SCAM Alert! Lineage 2 Security Announcement

 IGN’s Lineage II vault reports that several people have been receiving emails from what appears to be NCSoft. These emails are NOT from NCSoft. To get an idea of what the questionable email looks like, here’s how it starts out:

Dear PlayNC Client,

At PlayNC the greatest responsibility to our customer is the safekeeping of confidential information you have entrusted to us and using it in a responsible manner. A fundamental element of safeguarding your confidential information is to provide protection against unauthorized access or use of this information. We maintain physical, electronic and procedural safeguards that comply with federal guidelines to guard your nonpublic personal information against unauthorized access.

At this time we need you to renew your online account with our existing database (or it will be deactivated and deleted). As soon as our database will be updated we need to make a few important announcements to our customers so please renew your PlayNC account with no delay.

The email goes on to give an address to click on to give them information. DO NOT CLICK ON THIS ADRESS. NCSoft will NEVER send you emails asking you for information of this nature. Most especially, not in this manner. NCSoft’s Mistryl had this to say:

This is not an email from PlayNC — please don’t click the link if you receive this email! As a reminder to everyone, NCsoft will never ask you for your password in an email or anywhere other than logging into PlayNC.com or a game. Emails asking for your game or PlayNC password are typically fraudulent, especially emails that claim your account or characters will be deleted.

Again, DO NOT reply to the email. Okay? If you’ve been a victim of this already, just pray to whatever MMO gods there are out there that some government agency will bust their fraudulent behinds.

Via IGN

 IGN’s Lineage II vault reports that several people have been receiving emails from what appears to be NCSoft. These emails are NOT from NCSoft. To get an idea of what the questionable email looks like, here’s how it starts out:

Dear PlayNC Client,

At PlayNC the greatest responsibility to our customer is the safekeeping of confidential information you have entrusted to us and using it in a responsible manner. A fundamental element of safeguarding your confidential information is to provide protection against unauthorized access or use of this information. We maintain physical, electronic and procedural safeguards that comply with federal guidelines to guard your nonpublic personal information against unauthorized access.

At this time we need you to renew your online account with our existing database (or it will be deactivated and deleted). As soon as our database will be updated we need to make a few important announcements to our customers so please renew your PlayNC account with no delay.

The email goes on to give an address to click on to give them information. DO NOT CLICK ON THIS ADRESS. NCSoft will NEVER send you emails asking you for information of this nature. Most especially, not in this manner. NCSoft’s Mistryl had this to say:

This is not an email from PlayNC — please don’t click the link if you receive this email! As a reminder to everyone, NCsoft will never ask you for your password in an email or anywhere other than logging into PlayNC.com or a game. Emails asking for your game or PlayNC password are typically fraudulent, especially emails that claim your account or characters will be deleted.

Again, DO NOT reply to the email. Okay? If you’ve been a victim of this already, just pray to whatever MMO gods there are out there that some government agency will bust their fraudulent behinds.

Via IGN