KING COREY 23 Posted March 30, 2010 Share Posted March 30, 2010 (edited) well my friends have been sending me links and saying you can get free Microsoft points. 1 guy is my neighbor so i trust him (or else i beat his ass)..but they keep sending me links like this..he sas if you click it and refer enough people you get points. then i looked on facebook and alot of other people r doing this..can any1 confirm this? - Link Removed - Edited March 30, 2010 by Jdm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krueger Posted March 30, 2010 Share Posted March 30, 2010 If its to good to be true it usually is.....like in this case. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xRogue 5x Posted March 30, 2010 Share Posted March 30, 2010 Of course its too good to be true. Its more than likely a scheme designed to steal accounts. The fact that so many people buy into this sort of thing amazes me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Massa Siggy Posted March 30, 2010 Share Posted March 30, 2010 Never trust anything with "free" in the offer. Nothing is free. Well...at least it's safe to operate on that assumption. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xylon Uxkid Posted March 30, 2010 Share Posted March 30, 2010 Never open those emails or message. That crap is never good, even if you mom is the one who sent it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brigadier Badge Posted March 30, 2010 Share Posted March 30, 2010 Would be very nice if it was true Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dakisbac Posted March 30, 2010 Share Posted March 30, 2010 Interesting. I can't figure out quite how they'll be stealing your accounts, but I know that's what they're doing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duff28 Posted March 30, 2010 Share Posted March 30, 2010 I'm getting loads of fucking messages with that link in it...Grrr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xRogue 5x Posted March 30, 2010 Share Posted March 30, 2010 Do what I do when those come into my inbox....block communications. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackTitan666 Posted March 30, 2010 Share Posted March 30, 2010 Its more than likely a scheme designed to steal accounts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K05ch3i Posted March 30, 2010 Share Posted March 30, 2010 If it sounds to good to be true...then shock, horror, it probably is Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PureTechniquex Posted March 30, 2010 Share Posted March 30, 2010 (edited) Look it is a scam, i was a victim in the past; but i got my account back quickly thank god. What it usually ask's is for you to type in your gamertag & your password. So you give them your gamertag, you won't get any microsoft points at all, but your account will be stolen. You will think that it got 'hacked' but in reality your gamertag cannot be hacked unless you gave someone your password, which is this case, would be those websites. So it looks like your 'neighbour' has been 'hacked', the 'hacker' will send a message with the link to 'free microsoft points' & continue to steal account after account after account. Edited March 30, 2010 by PureTechniquex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KNIGHTOFSERA Posted March 30, 2010 Share Posted March 30, 2010 The only free MS points I trust is from Xbox themselves Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andreas_loel Posted March 30, 2010 Share Posted March 30, 2010 Well sites like gaminglagoon are supposed to be legit when it comes to free msp for doing random stuff. My friend gave me 3200msp when he got a card from there, but its hard to figure out which sites are real or fake seeing as they pretty much all look like scam sites Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jdm Posted March 30, 2010 Share Posted March 30, 2010 I've also been getting these messages about free MS points. I'm not sure about the legitimacy of these sites, but I'm removing them as a precaution. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RustyValtrex Posted March 30, 2010 Share Posted March 30, 2010 if i want the ms points bad enough, then i will just go buy them. it keeps me from falling for these schemes. i like being paranoid sometimes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spamdagger Posted March 30, 2010 Share Posted March 30, 2010 well my friends have been sending me links and saying you can get free Microsoft points. 1 guy is my neighbor so i trust him (or else i beat his ass)..but they keep sending me links like this..he sas if you click it and refer enough people you get points. then i looked on facebook and alot of other people r doing this..can any1 confirm this? - Link Removed - Please join my group on Facebook... "Gulible idiots who wish to let me phish their details because they believe everything on Facebook, especially free stuff" No, there's nothing free on the interwebz, there's always a price. Usually hidden. Or worse. I'm just saying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timkomatt Posted March 30, 2010 Share Posted March 30, 2010 Nothing is free!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiT3Kr0w Posted March 30, 2010 Share Posted March 30, 2010 Lots of scams out there, and this one is 99.99% scam as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barad Posted March 30, 2010 Share Posted March 30, 2010 Dont fall for it!!! Its all a lie and scams! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k2345 Posted March 30, 2010 Share Posted March 30, 2010 usually when i read a topic like this i usually point out that there friends GT has been stolen by the website in question Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vgfanatic1 Posted March 30, 2010 Share Posted March 30, 2010 I assume you guys are talking about the mspointsgenerator.com, since the link was removed? When I first noticed almost 5 identical messages about this, I instantly thought it was some scam and that they're accounts were stolen, considering most of them I know very well. I sent them a message asking what my real life name was, to see if they're accounts had indeed been stolen. Apparently they hadn't been... I checked out the website, and it does not ask for your account or password. it just generates a code when a certain amount of people have visited the link. I don't see how this can steal accounts; however, it still seems very risky. i didn't notice any ads on the website, so I'm not sure how this would benefit them in any way. Don't think its legal either way... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacin_mason Posted March 30, 2010 Share Posted March 30, 2010 I got one of those links in an xbl message last night, i got it today, excited about the mw2 stimulus package, and lacking 15 dollars, i decided to give it a try. Here's what i did: 1. i went on my iphone with the link for 1 view, for the next 4 required link hits, i went to 4 computers up and down my hall (i am in college, just asked to borrow computers and typed in the links) I quickly had 5 hits, which is the minimum number needed to get "1600 MSP". 2. excited i clicked for my free code, it said i had to do a "free quiz" to unlock the code, easy enough i did the "what naruto character are you?" quiz, finished it. and a window popped up saying "You have just unlocked PREMIUM CONTENT!!" WOOOOO:drunk not so much, it unlocked 5 of the 25 digits of a code.... 3. i continued on, feeling as though i had already come too far to give up. I made it all the way to 20/25 digits. At this point i hit a brick wall. It gave me 10 offers. I only had to do one to get the last 5 questionable digits. 5 of the offers were "trials", you had to do a silver (free), gold (trial), and then a platinum (something like one month of netflix or gamefly). Then the other 5 were straight up purchases. At this point i gave up because they started asking for socials, credit card numbers, etc etc. So yes, it is indeed a scam. I dont know if the code would have worked if i had done the last step, but ive taken enough interweb risks for one day. and i guess ill take a trip to walmart and buy a points card Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seddo Posted March 30, 2010 Share Posted March 30, 2010 I've been getting quite a few messages like this over LIVE for the past few days, someone sent 3 messages within like 15 minutes yesterday. I haven't even bothered clicking them as i've read many posts from people about getting phished and stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xbfrittsox360 Posted March 30, 2010 Share Posted March 30, 2010 i actually became devoted to something most people would consider a scam. i started taking surveys at a site called utalkback because i was invited in an email back in july of '08 (i know this because my profile says when i joined). anyway, i finally took enough surveys 1.5 years later to redeem a $50 gamestop gift card, i got it yesterday. was it worth all that time? probably not. but once i get so far into something i can't just stop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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