And you want me to keep playing ESO?

Bhakura

rtyfgbhfgh sent you a message

*** is the most secure place to buy Elder Scrolls Gold.

• Very low price

• Instant Delivery.

• This company has very good reputation, selling in-game currencies since 2005.

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Warm Regards, the ***


To zealous forum moderators yes i know its against forum rules to post links etc.
I DONT CARE
I get this in my email OUTSIDE ESO that happened to be linked to ESO. So friggin sue me, ill sue you for letting this even be possible

Zakua

How much gold did you buy?

rhubbert_ESO

To answer your subject line, no I do not.

Gedalya

Also...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6b6CYHLWnyg

Do you agree with this post?

Bhakura

Selstad wrote: »

[snip]

Did you ever play MMO? Did you ever get goldspammers spamming your email that was linked to your ingame account?
Please tell me which game that was, played em all, and this is first MMO i played where this happened.
And no i didnt buy gold, EVER, didnt visit sites and filled out my email and such, EVER.
This is beyond ridiculous, i can dig you want to defend ESO, heck im on first line to defend the GAME, im not on first line to defend it if im getting emails on my email linked to account from goldspammers ... [snip]

[edited for flaming & to remove quote]

Seikon

You received this in your personal email because your forum settings are set up to send you notifications when you receive private messages on the forums. If you look at the email address the email came from, it is from the forums, not from the gold sellers. There are several threads already regarding the gold sellers sending PMs on the forums, and you are encouraged by the moderators to add the PM sender's name to those threads so they can investigate this issue.

ZiRM

You're not going to get any sympathy or solutions to the problem here only answers from people that like keeping their head in the sand. It's a problem ZOS knows about but hasn't come up with a fix (that works) for.

Bhakura

Ok so all is ok, there is no goldspamming, the emails im getting is from forums all is ok, there is no problem. I have to switch email in order not get spammed by goldspammers outside of the game because its normal



THATS WHAT YOU ARE SAYING RIGHT?


Sorry im all out of patience here

Bhakura

Sure sure report spammers, meanwhile bots and spammers getting more in your face each passing day, those reports really helped. keep dreaming.

Crumpy

Can't you just untick "let other people see your email address" or whatever it is?

Zakua

Sorry Bhakura, it was only a humorous jab

Bhakura

Crumpy wrote: »

Can't you just untick "let other people see your email address" or whatever it is?

umm ... ok, so nobody agrees, i stand corrected, i should instead hide email, hide character account, hide everything there is to hide, stroll to every option available to hide myself so ... i dont get goldspammers spamming me on an email adress that is not related to ESO ...
[snip]
[edited for flaming]

lavendercat

Bhakura wrote: »

Crumpy wrote: »

Can't you just untick "let other people see your email address" or whatever it is?

umm ... ok, so nobody agrees, i stand corrected, i should instead hide email, hide character account, hide everything there is to hide, stroll to every option available to hide myself so ... i dont get goldspammers spamming me on an email adress that is not related to ESO ...
[snip]

um, yes, you should do this. hide your email i mean. i thought it was normal to hide your email.

[edited to remove quote]

Bhakura

lavendercat wrote: »

Bhakura wrote: »

Crumpy wrote: »

Can't you just untick "let other people see your email address" or whatever it is?

umm ... ok, so nobody agrees, i stand corrected, i should instead hide email, hide character account, hide everything there is to hide, stroll to every option available to hide myself so ... i dont get goldspammers spamming me on an email adress that is not related to ESO ...
[snip]

um, yes, you should do this. hide your email i mean. i thought it was normal to hide your email.

k i AM wrong, this first game where hiding email is mandatory to play the game if you want to be free of spammers ...
Checks settings
mail is hidden.
oO?
thx though

[edited to remove quote]

wrlifeboil

Bhakura wrote: »

rtyfgbhfgh sent you a message

*** is the most secure place to buy Elder Scrolls Gold.

• Very low price

• Instant Delivery.

• This company has very good reputation, selling in-game currencies since 2005.

• 100% Handwork Guaranteed!

