‘Build Vice City’: the GTA 6 scam that’s hitting Grand Theft Auto fans
Key takeaways
- Anticipation over GTA 6 is being exploited, with fraudulent invitations to download or access official ‘beta’ testing versions of the game.
- Prefer the Guardian on GoogleLike millions of gamers around the world, you have been waiting years for Grand Theft Auto VI to be released.
- An email has arrived inviting you to play a pre-release “beta” version of the game so that you can alert the makers to any bugs before its official release later this year.
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Anticipation over GTA 6 is being exploited, with fraudulent invitations to download or access official ‘beta’ testing versions of the game. Photograph: Rockstar Games View image in fullscreen Anticipation over GTA 6 is being exploited, with fraudulent invitations to download or access official ‘beta’ testing versions of the game. Photograph: Rockstar Games Scam watch Scams‘Build Vice City’: the GTA 6 scam that’s hitting Grand Theft Auto fans Bank details at risk as criminals use AI to create fake sites and emails offering pre-release beta test version
Prefer the Guardian on GoogleLike millions of gamers around the world, you have been waiting years for Grand Theft Auto VI to be released. Now you have the opportunity to play the much-anticipated game before everyone else.
An email has arrived inviting you to play a pre-release “beta” version of the game so that you can alert the makers to any bugs before its official release later this year.