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Mysterious MS Points added to my account..
2dshmuplover
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So I log into my XBL account today and see that I have over 1600 MSP added to my account since last night. Does anyone know how this might of happened? Everything is password protected and I'm the only user who can add points, yet no transaction is showing on my bank account. Could it be a mistake perhaps and I'm just lucky? I am a member of the rewards scheme but I haven't earned that much lol. I am due some points from MS for the Summer of Arcade promotion for buying three games but that is supposed to be only 400 MSP. Could it even mean something more sinister? My account is well protected. Cheers guys.
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2d, i wouldnt spend them, just see what happens, they could disappear
have you lost a tooth recently??
http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/showthread.php?t=1724741
Yeah but that doesn't quite add up as I still have full access to my account, no warning message telling me the last time I signed in was on another console (which is what happens) and even though I do have my card details tied to my account the MSP didn't come from that so it's nice present from a "hacker". It just can't happen, the only way you will get hacked is if you have a stupid password and don't have the security options set.
I don't think you can gift MSP to people, unless I'm mistaken but that appears to be the way I've received them, perhaps a mistake with the 400 MSP deal.
I'll wait for a bit and see what happens, thanks guys for your input.
I remember a people getting "free" points before from MS. It was an error on their part and they took them back, but for some people they took the original points too.
Don't worry XBL is fully secure as are your card details so long as you have a good password and the security options set in place.
It's very easy to remove your card details from the Xbox, if you are paying DD for the Gold sub you can deactivate your auto renewal from Xbox.com under My Account.
Cheers for that. I'd assumed that in deactivating my gold account, microsoft would have me phoning helplines and jumping through all kinds of hoops! Never even occured to me that it'd be straight forward.
No I didn't (have HD collection if you remember) but that might of made sense if I had. What I'm gonna do is leave it for a few days and if they don't take it back then I'll assume they're mine.
Well the reason you maybe thought that was because they did used to make you jump through hoops to deactivate by calling the helpline, had to do it myself and it was a right pain. About two years ago they allowed us to cancel via the website due to complaints.
Sure there was another page.
Sound like I better spend them quick then. Shame Joe Danger 2 wasn't released today instead of Friday or better yet Jet Set Radio HD.
They're mine m8 lol hand them back will ya lol. I'm sure something like this has happened before on XBL. Someone else mentioned it on these forums and MS took them back (those that hadn't spent them). It was some type of computer error and as far as I know. Only the USA can gift MS points (if that still exists, I dont know) but it can't be done in the UK
Yep, better spend them quick then. Mark of the Ninja a good game? I quite liked the demo.
I went for it then, I get a feeling I'll thank you for that. I was considering Double Dragon Neon until I played it, I did think it looked a bit iffy in previews but it's one of the worst beat 'em ups I think I've played, what could of been an awesome remake has turned out out to be complete junk.
I do know they offer monthly rewards which you can check here http://rewards.xbox.com/ (right hand sidebar). And they offer VIP rewards for Gold members here http://rewards.xbox.com/earn/
This month they are rewarding you with 300MP to your balance if you spend 2,000MP on Horror content.
For me I just presume they must have had an offer of X amount of MP rewarded for spending 2,000 of MP on the type of content I paid for in August.