HELP! I GOT HACKED! GAMEMASTER HELP?

I'm glad I'm on PS4... we can't click links in chat. I also know better then to trust random links from people I do not know. I'm way too old to fall for that. The net is a scary place tho. Hopefully you can get things fixed OP :c

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Originally Posted by Canada_bangs

I'm glad I'm on PS4... we can't click links in chat. I also know better then to trust random links from people I do not know. I'm way too old to fall for that. The net is a scary place tho. Hopefully you can get things fixed OP :c

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We can't click links either, unless there's an option I'm unaware of, we have to copy paste them in.

It cannot be emphasised enough, when somebody sends you a link and it requires posting ANY personal information, check the URL. Phishing scammers will try to make stuff look as legit as possible, but the one thing that cannot 100% make look legit? The URL. But they can get damn close.

Whilst i realise too late for the OP, I hope it serves as an example for people to learn caution.

I have had the URL too, and at first glance it looks legit, then it took me to a legit looking login page, I double checked the URL and reported the account that sent me the URL.

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Originally Posted by Rasikko

SE always uses tiny URL versions of links, never the full really long ones.

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Yup. And people on PC can access the Lodestone from the launcher and the Mog Station and the forums from the Lodestone. There is never a need to copy links from anywhere. Streams and other events are also announced in game as a system message, not a /tell.

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Originally Posted by Saefinn

I have had the URL too, and at first glance it looks legit, then it took me to a legit looking login page, I double checked the URL and reported the account that sent me the URL.

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The link will actually take you to a real forum post if you remove the "-st.xyz" in the middle, because the format is otherwise correct. It's quite clever.

It seems like some people are getting their accounts back after they were compromised, though I still feel like they should be doing something to raise awareness of the scam.

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Originally Posted by KageTokage

It seems like some people are getting their accounts back after they were compromised, though I still feel like they should be doing something to raise awareness of the scam.

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People were still falling for the twitch scams even after they added notifications to the launcher. Nothing SE does will keep people from falling for it.

I got a private message as well today on Zodiark. Got a few different ones actually these last few months. I've been playing since 2.0 and I never used to get these before.
Saying something about don't let FF14 do this in these sensitive times, with a link attached.
I'm on PS4 so i can't even use the link :P
Reported and blocked :D

General rule of thumb, don't go to linked websites from strangers.

If you do, for the love of god don't enter any personal information and as another poster stated, always check the URL.

I just got one of these messages ingame aswell, got like 3 at 2:30 in the morning, mostly just ignored the link they gave.

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Originally Posted by Sylve

Where i work, we have regular announcements warning customers about fake tax calls wanting to be paid via itunes and other gift cards.

We even have signs around the place warning people about it. It baffles me how people can fall for it so hard that we actually need to do public announcements and ram the warnings down their throats.

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Ah yes I think we talked about this the other day ingame. At least I think that was you! :o

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Originally Posted by KageTokage

The fact that they personally contacted the owner of a stolen account to taunt/antagonize them is particularly unusual.

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Yeah that's the first time I've heard of this happening. Usually they have absolutely no interest in such things they just move on to the next account that falls for it.

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Originally Posted by Valkyrie_Lenneth

People were still falling for the twitch scams even after they added notifications to the launcher. Nothing SE does will keep people from falling for it.

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Yeah that's the thing, they throw out bait to as many people as they can. They only need a few bites. It's like how scams for real money in the real world work. Of course you know you're not the next of kin to the Nigerian prince, but someone somewhere might think they are.

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Originally Posted by Valkyrie_Lenneth

People were still falling for the twitch scams even after they added notifications to the launcher. Nothing SE does will keep people from falling for it.

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There will always be some people who are dumb enough to fall for scams regardless of how much warning they get, but something would still be better then nothing as they've yet to mention anything about the in-game phishing attempts.

Other MMOs leave warnings on their loading screens or in the chat window upon first logging in, and XIV already does the latter for other important information such as maintenance notices and currently active events. I think even just that could mitigate the amount of people falling victim to this significantly.

I remember getting a whisper to a link about "SE doing an update that shouldn't happen" a few days back. I was surprised and recalled coming onto the site about SE delaying the maintenance and I was like "What?" was there something else I missed. I did copy the link and go there and it brought up a login screen which confused me, because whenever I come into the SE Forums I'm already in and if I'm logout it tells me. It was for a brief second, but my Anti-Virus Protection program (Webroot) kicked in and told me this was a dangerous site.

I immediately closed the tab and looked at the link closely. Everything looked normal until I spotted it... that -ndy tag at the end of .com or something like that. I realized it was a fake link while in-game even when the player name looked normal and not the RMT names with "jahadsasjkdf" for example. I told my FC about it and they mentioned it was a Phishing scam.

Despite not logging in I decided to change my password since then. So far my account is fine and nothing is wrong so far. So, just logging in screws you over. I am glad my Virus Protection kicked it, but I wouldn't have logged in regardless as I would've opened up another tab for the official Forum to check it out and then backed out.

It was a close call.

EDIT: Ugh... the grammar and mistakes. Ugh, sorry about that.
Sorry to hear it happen to you TC. Be wary from random links from now on and I'm going to double-check each link I get to be sure.

I got that message too on Spriggan.
At first, reported as rmt. Received same message from that same character minutes later, and blacklisted. I just hope SE deals with those scammers properly, because them not only were trying to scam people, but also used the coronavirus emergency for the scope. Jackals.

As a rule, never click on links sent to you by strangers. Even links sent by friends and family should be scrutinised to ensure that they're legitimate.

I'd suggest that everybody invests in an authenticator as an additional layer of protection. They're pretty useful.

Just got the tell now. Told them to go fuck themselves

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Originally Posted by Nitroillyrion

Just got the tell now. Told them to go fuck themselves

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There’s nobody there reading your response, I hope you know this.

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Originally Posted by Canadane

There’s nobody there reading your response, I hope you know this.

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It helps the conscience

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Originally Posted by VirusChris

I do copy the link and go and it brought up a login screen which confused me, because whenever I come into the SE Forums I'm already in and if I'm logout it tells.

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This is what came up as a red flag for me. I went to the link and found it strange it was asking me to log back into the forums when I never logged out. I also had the forums site already up in another tab so it didn't make sense as to why it was asking me to log in again when I clearly was already in it.

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Originally Posted by Canadane

There’s nobody there reading your response, I hope you know this.

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shame

at least spam/scam calls on the phone you can at least mess with the caller

The phishing campaign has been reported to the domain registrar, webserver host, TLS certificate authority, and Google Safe Browsing.

If you guys ever want to show your family members or friends about scammer awareness, Go on YouTube and check out KitBoga, Jim Browing and Scammer Payback (Pierogi) just to name the few - there's some amazing stuff these guys do with scammers. I know this doesn't quite fit the narrative of the OP's post but I saw other people talking about gift card scams etc.