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Wow, I'm dumb.

I fell for a SRO phishing scam. I'm so ashamed. Although it was a pretty good one, if I may say so myself.

So, I received an e-mail today from joymax@silkroadonline.net. When I first looked, I didn't even notice the e-mail address. I simply read the Subject which said "[Silkroad Online] Update Your Account Information."

As I read it, I simply thought to myself, "Oh, they must be adding better password support or something. Ok." The link at the bottom of the e-mail, labeled "http://www.silkroadonline.net/" took me to this site.

Again, I didn't even think twice. It looked and acted just like the real SRO site. So, I happily entered my login information and click Log In. Which, in turn took me to this page. But wait, I took a peek at the URL of the page and noticed the ".net-member" part and immediately proceeded to slap myself silly.

After I was done sobbing from the pain, I went to the real SRO site and changed my password.

Moral of the story: Don't trust ANYTHING that says "Joymax" on it.

yea my friend got one from joymax and did the same thing u were about to do , but he didnt realize it was a scam site and entered his pass and username and he got his account jacked

There's been several posts and warnings about this already.. people need to start reading! >.<

yeah man..

that sucks..

but i remember one of my guildmates from a while ago said that he found out what your login and secret answer was..
forgot his name though.

LuV3r8o1 wrote:story

same happened to me.
i almost clicked the link but as usual first checked the link location..
didnt trust it and deleted the mail.

and lol @ your 1st post setup.. i almost thought u was a spambot

so is your account safe or do they know your secret answer?

edit

Kewl and nice u didnt get hacked..
Thanks for lettin others know abt it

Probably the best one I have ever seen, although they should higher a few graphic designers, their letter head is horrible

http://www.silkroadonline.net/sro_board/fmboard/fm_board.asp?bID=SB_Inform&sID=1&Page=1&Num=930

They even posted a notice about it a few days ago.

i never open any e-mail from silkroad. i rather just read abuot it on their website

Yeah something like this happened before on the TS website. Got everyones email and told them there was a patch out. I always double check every update on the main site. and never click a link in a email

One should always know that no sites asks for "Updates to account". If you knew how many phishing Paypal emails I have received over the years, or bank account I don't own but I weirdly need to update my account

Oh.. some are even funny.. if you don't update within like... 6 hours, your account will be locked and deleted... OMG!

I seriously don't blame you, dude. Those screenshots looked SO legit. TBH, I've never been the victim of a phishing scam, or even have someone try to scam me that way, but I'm sure I would've done the exact same thing as you did, if they had.
We just all gotta be more careful sometimes. Good luck with your account. Hope you don't get it hacked.

[NF]Itonami wrote:There's been several posts and warnings about this already.. people need to start reading! >.<

pfft..I don't read General Discussion.
OTL > GD

cin wrote:and lol @ your 1st post setup.. i almost thought u was a spambot

lol. Yea I thought about that after I posted. With all the links and stuff.

chesticles wrote:so is your account safe or do they know your secret answer?

My acct should be safe. They don't know the secret answer and I also changed my pw.

FenaCorp wrote:I seriously don't blame you, dude. Those screenshots looked SO legit. TBH, I've never been the victim of a phishing scam, or even have someone try to scam me that way, but I'm sure I would've done the exact same thing as you did, if they had.
We just all gotta be more careful sometimes. Good luck with your account. Hope you don't get it hacked.

Yea, I was pretty impressed with the effort they put into the site. It even had the same mouseover effects as the real site.

LuV3r8o1 wrote:

[NF]Itonami wrote:There's been several posts and warnings about this already.. people need to start reading! >.<

pfft..I don't read General Discussion.
OTL > GD

cin wrote:and lol @ your 1st post setup.. i almost thought u was a spambot

lol. Yea I thought about that after I posted. With all the links and stuff.

chesticles wrote:so is your account safe or do they know your secret answer?

My acct should be safe. They don't know the secret answer and I also changed my pw.

I hope it's safe Haven't talk to u in ages How are you?