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r/runescape•
trying2hide

Her /r/runescape I need your help

I use to play Runescape from about 2003-2011 but quit, recently I have been getting emails from [email protected] telling me my account has been placed in the Danger-Zone.

The email reads

"To Player,

We have collected conclusive evidence that you have tried to sell your game character or virtual items outside of RuneScape.

Such real world trading is devastating to the economy of the game and is in violation with our policies. Any user that continues to engage in the illegal activity has no place in our community.

All of your accounts are now blacklisted for RWT and will be constantly monitored for real world trading. Despite of who you are or for how long you've been playing RuneScape, if you continue to real money trade we will have no hesitation in: (1) permanently removing your account from RuneScape in order to protect RuneScape, and (2) suing you in a court of law (Jagex LTD versus you), which will be an indictment based on Digital Millennium Copyright Act law transgressions that is currently being processed in the United States District Court for the Western District of California (Civ. Action No. SANC-V12-00364-CKJ-c6jtsWPT).

If you do not listen to this letter and instead continue real world trading, we (Jagex Limited) reserve our rights to prosecute statutory damages against you for between $400 to $3,500 per act of past, present, and/or future real world trading in agreement with 18 U.S.C. 1208(b)(2).

In addition, we have temporarily changed your game account's status.

Please fill in the following verification form to see your account's status or to dispute the new infractions you have received: http://secure.runescape.com/c6jtsWPT/m=weblogin/g=runescape/index.ws?mod=offence-appeal&ssl=1

Please note: As a result of some technical issues with our automated systems, some accounts have been unfairly punished. Most of the void infractions should have been removed. Please use the account status section to dispute any unjustified infractions received due to system errors.

Regards, Jagex LTD.

© 2014 Copyright by Jagex Limited and RuneScape. View our Privacy Policy: http://www.jagex.com/corporate/terms.ws. Jagex Ltd. St John's Innovation Centre, Cowley Road, Cambridge CB4 0WS United Kingdom"

I haven't done anything with the account since I've stopped playing, is this a legit email and if so what can I do to stop it?

Posted Mar 15, 2014, 12:09 PM UTC

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Rikugun_taiiMaxed 24/12/13 - 120 Divination •

Phishing email.

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trying2hideOP•

Ok thanks, strange how they would contact me two years after I quit, some security breach at Zybez or RSC?

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Rikugun_taiiMaxed 24/12/13 - 120 Divination •

You must be putting your email in somewhere weird, I've never received a phishing email and I've been playing rs for just over 10 years.

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Qazwsx753421Trimmer•

IIRC jagex released a statement stating that the emails are randomly generated. You are just one of the lucky few.

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Joshposh70IGN:Joshyy 2507/2595 (355 QP)•

It's spam, don't click on the links, don't log into the links and ignore the emails, Jagex will only message you about things such as these via you're message centre

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whenIdreamallday•

If it says "To Player," it's a phishing email. Jagex, if they email you, will address you by your username.

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SanderDLMMax achieved boys - Chet Faker•

Also, if Jagex really emails you, they will try to make you buy keys with a silly promotion.

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ElitexMikeTrim Comp 6/6/14 | 1.42 Bil xp•

I get about two emails like that a month. Legal documents will not be sent to your email address as in many countries this does not constitute a proper "service of process." Don't worry and disregard it, it's a scam, most likely originating from a security breech on a fan site. You don't owe anything.

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Anosan2,495/2,574•

Phishing mail. If you put your cursor on that link in the e-mail, you should see that it's actually something like seruce.runecape.com.ru/whatever instead of the link that you see in the message. Also if you try to reply to that message, the recipient is something like [email protected] and not the [email protected] that you see in the message.

Ignore it and if you are using hotmail, report the message for phishing.

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