• 7/24 Customer Service!

***


Warm Regards, the ***


To zealous forum moderators yes i know its against forum rules to post links etc.
I DONT CARE
I get this in my email OUTSIDE ESO that happened to be linked to ESO. So friggin sue me, ill sue you for letting this even be possible

If you didn't opt out, you agreed to receive email spam through the eso forums.

An opt-in policy would make more sense but <shrug>

Worstluck

As was already stated, if you uncheck the notification for receiving an email when someone private messages, you would only get the PM on the forums, and it would not show up in the your email.

Bhakura

I dont care for emails linked to ESO, i gladly click em.
getting one of those ingame gold sellers has nothing to do with ESO, yet here it is. its bad enough i have to write reports for half an hour if i wanna log in, now i have to write reports when i happen to check emails?
I dont get it, why does everyone think this is normal???? Am i only one who MMO'd before? yes there was bots, yes ive seen my fair share of goldspammers, I HAVE NEVER SEEN GOLDSPAMMERS SPAMMING MY EMAIL
And you are all defending it, ... oO? ... i say ... oO??????

Bhakura

Worstluck wrote: »

As was already stated, if you uncheck the notification for receiving an email when someone private messages, you would only get the PM on the forums, and it would not show up in the your email.

Ok no problem, so next time a buddy mails me to meet up somewhere and to do this or that, i didnt get the mail because notification is off to stop getting spammed by goldsellers.
I am so wrong here.

Worstluck

I quit WoW 3 years ago and I still get spam emails on the email account I used pretending to be Blizzard and telling me an action has been taken against my account and to 'log in' to a fake battlenet site.

So yes, it's pretty normal. Relax, no one is defending this behavior, but there is no point in raging about it. ZOS has said they are working on it. If they don't fix it all of us will be gone.

txfeinbergsub17_ESO

Bhakura wrote: »

Crumpy wrote: »

Can't you just untick "let other people see your email address" or whatever it is?

umm ... ok, so nobody agrees, i stand corrected, i should instead hide email, hide character account, hide everything there is to hide, stroll to every option available to hide myself so ... i dont get goldspammers spamming me on an email adress that is not related to ESO ...
[snip]

Actually, the same thing happened to me the other day, so you aren't alone in this.

[edited to remove quote]

aipex8_ESO

Bhakura wrote: »

rtyfgbhfgh sent you a message

*** is the most secure place to buy Elder Scrolls Gold.

• Very low price

• Instant Delivery.

• This company has very good reputation, selling in-game currencies since 2005.

• 100% Handwork Guaranteed!

• 7/24 Customer Service!

***


Warm Regards, the ***


To zealous forum moderators yes i know its against forum rules to post links etc.
I DONT CARE
I get this in my email OUTSIDE ESO that happened to be linked to ESO. So friggin sue me, ill sue you for letting this even be possible

I don't think you quite understand what's going on here. If I send you a PM through this forum, you will receive an email that looks very similar to this with my name and my message. That doesn't mean I have access to your personal email address, and if you don't want ESO to let you know when you receive PMs, it's very easy to disable.

I'm not saying that goldsellers spamming forum PMs is okay, but it's not the same as them somehow getting your personal info from ESO.

rioinsigniab16_ESO

Guys, if you're getting emails from the TESO forums, edit your forum profile, and take the tick against the option for:

"Allow other members to see your email?"

It's not rocket science.

lavendercat

Bhakura wrote: »

lavendercat wrote: »

Bhakura wrote: »

Crumpy wrote: »

Can't you just untick "let other people see your email address" or whatever it is?

umm ... ok, so nobody agrees, i stand corrected, i should instead hide email, hide character account, hide everything there is to hide, stroll to every option available to hide myself so ... i dont get goldspammers spamming me on an email adress that is not related to ESO ...
[snip]

um, yes, you should do this. hide your email i mean. i thought it was normal to hide your email.

k i AM wrong, this first game where hiding email is mandatory to play the game if you want to be free of spammers ...
Checks settings
mail is hidden.
oO?
thx though

well if your mail is hidden already then i dont know.

