"Virus Scanner-2014-2016"

[Herald of Eminence]

I don't know about you guys, but recently I've had this person who claims they are employed by Gaia and said that I have a virus in my account and that it will be forced to be decommissioned upon a 48 hour notice unless I were to cooperate. Furthermore, they told me to take off all marketplace listings, not to contact any other Gaia users until the process has been completed, and to change my password to something like "Virusfree123".

They said they can't prove themselves as tech support (as they weren't enlisted as an NPC or an Administrator) and they weren't obligated to answer any questions. The whole thing sounded sketchy, so I reported the user.

I didn't know if they were legit or not, but I just wanted to let the public know in case they've encountered a similar case.  

[Dead Villain]

Definitely not legit, dude. You were right on the money.

I work as a tech support for this website called Career center , Tech support will never ask for your password because They don't need it to assess your account. A Gaia admin would NEVER need to ask for your password to do anything. In fact, if I was tech support, I wouldn't need your password to fix your account...Don't change it.

And the fact that your account has a virus? sketchy as hell. Good on ya for telling people.  

[Herald of Eminence]

I figured as much. Same thing goes for stuff outside of Gaia; when red flags go off in your head, DON'T DO IT! ;D

I just got a private message confirming it was a Phishing attempt