Phising is a way of attempting to acquire sensitive information such as usernames , passwords and credit card details by masquerading as a trustworthy entity in an electronic communication - wikipedia
Make note of the urls present in the browsers . It is quite evident the second was to acquire your username and password . This actually happened to me but would advice you to ALWAYS CHECK YOUR ADDRESS BAR BEFORE YOU PRESS ENTER .
Original Site
Phishing Site
Well luckily I had registered my account on the original site using my email id . Hence the forgot password option worked really well .
Should have know there was something phishy when they tried to offer a 1 month free gold membership .
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