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    The Xbox 360 is the second game console produced by Microsoft Corporation and is the successor to the original Xbox.

    I got a weird message on XBL the other day..

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    Jolly_Lolly

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    #1  Edited By Jolly_Lolly
    With all its glory..
    With all its glory..
    It was from "AccountSupport1", and it said:

    "Your account will be deactivated in Jul 30, 2008 at 12:00 AM. To reactivate your account, send us your Xbox Live e-mail adress and password. If you choose not to reactivate your account by 7/30/08, your account will be deleted."

    Should I trust this? The account only has 2/5 golden stars for rep (don't know if that matters) and doesn't have any achievements or anything. But it does say that he played Halo 3 on 7/21/2008 (this message was sent on the 25th).

    And I just noticed that he spelled "adress" incorrectly. I sent them a message questioning the message but no response.

    What do you guys think?

    EDIT: Got a picture for you guys, sorry it's poor quality, took it with my webcam.
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    #2  Edited By DualReaver

    Do it, he seems legit.


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    #3  Edited By hazzard4123

    Probaly some 10 year old kid whose xbox live is about to run out, so by all means DON'T TRUST IT!

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    #4  Edited By Wolverine

    It seems like a scam, I am almost positive it is. I heard of scams like this happening and if you send him your email and password you he can charge you credit card.

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    #5  Edited By Jolly_Lolly
    hazzard4123 said:
    "Probaly some 10 year old kid whose xbox live is about to run out, so by all means DON'T TRUST IT!"
    Oh I f*****g knew it. I can't believe I was worried about my account being deleted. I'm going to send that little punk a hate message.

    This really grinds my gears >:(
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    #6  Edited By Shocker

    I wouldn't trust it at all.

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    #7  Edited By METALM1LITIA91

    It is not legit cause xbox support will NEVER ask for your password info. They will hijack your account. Report them immediately.

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    #8  Edited By JoelTGM

    It's fake, they would never ask for your password, and don't you think MS could come up with something better than AccountSupport1? lol

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    #9  Edited By breadfan

    Usually Microsoft tech support emails you with any important info about your account, so if you didn't hear about it that way its a scam

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    #10  Edited By twenty0ne

    100% fake.

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    #11  Edited By Lies

     Total scam. Services like Xbox Live will never ask for your account information.

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    #12  Edited By DirrtyNinja
    Only a true half wit would fall for that.
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    #13  Edited By Origina1Penguin

    Microsoft only emails you information about account changes, and you will never be asked for your password.  Never give out your email address or password associated with your Live account.

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    C'mon, dude. Microsoft doesn't need you to tell them your account information--they already have that. Only a little punk bastard trying to rip you off would need that.

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    Send them a fake pw, then see what happens. :P

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    #16  Edited By mjwickstrom1

    Xbox Live is full of scams these days. Don't believe it. The kid cleverly made AccountSupport1 his account name to make you tihkn he worked for MS, and is now asking for your email and password so he can get your personal info, like you credit card, etc. It's a scam, don't trust it!

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    #17  Edited By Jolly_Lolly
    Sentry said:
    "Send them a fake pw, then see what happens. :P
    "
    Now that ain't a bad idea ;)
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    #18  Edited By twenty0ne
    Sentry said:
    "Send them a fake pw, then see what happens. :P
    "
    Please do. And then let us know what they say.
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    #19  Edited By Jolly_Lolly

    hey guys what email/pass should I send?

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    #20  Edited By Player1

    Its a scam. He has terrible rep, and xbox doesnt send messages through a gamertag. It sends it thorough official messages. 

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    #21  Edited By METALM1LITIA91
    Jolly_Lolly said:
    "hey guys what email/pass should I send?
    "

    XBL NAME: uthinkimanidiot
    pass: gotcha
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    #22  Edited By KiLL3r

    Just don't trust anyone you don't know on xbox live. If you get a message like this report it and delete it.

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    #23  Edited By LightYagami245

    I would take a pass. It must have Microsoft sender(someone who works for MS) or not for me to do that.

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    Jolly_Lolly said:
    "Sentry said:
    "Send them a fake pw, then see what happens. :P
    "
    Now that ain't a bad idea ;)
    "
    Well what can I say. :P

    Because then, well, they might message you back saying it was incorrect, OR really remove your account, and then you could sue em and say it was a typo lol... something like that.
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    #25  Edited By MisterShak

    send them a message from another account asking for the same thing. see what they do.

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    #26  Edited By wefwefasdf

    I believe that Xbox Live wouldn't contact you through it's message system and also, why would there be a 1 after AccountSupport? They can have any name they want.

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    #27  Edited By Jonathan
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    #28  Edited By LightYagami245
    SpikeSpiegel said:
    "I believe that Xbox Live wouldn't contact you through it's message system and also, why would there be a 1 after AccountSupport? They can have any name they want."
    Good point.
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    Jonathan said:
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    Lol, QFT.
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    #30  Edited By LiquidPrince

    Dude, it's fake, and all you have to do is wait until the 30th and see that your account won't be deactivated.

