Zombie game inspires scammers to target your brains
- Thursday, September 2, 2010, 23:17
- Threat Research
Zombies. Whether they’re shuffling Romero types, the wisecracking “send more cops” variety or even the crumbling Fulci efforts it’s important to be prepared (no, I’m not counting the ones that run. Those are stupid).
As you can see, I’m ready for pretty much anything:
Nobody is immune to the zombie menace, however, so I thought it might be useful to let you go forth and warn friends & relatives about a new zombie scam popping up on the internet.
Dead Rising: Case Zero has just been released on XBox Live as a standalone chapter for the upcoming Dead Rising 2, and of course scammers want a tasty slice of zombie pie.
Forums and sites such as Youtube (surprise!) are filling up with posts and videos promoting various websites claiming to offer “cracks” and redeemable download codes to let you get your hands on the game for free.
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I’ve also seen a few videos claim to offer up a PC version (lies) and another one offering up a “Wii version” (more lies, these versions of the (continue reading...)