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RoccaAmare
5 years ago
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Scammers selling simcash, simoleons, platinum and golden keys...

Hello. Has anyone ever promoted the following issue before? There are sellers who claim they can add 99 million of everything in your account, as long as it is linked to your facebook account. For...
  • BlackjackWidow's avatar
    BlackjackWidow
    5 years ago

    Thanks @RoccaAmare for reporting this scammer - I am like you, I can't believe people actually agree to hand over their account information in order to cheat on a mobile game - unreal! 

    Just for everyone's future info, you can also report through EA following these instructions: https://help.ea.com/en-us/help/faq/how-to-report-cheat-hack-scam-websites-to-ea/

    When I reported an advertised hacked game site, I reported through both EA Help & SCBI Support. For Origin games, the EA reporting is probably sufficient, but the mobile games work a little differently, so I think reporting to them directly is important, too.

    Thankfully, @EA_Lanna made sure this one was escalated properly, and looks like your report resulted in getting the site taken down. Thanks everyone for your help & support!

    (just another example of how cheaters & scammers can monetize these hacks)

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Forgotten_Woods
5 years ago

Wow, I had a check on ebay and there is quite a few of these around. They have quite a few sales and positive reviews, so I can only assume the customer is getting what is offered.

This is pretty bad, people paying for somebody to hack the game for them. I guess this has been going on for a while though.

Surely these cities would be super easy to detect once hacked. Nobody can collect 10s of millions of green sim cash in a legit way

  • PinnacleValley's avatar
    PinnacleValley
    5 years ago

    @RoccaAmare  Welcome to the forum! Thanks for sharing, I’ve seen similar promotions and assumed they were simply just another scam aimed at weak minded people...oh wait, that’s whose buying them. It’s hard to imagine someone with that low a level of self esteem willing to spend money to cheat a game and deprive others a fair contest. I guess the famous quote incorrectly attributed to PT Barnum is true, one is born every minute. I suggest you contact technical support through the in game help section and report this situation to assure someone in the organization is aware.
    @Forgotten_Woods  I agree with you this should be simple to detect...if they only look.

    • RoccaAmare's avatar
      RoccaAmare
      5 years ago

      The amazing thing here is that the seller says he/she needs a linked facebook account for this to work.
      In the description he/she writes that buyers should sent their facebook credentials along with their paypal payment! I am attaching a printscreen.
      I had to post my first message 2 times, the first time it was marked as spam!

      I do not know if the link to the eBay page was the reason but it still did not strike me well that my message was marked as spam when it was just reporting scammers who abuse the game...

      • PinnacleValley's avatar
        PinnacleValley
        5 years ago

        @RoccaAmare There are so many things wrong with this situation...the absolute last thing you want to do is to share your access. Perhaps when one of the COMMUNITY MANAGERS (not shouting at you just virtually waving to get your attention) passes by they will forward this to the appropriate parties and have it addressed by their legal team. Thanks for sharing.

    • RoccaAmare's avatar
      RoccaAmare
      5 years ago
      @PinnacleValley I followed your advice and I have reported this to the technical support through the in game help section. Let's see if anything will happen...

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