That'd be a Pharm, the lesser known brother of phishing. I assume that your actually getting redirected to a fake site that is replicated to look mostly authentic. I used PayPal to pay for the game, so uh that worked for me.Frozen Donkey Wheel2 said:Yeah, that's the thing. I AM buying from Minecraft.net. I log in, I accept the terms, fill out the normal info, and click "pay now". Then I get redirected to some page asking for my social security number. To be fair, it LOOKS like it's actually my bank asking for it. (The logo is at the top of the page) but...You know, it's my social security number.zehydra said:LOL. that's a scam. Only buy it from Minecraft.net. It will NOT ask you for your social security number. Kudos for you for being on your toes though and not giving it out.Frozen Donkey Wheel2 said:I've only played the "classic" free version. I tried to buy the beta, but it asked for my social security number, and I'm just a little suspicious.
Hell, as long as I'm here, anyone know why it's asking for social security number?
OT; Could be an interesting preview of what's to come, and how Notch decides what to implement.