Beware... Landmark Beta Phishing Emails

[Ferriciean Aetas]

https://forums.station.sony.com/eq/inde ... om.196673/

I got one, today.

[Ferriciean Aetas]

hmmmmmmmmmmmmm



maybe not phishing.

All the same red flags this guy points out are the ones that came to me. Links saying one thing but directed to another, etc.

Here are the steps I took:

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whois e-sonyonline.com

Domain Name: E-SONYONLINE.COM
Registrar: CSC CORPORATE DOMAINS, INC.
Whois Server: whois.corporatedomains.com
Referral URL: http://www.cscglobal.com
Name Server: NS2.YESMAIL.COM
Name Server: NS3.YESMAIL.COM
Status: clientTransferProhibited
Updated Date: 25-feb-2014
Creation Date: 11-jan-2012
Expiration Date: 11-jan-2015

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C:\>nslookup e-sonyonline.com 4.2.2.2
Server:  b.resolvers.Level3.net
Address:  4.2.2.2

Non-authoritative answer:
Name:    e-sonyonline.com
Address:  206.165.245.100

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http://whois.arin.net/rest/net/NET-206-165-240-0-1/pft

Organization
Name	INFOGROUP INC.
Handle	INFOG-8
Street	1020 E. 1st Street
City	Papillion
State/Province	NE
Postal Code	68046
Country	US
Registration Date	2012-06-21
Last Updated	2012-06-21
Comments	

Whether it's real or not... there's no way in hell I'd trust these emails.

[Delfino]

I got one of these as well. I've never been invited to an EQ-based BETA without actually trying to apply one for. Not touching this thing.