Just wanted to let you guys know, just in case, that I read the thread on here a while back about Origin giving away a free copy of Bad Company 2, Dragon Age, or Spore if you verified your email.

I now suspect that user somehow hacked my account. I just got an email from EA tonight saying that my email had been changed, and I cannot log in to my account anymore. In my case, I only had a copy of Battlefield 2, and no payment information set up, but it's still scary. I am having a hard time contacting EA support to get it reversed, I will let you know how it goes.

I would recommend anyone that read that thread and requested a verification from EA change their password immediately.

Fixed. Scary though, since I was at work when I got the email. The trouble with technology...(Smartphones)

What makes you think that the event is related to the thread you mention?

Did you use a unique password for your Origin account? If not, then you should definitely change all other instances of the compromised password. That security breach could have happened elsewhere, and the EA account was just one way for the hacker to exploit the password he got.

http://www.sonicwall.com/furl/phishing/



Give it a try. The head of the IT department in my University only got an 80% on it. I managed 100% my first. It should give an idea where people are with judging their email.

I don't think that event was related to the hacking since I got the game added directly by EA support. They even gave me both Bad Company 2 and Spore. (I already have DA)

Why do half the questions provide the answer within the image? made the test seem fishy. Is there some script that was supposed to run and say 'ah hah!' ?

Kind of a silly test, spotting phishing emails is mostly about checking details of an email against your own personal information.

Well formatted html emails can trick the status bar url displayed, relying on it is a bad idea. You're better off using a email client that will show you full header information so you can track where an email came from.

I think that was on mistake. If you check those again in the "rundown" at the end, you will get shown completely different emails. Looks like some links got fumbled up.

I agree (kind of), but I think the test is still pretty good for people aren't very aware of phishing already. (And yes, they do exist. ;) )

Hackers, (a.k.a. thieves) just suck. I'm glad your account wasn't compromised.

I was wondering about that. I'll have to let my IT department know to look for a different test.

Do Origin actually let you verify your email address now? Whenever I tried in the past I got a blank template email back from them.