I just report/delete the mailbox spam. Mostly just delete now. Reporting though adds to the "Ignore" list. Which I tend to do anytime I'm being annoyed by it anyway.

Kill a spammer by not using their stuff. If no one clicked on the links, no links would be sent out. Unfortunately, even just regular email spam is a billion dollar industry, so until internet users wise up and realize there is no free iPod, iPad, Laptop, etc., it won't go away.

And filtering is a "reaction", so at best a band-aid solution.

Welcome to the interwebs!

"Never visit websites that offer in-game currency for real money

The primary reason for this is that that it's against the rules. We track account activity and will completely remove game access from any accounts that are found purchasing energy credits for real life currency.

The secondary reason is that many of these sites are fraud operations. The websites use several techniques to bait users into sharing confidential information. "


I am new to the game, and the first time I looked into my email, I had two of these.

I never play ingame currency, but it would make it ALOT easier on new alts if we could like send money to them, its like, i have a LT-Commander Tactical Officer and i want to make a Engineering or Science Officer to see what its like and well, i would like to be able to mail my 600k credits to the new character to buy stuff, you know?

Its not like it would destroy the economy, all other mmos do it, this one should too.

Easily done via the exchange. Have your poor char put an obsure item on the exchange for an odd sum, then immediately buy it with your rich character.

Here is hoping the Cryptic will add Authenticators soon! They should take care of alot of the problem.!

IMHO, I dont see why
1-You would ever want to buy EC for RL $$, As it is simple to get
2-Why power level? YOUR MISSING THE FUN OF THE GAME!
3-This is not a good post.

To be honest, if you fall for one of these sites (Or even answer a Nigerian scam email) you deserve to be taken for whatever you lose.

I do like that someone took the initiative to put out a warning tho. Thanks

Other online games like Jade Dynasty and Voyage Century Online has ways to gain credits easily or
leveling up other than doing quests. I think the reason for the forum is to help the creators in cases like
this for input in how to better the game or good suggestions. Or if they overlooked something.
I'm thinking in this case, being able to extract various minerals from asteroids, recycle floating wreckage debri and exchange downed enemy weapons, devices, etc. would be a good way to gain credits.
Another is there should be various means at the Sol earthbase to earn credits in the game. I don't like cause I can't sell any available items in inventory or off my characters for credits. Some things turned
in for credits that would be high importance (advance ancient artifact, enemy secret transmissions, unknown alien crystals, etc.) could be used as bonus points for player to be rewarded, from three
choices. Like honor or material bonus. Another high importance is towing abandon/damaged spaceships
back to nearest starbase or earth space station.

A lot of people said the same thing about Square Enix during the height of Final Fantasy XI's Gil seller problem. However, a short while later they came up with a "task force" that within a year systematically reduced the gil seller problem to non existant. RMT hurts their game and game business. Rest assured they ARE dealing with the problem. But these things take time and you may have to deal with the spam for now.

I just totally ran into a guy that must have bought his account. He was a VA and didn't know where to get kits. He didn't even know what key to use for inventory. He kept asking me newbie question that i couldn't believe he could not know at VA. That was a first for me. I just said cya later man.