Guild Wars 2

Hi guys, I need some advice here.

First of all, I have been playing Gw2 everyday without fail.
Secondly, just about 2-3 hours ago, I received an in-game mail from this player/user name Likyou

The message goes like this: (I quote but I will edit partially to hide my account ID)

“We are sorry to inform you that your login account <my account id goes here> 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:
<removed link>
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

GM Tolkiet"

and at the bottom has this Note: This message was sent by another player. It was not sent by the Guild Wars 2 Team.

I can safely ignore this and continue to play GW2 as usual right?

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/support/support/Common-Phishing-E-mails/first#post4598051

You can find that mail in the above Sticky. It is the same phishing attempt; just another vehicle of transmission.

Jesus christ, why would you post the link?? You’re HELPING the account phishers by advertising it for them on the forums.

Sry and ty for informing. I don’t click on links.

Hello! I have been receiveing the same type of email but from ArenaNet!! And its been going on for like 1 month or so tbh its really creeping me out >.<
Any ideas as to why i receive these emails?
Thank you very much in advance!

Selphie.6734:

Hello! I have been receiveing the same type of email but from ArenaNet!! And its been going on for like 1 month or so tbh its really creeping me out >.<
Any ideas as to why i receive these emails?
Thank you very much in advance!

This may prove informational: https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/support/support/Common-Phishing-E-mails/first#post2074388

Good luck.

Inculpatus cedo.9234 thank you very much

You are most welcome, Selphie. =)

Selphie.6734:

Hello! I have been receiveing the same type of email but from ArenaNet!!

I thought everyone has been made cleared about this:

Geekfox.4267:

I thought everyone has been made cleared about this:

Selphie.6734 actually mentioned e-mails, not in-game mail.

A lot of people are not familiar with how e-mails work. It is possible for a mail server to send e-mails with completely fake “from” and “reply-to” headers, which makes it very easy for phishers to usurp someone else’s identity.

A mail server could very well send an e-mail “from” an address such as fake@pony.butt, even though the domain pony.butt does not exist (and by extension, nor does the address). In the same manner, they can send an e-mail “from” an already existing e-mail address, even if they do not own it.

In other words, e-mail headers can never be trusted, no matter how legit they may seem!