[Joymax Notice] Account fraud related information

[curvekiller]

[Notice] Account fraud related information

Dec 16, 2009
Hello, this is silkroad online

There are many fishing sites related to Global Silkroad online and Joymax.co.,LTD. we just want to make sure that. our users are free from thoes harmful sites. Therefore we are posting this [NOTICE] on official homepage to warn our beloved users.


Related information is below.

(English)
JOYMAX CO., LTD WILL NEVER ask personal information or any information related to account, such as password and secret answer through E-mail.
(If you get any E-mail related to “Account fraud confirmation process” is NOT FROM JOYMAX CO., LTD. So DO NOT REPLY to those kind of e-mail. And please beware of this matter.)

(German)
JOYMAX CO. LTD WIRD NIEMALS per E-Mail nach personenbezogenen oder accountbezogenen Daten wie Passwort oder Geheimantwort fragen.
(Sollten Sie eine E-Mail betreffend „Accountbetrugsprüfung“ erhalten, ist sie NICHT VON JOYMAX CO. LTD. ANTWORTEN SIE deshalb NICHT auf diese Art von E-Mails und nehmen Sie sich davor in Acht.)

(Arabic)
لن تطلب شركة جوي ماكس المحدودة مطلقًا معلومات شخصية أو أي معلومات متعلقة بالحساب ، مثل كلمة المرور والإجابة السرية، عبر البريد الإلكتروني. (في حال استلام أي بريد إلكتروني متعلق "بعملية تأكيد حالة احتيال على الحساب"، فاعلم أنه ليس من الشركة. لذا يرجى عدم الرد على هذا النوع من الرسائل. ويرجى الحذر من هذه الأمور).

(Polish)
JOYMAX CO., LTD NIGDY NIE zwraca się za pomocą poczty elektronicznej o podanie informacji osobistych ani żadnych informacji dotyczących konta, takich jak hasło i tajna odpowiedź.
(Otrzymawszy e-mail odnoszący się do "Account fraud confirmation process" (Proces potwierdzania po wystąpieniu oszustwa związanego z kontem), trzeba pamiętać, że NIE ZOSTAŁ on przysłany przez JOYMAX CO., LTD. Dlatego NIE NALEŻY odpowiadać na tego typu wiadomości e-mail. Prosimy uważać na takie zagrożenia.)

(French)
JOYMAX CO., LTD ne demandera JAMAIS par e-mail, ni des informations personnelles, ni des renseignements sur votre compte tels que mot de passe et réponse secrète. (Si vous recevez un e-mail concernant un "processus de confirmation antifraude" ("account fraud confirmation process"), il ne PROVIENT PAS DE JOYMAX CO., LTD. NE RÉPONDEZ PAS à ce genre de messages et soyez vigilant.)

(Dutch)
JOYMAX CO., LTD vraagt via e-mail NOOIT om persoonlijke gegevens of accountgegevens, zoals je wachtwoord of geheime antwoord.
(E-mails over 'bevestigingsprocedures vanwege accountfraude' zijn NIET afkomstig van JOYMAX CO., LTD. Beantwoord deze e-mails NIET. En blijf altijd waakzaam.)

(Portuguese)
JOYMAX CO., LTD NUNCA pedirá informações pessoais ou qualquer informação relacionada à conta, como senha e resposta secreta, por E-mail.
(Se você receber qualquer E-mail relacionado ao “Processo de confirmação de fraude de conta” ele NÃO SERÁ DA JOYMAX CO., LTD. Portanto NÃO RESPONDA a esse tipo de e-mail. E esteja atento a esse problema.)

(Spanish)
JOYMAX CO., LTD NUNCA solicitará datos personales ni ninguna otra información relacionada con la cuenta, como la contraseña y la respuesta secreta, a través del correo electrónico.
(Si recibes un correo electrónico relacionado con “Proceso de confirmación de fraude de cuenta” NO procede de JOYMAX CO., LTD, así que NO RESPONDAS a ese tipo de correos electrónicos. Y por favor, sé cuidadoso con este asunto.)

(Romanian)
JOYMAX CO., LTD NU VA SOLICITA NICIODATĂ prin E-mail informaţii personale sau informaţii de cont, precum parola sau răspunsul secret.
(În cazul în care primiţi un e-mail intitulat “Account fraud confirmation process” (Proces de confirmare a fraudei de cont), acesta NU ESTE DE LA JOYMAX CO., LTD. Drept urmare, NU RĂSPUNDEŢI la un astfel de e-mail. Vă rugăm acordaţi atenţie maximă unor astfel de mesaje.)

