Rockstar responds to Grand Theft Auto 5 beta scams

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[url]http://www.shacknews.com/article/86780/rockstar-responds-to-grand-theft-auto-5-beta-scams[/url]

[SteakStyes]

Not the least bit surprising. Its an evolution of the "Get *popular game name variable* free!! Just answer this survey*

*= survey is really a series of advertisements, you will supposedly get *popular game name variable* by signing up for things that amount to fifty times the price " junk mails.

[Theuaredead]

Half-Life 3 has tons of these

[Tools]

I may be living under a rock so cozy I haven't even noticed it, but..

What scam sites? And there's Half-life 3 ones too?
What?

[Bat-shit]

Why not call 'phishing' simply as just 'fishing' ?

[smurfy]

[QUOTE=Bat-shit;46286563]Why not call 'phishing' simply as just 'fishing' ?[/QUOTE]

I think it comes from 'phreaking' which meant hacking phones and was a portmanteau of phone and freak