Phishing, how messed up is this?

[Maskim]

Some one is getting treated like an ex-con lol.

As well they should. Phishing is a method of identity theft, which is a crime. Both theft, and fraud.

Ex-cons are released for serving their sentences, but with the loss of certain rights. No longer do they get to bear arms or vote, etc. Phishers still get to play the game, but with the loss of certain aspects of the game, like the ability to go online.

True, anyone who falls for these scams is about half retarded to do so, but it's still just too bad he didn't face prosecution and actual penalties for the very real world implications of his actions.

[Rambo!]

Some one is getting treated like an ex-con lol.

Agreed but still account phishing is pretty low and I feel no sympathy for you for doing it. In my opinion it is like hacking in this game to gain an advantage. They all get the same punishment

[Shadwitz]

I'd make a joke about gib rarz, but I don't want to get banned.

Instead, do the crime, pay the fine?

[NegaTsukasa]

Wow. I was blind to see how phishing could be possible on this game. O_o

[JAFO22000]

I am saying my good byes to PSU. This is my goodbye story.

I was banned on my first PSU account for account phishing...

I stopped reading here. You said you wanted our opinions, and mine is that you should've never been let back on in the first place. I'm glad that you were banned and hope you serve as an example to others who may be thinking of ruining someone else's hard work, not to mention the integrity of their account information.

Good day.

[NegaTsukasa]

Agreed but still account phishing is pretty low and I feel no sympathy for you for doing it. In my opinion it is like hacking in this game to gain an advantage. They all get the same punishment

From what I can tell, Sega probably knows when you hack or play with a hacked character role.
It's just sometimes you probably won't get caught.

It's been like tht since the old PSO Online.

Rules have changed a little now, but not much.

phishing and hacking in my opinion is all the same as well.

sometimes though I think phishing is a little bit more serious than plain old hacking.

[Neith]

You can't really complain about being treated badly. You were phishing people's accounts for crying out loud- that's a little more serious than using the mechgun glitch, or grinder exploits.

You messed up with the scamming, whether you're sorry for it or not. Making a new account obviously got noticed by ST, and they've terminated your service. I'm not entirely sure what the Terms of Service say about this kind of thing, but I'm pretty sure they can terminate your service at will- especially since you broke the rules once before.

tl;dr version: You broke the Terms of Service by scamming, which is a crime. You can't get back on because ST banned you, and want to KEEP you banned for a duration of time, maybe indefinately. Frankly, I'm glad ST are at least doing something. Scammers shouldn't be allowed online again, simple as that.

[R2D6battlebot]

It's not messed up at all. By phishing accounts, you potentially gain access to a lot more than the person's character and gear. They should have forwarded your information to your local DA's office to assist in prosecution, along with banning your original account.

Whether your new account has been banned for legitimate reasons or for an error in thinking you stole items that were given to you is irrelevant. Your phishing record makes you an undesirable member of the community, who needs to be removed.

No sympathy.

Get burned.

[Andy1423]

Maybe im just ignorant cause I never cheat, but what is phishing????

[Apone]

Phishing is a form of identity theft. A federal crime. Subject to federal prosecution. Ususally the victim gets tricked into revealing personal information about themselves which the perpetrator uses to gain access to said personal information. (passwords, bank account , credit cards etc.) Just be smart and you'll be OK in this game.