Beware of "Quitting FFXIV Giveaway" messages

[AngelCheese77]

First of all how dumb can you be to fall for a tell talking about a raffle. Like really do people not have common sense anymore these days. If you fall for it you just a fool sorry to be blunt lesson learned

Another victim shamer. See the post I made above. Scams are evolving and we need to keep up.

[MontecristoSandwich]

Scams are evolving and we need to keep up.

This scam has not evolved even a little bit in decades. The only thing that's "changed" is the medium from email to discord messages and in-game chats. Sending random people false links promising rewards if they just give login info is one of the oldest and most well-known scams in the book, which is why it's so baffling that people still fall for this. It'd be one thing if this was some super complex scam that nobody's heard of and was genuinely worthy of a PSA, but it's not; it's an incredibly simple, incredibly common-sense-avoidable scam.

[Velvet_Lunarfang]

Another victim shamer. See the post I made above. Scams are evolving and we need to keep up.

Not my fault people fall for it. Even if a friend sent me a tell I am not dumb enough to click on it. It's not victim shaming its a thing called COMMON SENSE if you decide to follow such a link out of the blue then you deserve to have it taken. I mean if you really can't think for a second that something seems off then you just deserve it. Just have to think and be smart enough

[LianaThorne]

Not my fault people fall for it. Even if a friend sent me a tell I am not dumb enough to click on it. It's not victim shaming its a thing called COMMON SENSE if you decide to follow such a link out of the blue then you deserve to have it taken. I mean if you really can't think for a second that something seems off then you just deserve it. Just have to think and be smart enough

Do you want an award for being overly paranoid or something?

Most people, I would think, would trust something coming from a friend if they have no reason to doubt it. Can't fault them for that. Also as much as we can hope people are aware scams exist, you'd be surprised how many don't bother reading the lodestone on a regular basis or look into things involving this game.

[Shibi]

Most people, I would think, would trust something coming from a friend if they have no reason to doubt it.

If a friend messaged me to say they were quitting FFXIV and I could go to the forums-idi.ot/FFXIV/threads/44222 to win 300M I'd be replying

OMG
Why are you leaving
hello?
John?
Why are you leaving?
Speak to me dude.

Notwithstanding how obvious the link is (that -idi.ot/ stuff sticks out like dogs testicles) if it still didn't twig that they never answered then I'd be worried about myself.

[LianaThorne]

If a friend messaged me to say they were quitting FFXIV and I could go to the forums-idi.ot/FFXIV/threads/44222 to win 300M I'd be replying

OMG
Why are you leaving
hello?
John?
Why are you leaving?
Speak to me dude.

Notwithstanding how obvious the link is (that -idi.ot/ stuff sticks out like dogs testicles) if it still didn't twig that they never answered then I'd be worried about myself.

That's not the only link that's out there though. For that one specifically, yes. I will give you that. But you also can have people in your friends list that you aren't close friends with (taking me specifically I have clients for photography on my friends list for easy access to contacting them for bookings. I don't talk to any of them regularly but have them there anyway). If I wasn't aware to the extent that I am and got sent a link from one of them, I wouldn't bother asking why (because I have no relationship with them) and check it out under the assumption that they just sent it out to everyone on their friends list & wanted their stuff to be of use to someone rather than collect dust on a dead/deleted account.

There's another scam that tells you to look at the forum to vote on or discuss something relevant to the game. It doesn't involve gil whatsoever (I forget the exact phrasing but can probably find a thread related to it on here somewhere) and that one is going to be harder for people to distinguish. Anyone who's curious about what the big story is will probably click to read it.

[Shibi]

But you also can have people in your friends list that you aren't close friends with (taking me specifically I have clients for photography on my friends list for easy access to contacting them/me for bookings. I don't talk to any of them regularly but have them there anyway). If I wasn't aware to the extent that I am and got sent a link from one of them, I wouldn't bother asking why (because I have no relationship with them) and check it out.

They are little different to a random then, no? Why would one trust them and blindly click?

But, even if you do trust those spoke-to-once people, would your first action really be to jump onto a website without talking to them? Even a "Hmm?".

Personally I just read the URL myself and see the -idi.ot/ part, but even without that I am not one to click on anything a friend has sent me without talking to them. To many decades of Aunt Mabel sending me "Re: Fwd: Re: Re: Re: FWD: RE: re: FWD: FWD: Re: RE: You won't stop laughing" messages encumbered with viruses taught me that.

[Velvet_Lunarfang]

Do you want an award for being overly paranoid or something?

Most people, I would think, would trust something coming from a friend if they have no reason to doubt it. Can't fault them for that. Also as much as we can hope people are aware scams exist, you'd be surprised how many don't bother reading the lodestone on a regular basis or look into things involving this game.

no it's called due diligence LMAO. You question in game and out of game. As I said people are getting dumber. You learn even at a job never never never NEVER click links even for friends it basic IT 101. Good lord are IQ's dropping?

[AngelCheese77]

no it's called due diligence LMAO. You question in game and out of game. As I said people are getting dumber. You learn even at a job never never never NEVER click links even for friends it basic IT 101. Good lord are IQ's dropping?

You are believing that every single person is as tech-savvy as you are. And they're not. Heck, my mother could just figure out how to push the power button on her computer and go to the QVC website!

So your "basic IT 101" is gibberish and unknown to many people. So instead of helping you'd rather shame and make fun of. Terrible.

[Velvet_Lunarfang]

You are believing that every single person is as tech-savvy as you are. And they're not. Heck, my mother could just figure out how to push the power button on her computer and go to the QVC website!

So your "basic IT 101" is gibberish and unknown to many people. So instead of helping you'd rather shame and make fun of. Terrible.

How long has link scams been out for like 20 years now? People should be well aware by now or heard of said type of scams it's nothing new at all.