Security Warning: Second Life Phishing Scam Update

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If you receive an email to “confirm” your account in the Second Life Marketplace, take a very close look at the URL:

“http://maketplacesecondlife.110mb.com/login.htm”

Notice that the URL is not only misspelled but is actually part of the “110mb.com” Domain.

DONT OPEN IT, DONT ANSWER IT. This is a phishing attempt to collect your account login information. If you go to this web site you are invited to fill out your avatar name and password, and if you really are a vendor, you’ll lose control of your own business as well as your account.

Similarly to other online services, Linden Lab does not send out these kinds of notices via email. This is not just a Second Life prank, this is illegal, and a felony. You can do your part by reporting the incident directly to the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

You can also report it to the United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team which tracks phishing scams and helps people protect themselves from these kinds of attacks.

UPDATE – July 18, 2011

Another false Marketplace link has been discovered: http://h1.ripway.com/maketplacesecondlif/login.php

This link was discovered when someone had used it and then found their account breached by the person or persons running the fake Second Life website. The victim is now in a battle to recover well over a thousand U.S dollars that had been fraudulently charged via her banking information that was hooked to her SL account.

It is important to only log in to the SL website via the main address http://www.SecondLife.com, or if you are logging directly to the SL Marketplace, use https://marketplace.secondlife.com/ Those are the official website addresses, use no other.

If you have further information which can help Linden Lab and proper authorities battle these fake SL websites, report the websites using the links provided to the FBI and the Emergency Readiness Team. Also send any information you have on fraudulent SL websites to: security(at)lindenlab.com