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08-Nov-2022 18:06:52

Rooh
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Rooh

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Hi Biscuit280

I know you're just trying to warn people but you can't make accusations here on the forums.
The best thing to do is report in game.

I've hidden your post but no harm done, I know you're just trying to help people avoid getting phished.

...and a reminder for everyone that you need to be wary of people advertising giveaways on their Youtube channel, it's often a scam.
Who's the cat that won't cop out when there's danger all about?

09-Nov-2022 11:47:00 - Last edited on 09-Nov-2022 11:51:00 by Rooh

Rooh
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Rooh

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...and here's your post with the names removed for reference:

Biscuit280 said :
I want to raise awareness and report about what I think is either a possible or accidental phishing attempt. [REMOVED] is streaming on Twitch right now with OSRS username [REMOVED] is a fresh Twitch account with no previous streams and 3 followers.

On it, his title mentions it may be his last stream ever. It tells the user to look below the stream to find out why he is quitting. In the section below the stream, it gives what looks like a link to a forum post to find out why he may be quitting.

However, this link actually redirects to a rebrand link and then to an old school runescape phishing website. I also think this stream is a re-broadcast of someone else's stream and botted for views to gain clicks.

I don't want people to get phished, so I am not posting the links here, but I will post images. Do NOT go to these links. It will steal your RuneScape account if you log-in. To summarize, twitch stream says go to forum link to find out why quitting. Link to forum post redirects to a rebrand link which redirects to a phishing website. I doubt {REMOVED] is actually doing this. I think it is a re-broadcasted stream, but I think it's worth looking into.
Who's the cat that won't cop out when there's danger all about?

09-Nov-2022 11:49:33 - Last edited on 09-Nov-2022 11:49:59 by Rooh

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