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CAPE GIVEAWAY IS SCAM

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  1. Usp45

    Usp45 Well-Known Member

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    DO NOT PUT YOUR INFORMATION INTO THE PHISHING WEBSITE, IT IS A SCAM
    IT SAYS IF 3 MORE PEOPLE CLICK THE LINK YOU GET A FREE CAPE BUT IT IS FALSE.
    DO NOT UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES CLICK THE LINK.
    IF YOU HAVE ALREADY, CHANGE YOUR PASSWORD NOW
     
    #1 Usp45, Sep 5, 2014
  2. Pnspi

    Pnspi Well-Known Member

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    Am I missing something? Where is this phising bot/guy?
     
    #2 Pnspi, Sep 5, 2014
  3. Usp45

    Usp45 Well-Known Member

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    There's this link that has been going around that makes you enter in your login information, then 'if you give this link to 3 people you get a free cape.'
    My brother fell for it, he asked for my login and I told him it because I thought he just wanted to play, was going through my browser history, thought it was legit, then realized how fishy it was.
    I Googled it and then changed my password really quick.
    I suggest you all do the same.
     
    #3 Usp45, Sep 5, 2014
  4. xgen42

    xgen42 Well-Known Member

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    Lol...
     
    #4 xgen42, Sep 5, 2014
  5. Impractical

    Impractical Well-Known Member

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    Basically, this is a spam bot. Once you type in your information on the "free cape" site, the spambot will steal your account. It will then go on popular servers and spam the "free cape" site.
     
    #5 Impractical, Sep 5, 2014
  6. BrawlerAce

    BrawlerAce Well-Known Member

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    Pretty obvious.
    Any website that claims they're giving you something then asks for your password is not legitimate.
     
    #6 BrawlerAce, Sep 5, 2014
  7. Usp45

    Usp45 Well-Known Member

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    A lot of people have been falling for it.
     
    #7 Usp45, Sep 6, 2014
  8. Greedy_Bee

    Greedy_Bee Well-Known Member

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    Which is why I have officially given up hope for the human race.
     
    #8 Greedy_Bee, Sep 6, 2014
  9. BrawlerAce

    BrawlerAce Well-Known Member

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    ^
    It's so obvious....
    Yet even moderators are falling for it....
    Dark
     
    #9 BrawlerAce, Sep 6, 2014
  10. Usp45

    Usp45 Well-Known Member

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    If you went on yesterday, like everyone was spamming their links :I
     
    #10 Usp45, Sep 6, 2014
  11. eric8smith

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    Weird I don't know what you are talking about @tdaddy14 even though I have been active on mcbrawl and other servers.... I'm missing something :frowning:
     
    #11 eric8smith, Sep 8, 2014
  12. Phanta

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    I saw some guy like this before :v

    Just run a chat filter and ban everybody saying the link in chat. Problem solved with few casualties.
     
    #12 Phanta, Sep 8, 2014
  13. Usp45

    Usp45 Well-Known Member

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    Um, what about people who don't know it's a scam.
     
    #13 Usp45, Sep 8, 2014
  14. Phanta

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    They'll never hear about it because the original advertisers are banned :L
     
    #14 Phanta, Sep 8, 2014
  15. SmoothJazz32

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    And that, ladies and gentlemen, is why i use adblock.
     
    #15 SmoothJazz32, Sep 8, 2014
  16. Usp45

    Usp45 Well-Known Member

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    People could still copy and paste the links on their own if they actually believe it.
    AdBlock won't help you in this.
     
    #16 Usp45, Sep 8, 2014
  17. asvpbrvdv

    asvpbrvdv Well-Known Member

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    This applies to anything, really. Free iTunes code but only requires your Apple id password? Now why would someone need it?
     
    #17 asvpbrvdv, Sep 8, 2014
  18. Usp45

    Usp45 Well-Known Member

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    I'd rather lose my Minecraft then Apple/iCloud because I dunno about you, but I don't want my nudes leaked.
     
    #18 Usp45, Sep 9, 2014
  19. Emas

    Emas Well-Known Member

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    Dude you saved me!

    I should remember this!Someone on a server (Not Mcbrawl) said in chat 'Go to (Link) for free cape'.
    This happend last year,but i did go to the web,but didnt go and download the stuff.It was stupid for me to go to that webstite.
     
    #19 Emas, Sep 9, 2014
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