Something needs to be added to the website and forums to announce the authenticity of it, something unmistakable and not easily replicated. I frequent world 2, and every other week, sometimes every day, I see someone different advertising a giveaway that ultimately leads to a website that has been very well spoofed to appear to be the real RuneScape website, and is a phishing scam. I continually report the accounts being used to advertise this as well as the video on YouTube linking to the website, but the person behind the phishing just uses another account that was stolen to advertise.
I've seen them using accounts of all levels, including 138s. This is not a scam that just newbies are falling prey to. There's gotta be something everyone is capable of recognizing but isn't too inconvenient or bothersome to users of the website.
06-Nov-2018 18:00:04