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shandy706

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I received this e-mail this morning.

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This e-mail was actually in my secondary e-mail that I use for work, so I quickly went to my PSN primary e-mail to see if someone was messing with my account.

Surprisingly, or perhaps unsurprisingly, there was no e-mail at all in my primary e-mail account I use for PSN.

I certainly didn't make a request for a password change...

So be careful of any e-mails you may have just gotten guys :)
 
Looks like a real email to me

Some slight changes compared to a real password change email I received in April
 
Does look valid, I'd be interested in the source code. Any different reply emails added or something like that?
 
Check the header of the email for its origin. Then do a IP lookup and you can tell if it is legit. Also, if you hover over the links, you will see a preview of the actual link in the bottom corner. If the links do not match or look strange then it is for sure a phishing email.
 
When you scroll over the hyperlink does the preview text say something different? Ive had that where theyll have a clickable link to say, a Blizzard site but scrolling over the link shows a phish site
 
I dunno what's scarier, that it could be a scam, or that it could be legit, meaning someone got into your account.

You should check if your current password works through PS Store website (that's the US web site).
 
If you hover over the link (when in a browser or somewhere else where it shows the link without clicking on it), does it change to something suspicious or is it the same? This is an easy way to check if you're being scammed.
 
Juan29.zapata said:
I dunno what's scarier, that it could be a scam, or that it could be legit, meaning someone got into your account.

You should check if your current password works through PS Store website (that's the US web site).
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Current password works fine. :)

I mean, one would think that if someone DID make a password change request...why didn't I get an e-mail at my primary address?

Either way, I'll probably go directly to the site and change my password anyway. Just in case. I just wanted to put out a PSA in case it was something more. :-D

bombshell said:
If you hover over the link (when in a browser or somewhere else where it shows the link without clicking on it), does it change to something suspicious or is it the same? This is an easy way to check if you're being scammed.
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Hovering shows the same thing. It even shows the Sony logo and a phone #.

The only strange thing I see in the header is this.."b8f9smybuj76d0auwjramb0xjjcuhw@m.email.sonyentertainmentnetwork.com". That just looks like a mobile version of the data though?


Edit** Ok, just realized something while going to look at my account. I forgot PSN doesn't even seem to have a secondary e-mail account option (I use this one as my secondary on sites). I don't have a PSN account with this e-mail on it at all....wth? LOL

About to make a password request using this e-mail myself and see what happens.

Well then, I now have a PSN account that someone else must have setup. Changed the password to it and have full control of it...can you permanently delete an account?
 
It's a trap! DON'T! edit: Also I don't think you can permanently delete an account.
 
Juan29.zapata said:
It's a trap! DON'T! edit: Also I don't think you can permanently delete an account.
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Haha, I'm not touching the links in that e-mail.

I went directly to Sony's site. Typed in my e-mail, made my own password request, got into it...and set the password as something I don't even use.
 
shandy706 said:
Current password works fine. :)

I mean, one would think that if someone DID make a password change request...why didn't I get an e-mail at my primary address?

Either way, I'll probably go directly to the site and change my password anyway. Just in case. I just wanted to put out a PSA in case it was something more. :-D




Hovering shows the same thing. It even shows the Sony logo and a phone #.

The only strange thing I see in the header is this.."b8f9smybuj76d0auwjramb0xjjcuhw@m.email.sonyentertainmentnetwork.com". That just looks like a mobile version of the data though?


Edit** Ok, just realized something while going to look at my account. I forgot PSN doesn't even seem to have a secondary e-mail account option (I use this one as my secondary on sites). I don't have a PSN account with this e-mail on it at all....wth? LOL

About to make a password request using this e-mail myself and see what happens.

Well then, I now have a PSN account that someone else must have setup. Changed the password to it and have full control of it...can you permanently delete an account?
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Yeah, that happens sometimes. Some people really can't be bothered with making their own emails. Somebody once made a dating site account with my email, jokes on them, i deleted the account.
 
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