Dear Community,

today i received this email which is fake ( noreply@e.runescape.com )

 

@ Staff maybe move/pin it please.

 

Email:

 

 

 

 

Greetings, 

We have strong evidence that you may have attempted a transfer of RuneScape accounts or traded virtual items outside of the game environment. 

Real-world trading destroys the economy of RuneScape, violates your agreement with us, and any player that continues to engage in the illegal activity has no place in our community. 

All of your accounts, main and otherwise, are now on our watch list and will be monitored for real-world trading. Regardless of who you are or how long you've been with us, if you decide to real-world trade ever again we will have no hesitation in: (1) permanently removing your account from our wonderful community in order to protect Jagex's rights, and (2) naming you as a defendant in Jagex Limited v. John Does, which is a lawsuit based on antitrust law violations that is currently pending in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California. 

If you decide to ignore this email and instead continue Real-World Trading, we (Jagex Ltd) reserve our rights to pursue statutory damages against you for between $200 to $2,500 per act of past, present, and/or future real-world trading in accordance with 18 U.S.C. 1304(Fmg)(2). 

In addition, new black marks have been added to your RuneScape account. If left unchallenged your account will be temporarily or permanently disabled. 

To view the evidence please click the link below or copy and paste it into your browser: 

LINK REMOVED DUE TO YOUR OWN SAFETY

Please note: Due to a recent bug in our infraction system, some accounts may have received a void infraction. The majority of void infractions have been removed but we cannot ensure that all infractions have been removed. We urge you to visit the appeal section to appeal any unjustified infractions received due to system errors. 

Kind regards, 
RuneScape Account Support

 

Edited July 15, 20169 yr by Oliver

the only legit emails jagex sends you are advertisements when you have them enabled and i think if you have authenticator and someone wants to remove it

 

but they always start by calling you your ingame name

the only legit emails jagex sends you are advertisements when you have them enabled and i think if you have authenticator and someone wants to remove it

 

but they always start by calling you your ingame name

 

this and the real email would not contain "e."runescape

I got this email too! I actually thought it was legit for a bit until I asked chatbox lmao 

this and the real email would not contain "e."runescape

 

yes obviously

 

but cant you make an email appear like it was send from a different email? In that case it would seem like it was send from the real jagex email.

I'm surprised people still fall for phishes.

yes obviously

 

but cant you make an email appear like it was send from a different email? In that case it would seem like it was send from the real jagex email.

 

yes in my email it only showed me runescape

i had to click on the name to see the real mail

Thanks for the heads up!

 

Never click on emails withcontent like that anyways but good someone's looking out for the community!

Same here lol

 

I'm surprised people still fall for phishes.

yeah, i don't get it either

Why pin this? RS phishing emails have been around for over a decade.

 

Edit: Decent reminder for the noobs though.

Why pin this? RS phishing emails have been around for over a decade.

 

Edit: Decent reminder for the noobs though.

they promised me free party hats tho

yes obviously

 

but cant you make an email appear like it was send from a different email? In that case it would seem like it was send from the real jagex email.

 

You can do that; It's fairly easy aswell

I don't know why people still aren't wise to this.

 

There used to be a service where you could pay a monthly fee to have a 'bot' cover everything, web-hosting, emailing to your email list, attaching to new domains when the current one has been flagged, spoofing the mail...

 

If you get phished, especially on Runescape and you are below the age of 70, you deserve to be hacked.

Edited July 15, 20169 yr by Final

Thanks for sharing.