OK. I don't like thieves but can appreciate good ones. But one thing I hate more than anything is bad thieves. I mean come on if you are going to be a thief at least put some effort into it. Its like even low lifes are being lazy about being scum.
Example 1:
When you receive this message at the same time means that you have a routine account of our recent examination, was checking your account we have the evidence to prove that involved in the controversial game currency transaction so we had to take the necessary measures.
Please visit our web site secure.ncsoft.com as soon as possible to activate your account or we will suspend your account.
The NCsoft Team
This was sent apparently from my own email address with the subject Aion Account Check.
Now I know english may not be everyones first language but for fucks sakes stop butchering the damn language and if you are going to send out spam attempts like this get someone who can speak english to write it. It is an insult to the language.
Example 2:
Subject: Aion Account Check
From: wowaccountadmin @ blizzard.com
Greetings!
This is an automated notification regarding the recent change(s)
made to your World of Warcraft account. Your password has recently been modified through the Password Recovery website.
*** If you made this password change, please disregard this notification. However, if you did NOT make changes to your password
we recommend you Login verify your password:
worldofwarcraft.com
If you are unable to successfully verify your password .
using the automated system, please contact Billing & Account Services at 1-800-59-BLIZZARD (1-800-592-5499) Mon-Fri, 8am-8pm Pacific Time or at billing @ blizzard.com. Account security is solely the responsibility of the account holder. Please be advised that in the event of a compromised account, Blizzard representatives typically must lock the account. In these cases the Account Administration team will require faxed receipt of ID materials before releasing the account for play.
Regards,
The World of Warcraft Support Team Blizzard Entertainment
The link in the above when moused over points to a mispelled url.
Seriously if you cant even pay enough attention to realize which game you are trying to rip someones account off of you just fail. The above is a perfect example not only fail but of Epic fail. Honestly. I mean that takes the stupidity level and kicks it up a notch.
Example 3:
Subject: Worldofwarcraft Account Seaech
Thats right this poor bastard couldn't even get the spell check in the subject line. He failed before he even got to the pickup. Thats like blowing the motor in your car while idling waiting for the green flag to go up.. I almost feel bad that these people not only are too stupid to get a real job but they even suck at a pathetic attempt at being thieves. I swear its like to be one of these you have to be the heir to the kingdom of idiots.
What is even sadder than these examples of fail is that I am actually getting more junk email of these type than people trying to sell me viagra or get me to go to their porn site. Whats the world coming to when there is more attempts at MMO account jackings then good old fashioned porn spam...
Anyway hopefully will be able to play more again soon. Just figured I would share these little gems of amusement as I can't help but chuckle at least a little at the pure stupidity and fail that is the modern gold seller.