Account Compromise

[spiffiestlemon]

20 is my number

[Akamadoshi]

In-game you AREN'T able to click links. You have to physically copy and paste it onto a browser...........

[Rayne6665]

Hello Rayne,

I actually don't need gil, I just clicked the link out of boredom. The odd thing is, my FC mates followed my character and all it did was hop servers and sit near the aetheryte. It's now logged off and I'm not sure what's going on. I've received one email from SE support so far, but it hasn't been resolved yet due to the one-time password issue.

Sorry to hear that :3 hope everything gets resolved soon fellow lala!

[LanaDelRaiton]

Good news!

I've got my account back. Bad news they left me with 700k gil... opening an in game GM ticket to see if I can have my account rolled back to before this all happened.

[Rayne6665]

Good news!

I've got my account back. Bad news they left me with 700k gil... opening an in game GM ticket to see if I can have my account rolled back to before this all happened.

Glad to hear that ! 700k gil is better than no gil!

[LanaDelRaiton]

Found where the gil went on Jenova.

[Rayne6665]

Found where the gil went on Jenova.

Geez o.o sorry to hear that

[AyameAndo]

I fell for it but changed my password the moment I noticed the discrepancies in the link. Account hasn't been compromised so here's hoping I made it out of that safe. I really should have known better than to follow a link from a random tell. I also added 2FA to my account when I changed my password.

[Mirhd]

You can't even "click" the link, as that is impossible to do. You have to physically copy + paste into a web browser, which... yeah. People still do this even though SE keeps warning people not to...

All I can say is "lesson learned" and to please be more careful going forward OP. If you know anyone else who plays, remind them as well not to copy+paste websites that people link to in game, regardless of whatever claims are made. If it sounds too good to be true... it generally is.