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    #31  Edited By Jolly_Lolly

    Ok, I'm going to send him this email and pass: "douthincimenideoot (as in do you think im an idiot) @gmail.com pass: noefnwey (no f*****g way).

    I'll keep you guys posted.

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    LiquidPrince said:
    "Dude, it's fake, and all you have to do is wait until the 30th and see that your account won't be deactivated.
    "

    And what if it is!? I dont want to take teh chance!!!
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    #33  Edited By LiquidPrince
    Sentry said:
    "LiquidPrince said:
    "Dude, it's fake, and all you have to do is wait until the 30th and see that your account won't be deactivated.
    "

    And what if it is!? I dont want to take teh chance!!!
    "
    Give him your password... NOWZ!
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    #34  Edited By zmf

    This doesn't make a good first post but seriously I have the common sense comparable to that of a stinking pile of horse manure but I still saw at first sight that that is a trap and a bad one at that.

    (Hi!!! ^_^)

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    HIIIIZ.

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    #36  Edited By Jolly_Lolly
    zmf said:
    "This doesn't make a good first post but seriously I have the common sense comparable to that of a stinking pile of horse manure but I still saw at first sight that that is a trap and a bad one at that.

    (Hi!!! ^_^)
    "
    bu..bu..but I just wanted to make sure D:
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    #37  Edited By zmf

    Haha sorry I suppose it's completely understandable just make sure companies, forums, websites will never ask for your details by messaging or emails etc.

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    #38  Edited By vibratingdonkey

    If you for a second considered the possibility of that message being real....

    If you would like to stop people from trying to scam you over Xbox Live I can offer you a filter which makes sure scammers will never be able to contact you again. All I need is your Xbox Live sign in details and password so I can attach the required software to your account.

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    #39  Edited By zmf
    VibratingDonkey said:
    "If you for a second considered the possibility of that message being real....

    If you would like to stop people from trying to scam you over Xbox Live I can offer you a filter which makes sure scammers will never be able to contact you again. All I need is your Xbox Live sign in details and password so I can attach the required software to your account.
    "
    You remind me of a man in my past who lured me into his car with offerings of sweets and chocolates.

    I'm sold, what's your email address?
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    #40  Edited By Psynapse

    My XBL subscription recently ran out, i didn't receive an XBL message, but an email from them firstly saying that my account was going to run out in a month and to go to xbox.com to log in and get more time etc, or that it was going to end by the given date.

    At that date they sent me another email saying that my XBL has ran out and if i want to renew my membership to go to the website and put more time on, they will NEVER ask for your details.. Same goes with anything really, never give out your password.

    If you have any doubts at all, open up a fresh browser window, go to the website (eg. www.xboxlive.com) and log in without clicking on any links at all from the suspect email that you received.

    Better to be safe than sorry!

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    #41  Edited By Jolly_Lolly
    VibratingDonkey said:
    "If you for a second considered the possibility of that message being real....

    If you would like to stop people from trying to scam you over Xbox Live I can offer you a filter which makes sure scammers will never be able to contact you again. All I need is your Xbox Live sign in details and password so I can attach the required software to your account.
    "
    I thought you were serious for a second there lol..

    >.>

    <.<

    /ashamed
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    #42  Edited By zmf

    /facepalm

    If you want to know the honest truth everything on the internet is a lie!

    (Oxymoron's ftw.)

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    #43  Edited By HitNRun

    Do everyone a favor and report him, he'll probably get his box banned and we'll have one fewer asshole on Live.

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    #44  Edited By BeyondPerfection

    Doesn't it say "We will never ask for your e-mail or password" when you sign up for Live?

    I'm sure it does considering most, if not every site has that policy. They have it so people like AccountSupport1 don't fool people.

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    #45  Edited By Jolly_Lolly
    zmf said:
    "/facepalm

    If you want to know the honest truth everything on the internet is a lie!

    (Oxymoron's ftw.)
    "
    But I thought we were buddies :(
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    #46  Edited By Jolly_Lolly
    HitNRun said:
    "Do everyone a favor and report him, he'll probably get his box banned and we'll have one fewer asshole on Live.
    "
    Will do.

    >:)
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    #47  Edited By Mourne

    Wow, good thing you didn't fall for that. That would've been fairly embarrassing.

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    #48  Edited By Vlademir

    DON'T DO IT!

    Report the guy. It's definitely a scam.

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    #49  Edited By Jolly_Lolly
    Mourne said:
    "Wow, good thing you didn't fall for that. That would've been fairly embarrassing.
    "
    It looked slightly legitimate to me until I noticed he spelled "address" incorrectly.

    >_______>
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    #50  Edited By MsCortana

    Contact Microsoft....and report this user, it is obviously a scam.

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