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#3584646 - 06/02/12 04:19 AM I have received a e-mail from Xbox Live, a "gift"
M@verick XBL: GrizzlyBear83 PSN: GrizzlyBear1983 Senior Member Registered: 01/27/01 Posts: 2500 Loc: Gothenburg, Sweden	Do MS send out these mails? It says I have received a gift because of my membership on xbox live. 400 points. The link they want me to click on to receive the code begins like this: click.engage.xbox.com Would MS really be that nice and give away 400 points. The mail does look legit with logo, graphics and a bunch of Avatars. Plus a bunch of policies at the end. Should i be paranoid? Thoughts? Edited by M@verick (06/02/12 04:20 AM) _________________________ Xbox Live: GrizzlyBear83 PSN: GrizzlyBear1983 First Xbox 360: Dec/12/06 - Apr/4/08 (Faulty Disc Drive) Second Xbox 360: Apr/4/08 - June/23/09 (E74/Repaired) - July/7/09 - Dec/19/12 (Faulty Disc Drive) Third Xbox 360: Dec/21/12 - First Playstation 3: Feb/16/12 -
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#3584741 - 06/02/12 09:35 AM Re: I have received a e-mail from Xbox Live, a "gift" [Re: M@verick]
Magnum Lifer Registered: 01/27/03 Posts: 25506 Loc: Naples, Florida	you get points if your in some program... but it's all by e-mail... never have gotten a in console message like that... be very careful... I wouldn't even do it. _________________________ Magnum "Every time I hear/read "Free to Play" I know were going to get screwed in the end with micro-transactions. NO THANKS game developers!" Intel i7-2600K processor Cooler Master Hyper N 520 CPU fan Asus ROG Maximus IV Gene-Z mobo 8GB Corsair Vengeance 1600 DDR3 RAM Asus ENGTX570 DCII GeForce 570 video card Western Digital 640GB 7200 w/32MB cache HDD Corsair TX750M power supply Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-bit
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#3584800 - 06/02/12 10:58 AM Re: I have received a e-mail from Xbox Live, a "gift" [Re: M@verick]
HogDriver XBL: Matador McNasty Member Registered: 10/09/10 Posts: 1641	I've never seen or heard of this. I'd be very suspicious too. You might contact support and ask them about it. _________________________ I blame pilot error. A console is just a PC with most of the non-gaming bits stripped out. i7 3770 Ivy Bridge 3.4 GHZ 8 GB DDR3 RAM NVIDIA 680 2GB HAF X Full ATX Tower Win 7 64 Home Premium
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#3584850 - 06/02/12 12:40 PM Re: I have received a e-mail from Xbox Live, a "gift" [Re: M@verick]
Raw Kryptonite Beat the Kobayashi Maru Hotshot Registered: 04/04/08 Posts: 9499 Loc: MS	That's a scam, don't click. When MS gifts points, they just show on your account. Those have been going around for a few years now. If it's a link having you "log in" to your Live account, they're after your password. They hijack your account and then work on those in your friends list sending them messages too. _________________________ •XBL/Steam/Xfire: Raw Kryptonite MWO: Defcon Won •Logitech G27 Nixim •AMD FX-4170 •Sapphire Radeon HD 6950 & 6970 2GB GDDR5 Crossfire •16 GB Corsair Vengeance 1600mhz PC3-12800 •MSI 990FXA-GD65 Mobo
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#3584879 - 06/02/12 01:11 PM Re: I have received a e-mail from Xbox Live, a "gift" [Re: M@verick]
SkateZilla Skate Zilla HD Studios Veteran Registered: 11/24/04 Posts: 11955 Loc: Virginia Beach, VA	its a scam. _________________________ Skate Zilla William B. HAF922, 700W OCZ, ASRock Fata1ity 990FX Pro, Corsair H100,AMD FX8350 @ 5.15GHz, 16GB G.SKILL Sniper@DDR2133, Sapphire DualX HD7950-OC@1.1 GHz Core/6GHz Mem, Creative XFi Fata1ity Platinum Champ., ASUS VS248HP 24" LEDx3, 5760x1080(6048x), Turtle Beach Earforce, RCA 5.1 Surround CH Fighterstick, Pro Throttle, Pro Pedals, Saitek EclipseII IntensityPro 10-Bit, Kinect For Windows, TrackIR 4 Pro WD 1.5TB Black SATA3, SG 1TB SATA2, 2x SG 500GB SATA2, 1x SG Ext. 1TB USB3
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#3585742 - 06/04/12 02:01 AM Re: I have received a e-mail from Xbox Live, a "gift" [Re: M@verick]
M@verick XBL: GrizzlyBear83 PSN: GrizzlyBear1983 Senior Member Registered: 01/27/01 Posts: 2500 Loc: Gothenburg, Sweden	I suspected that. Thanks a bunch! Mail deleted. _________________________ Xbox Live: GrizzlyBear83 PSN: GrizzlyBear1983 First Xbox 360: Dec/12/06 - Apr/4/08 (Faulty Disc Drive) Second Xbox 360: Apr/4/08 - June/23/09 (E74/Repaired) - July/7/09 - Dec/19/12 (Faulty Disc Drive) Third Xbox 360: Dec/21/12 - First Playstation 3: Feb/16/12 -
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