GS message in POL, what gives?

Apelila · 09-19-2008, 09:31 AM

So, I come back from getting food and go to log in to this:

I thought only people on your Flist could send you messages? Neither of My other accounts have this spam, but needless to say I'm kind of concerned. Blocked out website and that # because i'm paranoid.

Edit: GM said to STF report it, since they cannot handle anything that happens when your not logged into FFXI.

Deadmeat · 09-19-2008, 09:36 AM

Got this too. Deleted it right away and sent in a GM call.

Hiroko · 09-19-2008, 09:39 AM

/anon your chars in-game, set your online friends status to invisible (offline) and set your POL list status to inactive/invisible. Then they won't be able to search for you in POL and message you.

Mizango · 09-19-2008, 09:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hiroko

/anon your chars in-game, set your online friends status to invisible (offline) and set your POL list status to inactive/invisible. Then they won't be able to search for you in POL and message you.

LOL Goddamn, a self contained POL bunker? Howard Hughes tried that, really didn't work out to well for him.

I didn't get one thankfully.

Destinye · 09-19-2008, 10:15 AM

lol, $46.99?

I can get a small sushi plate for that at Fusion Sushi.

Thistle · 09-19-2008, 10:21 AM

You should grammar check their message and send it back to them. "1 Million Gil only need $46.99"? My gil needs nothing and likes it! "All kinds of Power leveling packages"? If you're going to use capitalization that way, 'leveling' should start with upper case as well. "Thanks for your reading"? My reading, give it back! ; ;

Do it, they'll thank you! And who doesn't want to get in good with GSers, right~?

Avarice · 09-19-2008, 10:58 AM

$46.99 per Million is just a retarded price.

Force-Attuned Krogoth · 09-19-2008, 11:04 AM

I got this too, but the odd thing was it got sent to a completely inactive handle. I mean, it hasn't been used in four years and I had to look to figure out where that "To:" line came from. I'd be interested to find out how they managed such a thing.

Azalee · 09-19-2008, 11:21 AM

A couple people in my linkshell have received it, and I told them that it was sent out to all people that have purchased gil in the past. =P

Mizango · 09-19-2008, 11:21 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Avarice

$46.99 per Million is just a retarded price.

Yet thousands of retarded people spend RL money on this retarded bullshit. It is fucking mind boggling.

amaron · 09-19-2008, 11:21 AM

$46.99? Wow.

A couple years ago 1m gil was under $10.

Looks like S-E is finally doing it's job and really cracking down.

Mizango · 09-19-2008, 11:44 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by amaron

$46.99? Wow.

A couple years ago 1m gil was under $10.

Looks like S-E is finally doing it's job and really cracking down.

Remember the Christmas blow out sale of 2005? Oh God the lulz. There was a guy on Pandy (Hi2u Cloudlyon) that purchased the entire HQ adaman cursed set for his 23whm/5Blm. Much to chagrin after displaying it in Bazaar for a week or so, he realized that Whm couldn't wear it and did not have the gil to repost the said items back on the AH, to which he decided to simply shout sell it in Jeuno (Back when Jeuno was the ONLY place to go) for NQ prices to cut his losses.

But yes, gil seller bannings seem to be pushing the price up if nothing else. Not sure how much of a deterrent that is though tbh.

Dimmauk · 09-19-2008, 11:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Apelila

So, I come back from getting food and go to log in to this:

I thought only people on your Flist could send you messages? Neither of My other accounts have this spam, but needless to say I'm kind of concerned. Blocked out website and that # because i'm paranoid.

Edit: GM said to STF report it, since they cannot handle anything that happens when your not logged into FFXI.

Saithorx · 09-19-2008, 11:55 AM

a friend of mine received that message too. I think the person messaging hims name was Charnum or Charanum.

amaron · 09-19-2008, 11:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mizango

But yes, gil seller bannings seem to be pushing the price up if nothing else. Not sure how much of a deterrent that is though tbh.

Well, for the kids siphoning mommy and daddy's credit card, the price never did matter I'm sure.

But it is moving in the right direction, up.

OctavoGilgamesh · 09-19-2008, 12:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hiroko

/anon your chars in-game, set your online friends status to invisible (offline) and set your POL list status to inactive/invisible. Then they won't be able to search for you in POL and message you.

Nothing worse than putting someone on your flist only to have them invisible all the time.

Other games have had this for ages, I'm suprised to first see this in ffxi now. Not validating it, but w/e.

DAKPluto · 09-19-2008, 12:35 PM

Anyone who has played WoW is very familiar with these.

And there is ways to send messages within playonline without having the person on your friendlist.

Shalafi · 09-19-2008, 01:13 PM

You have a POL email address, someone finally got smart and added the domain to their spam bot.

6souls · 09-19-2008, 01:25 PM

those get sent out about once a month. i'm up to 5 e-mail hosts on POL block list.

aurik · 09-19-2008, 01:47 PM

Gil has been floating around the 50/m mark since late 2006. It dropped to ~30/m for a while with all the compromised accounts being sacked, but it looks like SE got a handle on that.

Uryuu · 09-19-2008, 02:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mizango

Remember the Christmas blow out sale of 2005? Oh God the lulz. There was a guy on Pandy (Hi2u Cloudlyon) that purchased the entire HQ adaman cursed set for his 23whm/5Blm. Much to chagrin after displaying it in Bazaar for a week or so, he realized that Whm couldn't wear it and did not have the gil to repost the said items back on the AH, to which he decided to simply shout sell it in Jeuno (Back when Jeuno was the ONLY place to go) for NQ prices to cut his losses.

