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Is this $1K bonus email from empire genuine or phishing?
Dear xxxxxx,
Out of all Empire Poker players, you were chosen to join our new, exclusive and rewarding plan. How about extra $1000 real cash from Empire? Wouldn't that be something? We developed a very simple and highly rewarding scheme, designed personally for your needs. Up to $1000 extra cash directly into your account according to the following simple steps (no bonus restrictions): Play 15-19 raked days a month and get $50. Play 20-24 raked days a month and get $100. Play 25 or more raked days a month and get $200. *One offer is valid per month, according to the number of days played each month. Offer valid for duration of 6 month starting August 1st, 2005. To join this special program, all you need to do is register at www.empirepoker.com/1000offer and start collecting your funds! However, when I click on http://www.empirepoker.com/1000offer I actually get taken to http://www.epvip.com/1000offer/ I don't know if epvip.com is legit or not. Can't be too careful Thanks Edit: the website it goes to just asks me to enter the email address and username of my account - as if the phishers were trying to confirm they have my details. Also, there is no epvip.com homepage. |
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Re: Is this $1K bonus email from empire genuine or phishing?
This looks VERY fishy. DO NOT ENTER INFO.
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Re: Is this $1K bonus email from empire genuine or phishing?
You should call Empire and find out.
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Re: Is this $1K bonus email from empire genuine or phishing?
epvip is the address for empire's vip club. However, instead of clicking on links you should type in the URL, as the name (epvip) could be spoofed.
It looks legit, but I would email Empire's support to make sure. |
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Re: Is this $1K bonus email from empire genuine or phishing?
What information are they asking for? This looks too good to be true.
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Re: Is this $1K bonus email from empire genuine or phishing?
Uhh hwo can it be fake?
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Re: Is this $1K bonus email from empire genuine or phishing?
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Uhh hwo can it be fake? [/ QUOTE ] It's very easy to make a link look like it goes to one site, while it actually points somewhere else. This is a very common scam; it's called "phishing". For example: http://www.twoplustwo.com/ Many people would just assume this link goes to 2+2 and click on it, when it actually points to Google. The scammer then makes a page that looks just like the target site, but sends the user's data to the scammer. Definitely something everyone should be aware of. |
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Re: Is this $1K bonus email from empire genuine or phishing?
There's also a more sinister way of spoofing an address where a cyrillic or other non-native character is used, re-directing the user to a different site -- all while looking correct in the taskbar, on screen, and on mouseover.
-d |
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Re: Is this $1K bonus email from empire genuine or phishing?
Looks legit. I'd call support.
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Re: Is this $1K bonus email from empire genuine or phishing?
Did a whois lookup on both sites, and both www.ep.com and www.epvip.com have the same information, FWIW.
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