Playtonic has issued a warning after it received word that someone is issuing “scam” beta invites for a game it is publishing later this year.
Although the publisher stopped short of clarifying what, exactly, happens if you click the links inviting players to try Lil Gator Game – we can only presume it involves some kind of virus or malware – Playtonic issued an instruction over the weekend that players should “NOT click the links provided” in the scam emails.
Please do NOT click the links provided in the scam message!If you receive any suspicious messages claiming to be from Playtonic please let us know.Stay safe everyone π2/2August 13, 2022
“It has come to our attention that someone is offering beta testing for Lil Gator Game,” Playtonic revealed (thanks, NME (opens in new tab)). “We can confirm this is a SCAM and not from Playtonic or Lil Gator Game.
“If we were offering this to our communities we would announce it on our Twitter and not via any other channels.”
That’s not all, though. To push the message further, a follow up tweet added: “Please do NOT click the links provided in the scam message! If you receive any suspicious messages claiming to be from Playtonic please let us know. Stay safe everyone.”
As for how players can know if the invite they’ve received is real or not? Well, that’s easy; neither Playtonic nor developer MegaWobble have any plans to run a beta, so any invites you receive are definitely fake.
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