Pretty nice that JM speaks so many languages now.

Therefore we are posting this [NOTICE] on official homepage to warn our beloved users.

LOL

[XMoshe]

The Dutch actually makes sense lolz...

[SnowShael]

Yes, Silkroad's biggest concern is phishing sites. Let's go with that.

[curvekiller]

@xmoshe
The German does too. Seems that the translating ppl make the wrong english and typos right while translating it. The ingame help in foreign languages will probably be better than the current english one

@Snow
For JM of course, since they earn less money if users spend their money on phishing sites.

[Swindler]

Me no understand enlish wher swiidish versýon?

[Razorhead]

The Dutch actually makes sense lolz...

Yeah, nice fluent Dutch and it definitely isn't translated by Google
Cuz otherwise it would be this:

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JOYMAX CO, LTD ZAL NOOIT persoonlijke informatie vragen of informatie met betrekking tot account, zoals wachtwoord en geheime antwoord via e-mail.
(Als u een e-mail met betrekking tot "Account fraude bevestiging proces" is niet van JOYMAX CO, LTD. Dus NIET antwoord op deze vorm van e-mail. En wees voorzichtig met deze materie.)

Yes, Silkroad's biggest concern is phishing sites. Let's go with that.

No no, read again:

There are many fishing sites related to Global Silkroad online and Joymax.co

[HawaiianMix]

Did some one say fish?

[Puma60]

Therefore we are posting this [NOTICE] on official homepage to warn our beloved users.

Loled

[Devilman]

Did some one say fish?

i lol'ed at this more than anything else in this thread nice one.
OT: It's been proven multiple times that Joymax places the well being of their costumers above all else

[Bg_DrEaM]

Edited: Damn, my mistake

[kaperucito]

Hmmm.... did you noticed they didn't translated the notice to Turkish?
Maybe they want Turkish players fall in phishing sites?
Spanish translation looks human. Is funny see the translations are better than his common notices in English....

[BuDo]

This just raises more concerns...golds bots are still over crowding the game (4 years and still going)..making tons of money off of Joymax (supposedly) by selling gold to players and Joymax's main concern is phishing sites? Does anyone here still thinks that Joymaxs doesn't own the gold bots themselves or have some kind of financial affiliation with them?

[Goseki]

Considering even China is having trouble cracking down on goldsellers, JM can't do much. They're not based in the USA where we have strict laws about personal property and copyright.

[BuDo]

Considering even China is having trouble cracking down on goldsellers, JM can't do much. They're not based in the USA where we have strict laws about personal property and copyright.

Yes you keep buying that idea....the game is how old?...and what level support/management is going in to it?....And how much profit has it gained since it's release?...yessss yesss that's right...they're having "trouble" with gold sellers.....for 4+ years....makes tons of sense....A single charge back gets your account block but over 4+ years of gold selling (which would cost them millions) is still a "troublesome" feat...Nice insight Sherlock.

[Goseki]

Considering even China is having trouble cracking down on goldsellers, JM can't do much. They're not based in the USA where we have strict laws about personal property and copyright.

Yes you keep buying that idea....the game is how old?...and what level support/management is going in to it?....And how much profit has it gained since it's release?...yessss yesss that's right...they're having "trouble" with gold sellers.....for 4+ years....makes tons of sense....A single charge back gets your account block but over 4+ years of gold selling (which would cost them millions) is still a "troublesome" feat...Nice insight Sherlock.

JM could have hired a large crew to crack down and constantly check for goldbots on a daily basis, but that would force them to change their game from a F2P to a P2P game outright. This would, of course, reduce desire for many of its customers and reduce profits.

Have you bothered into looking how gold-farming operations are done. Not only are they in China, a country well known for it's knock-offs and lax copyright laws, but it's a place where finding people to work and monitor a few computers and transactions are easy. The Chinese government recently declared a ban on gold-farming due to the bad name + loss of taxable income. We see how well that's going.

Ans how is gold selling costing them millions again? Last I checked, they are still getting a hefty profit. The gold sellers aren't stopping their customers, if anything it's promoting the game. Here's a game where if you got money or no life, you could easily hit it big. Just buy some gold, bot to cap, than fill yourself with the best items. If anything, the ease of getting large amounts of gold on this game and the traffic + account numbers they generate = more money for JM through Prem + publicity. JM can declare with proof that they have over x million subscribers, they just don't have to say 90% of those accounts are made in china and are afk gold farming 24/7 365.

