DANGER WARNING! DO NOT go to the website a "ZIPPY" Account suggests in Email!

Just confirmed... There is a viral / SCAM going on with a poster by name "ZIPPY" who sends an email to an account piggybacking what is said about the Lady giving gems for Valentine's day. We have had 1 confirmed long time playing account who has been compromised because of going to the website suggested by the email. DO NOT go to any website that anyone suggests to you via messages on the mail system for TYNON. Tynon reps will NOT tell you to go anywhere nor will your guild! Please DO NOT follow those instructions. Delete such emails immediately and report them to tynon (though they're pretty much not going to do much but report it anyway)...

This really sucks... there are few of us left as it is...

have not gotten such email nor heard from anything like this from the guild or our server.

PS: never give out your account info to anyone (consider the same for your email address you use to log into the game with)

This affected Server 5 - not sure about other servers but the mails were sent to the main guilds in each realm.

server 10 only had the one, went to soulight, but luckily soul isn't that curious or freebie grabbing lol

Thats ZAPPY not Zippy

A couple of people in my guild have had there accts stolen because of this and while they have been able to get them back the person responsible has used all gems sold there armor and basically made there accts worthless.
The person that made this mail is not a player on server the name Zappy does not come up anywhere it is why they fell for it thinking only tynon can send mail without making an acct was Tynon hacked?

ps To all you people that are saying they should never have giving out there acct information, (hindsight is a wonderful thing) but in the here and now they have lost everything they have worked on, Tynon needs to do something about this.

I got this one today on server6. It had a typo in the URL. HTTMP://music-fm.co.il/0015/attention! It self corrected to http. Went to an all Hebrew text music website. I didn't get any viral activity from the web page. I reported it to Tynon dev's as abuse. Several people in my guild reported getting it.

thanks to your amazing security i lost all my gems, 300m coins and i can't bid for tomorrow where i wanted, Ucool is becoming a serious joke and i'm sick of it.
i know that you guys just want to sit in the beach and zip on 20 dollars drinks cuz we're still missing 2 equips, 1 sub and new areas but at least you should be smart enough to protect your website against hackers..... let me guess... no compensation again,,,,if so XXXX you very much and stick the game where the sun don't shine

The chinese.

Any 3rd party transactions done leaves a vulnerability to scams/hackers.You will get what you you paid for!

It's happening yet AGAIN.... This time from an "ARMA" emailer. Same message and happened right at the start of Cerberus Banish time for Server 5. This is probably going to keep on happening for a while - just be vigilant and careful and don't trust anything sent to you with any kind of URL in game. Even from known players because if they got compromised the hacker could use their account to send you bad information... This really sucks, wish Ucool would get on this and try to stop it.

ZAPPY just appeared on server 92 as well. its an "IN-GAME-MAIL" not an email!

We are receiving a promotion from a fake Tynon.

http://prntscr.com/658vw8

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its an "IN-GAME-MAIL" not an email!

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what are you saying that it is a player sending these messages?

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Originally Posted by shereemacgillivray_303726

what are you saying that it is a player sending these messages?

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i am saying we got the mails in-game, not via email. if someone hacked into thru the TCP or whatever or thru the firewalls or if it was sent from an in -game account i dont know and i am not on tynon staff.

OK the hacker who hacked that account on Server 5 just taunted everyone on the server with that poison URL using a world Chat speaker right at the start of Guild Wars for Feb 15th using that hacked person's account. Come on Tynon - can you at least try to stop this somehow? This is beyond infuriating...

Got this message yesterday and so did the other 30 members in my guild...

Going to take this to Davemata on Evony forums and see what is said, hope he replies :(

On Server 1, player "tynn" sending messages saying you can buy 1000 gems for $10, and provides a link, be careful people. Reported but you know...

Come on people you are smarter than this. Do not go to any website or adress or anything like that that is sent to you via an in game mail. This person also went to server 129 and is using the name tynon. that is tynon with a period at the end so as to appear like it is a mail from tynon.

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Come on people you are smarter than this. ...

