommended that you check the stickies and do a google search to see if you’ve actually found a new issue before you panic too much.