A Scammer Asks - Do You Still Own a Dreamcast?

Post by **nick944** » Sat Mar 08, 2008 11:45 pm

It's pointless. You don't even have to register a serial number, it can be anything. I just tried lol and it worked.

Post by **vlame** » Sat Mar 08, 2008 11:55 pm

nick944 wrote:It's pointless. You don't even have to register a serial number, it can be anything. I just tried lol and it worked.

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now what?

Post by **PacoDG** » Mon Mar 10, 2008 2:13 pm

Well Sega has come out to say that it wasn't them who started this:

Kind of sucks. Don't feel bad if you got tricked, it was posted all over the official Sega boards, Seganerds.com, NeoGAF, (and sadly me posting it here for you Rackboy regulars). No one seen it coming, and I honestly apologize even though as far as I could tell, this was coming at all sides from different very trusted sources

http://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20080 ... aiall-game

A very rough engrish translation from the 2chan boards:
Sega has stopped producing in 2001 video game machine "Dreamcast" official-sounding site is a site
Sega said, "with no management, to give consumers a misunderstanding Could ", it cautioned.

The site was once a Sega Dreamcast's official site has been used as the same address,
Sega Dreamcast and unauthorized use of the logo, "You still have a Dreamcast?"
And questions. Home from the net sales of Sega's site "SEGADAIREKUTO" links
There is also the site and has been making The company already owns no address, the owner's inquiry
, And its response to the study.
(Mainichi Shimbun)

Post by **raztat** » Mon Mar 10, 2008 2:35 pm

what is the scammer going to do with all the numbers?

Post by **nick944** » Mon Mar 10, 2008 4:20 pm

raztat wrote:what is the scammer going to do with all the numbers?

Sit back and laugh at everyone who gave a serial number.

Post by **Flak Beard** » Mon Mar 10, 2008 8:28 pm

People and their damn phishing scams. Article on Joystiq...

http://www.joystiq.com/2008/03/10/dream ... ega-warns/

Post by **Ramatut4001** » Mon Mar 10, 2008 10:26 pm

And to think I was mad that I missed it.

Post by **PacoDG** » Tue Mar 11, 2008 3:38 am

raztat wrote:what is the scammer going to do with all the numbers?

Im guessing that they are just going to sell off the email addresses to some company and we'll all get more spam than we already have. I have 7+ email accounts, Im not too worried myself, but I do feel bad for people who used a main email account and/or work email account. Assholes whoever did this.

Post by **bawitback** » Tue Mar 11, 2008 9:38 pm

9/9/9
Believe.

Post by **Mozgus** » Tue Mar 11, 2008 9:43 pm

This whole thing was such a riot.