RIFT Account Investigation‏ *SCAM*

Oh boy I just got my first Rift phishing attempt, I feel like it is Christmas! It does very much appear related to the World of Warcraft phishers that love to flood my inbox day and night. This mail claims they have caught your Rift character up for sale and looks pretty official right?

All we have to do is click on the link and verify we own the account, sounds simple enough. Clicking on this link opens a page shown here.

If you notice the address bar starts off with http://www.riftgome.com/ not riftgame.com. This seems pretty fishy to me lets make sure Trion Worlds actually owns this. Uh oh this site is owned by "songyu" from Liaoning, China! This is his brand new phishing flagship as it was just created on March 1 of 2011. I sincerely hope some Rift players see this before they lose their in game assets and characters to these scammers. Happy leveling!

*MAIL TEXT*
Received: from unknown (HELO vlm32339.net) (88.109.134.24)

Greetings Ascended!

We have already noted that you are trying to sell your personal RIFT account (s).

Terms of Use
It will be ongoing for further investigation by Trion Worlds, Inc's employees.
If you wish to not get your account suspended you should immediately verify your account
ownership. You must complete the steps below to secure the account and your computer.

STEP 1: SECURE THE ACCOUNT, YOUR COMPUTER AND YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS

Account compromises most often occur when a player shares login information with an unauthorized
third party or plays on a computer that has a virus, Trojan, or key-logger. We recommend you read and
apply the following tips to protect yourself and the account.

STEP 2: ACCOUNT INVESTIGATION

We now provide a secure website for you to verify that you have taken the appropriate steps to
secure the account, your computer, and your email address. Please go to this site and follow the instructions:

STEP 3: VERIFY YOUR SUBMISSION WAS RECEIVED

We will contact you with further instructions once we have received and processed your submission.
If you do not receive a reply within 48 hours of submitting this form, please resend
it from the address listed above.
Please be aware that if unauthorized access to this account, it may lead to further action against
the account.

The RIFT Team
Trion Worlds, Inc.
www.RIFTgame.com
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