[edited to remove quote]

rioinsigniab16_ESO

Worstluck wrote: »

I quit WoW 3 years ago and I still get spam emails on the email account I used pretending to be Blizzard and telling me an action has been taken against my account and to 'log in' to a fake battlenet site.

So yes, it's pretty normal. Relax, no one is defending this behavior, but there is no point in raging about it. ZOS has said they are working on it. If they don't fix it all of us will be gone.

I get them sent to one email address even though my wow account has NEVER been attached to it.

I just laugh and delete such blatant phishing attempts.

Jaxom

Worstluck wrote: »

I quit WoW 3 years ago and I still get spam emails on the email account I used pretending to be Blizzard and telling me an action has been taken against my account and to 'log in' to a fake battlenet site.

So yes, it's pretty normal. Relax, no one is defending this behavior, but there is no point in raging about it. ZOS has said they are working on it. If they don't fix it all of us will be gone.

I get those e-mails and I never even played WoW heh

rioinsigniab16_ESO

Bhakura wrote: »

Worstluck wrote: »

As was already stated, if you uncheck the notification for receiving an email when someone private messages, you would only get the PM on the forums, and it would not show up in the your email.

Ok no problem, so next time a buddy mails me to meet up somewhere and to do this or that, i didnt get the mail because notification is off to stop getting spammed by goldsellers.
I am so wrong here.

Can I ask, if this guy is a "buddy", why don't the two of you communicate by:

Email directly?
Web based text chat program like Facebooks messaging service?
VOIP software such as Skype?
TeamSpeak or Ventrillo (amoungst others)?
Phone Call?
Phone Text?

There's a million and one ways to deal with the issue of communicating between friends. Are you seriously telling me you rely on TESO forums to send you pm's via email? Seriously?

Relying on TESO's forums as a means of communication is extremely inefficient.

Bhakura

Worstluck wrote: »

I quit WoW 3 years ago and I still get spam emails on the email account I used pretending to be Blizzard and telling me an action has been taken against my account and to 'log in' to a fake battlenet site.

So yes, it's pretty normal. Relax, no one is defending this behavior, but there is no point in raging about it. ZOS has said they are working on it. If they don't fix it all of us will be gone.

yes, i know, getting those too, but those are in unwanted emails. These mails are in my wanted mails.
Im not a geek uberpro with computers, this stuff freaks me out when goldspammers and hackers get a carte blanche acces at your personal mailbox, defend it all you want and point me at my errors howmuch you like.
Getting spammed in my personal mailbox by goldspammers IS NOT OK, in case its not clear
NOT OK
And yes im aware when this first happened they even closed forum mailsystem and what not, but here we are, me with a mailbox full of spam, coldharbour overrun by bots and now even vet bots.
But im the guy going in error, you know what, you are right, im so wrong, screw ESO and let em have it, enjoy your spammers and bots.

aipex8_ESO

Bhakura wrote: »

Worstluck wrote: »

I quit WoW 3 years ago and I still get spam emails on the email account I used pretending to be Blizzard and telling me an action has been taken against my account and to 'log in' to a fake battlenet site.

So yes, it's pretty normal. Relax, no one is defending this behavior, but there is no point in raging about it. ZOS has said they are working on it. If they don't fix it all of us will be gone.

yes, i know, getting those too, but those are in unwanted emails. These mails are in my wanted mails.
Im not a geek uberpro with computers, this stuff freaks me out when goldspammers and hackers get a carte blanche acces at your personal mailbox, defend it all you want and point me at my errors howmuch you like.
Getting spammed in my personal mailbox by goldspammers IS NOT OK, in case its not clear
NOT OK
And yes im aware when this first happened they even closed forum mailsystem and what not, but here we are, me with a mailbox full of spam, coldharbour overrun by bots and now even vet bots.
But im the guy going in error, you know what, you are right, im so wrong, screw ESO and let em have it, enjoy your spammers and bots.

Again...

