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The Guild Wars 2 Account Phishing Email Scam - Action Required

The Guild Wars 2 Account Phishing Email Scam - Action Required

The phishing or fake email message below with the subject: "Guild Wars Account - Action Required", was not sent by the Guild Wars team. The email message contains a link to a phishing website that was designed to steal your Guild Wars 2 username and password.

The Guild Wars 2 Account Phishing Email

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From:    ArenaNet (noreply@guildwars2.com)
Subject: Guild Wars Account - Action Required

Greetings!

It will be ongoing for further investigation by ArenaNet's employees.

We are concerned about whether your account has been stolen.in order to guarantee the legitimacy of your account, click the link below.

https://account.guildwars2.com/account/login-support.html

Once your account authentication has been completed, we will check your account and let you know what we can do for you.

Need help or have questions about your account? Visit our support site: http://support.guildwars2.com/.

The Guild Wars 2 Team

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If you click on the link in this email message, you will be taken to the phishing or fake Guild War 2 website below:
hxxp://www.guildwars2.com.us.arenanet.login.ac-game.pw /?loginservice=wam&ref=0&app=bam

And, if you enter your GuildWar2 username and password on this website, it will be sent to the hackers or scammers behind this fake GuildWar2 website.

If you have already entered your GuildWar 2 user name and password on this bogus web page or others, please change your GuildWar2 password right now!

To sign into your Guild Wars2 account always use the following link:
https://account.guildwars2.com/

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Apr 7, 2014 at 2:16 PM by
The Guild Wars 2 Account Phishing Email Scam - Action Required
an anonymous user from: Los Angeles, California, United States

I just got an email that claims to be from guild wars 2, it's just like the fake world of warcraft emails - I don't play these games so I know they're all a fake and have reported them. Maybe it's just a hotmail thing as I do not get this in my aol email.

Delete

waiting

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