Re: It is real
Good post Bobo Fett.
Phishing is a very real problem.
Sometimes when a player gets phished and his account gets hacked and he loses money the site will tell him it's his fault because he needs to be more careful and protective of his password.
So WHY does Stars send out these e-mails that look to MANY people like phishing attempts?
Seriously, this is just weird.
They should be sending out this exact same e-mail as an example of what NOT to click and then saying to their customers, "If you ever get an e-mail that looks like this we want to caution you that clicking the link could indeed be very dangerous. If it's not from the official Stars address then you should be highly suspicious and report it to us at once. We will NEVER send you an e-mail from an address other than PokerStars."
Stuff like that.
It's incredibly irresponsible of them to continue sending these e-mails out from non-pokerstars addresses. Especially after this same complaint and topic has been brought up on the forums here time after time after time.
If the player is supposed to be responsible for protecting their password then Stars shouldn't be sending stuff out that looks like phishing attempts. It's pretty simple really.
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