warning! x box fans

lindelou

I have just discovered my sons xbox account has been compromised by a phishing e-mail.Small sums of money has gone missing.The card registered has now been cancelled, but X Box microsoft are most unhelpful, and it is so easy to hack into your account, beware all out there

Hammyman

Actually, it isn't unless you're stupid enough to hand over your login details.....

It can hardly be called hacking into a Xbox Live account when someone gives you all the details you need.

bluenoseam

"small sums", i would suggest you remove the Xbox from the offender & check for downloaded content - one suggests you may find your "small sums" there. I don't understand why people are still using CC/DC to pay for Xbox Live given the fact subscription cards & points cards have been the common form of paying for things on XBL for easilly 4-5 years, besides that fact it often works out cheaper to use the pre-paid cards.

like i said though, likely your son has used your card to DL content.

HO87

bluenoseam wrote: »

"small sums", i would suggest you remove the Xbox from the offender & check for downloaded content - one suggests you may find your "small sums" there. I don't understand why people are still using CC/DC to pay for Xbox Live given the fact subscription cards & points cards have been the common form of paying for things on XBL for easilly 4-5 years, besides that fact it often works out cheaper to use the pre-paid cards.

like i said though, likely your son has used your card to DL content.

I have to agree. Going back a few years No 2 son "mistakenly" thought that because he didn't part with anything that the films he had been downloading were all free - that is, until I got my bank statement and even then it took some hours to get to the truth. He has been obliged to buy points cards ever since. I also have to agree that XBL were about as useful as a one legged man in an ar*e kicking competition when it came to sorting the problem out.

Phantom_Flan_Flinger

....and if you ever do use your card through the Xbox, best to log in at Xbox.com and remove your card details.

As above though, it's (nearly) always cheaper to buy points and/or Gold subs from on-line retailers. You don't need to have your card details on their system.

DatabaseError

lindelou wrote: »

I have just discovered my sons xbox account has been compromised by a phishing e-mail.

E-mails can compromise accounts? Eh?

..ah....he gave his details to a stranger...that's not a email, that's your son that compromised the account

Hopefully you can recover the losses, and he'll learn a valuable lesson in security.