Harrowing Scam link going around. Do not click or share it. Be aware of phishing scams.

Deep Terror Nami·11/1/2015, 6:42:27 PM·79 votes·7,294 views

Each time Riot holds a big event a scam site referencing it will go around. They are usually named after the seasonal event in some way to make you think it's from Riot, and they will promise you free skins if enough people share your link. None of these are legitimate, and you are risking your account and personal information by going to them.

Do not share the links no matter what. If you want to report it to Riot but include the link for them, submit a Support Ticket so that other players are not exposed to the scam who otherwise wouldn't be. If you see one of these scams being shared, immediately report it.

Riot Games official pages are leagueoflegends.com, riotgames.com, or lolesports.com. If you want to see what current promotions they are offering you can find them on their support page here.

Here's an article about protecting your account and avoiding account theft

26 Comments

Ravenstiker11/1/2015, 8:35:52 PM10 votes

The Way they scam you is either they make you download stuff or (I remember people had this last Christmas) you cannot log in your account on their website, you earn all the points, you click the RP thing but it tells you to log in. Its a fake Log In and it just steals your account. thats it. NEVER TRUST THOSE WEBSITES PLEASE

Kitsuki0511/2/2015, 2:50:24 AM6 votes

What a Harrowing ordeal!... I'm sorry, I'll go now

The Cyrath11/2/2015, 6:39:29 AM2 votes

Sharing this post around.. a lot of my friends fell for this already. In the end this is what happens when riot misses a holiday event.

precambria11/2/2015, 3:47:28 AM2 votes

Capitalizing on the lack of Harrowing from real Rito :/ Somebody linked to me I made a post about it too.

Solis Deus11/2/2015, 4:42:00 AM2 votes

Looks like they were...phishing for some victims...

I'll show myself the door

Deep Terror Nami2/1/2016, 12:49:31 AM1 votes

Hey Summoner,

Sorry to hear your account was compromised. Please follow all of the steps below to regain control of your League of Legends account and reverse any unwanted actions that the individual who compromised your account may have taken:

  1. Run a complete anti-virus scan on your computer and remove any malware that is detected. If you don't have an anti-virus program, I recommend downloading either MalwareBytes Free or ESET NOD32 with a free 30 day trial. Either or should be able to get the job done.

  2. Once the scans have run and any detections are removed, change any accounts/passwords that you believe may have been compromised. This may include your email account(s) and League of Legends account (if you still have access to it; if not, skip to the "Submitting a ticket" step). You can change your League of Legends password by going to the League of Legends account area in the top-right corner of this page. Click on your summoner name, and select "Settings". In the box that comes up, click "Change Password" and follow said steps. (Make sure that your email account is secure before doing this step, as a confirmation email will be sent to the corresponding email account.)

  3. Now that your accounts are secure, it's time to contact Riot Games Player Support to deal with the unauthorized actions on your account and/or recovering your account.

To contact Riot Games Player Support, you'll need to submit a ticket on the Riot Games Support website. In the ticket, please submit all the requested information along with whatever information you can provide about your situation:

##[NOTE: DO NOT POST THE INFORMATION ON THE BOARDS. SUBMIT THEM IN YOUR TICKET!]

Lastly, to increase your chances of a quick resolution to your request, follow the tips below the best that you can:

  1. Be sure to submit as much information in your initial ticket as possible. For obvious reasons, each Player Support Specialist's request for more information will delay the resolution of the issue.

  2. Be respectful and polite in your correspondences with Riot Support. (They're doing their best to help you!)

  3. Try not create a new ticket or respond to an existing ticket before a Player Support Specialist has had the chance to review your request. New tickets/replies may bump your ticket back to the bottom of the queue, thus increasing the amount of time before a Player Support Specialist is able to review your ticket.

I know that there are quite a bit of steps listed above, so if you have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask. Best of luck!

Please visit the Protecting Your Account and Recovering Your Account articles for more information.

-DTN

Pepe Ahri R3411/2/2015, 2:13:04 AM1 votes

After you get about 10 people to click it, it'll ask you to log in and give cc info and such so you they can "input the rp." It's all bs. If you check the code in the website, it's a bunch of external webpages unlike the riot website which is self sustained. Also you can't log in on that website and it's mentioned no where else on Riot's webpage or the LoL client/launcher.

Evoiutious11/2/2015, 6:53:15 AM1 votes

got 10 "souls", never entered any account stuff before nor after, and turns out to be one of those "EASY SURVEY SCAM".

Carnage11/2/2015, 7:49:48 AM1 votes

now I know and knowing is half the battle.

BlGANlMETlDDlES11/2/2015, 3:39:03 PM1 votes

Funny enough I had someone on TF2Center spaming a link to one of these, and asking for clicks for "souls" for free jinx skin.. I tried explaining to him that it was fake, but he denied it :|

EvilScotsman197411/2/2015, 5:19:36 PM1 votes

Had 3 already and even told the people it was fake but got well it is worth a try.

Guys who have played league for a while still falling for this bs no thank you.

Pewwep11/2/2015, 4:40:44 AM1 votes

Shoot. My friend-he's new at league- doesn't know about these scams. He sent me a link. I clicked it. I hope my computer is fine. The Website that he sent me looks pretty legit, but there isn't a log in bar on the top right-hand corner. The website was giving away like 75k rp and free slayer jinx, panth and zombie nunu. Not gonna put any links out, but it called Harrowing Treasures. The website wants you to go "hunting for souls" by sending your friends a link.

RIP

If it is actually something from riot... awkward