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"Mass Effect 3 gamers are being warned over a new scam that capitalises on disappointment over the video game&amp;#039;s ending.  Some people have expressed dissatisfaction at the conclusion of the Mass Effect trilogy, after the third game was released earlier in the month. An official complaint has even been lodged at the US Federal Trade Commission, claiming that Electronic Arts misled consumers with its advertising for the game.  Scammers are now capitalising on the controversy by inviting people to download what is claimed to be an &amp;quot;alternative ending&amp;quot; to the story of Commander Shepard. The scam messages says: &amp;quot;Last Mass Effect 3 Ending, was really bad, but here, you have NEW, EXCITING ENDING. You only need, to downlad [sic], and run it, downloader will automacitally [sic] start, download, new ending files, you will like it!&amp;quot; The Register reports that the link actually leads users to a survey designed to harvest their personal information on the false promise of a zip file containing the ending.  Chris Boyd, the security consultant at GFI Software who spotted the scam, warned gamers to be wary of similar scams when searching for a &amp;quot;better&amp;quot; ending to the game.  He advised them to wait until game publisher Bioware announces plans to address the controversy over the game&amp;#039;s ending in April. In a blog post, Boyd said: &amp;quot;Fans of Mass Effect desperate to get their hands on a &amp;#039;better&amp;#039; ending should be wary of anything claiming to be the real deal in the run-up to the Bioware reveal in April. &amp;quot;Given that there are even mods appearing related to the issue in totally unrelated games, it may well be impossible to keep track of everything ranging from &amp;#039;legit download&amp;#039; to &amp;#039;my computer is on fire and so is most of my carpet&amp;#039;.&amp;quot; &amp;gt; Mass Effect 3 ending defended by BioShock creator Ken Levine "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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