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i think that most are and that is why there is only a few that followed those links and they are trying to warn the others

here is one of the features that i like most about this game and so many seem to forget: no trade for real money
i have had played other games where in game items like helmets, weapons, rings, etc where sold on online auction and other channels. if someone steals an account here then its a real idiot who wasted his time or a moron thinking he can make the big bucks ... either way the money he can make from the game in stealing accounts is less than his IQ

Just another warning to give players, a group of scammers have made chars on what may be every single server by the name of Tynon. that will send you a mail saying if you go to a certain website you can buy 1k gems for $10 with paypal. Scams like this happen on every single mmo out there and it aims to get sensitive info like paypal login so they can steal a lot of money from you. Just remember that UCool under no circumstance will tell you to go to some random website to buy gems, not only that they wouldn't give a ridiculously low sale while they're doing their holiday sale.

We got an alert in the mail by Tynon! Give me a little more hope that they will do more things in the future.

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On Server 1, player "tynn" sending messages saying you can buy 1000 gems for $10, and provides a link, be careful people. Reported but you know...

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What he said. Got my message from Tynon telling me that I can buy 1,000 gems for $10.00.

Just so you all know....
My acc was hacked but that site & my gears stripped & sold etc
Im still here playing (although hard to rebuild 2yrs worth)
If you have been hacked make sure your secondary email is your not one you have previously used

On Server 86 players have received an IN GAME mail from a player named EMPEROR of the guild MOE. The offer was one billion coins for $40.00 US. I told them to f**k off.. and that i wasn't a cheater. This player is still active on our server.. and is run by the top player on our server. This top player on our server belongs to a hacking website and also is a member of the facebook hacking group called the cracking forum. I warned Tynon about this person's activities and to watch him MONTHS ago. But nothing was ever done about it. This player has over 250 alt accounts on our server all numbered.. farms them for coins and funds the players of the guild he is in.. uses these fake guilds to bid on GW cities.. and LOVES to send me F.U. messages on a continual basis.. because i fight him at every turn. Tynon does NOTHING. I've sent in ticket after ticket with screenshots of the abuse.. Tynon does NOTHING. I sent in screenshot of the coin offer for cash.. TYNON DOES NOTHING.

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On Server 86 players have received an IN GAME mail from a player named EMPEROR of the guild MOE. The offer was one billion coins for $40.00 US. I told them to f**k off.. and that i wasn't a cheater. This player is still active on our server.. and is run by the top player on our server. This top player on our server belongs to a hacking website and also is a member of the facebook hacking group called the cracking forum. I warned Tynon about this person's activities and to watch him MONTHS ago. But nothing was ever done about it. This player has over 250 alt accounts on our server all numbered.. farms them for coins and funds the players of the guild he is in.. uses these fake guilds to bid on GW cities.. and LOVES to send me F.U. messages on a continual basis.. because i fight him at every turn. Tynon does NOTHING. I've sent in ticket after ticket with screenshots of the abuse.. Tynon does NOTHING. I sent in screenshot of the coin offer for cash.. TYNON DOES NOTHING.

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the sad part about this is that there is a high chance that you are not the only one he bullies around and by ucool taking no actions or their advisory "to block him" costs them more business in loosing revenue by frustrated players that may even quit.

Why would anyone want to scam a TYNON game account? it is not like items can be sold or traded.

What do they gain by this? The accounts are worthless.

The scam was for money, but i never would go to one of those sites, so i honestly don't know what would happen once you gave them info. A fool and his money, game acct, are soon parted.
But the other, hacking - i just don't get that either. It had to be purely malicious. I still have never heard of an acct being hacked outside of game, usually an enemy, or disgruntled ex-friend who had your info.

I know this is the players fault for going to the websites, but why can't tynon make a filter for the account names(or a better one if there already is one). So many players on my server named but***ker, kill******s, ext ext. Also even before this scam there were allot of accounts such as gamemanager or administration that could be seen as a tynon employee accounts by someone. So tynon show us you are still engaged in this game and actually do something instead of a mail to cover you own rear end.

Funny there is a filter for words here that are names of in game accounts. Kinda proves my point.

To clarify:

At no time will uCool, or any of the staff ask you to log in to an external website in order to make a purchasae.

