I got this email a few days ago, clicking 'Shop Now' takes you to https://click.playstationemail.com
I got this email a few days ago, clicking 'Shop Now' takes you to https://click.playstationemail.com
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"have your credit card details ready"
Sounds very shady. I doubt Sony would advertise the PS5 this way.
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10850k (10c 20t) @ all-core 5GHz @ 1.250v | EVGA 3080 FTW3 Ultra Gaming | 32GB DDR4 3200 | 1TB M.2 OS/Game SSD | 4TB 7200RPM Game HDD | 10TB 7200 RPM Storage HDD | ViewSonic XG2703-GS - 27" IPS 1440p 165Hz Native G-Sync | HP Reverb G2 VR Headset
https://www.reddit.com/r/playstation...uy_a_ps5_from/
interesting... if Sony is taking this route, it is really not well thought out in terms of consumer safety.
You're getting exactly what you deserve.
Did you sign up to be notified for restocks?
Was it from an actual Sony email?
The image you linked for the second one looks like the actual Sony network so pretty good chance it was legit.
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You didn't post the email or anything but Sony does tell you to be ready with your login stuff if you buy from their direct store. They use unique URLs too. All this makes their stuff pretty easy to spoof. One flaw in the best way to get a PS5. A fix would be for them to give you a code and allow you to enter it on the store's site.
When I got my PS5 I went to the direct website first and logged in, then entered the queue (a few hours before).
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No no and no! NEVER click anything inside a shady email. Phishing emails don't always just hope for you to give your information but the link / site itself can be and most likely is malicious. When you click the link and run their scripts in your browser you never know what can happen.
So don't click anything in email and especially don't touch anything on their site.
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FireFox doesn't but there is an addon for that called NoScript though most people likely don't use it because it makes browsing somewhat more inconvenient because you have to allow every site to run scripts separately.
Antivirus helps some but there is always this cat and mouse game going on between the hackers and antivirus so I wouldn't risk it.
while the site scans clean on multiple sites, the domain "who is" is odd namely that what is there is listed as individual registrant nor does it match playstation.com data. It seems sony did send out such emails but went to a different website. It would not be hard for an attack to use the same email and change the link to scam people. I would rule this a scam if someone reported it to me at work. If you want to make 100% contact sony and report it there. They should know if the link is there's or not, might have to wait awhile depending on how busy they are, or how well informed their tier 1 support is.
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yeah that might work for 90% of the stuff but that last 10% is bad juju, also a lot of phishing is information/cred scrapping getting people to enter information.
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"playstationemail" is an incredibly sketchy url, Sony has a domain they use under email.playstation.com for real promotions.