Alliance Members and Guild Members,
To minimize the risks of falling under the trap of a phishing attempt, follow these rules.
Neither Nexon nor Asiasoft is going to compensate for your losses.
This is MapleStory, not World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria nor Diablo III.
Works for MapleSEA only. Change of information on other servers.
1. Never click links in emails given to you. They can use the art of masking. As much as possible, manually type in the URL in the address box.
The art of masking works like this in Blogger:
i. Click the "Link" button.
ii. In the column at the right of "Text to Display", type in "http://maple.asiasoftsea.com/"
iii. Click the circle at the right of "Web Address" and at the column at the bottom of "Which URL should this link go to?" type a phishing site URL.
iv. Click "OK".
If you manually type the URL into your address box, you go to the correct URL.
In a phishing site these are the possibilities:
i. A spyware/keylogger is automatically installed into your computer.
ii. You see a picture "You Have Won 1 Billion Mesos! Enter Your Account ID, Account Password, Account 2nd Password To Claim Your Prize!" or some other phishing attempt.
2. Beware of phishing emails.
"From time to time, you might recieve emails which contain what seems to be an official [Nexon or Asiasoft] message.
They often look very similar to genuine [Nexon or Asiasoft] emails.
If they sound too good to be true, make urgent threats, ask you to reply with your account information or to click on a link to go to a website outside of [Nexon's or Asiasoft's] sites, you are dealing with a phishing attempt.
Make sure to check the validity of such emails very carefully.
Obvious phishing emails will directly ask you to provide your password. [As reminded countless times, Nexon or Asiasoft] will NEVER ask you for your password.
Also, phishing emails will often contain incorrect spelling or grammar.
Some will even use tricks like masking or spoofing (check above) the sender's address or links contained in the message.
Check the email's header information to verify the sending address and don't click on links in suspicious emails.
In addition, you should make sure that your browser's phishing filter is activated.
As spoofing can be quite difficult to detect, [we recommend reading a security article from this website:
http://battle.net/support]
It contains detailed information and examples.
If you uncover a phishing email, add the sender to your "blocked senders" list and [delete the email immediately.]"
We got this from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RTrWNtE48kM and we edited some of the phrases.
3. There ARE phishing attempts when you play the game, so suckers best don't think you're safe if you don't touch your email.
MapleStory's in-game chat might be abused by people for phishing. Please note that Nexon or Asiasoft staff (Game Masters) chat like gentlemen.
1. The speaker has a "GM" sign on top of their heads.
2. They chat using proper English. (If you play MapleSEA, that is.)
3. They will never ask you for your information.
(Please note there are other "obvious" proof to see if one is a scammer or a Game Master.)
If you meet these type of people, report them for "Fake GM".
Do not understand what are the meaning of the words? You do not need a dictionary, we have provided you with the meaning of some words which we searched OxfordDictionaries.com. Please note these are not all the definitions for the words, we have found the definition of the words according to the sentence structure:
Minimize: Reduce (something, especially something undesirable) to the smallest possible amount or degree.
Phishing: The fraudulent practice of sending emails purporting to be from reputable companies in order to induce individuals to reveal personal information, such as passwords and credit card numbers, online.
Additional Notes: This is like "fishing" for someone else's account information using all types of "bait".
Compensate: Give (someone) something, typically money, in recognition of loss, suffering, or injury incurred; recompense.
Manually: Relating to or done with the hands.
Spyware: Software that enables a user to obtain covert information about another’s computer activities by transmitting data covertly from their hard drive.
Keylogger: A computer program that records every keystroke made by a computer user, especially in order to gain fraudulent access to passwords and other confidential information.
Validity: The quality of being logically or factually sound; soundness or cogency.
That's all for now. Thank you.
QQPhantomGG, the Dominator
This guide falls under Creative Commons, you may use this if you give credit.
Credits:
MapleSEA: Copyright © NEXON Korea Corporation, Licensed to Asiasoft Online Pte.Ltd. in Singapore/Malaysia
Knowledge on Phishing: Blizzard Entertainment, Inc.
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