[HawaiianMix]

JM can declare with proof that they have over x million subscribers, they just don't have to say 90% of those accounts are made in china and are afk gold farming 24/7 365.

Honestly, I highly doubt that most of the gold bots are even Chinese based anymore. If you've been in multiple guilds like I did when I played, you'd notice that it seems like almost every guild leader or some one "important" was running gold bots for their guild/union. It wouldn't even surprise me if they were based in America, Egypt, Germany, and Turkey based on several people that I knew who were gold botting and selling to Gold Companies.

It's a dirty, poorly moderated game. If they fixed their unique account creation, reduced # of servers, bot banned like hell each week, and lowered the exp per level + increased the exp per kill, this game would be cleaned up.

[Goseki]

JM can declare with proof that they have over x million subscribers, they just don't have to say 90% of those accounts are made in china and are afk gold farming 24/7 365.

Honestly, I highly doubt that most of the gold bots are even Chinese based anymore. If you've been in multiple guilds like I did when I played, you'd notice that it seems like almost every guild leader or some one "important" was running gold bots for their guild/union. It wouldn't even surprise me if they were based in America, Egypt, Germany, and Turkey based on several people that I knew who were gold botting and selling to Gold Companies.

It's a dirty, poorly moderated game. If they fixed their unique account creation, reduced # of servers, bot banned like hell each week, and lowered the exp per level + increased the exp per kill, this game would be cleaned up.

The would do that if every player was willing to fork over 15+ a month.

[BuDo]

Considering even China is having trouble cracking down on goldsellers, JM can't do much. They're not based in the USA where we have strict laws about personal property and copyright.

Yes you keep buying that idea....the game is how old?...and what level support/management is going in to it?....And how much profit has it gained since it's release?...yessss yesss that's right...they're having "trouble" with gold sellers.....for 4+ years....makes tons of sense....A single charge back gets your account block but over 4+ years of gold selling (which would cost them millions) is still a "troublesome" feat...Nice insight Sherlock.

JM could have hired a large crew to crack down and constantly check for goldbots on a daily basis, but that would force them to change their game from a F2P to a P2P game outright. This would, of course, reduce desire for many of its customers and reduce profits.

Have you bothered into looking how gold-farming operations are done. Not only are they in China, a country well known for it's knock-offs and lax copyright laws, but it's a place where finding people to work and monitor a few computers and transactions are easy. The Chinese government recently declared a ban on gold-farming due to the bad name + loss of taxable income. We see how well that's going.

Ans how is gold selling costing them millions again? Last I checked, they are still getting a hefty profit. The gold sellers aren't stopping their customers, if anything it's promoting the game. Here's a game where if you got money or no life, you could easily hit it big. Just buy some gold, bot to cap, than fill yourself with the best items. If anything, the ease of getting large amounts of gold on this game and the traffic + account numbers they generate = more money for JM through Prem + publicity. JM can declare with proof that they have over x million subscribers, they just don't have to say 90% of those accounts are made in china and are afk gold farming 24/7 365.

What is it that you are not getting here? seems your at a lost. You asked how is JM losing millions...check the price for gold and check how many servers are there..and how many gold buying transactions takes place per day and times that by 4+ years.....If joymax is gonna create a stink when a single person does a charge back then why don't they try their best to stop this million dollar black market that is robbing them "IN PLAIN SIGHT"? Isn't it obvious by now through logic that Joymax has some financial gain from having gold bots in the game? I mean com'on man..its been 4+ years of the same crap..

They don't need a large crew to get rid the game of bots...its clear to us all that they can do it with what/whom they have. The proof of that is when they "DECIDE" to carry out their weekly bot bans. Its clearly within their powers to do it. So don't talk about the cost Joymax would incur for actually doing their job. Its a farce.

[Kolossal]

made in every damn language except italian i wanted to find typos in the version understandable by me >.> too bad, no fun for italians.

[Achilles990]

The only reason they do it, less complaing lol. Least they care about something.

[Goseki]

What is it that you are not getting here? seems your at a lost. You asked how is JM losing millions...check the price for gold and check how many servers are there..and how many gold buying transactions takes place per day and times that by 4+ years.....If joymax is gonna create a stink when a single person does a charge back then why don't they try their best to stop this million dollar black market that is robbing them "IN PLAIN SIGHT"? Isn't it obvious by now through logic that Joymax has some financial gain from having gold bots in the game? I mean com'on man..its been 4+ years of the same crap..

