1,279 [ARP] The_first_harbinger Members 3,679 posts 8,111 battles Report post #1 Posted January 12, 2017 (edited) For the past 5 months I have been under sustained spam via in game chat about some sort of ad from different players I have never talked to before, I paid absolutely no attention until today, and what I found out is horrifying. All these players, their names seems to be unique every time, but they put the same ad in the chat.The ad is a power leveling ad, in which you can pay for in game resources specifically xp and tech tree grinds, they even have the audacity to advertise for their Windows 10 encryption key. I visited their website called wtsitem.com, and sure enough, it's there. This is either a complete deception to steal account information, or a serious violation of WG's terms and conditions. No wonder we have so many potatoes in game, because they bought their xp grind all the way up to tier 8 9 and 10. Sorry for so much salt, but this, is just beyond my forbearance. Someone please give me an explanation. Edited January 12, 2017 by The_first_harbinger Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
227 devastator5000 Members 1,719 posts 4,106 battles Report post #2 Posted January 12, 2017 Yeah I've been getting these as well, never really cared about them but what intrigued me the most is that there account names looked like real account names Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
63 [SWAMP] Rusty_Bucket__ Members 618 posts 32,496 battles Report post #3 Posted January 12, 2017 I play a lot and have seen none of this. 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
265 [R-L] nothere01 Members 620 posts 6,152 battles Report post #4 Posted January 12, 2017 i heard about it, but they never messaged me for some reason :/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
68 [TBCIC] Tulisang Members 587 posts 7,407 battles Report post #5 Posted January 12, 2017 Screenshot pls.? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
659 [13TH] HMCS_Devilfish Members 4,898 posts 8,894 battles Report post #6 Posted January 12, 2017 Not seen this myself , id file a complaint, ticket with Wows and see were it goes ... at least its a proactive move Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
1,013 Batwingsix Alpha Tester 2,716 posts 4,076 battles Report post #7 Posted January 12, 2017 I usually log in to have one or two of them. Had one pop up as I was logging out for the night. It is getting a weee bit out of hand Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
2,065 [GWG] AVR_Project Members 7,226 posts 14,040 battles Report post #8 Posted January 12, 2017 http://forum.worldofwarships.com/index.php?/topic/106022-i-get-this-encoded-message-every-day/page__p__2596100#entry2596100 Got your screenshot here Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
828 [WOLFB] Lonewolfpj Members 3,158 posts 7,391 battles Report post #9 Posted January 12, 2017 I have never had this and I play a lot 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
605 [TOAST] Vekta408 [TOAST] Members 1,444 posts 10,195 battles Report post #10 Posted January 12, 2017 I see this almost every time I log on. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
2,021 GhostSwordsman Members 6,168 posts 7,861 battles Report post #11 Posted January 12, 2017 This is either a complete deception to steal account information, or a serious violation of WG's terms and conditions. It's both, likely. Screenshot the messages and send them into support via ticket. They should get around to banning the account whenever they actually process the ticket, since it's just a spam bot. Though, I'm not sure if it would help much, as when these spam bots first started appearing, whoever was doing it was clearly getting bot accounts up and running much faster than WG could ever shut them down(outside of a straight up IP ban). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
1,684 1SneakyDevil Members 3,792 posts 23,987 battles Report post #12 Posted January 12, 2017 Report them via support and put them on the blacklist so they can't contact you again. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
188 [JUICE] xXxRCADDICT Members 824 posts 6,375 battles Report post #13 Posted January 12, 2017 I have never seen it in this game but it was common place in SWTOR. I never understood why that game allowed it in chat spam but it was bannable there as well. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
2,214 [-K-] Lord_Zath SuperTest Coordinator, WoWS Community Contributors 5,969 posts 22,155 battles Report post #14 Posted January 12, 2017 send in a support ticket with a screenshot of the message. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
2,550 [SYN] Kapitan_Wuff Members 8,256 posts 14,111 battles Report post #15 Posted January 12, 2017 Never seen such a thing. Screenshot and report via support ticket. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
30 In_Cog_Neato Beta Testers 99 posts Report post #16 Posted January 12, 2017 Common place on WoT - and is one of the same sites, too. Been a WG problem for a while. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
36 [JAGDA] KommandantJaeger Beta Testers 245 posts 3,386 battles Report post #17 Posted January 12, 2017 As other people said, screenshot and report. This was a really common issue a while ago when KM cruisers were released (hence the ad for grinding that particular branch). But Wargaming made an official statement and whatnot and did some things and it went away. I'm surprised it's back, honestly, and that judging from AVR_Project's screenshot that they haven't even changed the advertisement. Yeah I've been getting these as well, never really cared about them but what intrigued me the most is that there account names looked like real account names It would stand to reason that they're using the accounts they're leveling (or have stolen, if that's the goal, (although I doubt it)) to advertise as they grind the exp. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
