Account_Protection / Phishing Attempt via PM 'Account report has been filed'

Greetz all,

Recently a PM was sent out by a non-GGG user which reads:

"

Account Report has been filed. #410239
Sent: 10. Mai 2013 12:53
From:
To:

Hello,

Your account has been filed under : in game spam.
Please check your account status here:

Failure to respond may result in permanent ban.

If the report has been wrongful filed, you can choose to file against
the reporter who initially filed the report.

Please remember to visit the link above to protect your account.

This is not official and is an attempt to gain user details of other players.

If you clicked the link in the PM, please change your Path of Exile account password immediately.
If you have any other accounts using the same password, do the same thing as soon as possible.

We have removed the account that was sending these messages out, but if anyone receives another PM from a different account, please let us know as soon as possible by emailing us at: Support@GrindingGear.com

If you have any questions or concerns at all, please don't hesitate to contact us!

Important update: We are locking accounts that appear to have been compromised by these players as soon as we can to prevent tampering. If you think your account has been locked unfairly, please email support@grindinggear.com and we can try to restore control of the account to you. We apologise for the inconvenience this causes. -rsjac_ggg

Non-legitimate GGG accounts that have sent these messages:
account_protection
account_security
report_status
account_report
investigation_ggg
AccountManager_GGG

accounts that have sent these messages:
account_protection
account_security
report_status

"

Fabius_Gallus wrote:

Cheers, that account has been shut down.