TympanicScroll Posted January 17, 2017 Share Posted January 17, 2017 Hi all, I just got a message form someone I don't have in my Friends list. It's a group message sent by someone I don't know and want me to click on a certain link. Check out the screenshot I attached. Looks like phishing to me, off course I did not click the link. What do you think, is this phishing, should I report this to Sony? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
totallycrushed Posted January 17, 2017 Share Posted January 17, 2017 Block & Report the sender. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sephiroth4424 Posted January 17, 2017 Share Posted January 17, 2017 Yeah,i got that yesterday as well.I just ignored it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TympanicScroll Posted January 17, 2017 Author Share Posted January 17, 2017 26 minutes ago, totallycrushed said: Block & Report the sender. Ok, I did that. First phishing message for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super-Fly Spider-Guy Posted January 17, 2017 Share Posted January 17, 2017 The missus has got a few of these lately. Her name is caitlyn171 on PSN, and I had a quick look at the other participants, all were Caitlyn something, so I'd say there's a bunch of spam bots getting around on PSN as of late. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d1l2e3v4 Posted January 17, 2017 Share Posted January 17, 2017 I'm lucky to have not run into this yet - as previously mentioned you should report and block the sender Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucas Posted January 17, 2017 Share Posted January 17, 2017 Yeah, already got this twice last week. They add you to a group, send the exact same message that the OP got as well and then instantly leave the group. They are all PSN level 1 accounts without an avatar and with zero friends. It's probably just a big group of spam bots. Just report all of them and hope it stops a.s.a.p.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barrymcg Posted January 17, 2017 Share Posted January 17, 2017 #MakePSNGreatAgain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TympanicScroll Posted January 19, 2017 Author Share Posted January 19, 2017 Wow, this is strange. I reported this to Sony and I got a reply. It's in Dutch so I will try to translate it appropriately. 'We have processed your Online-id complain and we think the content is not in violation with our code of conduct'. Tbh, I think this is really strange. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TympanicScroll Posted January 20, 2017 Author Share Posted January 20, 2017 Just had a call with someone from Sony The Netherlands. He didn't hear anything about phishing messages. He will inform an other department and they will look into it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mutt Posted January 20, 2017 Share Posted January 20, 2017 I reported a similar message recently. Got a reply back from Sony saying they were taking action on the account. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
totallycrushed Posted January 20, 2017 Share Posted January 20, 2017 (edited) 14 hours ago, TympanicScroll said: Wow, this is strange. I reported this to Sony and I got a reply. It's in Dutch so I will try to translate it appropriately. 'We have processed your Online-id complain and we think the content is not in violation with our code of conduct'. Tbh, I think this is really strange. Yeah I got the same message when I reported a community that was something likes of "FREE PSN CODES WOW EXTRA REALLY WORKS". Sony most likely has an automated system for the reports and it can't recognize these kinds of messages or communities as breaking rules. But it doesn't hurt to report them anyway. Edited January 20, 2017 by totallycrushed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIOHAZARD-R-US Posted January 20, 2017 Share Posted January 20, 2017 I got this on my secondary account a few days ago, but just noticed it now. Which is surprising because I'm rarely every actually on that account unless I'm doing a splitscreen thing like I did with Minecraft or Coffin Dodgers. Before today it'd been about 5 weeks since my last sign in, and before that a good 4 months. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chellesan Posted January 20, 2017 Share Posted January 20, 2017 i received it two times allready, i ignore it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caesar Clown Posted January 20, 2017 Share Posted January 20, 2017 I got tired of these so I just switched my settings to Friends Only. Sony needs to do something now because it will not stop if you block the sender and report, they'll just use another. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnowxSakura Posted January 20, 2017 Share Posted January 20, 2017 I've gotten added to these groups about 8 times now in 3 months. Just report as spam and block the player. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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