Infinitiy Ward: Beware fake COD5 beta invites - bit-tech.net Forums

CardJoe · 13th Jan 2009, 12:43

http://www.bit-tech.net/news/2009/01...beta-invites/1

According to Infinity Ward there are a number of faked Call of Duty 5 beta invites doing the rounds which are actually just phishing scams.

liratheal · 13th Jan 2009, 12:47

Not entirely related, but I would much prefer another 'modern' setting to yet another WWII setting >.>

shigllgetcha · 13th Jan 2009, 13:19

Call of Duty 5: Modern Warfare 2
its a another modern setting

badders · 13th Jan 2009, 13:42

Wait - I thought World at War was COD5? Surely Modern Warfare 2 will be COD6?

liratheal · 13th Jan 2009, 13:43

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Originally Posted by badders

Wait - I thought World at War was COD5? Surely Modern Warfare 2 will be COD6?

There is huge debate on that on Kotaku.. It's kinda scary how angry some people get over naming schemes.

Popular theory is that it's not 5 because 5 isn't mentioned in the title, but IMO, it's the fifth game, so.. It might aswell be 5 >.>

ry@n · 13th Jan 2009, 14:26

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Originally Posted by liratheal

Popular theory is that it's not 5 because 5 isn't mentioned in the title, but IMO, it's the fifth game, so.. It might aswell be 5 >.>

Untill now i've always refered to Word at War as "COD5".. oops

p3n · 13th Jan 2009, 15:12

Its actually COD3 (the 3rd one made by the good devs!)

Psytek · 13th Jan 2009, 16:09

[quote=liratheal]

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Originally Posted by badders

but IMO, it's the fifth game, so.. It might aswell be 5 >.>

Call of Duty: World at war is the 10th game in the Call of Duty Franchise, 11th if you count the DS version of COD4.

Infinity ward have now made a deal that they get to make the numbered releases going forward, so the new COD game coming this year will be Call of Duty 5.

Also, there is no "5" on the box for World at War, its built on the engine that IW created for COD4, so if we're being honest, World at War is basically a very well made official mod.

B1GBUD · 13th Jan 2009, 21:12

No-one has noticed the obvious spelling mistake in this article (Infinitiy)

TurtlePerson2 · 13th Jan 2009, 21:39

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Originally Posted by liratheal

There is huge debate on that on Kotaku.. It's kinda scary how angry some people get over naming schemes.

Popular theory is that it's not 5 because 5 isn't mentioned in the title, but IMO, it's the fifth game, so.. It might aswell be 5 >.>

Well, it's not the fifth game and it's not the sixth game either. It's not really the fith revision of the engine either. They sort of subscribe to the "because we say so, school of sequel numbering". It is the fifth COD game on PC, but that can't be right because COD4 was the third PC COD.

CardJoe · 13th Jan 2009, 22:36

It's their franchise, so really it's whatever the hell they want it to be.

Aragon Speed · 14th Jan 2009, 01:25

I have worked with Egosoft briefly as a developer near the beginning of the development of Terran Conflict, and I still have close ties with them.

I can state that no developer would send out random emails asking Joe Pubic to become a beta tester. You may have to sign an NDA, but there would still be too many worries about information being leaked before release if you just picked people at random.

I haven't seen one of these emails, but as they are classed as a phishing scam I assume that at some point you would be asked for your credit card or bank details. Again, no developer would do this, there is absolutely no reason too. 90% of the time the alpha testers are either in-house already or have come from a reputable source, and most beta testers are trusted people from the companies main forums. The first are paid through the normal channels and therefore don't need to send their bank/card details by mail, and the second are normally unpaid. (At least in my experience)

landi_uk · 14th Jan 2009, 12:34

This scam is requests the user to supply their x-box live tag and password and may also want email address attached to Live account.

They then access the Live account,change the password to take ownership, spend any points you may have and also purchase items on your account if you have a valid card attached, and spam the url claiming to be a COD beta sign-up page to everyone on your Friends List

I haven't been caught, but a couple of people on my friends list have and both have ended up having to set up new Live accounts.

LordPyrinc · 15th Jan 2009, 04:12

That is unfortunate. Many years ago I fell for a scam on bnet that cost me my chars on a particular account. Sometimes, even the smartest people don't think for a moment and do something stupid. I slapped my forehead about 5 minutes later realizing I had been duped but by then the damage had been done.

cpu121 · 15th Jan 2009, 20:59

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Originally Posted by p3n

Its actually COD3 (the 3rd one made by the good devs!)

Er, wouldn't it be COD4 then? IW Made COD, COD2 and COD4.

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15th Jan 2009, 04:12	#14
LordPyrinc Legomaniac Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: USA Posts: 254	That is unfortunate. Many years ago I fell for a scam on bnet that cost me my chars on a particular account. Sometimes, even the smartest people don't think for a moment and do something stupid. I slapped my forehead about 5 minutes later realizing I had been duped but by then the damage had been done. __________________ HP Pavilion Elite m9040n PC - Vista Home Premium Intel Core 2 Quad Processor Q6600 @ 2.40ghz - 3G of RAM - Dual 320G HDs Upgrades/Add-ons: 22" Widescreen LCD, 700W RocketFish PSU, BFG GeForce 9800 GT 160G Ext USB HD, Logitech X-540 5.1 Surround Sound Speakers

13th Jan 2009, 15:12	#7
p3n Hypermodder Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 731	Its actually COD3 (the 3rd one made by the good devs!)

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B1GBUD Multimodder Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 196	No-one has noticed the obvious spelling mistake in this article (Infinitiy)

14th Jan 2009, 01:25	#12
Aragon Speed Busily modding X3: Terran Conflict Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: England Posts: 52	I have worked with Egosoft briefly as a developer near the beginning of the development of Terran Conflict, and I still have close ties with them. I can state that no developer would send out random emails asking Joe Pubic to become a beta tester. You may have to sign an NDA, but there would still be too many worries about information being leaked before release if you just picked people at random. I haven't seen one of these emails, but as they are classed as a phishing scam I assume that at some point you would be asked for your credit card or bank details. Again, no developer would do this, there is absolutely no reason too. 90% of the time the alpha testers are either in-house already or have come from a reputable source, and most beta testers are trusted people from the companies main forums. The first are paid through the normal channels and therefore don't need to send their bank/card details by mail, and the second are normally unpaid. (At least in my experience)

14th Jan 2009, 12:34	#13
landi_uk Minimodder Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Luton, UK Posts: 24	This scam is requests the user to supply their x-box live tag and password and may also want email address attached to Live account. They then access the Live account,change the password to take ownership, spend any points you may have and also purchase items on your account if you have a valid card attached, and spam the url claiming to be a COD beta sign-up page to everyone on your Friends List I haven't been caught, but a couple of people on my friends list have and both have ended up having to set up new Live accounts.