But yes, gil seller bannings seem to be pushing the price up if nothing else. Not sure how much of a deterrent that is though tbh.

Wtf lol, how stupid can you be...

Olo401 · 09-19-2008, 02:13 PM

Dude I've stopped using my POL email because about three years ago I started getting spam emails from all over the place - rmt, the penis pill pplz, rolex watches, vacations, lost money in Nigeria...

6souls · 09-19-2008, 02:16 PM

ok so its actually 4 on my block list. i got one last night and it wasn't even for FFXI, they were selling WoW & Warhammer gold, lol.

Domains blocked so far:

testemail.cn
micromarketing.cn
mail.syjr.net
emarket.bondware.com

what was sent to me last night;

Spoiler: show

Eurell · 09-19-2008, 02:52 PM

I got the same thing this morning. It's not an Email though, its a FL message.
Mine said it came from --------------- and gave me the same message about gil and power leveling. Someone else in my LS GMd their message, and were told SE is already aware of it.

09-19-2008, 09:31 AM	#1 (permalink)
Apelila Old Merits Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Arizona Posts: 1,087	GS message in POL, what gives? So, I come back from getting food and go to log in to this: I thought only people on your Flist could send you messages? Neither of My other accounts have this spam, but needless to say I'm kind of concerned. Blocked out website and that # because i'm paranoid. Edit: GM said to STF report it, since they cannot handle anything that happens when your not logged into FFXI. __________________ Click here to email SE. It might not do anything, but at least you'll feel better knowing that someone has to sort through an AV question every time you send one. List of annoying crap for reference in case you run out of ideas. Last edited by Apelila; 09-19-2008 at 09:45 AM. Reason: changed picture

09-19-2008, 09:39 AM	#3 (permalink)
Hiroko Sea Torques Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: ROAM Posts: 690	/anon your chars in-game, set your online friends status to invisible (offline) and set your POL list status to inactive/invisible. Then they won't be able to search for you in POL and message you. __________________

09-19-2008, 10:21 AM	#6 (permalink)
Thistle Relic Shield Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 1,788	You should grammar check their message and send it back to them. "1 Million Gil only need $46.99"? My gil needs nothing and likes it! "All kinds of Power leveling packages"? If you're going to use capitalization that way, 'leveling' should start with upper case as well. "Thanks for your reading"? My reading, give it back! ; ; Do it, they'll thank you! And who doesn't want to get in good with GSers, right~? __________________ Thistle: Leather 100 +3 + moglification, bone/gold/cloth +1 Chaser: Gold 95 + 3 / Fishingbot: Wood 98 + 2 / Catsoup: Alchemy 100 +2 / Katerwaul: Bone 78 + 2 Total guild points turned in: 1,870,000 / Blog Sig image made more "piratey" by Veloxe! Thanks!

09-19-2008, 11:21 AM	#9 (permalink)
Azalee Sea Torques Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 725	A couple people in my linkshell have received it, and I told them that it was sent out to all people that have purchased gil in the past. =P __________________

09-19-2008, 01:25 PM	#19 (permalink)
6souls Old Merits Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: St. Paul, MN Posts: 1,214	those get sent out about once a month. i'm up to 5 e-mail hosts on POL block list. __________________ MyFFXI\|BGwiki\|FFXI AH

09-19-2008, 09:36 AM	#2 (permalink)
Deadmeat Melee Summoner Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: NYC Posts: 31	Got this too. Deleted it right away and sent in a GM call.

09-19-2008, 10:15 AM	#5 (permalink)
Destinye New Merits Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 246	lol, $46.99? I can get a small sushi plate for that at Fusion Sushi.

09-19-2008, 11:04 AM	#8 (permalink)
Force-Attuned Krogoth Melee Summoner Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 46	I got this too, but the odd thing was it got sent to a completely inactive handle. I mean, it hasn't been used in four years and I had to look to figure out where that "To:" line came from. I'd be interested to find out how they managed such a thing.

09-19-2008, 11:21 AM	#11 (permalink)
amaron Melee Summoner Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: CT Posts: 12	$46.99? Wow. A couple years ago 1m gil was under $10. Looks like S-E is finally doing it's job and really cracking down.

09-19-2008, 11:55 AM	#14 (permalink)
Saithorx New Merits Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Ontario eh Posts: 225	a friend of mine received that message too. I think the person messaging hims name was Charnum or Charanum.

09-19-2008, 12:35 PM	#17 (permalink)
DAKPluto Moderator Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Wolftamer - WhirlingWind Posts: 686	Anyone who has played WoW is very familiar with these. And there is ways to send messages within playonline without having the person on your friendlist.

09-19-2008, 01:13 PM	#18 (permalink)
Shalafi Puppetmaster Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 60	You have a POL email address, someone finally got smart and added the domain to their spam bot.

09-19-2008, 01:47 PM	#20 (permalink)
aurik Moderator Join Date: May 2005 Location: Atomos Posts: 9,822	Gil has been floating around the 50/m mark since late 2006. It dropped to ~30/m for a while with all the compromised accounts being sacked, but it looks like SE got a handle on that.

09-19-2008, 02:16 PM	#23 (permalink)
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09-19-2008, 02:52 PM	#24 (permalink)
Eurell Melee Summoner Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 15	I got the same thing this morning. It's not an Email though, its a FL message. Mine said it came from --------------- and gave me the same message about gil and power leveling. Someone else in my LS GMd their message, and were told SE is already aware of it.