I don't think you quite understand what's going on here. If I send you a PM through this forum (which I can easily do just by clicking on your name), you will receive an email that looks very similar to this with my name and my message. That doesn't mean I have access to your personal email address, and if you don't want ESO to let you know when you receive PMs, it's very easy to disable.

I'm not saying that goldsellers spamming forum PMs is okay, but it's not the same as them somehow getting your personal info from ESO.

Bhakura

aipex8_ESO wrote: »

Bhakura wrote: »

Worstluck wrote: »

I quit WoW 3 years ago and I still get spam emails on the email account I used pretending to be Blizzard and telling me an action has been taken against my account and to 'log in' to a fake battlenet site.

So yes, it's pretty normal. Relax, no one is defending this behavior, but there is no point in raging about it. ZOS has said they are working on it. If they don't fix it all of us will be gone.

yes, i know, getting those too, but those are in unwanted emails. These mails are in my wanted mails.
Im not a geek uberpro with computers, this stuff freaks me out when goldspammers and hackers get a carte blanche acces at your personal mailbox, defend it all you want and point me at my errors howmuch you like.
Getting spammed in my personal mailbox by goldspammers IS NOT OK, in case its not clear
NOT OK
And yes im aware when this first happened they even closed forum mailsystem and what not, but here we are, me with a mailbox full of spam, coldharbour overrun by bots and now even vet bots.
But im the guy going in error, you know what, you are right, im so wrong, screw ESO and let em have it, enjoy your spammers and bots.

Again...

I don't think you quite understand what's going on here. If I send you a PM through this forum (which I can easily do just by clicking on your name), you will receive an email that looks very similar to this with my name and my message. That doesn't mean I have access to your personal email address, and if you don't want ESO to let you know when you receive PMs, it's very easy to disable.

I'm not saying that goldsellers spamming forum PMs is okay, but it's not the same as them somehow getting your personal info from ESO.

fine fine i stand corrected,

[snip]
[edited for baiting]

rioinsigniab16_ESO

Bhakura wrote: »

fine fine i stand corrected,

[snip]

[snip]

Hide your email address on your profile, turn off notifications to your email address.

And for the sake of the gods, use a better form of communication with your "Buddy" than relying on them sending pm's via the TESO forums to your email address.

[edited for flaming & to remove quote]

aipex8_ESO

Bhakura wrote: »

aipex8_ESO wrote: »

Bhakura wrote: »

Worstluck wrote: »

I quit WoW 3 years ago and I still get spam emails on the email account I used pretending to be Blizzard and telling me an action has been taken against my account and to 'log in' to a fake battlenet site.

So yes, it's pretty normal. Relax, no one is defending this behavior, but there is no point in raging about it. ZOS has said they are working on it. If they don't fix it all of us will be gone.

yes, i know, getting those too, but those are in unwanted emails. These mails are in my wanted mails.
Im not a geek uberpro with computers, this stuff freaks me out when goldspammers and hackers get a carte blanche acces at your personal mailbox, defend it all you want and point me at my errors howmuch you like.
Getting spammed in my personal mailbox by goldspammers IS NOT OK, in case its not clear
NOT OK
And yes im aware when this first happened they even closed forum mailsystem and what not, but here we are, me with a mailbox full of spam, coldharbour overrun by bots and now even vet bots.
But im the guy going in error, you know what, you are right, im so wrong, screw ESO and let em have it, enjoy your spammers and bots.

Again...

I don't think you quite understand what's going on here. If I send you a PM through this forum (which I can easily do just by clicking on your name), you will receive an email that looks very similar to this with my name and my message. That doesn't mean I have access to your personal email address, and if you don't want ESO to let you know when you receive PMs, it's very easy to disable.

I'm not saying that goldsellers spamming forum PMs is okay, but it's not the same as them somehow getting your personal info from ESO.

fine fine i stand corrected,


[snip]

I'm not trying to sound condescending or to say that it's okay that they are spamming PMs (I get them too). You said that you aren't a computer whiz and that them getting access to your personal info is freaking you out. I'm trying to explain that they don't have your personal info. That's all. Have a better one...

[edited to remove quote]