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DO NOT UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCE CLICK ON THE LINKS IN THIS EMAIL!!!

Scammers are at it again. They are sending out emails to people with PSN accounts. I found this message in my email inbox.

"An important message to you from the
PlayStation(R)Network team at Sony Computer
Entertainment America LLC.

On April 1, 2011, Sony Computer
Entertainment America LLC ("SCEA")
will transfer its online services
operations, including your wallet
and the funds in it, to Sony Network
Entertainment America Inc. ("SNEA").
The first time you sign in to your
Sony Online Services account on or
after April 1, you will be asked to
enter into a new Terms of Service and
User Agreement with SNEA. If you do
not wish to enter into a contract with
SNEA, you may decline the terms of
service and we will close your account(s)
and return your funds. You can preview
the new Terms of Service and User
Agreement with SNEA at: (Deleted for protection of users)

PlayStation(R)Network will continue to
provide you with the highest standard
of interactive entertainment. Your
access to the best games, movies, TV
shows, music and friends will remain
intact. Thank you very much for being
part of the PlayStation(R)Network online
community! We look forward to continuing
to bring you the best in innovative
online entertainment!

Your PlayStation(R)Network password and
Sign-on ID (Guimengo) is required
to sign in to your Sony Online Services
account. Please go to >> (Deleted for protection of users)
to ensure your account information
is accurate and updated.

The PlayStation(R)Network Team"

I advise you to go into your email and delete it. Do NOT click on the link within the email. Better yet if you see a PSN email just delete the damned thing.



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Thanks for the heads up.



PS One/2/p/3slim/Vita owner. I survived the Apocalyps3/Collaps3 and all I got was this lousy signature.


Xbox One: What are you doing Dave?

I thought it was odd that this email went straight to my junk folder,  but this must have been why.



SNEA lol, people will fall for this sadly even though the "SNEA" does not exist.



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This smells of bad intentions and dogshit

...

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Just clicked the link it leads to a qrocity website, so its real. or maybe its just not certified the other link just leads to psn website. no where does it ask for any information.

if this is a scam this is pretty bad that people have our emails and know our PSN ID;s. thats gonna be a whole lotta legal mess for sony.



I got that email but simply ignored it. I did see it weird because of the link it had, didn't seem professional.

More importantly i'd like to know how a scammer got my email, and knows it's tied to PSN.



e=mc^2

Gaming on: PS4 Pro, Switch, SNES Mini, Wii U, PC (i5-7400, GTX 1060)

does this mail originate from south america?



“It appeared that there had even been demonstrations to thank Big Brother for raising the chocolate ration to twenty grams a week. And only yesterday, he reflected, it had been announced that the ration was to be reduced to twenty grams a week. Was it possible that they could swallow that, after only twenty-four hours? Yes, they swallowed it.”

- George Orwell, ‘1984’

what makes you say this is a scam.

i got the email but havent done anything with it. it seems legit to me. but i dont know, i may be simp



KylieDog said:

How can anyone not see this as a scam?

 

Pro tip:  Do not use your PSN account e-mail for gaming sites or other silly nonsense and you'll never get these e-mails.


because it comes from the same email address that sony sends all their emails from.and its formatted the same way also.