NV3 Email Re: Account Details

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alexl102

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Sorry if this has already been discussed; I did look down the threads but couldn't see anything about it.

Basically, I've received an email from NV3 asking me to confirm my account details. Forgive me for being over-cautious but has anyone else received this, and is it genuine? The increasing number of stories about email scams recently has made me reluctant to trust most emails I get!

Many thanks.

Alex
 
alexl102 said:
Sorry if this has already been discussed; I did look down the threads but couldn't see anything about it.

Basically, I've received an email from NV3 asking me to confirm my account details. Forgive me for being over-cautious but has anyone else received this, and is it genuine? The increasing number of stories about email scams recently has made me reluctant to trust most emails I get!

Many thanks.

Alex
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I was thinking the same thing, and I was about to do a search when I saw this thread! :wave:

Ish
 
If you are not sure about the source of an email and want to verify who the sender is, Right click on it> on the dropdown menu that comes up, select Properties> then have a look at the information under the 'General' tab > then click on the 'Detail' tab and about half way down in the text it will give you the email address of the sender. You can then check that it is from who it says it is, and if it is genuine or not Cheers
 
"http://n3vgames.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=59d7ec76800a28ab7fa87e456&id=95050316e5&e=07dbda763b"

"http://update.trainzportal.com/?uid=iZUFlhvTkxaq86GM5NWhT3TfOBDjJdZS"

newsletters@n3vgames.com via mail76.us4.mcsv.net (mscv = mailchimp = email marketing)

First address is the in-mail link;
Second is the paste link;
Third is the source of the email.

So it is a marketing stunt, most likely intended to see how many of the addresses/accounts are contactable. The idea is to force a response by putting you down for a newsletter that you probably don't want. You've noticed that the first address is a tracker. It seems also that updating your a/c via one of the links does not change the status of you a/c as it exists at the end of the other link. So maybe another foot-up in the offing?

Is this scraping the barrel or not?
 
For christ's sake.

You guys complain when you don't receive the newsletter. Now you guys complain when N3V tries to update its mailing list so that it can deliver to you said newsletter. Force a response? Did somebody have put a gun to your head and make you respond to that email? If you don't want it, just ignore it. "Oh no N3V uses an email marketing firm to handle their content delivery instead of wasting time doing it themselves they must be evil and out to steal our credit card details."

At least this isn't as bad as the "oh no N3V asked me to update my details and now my computer has a virus and is part of a botnet" thread.
 
nicky9499 said:
For christ's sake.

You guys complain when you don't receive the newsletter. Now you guys complain when N3V tries to update its mailing list so that it can deliver to you said newsletter. Force a response? Did somebody have put a gun to your head and make you respond to that email? If you don't want it, just ignore it. "Oh no N3V uses an email marketing firm to handle their content delivery instead of wasting time doing it themselves they must be evil and out to steal our credit card details."

At least this isn't as bad as the "oh no N3V asked me to update my details and now my computer has a virus and is part of a botnet" thread.
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oops. Read me above. The link to the newsletter was inserted into my account details - I don't do newsletters - and it was done so as to force a response, ie, to see if the email a/c is active (always valuable info for spammers).

And while we are at it, consider that 'everfail has passed all our contact details over to some hole-in-the-wall marketing outfit - and probably paid them for the privilege!

That's not something I consented to - another thing I don't do.
 
Agreed. I am in communication with N3V's helpdesk regarding the method used as well. I can understand the need for details to be kept up to date, but there are better methods of doing it.

Shane
 
phimat said:
it was done so as to force a response
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Aha, I'm guessing you didn't. How clever of you in that case, outsmarting these shady companies' highly sophisticated tactics. What will these marketing outfits do now that your email address registers as inactive? They might have gone out of business by now, oh dear.
 
nicky9499 said:
Aha, I'm guessing you didn't. How clever of you in that case, outsmarting these shady companies' highly sophisticated tactics. What will these marketing outfits do now that your email address registers as inactive? They might have gone out of business by now, oh dear.
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Oooops! again. Not clever: wry. It caught me out. Means 'everfail less trustworthy than before. What a bad bad world...
 
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