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Any web link you get from an email that brings you to a page where you’re supposed to enter sensitive information like your credit card, bank info or passwords, don’t do it! Banks and other service providers would NEVER contact you that way. Any instructions you receive about sending an email with specific details enclosed (usually under the guise of “I can upgrade your stats/equipment/cash” if you just follow these instructions…), examine the information carefully - if you’re sending out your username and password, they’re stealing your account! Even just giving out your username can encourage hacking of your account at times. If your username is not already visible to others, don’t give it to anyone, as they may try to crack your password with brute force (ie: a program that has a list of dictionary words it uses as passwords in login attempts).

While some online games allow for third-party software to be “added on” to improve your enjoyment of the game, some games do not. RuneScape, for example, has no legitimate addons which do not violate the Terms of Service you agreed upon when signing up, and very often any addons you’ll download are actually keyloggers that enable someone else to steal your account entirely.