They don't need a large crew to get rid the game of bots...its clear to us all that they can do it with what/whom they have. The proof of that is when they "DECIDE" to carry out their weekly bot bans. Its clearly within their powers to do it. So don't talk about the cost Joymax would incur for actually doing their job. Its a farce.

Well, JM doesn't want to legally sell gold themselves since it would mean they would admit to having/promoting the inflated economy and easy to horde gold and pwn, resulting in a loss of any potential new gamers. Who would want to play a game where it's advertised, want to buy more gold, buy from us if you want to win. Only a few hard-core rich players would be able to afford it. JM instead allows gold botters since like any big game, forums and other means of communication will spread the news about ways to get stronger in the game. It attracts much more newer players, both rich and poor. That is how a F2P game is able to survive. It relies on rich players who are willing to spend lots to make up for the free-bies. By doing this, they are allowing the usual back-alley rumors to spread and promote their game as one where money rules, attracting players that are able to be hooked to this game, than end up with a i must pwn all mentality and are willing to spend more. Why else do you think turks get such good treatment from JM. Other games where moderators are on, if that many stupid kids are spamming fack mather all the time, their ass would get banned, not a new server made for them. In short, it's not robbing since JM never planned to sell gold in the beginning.

JM would need to ALLOW their GM to moderate their games in order for them to start controlling the botting situation, but quite a large team to FULLY prevent all botters. It takes a few people to mark and ban, but a lot to create a program and daily checks of each server. There's over 35 servers now. It would take an average about 3-6 hours per server just running the common paths from each town. Not an easy a job to do manually, and their automated system sucks atm.

[BuDo]

What is it that you are not getting here? seems your at a lost. You asked how is JM losing millions...check the price for gold and check how many servers are there..and how many gold buying transactions takes place per day and times that by 4+ years.....If joymax is gonna create a stink when a single person does a charge back then why don't they try their best to stop this million dollar black market that is robbing them "IN PLAIN SIGHT"? Isn't it obvious by now through logic that Joymax has some financial gain from having gold bots in the game? I mean com'on man..its been 4+ years of the same crap..

They don't need a large crew to get rid the game of bots...its clear to us all that they can do it with what/whom they have. The proof of that is when they "DECIDE" to carry out their weekly bot bans. Its clearly within their powers to do it. So don't talk about the cost Joymax would incur for actually doing their job. Its a farce.

Well, JM doesn't want to legally sell gold themselves since it would mean they would admit to having/promoting the inflated economy and easy to horde gold and pwn, resulting in a loss of any potential new gamers. (1)Who would want to play a game where it's advertised, want to buy more gold, buy from us if you want to win. Only a few hard-core rich players would be able to afford it. JM instead allows gold botters since like any big game, forums and other means of communication will spread the news about ways to get stronger in the game. It attracts much more newer players, both rich and poor. That is how a F2P game is able to survive. It relies on rich players who are willing to spend lots to make up for the free-bies. By doing this, they are allowing the usual back-alley rumors to spread and promote their game as one where money rules, attracting players that are able to be hooked to this game, than end up with a i must pwn all mentality and are willing to spend more. Why else do you think turks get such good treatment from JM. Other games where moderators are on, if that many stupid kids are spamming fack mather all the time, their ass would get banned, not a new server made for them. (2)In short, it's not robbing since JM never planned to sell gold in the beginning.

JM would need to ALLOW their GM to moderate their games in order for them to start controlling the botting situation, but quite a large team to FULLY prevent all botters. It takes a few people to mark and ban, but a lot to create a program and daily checks of each server. There's over 35 servers now. It would take an average about 3-6 hours per server just running the common paths from each town. Not an easy a job to do manually, and their automated system sucks atm.

(1) - What is it that you call the magic POP then? Obviously Joymax already crossed that line. And I agree with you to some extent. They probably wont go as far as to announce the sales of gold. But they did the next best thing. Which is magic POP.


(2) - Whether they intend to sell gold or not it still "seems" that Joymax is getting robed. You cant sit there and not call it a robbing when you know how gold sellers are making their profits. Gold sellers didn't make the game. Its not theirs..they are leeching off of Joymax creation and has been doing so for years..Thats definitely thieving.. But in reality its not because of reasons I've already pointed out. Joymax is benefiting