Beware: new phishing attempts

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Originally Posted by Regis_Paran

Why would they include an actual fraudulent link in the warning?...

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My guess is to weed out the idiots.

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Originally Posted by WinglessSeraphim

My guess is to weed out the idiots.

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Ouch ... Pfft I deserved it anyway. Earning back 100million gil is easy anways.

FYI to the OP: using discord to link image to a forum post won't last long. They're no longer visible by the time I wrote this (to inform you).

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Originally Posted by Rehayem

Yes, but the previous tells were linking directly to the fake forums. These new attempts are meant to lure you into a trusted website (like Twitch) to fool unsuspected people who may not be that tech savvy or understand it's all a facade.

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The in-game warning says, "If you receive a Tell containing a URL to a website from a random player, please check the contents carefully since there is a high possibility that it is a phishing site." Which covers every case. Going even further than that, they link to a lodestone post that gives several examples, including the one OP is talking about. All of the information is there every time you log in if people bother to read.

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Originally Posted by Rein_eon_Osborne

FYI to the OP: using discord to link image to a forum post won't last long. They're no longer visible by the time I wrote this (to inform you).

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I've updated the images, thanks.

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Originally Posted by hydralus

The in-game warning says, "If you receive a Tell containing a URL to a website from a random player, please check the contents carefully since there is a high possibility that it is a phishing site." Which covers every case. Going even further than that, they link to a lodestone post that gives several examples, including the one OP is talking about. All of the information is there every time you log in if people bother to read.

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I agree, but they're not using only Twitch. They're using other safe websites, to which I wish SE updated that warning.

not sure which is worse that people still do phishing links or that people are still stupid enough to fall for them

who we kidding its absolutely the latter