Anyone else get these tells

For the last 2-3(maybe more) months I get tells from random people,
usually from different servers saying something like
SE should not allow the next patch at a sensitive time, and to vote against it before they ruin the game.
They give a link(which I did not visit) which I can tell is not real, tho looks like it at a fast glance.

It’s a scam, it takes you to a phoney log in page, and steals your password and account.

Been hearing about them for a while but actually got my first one personally the other day. Yay me?

There's been a handful of topics here on the lodestone regarding people who have fallen for the phishing link.
Sadly, there isn't anything we can do unless SE wants to get much more aggressive on their RMT detection (unlikely) other than just educating the masses. I'd like to think the majority of people will not fall for the most basic of phishing attempts, but it only takes one person to spread it further as they'll profit off that and even use the character for further tell spam.

I wonder if they'll change their message once 5.3 drops since it won't really be relevant anymore at the point.

It does seem like they've had a lot more success with their current approach then the original "free gil" nonsense, though.

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Originally Posted by KageTokage

I wonder if they'll change their message once 5.3 drops since it won't really be relevant anymore at the point.

It does seem like they've had a lot more success with their current approach then the original "free gil" nonsense, though.

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Probably not.

"Love begets love, lets make things better" lasted a lot longer than Valentines.
And it's not like it specifically mentions 5.3, so the absurdity of it may only raise more eyebrows getting people to copy and paste the link.

Everyone gets these tells.

I average a couple a week - and that's pretty much only logging on a few hours to get 450 allegory and water my plants.

I had my first one today, reported them to the mods and hopefully they will get banned.

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Originally Posted by PhiletKane

I had my first one today, reported them to the mods and hopefully they will get banned.

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It's a stolen account 99% of the time, from people who were foolish enough to use the link and log in.
The character behind the tells is innocent other than being ignorant of things. The actual phisher likely isn't going to be stopped so easily I suspect.

I got this same tell the other day, I warned my fc to not trust those tells in case they receive one, black listed that person.

https://media.giphy.com/media/r35VO5DnOV8ty/giphy.gif

Seriously though, it's a trap.

I think I got one of these /tells a couple months ago before I took a break and I saw it for what it was immediately. I suppose having been around the MMO scene for about...14-15 years helps. Been around the block many times and all that.

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Originally Posted by KageTokage

I wonder if they'll change their message once 5.3 drops since it won't really be relevant anymore at the point.

It does seem like they've had a lot more success with their current approach then the original "free gil" nonsense, though.

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As Canadane said, it doesn't even mention 5.3 - the fact people describe it as such is just another demonstration of how easily the mind is tricked (along with things like horoscopes): give people the minimum and they'll fill in the blanks. "Don't let them ruin the game at this sensitive time"... ruin it how? Must be something bad coming in [insert your knowledge of the next update]. And [thing] is a sensitive issue right now. Of course it's referring to that.

You could fool people eternally with that kind of wording.