Get online game accounts and items with RMT

Internet games are very popular regardless of whether they are smartphones or PCs. If you get stuck in a title you like, you'll want stronger characters and items. Therefore, I will take time to play, but if you are a member of society, you may not be able to afford it.

That is where "RMT (Real Money Trade)" is used. Accounts can be taken over due to model changes, and items and characters may be transferred depending on the game. This mechanism is used to purchase data cultivated by other people in cash.

RMT is banned by convention in almost every game, but there are still a lot of people out there. For example, if you sell gold and items for 2000 yen, which takes 10 hours to play normally, some people will want to buy them considering their hourly wage. On the contrary, in some foreign countries, it is enough to get 1000 yen by working for several hours. In some cases, we use automated tools to collect without hassle. The sale is completed here.

RMT transaction information is exchanged on a dedicated online bulletin board or in-game chat. If you exchange a small amount of money, you will be able to get the item without any problem after the transfer. Players may think they have "gained". However, when it comes to high-priced RMT, fraud is frequent.

There are cases where you don't get gold even though you have transferred money, or you are given a different item. Even if you try to find out the other party, it is easy to delete it if you use the character you just created for free at the time of delivery. If you make a bank transfer, you will have an account number, but it takes a lot of effort to identify the other party from there.

Even if you cry at a game company, you will not be able to deal with it properly because you are doing RMT of prohibited acts in the first place. On the contrary, even the user's account may be frozen. If you ask the police and a lawyer to move you, you may be able to track it. However, if the other party is seriously fraudulent, you are unlikely to be caught because you are probably using an account with another name. If you transfer with virtual currency, it is hopeless.

Please do not touch RMT. Internet fraud pierces people's desires. In addition, if the act is illegal or gray, it is more likely. Even if I suffer damage, I am doing what I want to blame, so it is difficult to consult the police and related organizations.

As mentioned above, strong characters and items can be sold at RMT. Therefore, online scams to seize them are also rampant. First of all, the standard is the "phishing site". Prepare a website that imitates the login screen of the game, and write the URL in an email such as "Please change your password because there is a possibility of unauthorized access" or "We are accepting advance reservations for new campaigns". I will leave it.

If you enter your account information, the other person will log in with that information, change your password, and transfer all your belongings to your character. Then, send fraudulent emails to friends of the stolen account. If you are contacted by a friend, you will be less alert and the success rate of fraud will increase.

There are also fraudulent patterns that try to install malware by claiming "a cheat tool that can advance the game in an advantageous way" or "software that can modify the application". There are several types of malware behavior, and if it is a keylogger type, it reads the ID and password when the user logs in to the game and sends it to the outside.

If it is a smartphone game, damage from fake games has also been reported. We prepare apps with similar names and icons, and try to get the installed user to purchase a paid security app by displaying a warning screen or the like.

As a countermeasure, the first thing to do is not to violate the rules. Next, it's important to keep your OS up-to-date and have security features properly enabled. Do not reuse the password, but set a strong string that is difficult to guess. If it's a smartphone app, make sure it's a legitimate app, and if it's a suspicious creator, don't install it. What's more, let's get rid of the app even if a security scam is set up. With proper digital literacy, you can enjoy online games without worrying about online fraud.

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