We all know the score here, and not to do it.

It's been reported, it's being reviewed, and until then, use your best sense and do not fall for it.

Wait dave spoke
does that mean its time for tynon to get attention from the devs?

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I know this is the players fault for going to the websites, but why can't tynon make a filter for the account names(or a better one if there already is one). So many players on my server named but***ker, kill******s, ext ext. Also even before this scam there were allot of accounts such as gamemanager or administration that could be seen as a tynon employee accounts by someone. So tynon show us you are still engaged in this game and actually do something instead of a mail to cover you own rear end.

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Funny there is a filter for words here that are names of in game accounts. Kinda proves my point.

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i gave up reporting those names over a year ago. (at least back then) they used to force them to change the name (i.e. pussyriot into blayd maybe the most famous example). however, its just sloppy programming to let players generate those names.
on the other hand, its nearly impossible to avoid those names if you allow ASCII and symbols like . , < > / ... etc
that being said, you will never be able to avoid names like "customer service", "stanley", etc. that would simply take common sense from the players not to fall for this, however many have proven over and over again that they have not the tiniest sliver of such

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To clarify:

At no time will uCool, or any of the staff ask you to log in to an external website in order to make a purchasae.

We all know the score here, and not to do it. (common sense!)

It's been reported, it's being reviewed, and until then, use your best sense and do not fall for it.

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wow! getting scammed on a server wide front got its advantages ... he is alive!!!!

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Wait dave spoke
does that mean its time for tynon to get attention from the devs?

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maybe its just an illusion? lol ;)

If this is really a hacking group and not just one hacker, their intent is not just to deal damage to this one game. They're after credit card numbers and google play passwords - they're not going to just stop with damaging accounts on this game. The trend of most online gaming is heading towards apps - smartphone, tablet and apps you can play on your computer with bluestacks. The only reason I can see for a group of hackers to spend any time on Tynon is to get an idea of their coding schema so they can branch out into other games that may share the same vulnerabilities. Whether they get the access by fishing, hacking or befriending people in-game and then defiling that trust, it's aggressive, harmful, and action needs to be taken against them. Anyone who is a host or vice host of a guild should have this in mind and actively warn members of scams and check the forums often. There are some children playing the game as well, they won't be as adept in avoiding scams as adults. And anyone, under the right conditions, can make a mistake. That's what these hackers / thieves / cyber-thugs hope for. They send massive barrages of messages out and hope someone falls for it. For every several 1000 messages they send out electronically with the touch of a key, if only one person falls and they can secure a password or a credit card number, that's all the incentive they need to continue doing it.

Do any of us need to even consider how much damage this has caused recently? 100 banks were affected recently, 33 of them in the USA, the rest in many other nations with the hackers appearing to originate in Russia. That doesn't even take into account the hundreds of thousands of social security numbers stolen from 'secure servers' in hospitals and insurance providers or the credit card numbers that were taken from Target stores (110 million records compromised), or the hack at Sony (102 million records compromised), Anthem / Wellpoint health insurance had 69 to 80 million records compromised, Home Depot (56 million credit / debit cards compromised)... And the list goes on.

Yes this is a game and yes, as some have posted, the hackers may not be getting money out of it. But it is a place for them to train and they may be able to hack into other games that use similar coding where they can get to more sensitive information. And if they're willing to damage accounts in a game with no economic payback, think what they would do if they could get credit card account numbers.

In any event, it's not something to be taken lightly and anything that can be done as a deterrent is an action we should all support. Repairing the damage done to the accounts that were affected would be a step in that direction to let these hackers know that at least here they have no real power.

That is very dramatic. I don't know if it's true, that it is a huge hacking crew, or one nutcase. It is still good to take precautions. You have to admit, if Sony and Target, and other major firms can be hacked, Tynon would be child's play. Nontheless, there is no indication since that one fool on our server, 2. Use common sense, protect your logins, don't go to any site offered through suspect offerings and you should be ok. Always use a different pw for a game acct than what is on your real email.

While we seemed to get a few new players around the time this happened, they didn't send any mail over on our server. Keeping an eye on them, but they don't seem to talk at all.