[Update] The “Phishing Scam” we reported on earlier this morning is NOT a phishing scam after all. Sony’s Jeff Rubenstein has clarified on Twitter:
While we were wrong that it isn’t a phishing scam, it never hurts to be extra cautious when dealing with secure passwords and strange emails. Especially ones that say funds have been sitting in our wallets for “six months or more”, when we spend money on the PlayStation Network weekly. Simply put, we were wrong, but it’s better to be safe than sorry.
[Original] The PlayStation Network has been the target of a number of hacks, schemes, and some other downright dirty acts from scoundrels, thieves, and evil-doers alike. The latest issue comes in the form of a phishing scam being sent to PSN user’s email addresses.
The scam appears as an email stating you have funds in your wallet that haven’t been used in months. Upon logging in, your credentials are then stolen.
I personally received the email late last night and although it did raise red flags, there were things in the email that made it appear legit. As you can see from the image below, there is legal copyright and trademark text at the bottom of the page. It also is designed in such a way that it looks similar to other PSN-related mailings.
It does appear that the scam at least knows half of your information as it uses the correct PSN ID and send the email to the email address related to the PSN account. All that’s left is for you to enter you password, and they’ll have all they need to do their dirty work.
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14 Responses to “[UPDATE: Not Phishing] Beware of PSN Wallet Phishing Emails”
curtissheets28 says: 12/16/2011 at 10:42 AM holy crap…i got that email too…really glad i didnt put much thought into it and went back to studying…thanks for this article, now i can go report the sender
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Shibbyman2718 says: 12/16/2011 at 10:42 AM Oh shit, I got that e-mail. But I couldn’t be bothered to give one fuck about that e-mail, good to know it is a scam.
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AiKaoriHime says: 12/16/2011 at 10:54 AM I got it too, but it didn’t make sense. I had brought stuff from the PSN store a couple of days ago. Wtf is wrong with people these days?
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DarKnighT_0_9 says: 12/16/2011 at 11:03 AM Well crap. I got the email, thought it sounded weird but stupidly logged in. Apparently my 4.40 balance and the fact that I don’t have a credit card weren’t appealing or they hadn’t tried my account yet cause nothing was changed no money was gone. Thanks for the warning. Password changed.
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Toxia says: 12/16/2011 at 11:18 AM i got this email to but do not use a credit card so what is the worst that could happen?
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leo313rd says: 12/16/2011 at 11:21 AM I got it too but i didn’t bother with it. But I also got a message on my ps3 and it had a link that took me straight to the minis section on the ps store. Did anyone else get it on ps3 and is it actually from Sony or someone that hacked into PSN.
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smokey_vols says: 12/16/2011 at 11:25 AM Hmm… I got it too. I believe everyone must have gotten it.
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Shibbyman2718 says: 12/16/2011 at 11:51 AM But the links lead to a website
http://www.playstation-emails.com if that doesnt seem phishy, I don’t know what does.
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Shibbyman2718 says: 12/16/2011 at 11:54 AM I didnt realize it would create the hyperlink…and I didn’t put in the http….so…dont click on that.
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GAM3R_16 says: 12/16/2011 at 12:06 PM Way to advertise the scam (if it was) LOL
GAM3R_16 says: 12/16/2011 at 11:57 AM Oh what a relief, even though like most others I didn’t think much of it the part with me having my credit card attached and a balance of $50 on my psn account really had me worried.
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Achilles410 says: 12/16/2011 at 12:03 PM i got that email but i had just used my balance before so i didn’t bother to check it
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DarKnighT_0_9 says: 12/16/2011 at 12:11 PM So I just spent all that time changing all my passwords for nothing… Lol oh well everything is more secure now at least.
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Mark says: 12/16/2011 at 12:15 PM Yeah, I know my wallet funds haven’t been used for a long time. What the hell am I going to do with 25 cents?
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