Fake email from Blizzard

[Luzinda]

Just saw this email on my "spam account". It was not with Blizzard's look'n-feel, but they've used WoW logos etc. to make it look like it's from Blizzard.

Notice how the two first liks are correct, but the third points to somwhere fishy (dead link now, but it was live earlier). Sneaky bastards.


************
Greetings

An investigation of your World of Warcraft account has found strong evidence that the account in question is being sold or traded. As you may not be aware of, this conflicts with Blizzard's EULA under section 4 Paragraph B which can be found here:
WoW -> Legal -> End User License Agreement (http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/legal/eula.html)
and Section 8 of the Terms of Use found here:
WoW -> Legal -> Terms of Use (http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/legal/termsofuse.htmltarget=)

The investigation will be continued by Blizzard administration to determine the action to be taken against your account. If your account is found violating the EULA and Terms of Use, your account can, and will be suspended/closed/or terminated.
In order to keep this from occurring, you should immediately verify that you are the original owner of the account.

To verify your identity please visit the following webpage:
https://www.wow-europe.com/account/authenticate.html
(http://eubattlewownet.freehostia.com/)Only Account Administration will be able to assist with account retrieval issues. Thank you for your time and attention to this matter, and your continued interest in World of Warcraft.


Sincerely,

Account Administration
Blizzard Entertainment

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[Dreamvision]

woesh, nasty :o

[DarphBobo]

It's a common farmer practice to hide your collection site under a genuine link. That's why I always hover my mouse above links before clicking. Somebody probably reported the scam, that's why the link is inactive. Dont' worry, they'll try again from another free hosting site :D

Another practice is to use a really long (and genuine domain name) as a subdomain - like "www.wow-europe.com" (if the hosting site permits) to hide the hoster's domain (in this case freehostia.com)-.

Common sense dictates to always check the site displayed in your adress bar (sometimes even that can be spoofed, but it's a bit more difficult) before entering sensitive information. If your spider sense is tingling and you're sensing a scam, use a fake username and password to test the site. If it returns a positive feedback or no feedback at all, or redirects you to the real website, it's a scam. Report the respective site to it's ISP/hosting company.

[Putin]

When in doubt, don't click the links. Type it.

[Ghettoshaman]

Euhm arent we EU?

lol.. biggest fail ever why would yo send someone from a EU server a NA WoW mail/website?

[Luzinda]

Euhm arent we EU?

lol.. biggest fail ever why would yo send someone from a EU server a NA WoW mail/website?I can agree this is a poor try, but you'd be surprised how naive/unknowing people can be.

[Kaira]

Well tbh i will never open a mail thing like this cause u guy's warn us like this.
I would otherwise be a easy target:ashamed:

[Luzinda]

Again a scammer email, and this time the scammin page is still live. Notice the domain name (yellow text) and also that if you try to view the page in french or german it's javascript:void(0), meaning the scamming loosers fail to even make a proper fake site :-)


Greetings

An investigation of your World of Warcraft account has found strong evidence that the account in question is being sold or traded. As you may not be aware of, this conflicts with Blizzard's EULA under section 4 Paragraph B which can be found here:
WoW -> Legal -> End User License Agreement (http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/legal/eula.html) <-- [edit by luzinda] Notice this link is authentic
and Section 8 of the Terms of Use found here:
WoW -> Legal -> Terms of Use (http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/legal/termsofuse.htmltarget=)[FONT="Comic Sans MS"] <-- [edit by luzinda] Notice this link is authentic

The investigation will be continued by Blizzard administration to determine the action to be taken against your account. If your account is found violating the EULA and Terms of Use, your account can, and will be suspended/closed/or terminated.
In order to keep this from occurring, you should immediately verify that you are the original owner of the account.

To verify your identity please visit the following webpage:
https://www.worldofwarcraft.com/account/authenticate.html (http://wowbattlenet.pcriot.com/) [FONT="Comic Sans MS"] <-- [edit by luzinda] Notice this link points to the scammer page
Only Account Administration will be able to assist with account retrieval issues. Thank you for your time and attention to this matter, and your continued interest in World of Warcraft.


Sincerely,

Account Administration
Blizzard Entertainment

[Felkin]

I just clicked that link and filled in some bogus information, I have to admit they made it look nice, but there are many many mistakes ^^

[Pintea]

you also killed the site apparently:P

[Drakoii]

All the gibberish in the language links, and the address gives it all away the second you look at it. Ff they bother doing this, why can't they do it properly.. :)

[Putin]

All the gibberish in the language links, and the address gives it all away the second you look at it. Ff they bother doing this, why can't they do it properly.. :)
They get accounts with that crappy site. Why bother doing it properly?

[Tuomio]

i got one today like "your aion account has been logged in many different countries and regions, if you do not log into [blablablbal link] we will have to lock your account." to bad i dont have an aion account :DD

[Crotiger1974]

Yea, got it me 2.

[Skateaapje]

with mails like this, keep 1 thing in mind:
Blizzard will never ask so a ban can be prevented. First they will ban, THEN you can start proving things. Always.

[Shamlick]

as a rule any email asking you to login to authenticate any thing is FAKE.

unless ifs from the Banka da shamlica from Nigeria asking you to register your CC details so i can transfer 100 million to your account from your long lost relative who was a princess and head of a million dollar bank who has left you as there sole name on ther will. :)

[Crotiger1974]

Yea "Nygerian fraud" oldest internet scam, and whot is worst ppl still get fucked for money from it.

Some old Chinese wisdom teller im not 100% if it is Kunfuchie , told "You will never trick (dont know other word but it is like scam) person who isnt greedy". Becouse in all this letters asking for help it is biiiig revard for you...

[Belgarax]

I like the one ingame better
Zen allways askes me why i even bother to speak whit them
in a way i admire there resorcefullness even tough its anoying.
Its like when a sattelitechannel caller spoke whit me for 1houer and whas 100% sure she sold it to me i asked 1question.

I said i will sign up for 3 years if u can answear this question.
If i sign for all these 40channels
will it help me in my task to make my children whatch less TV ?
If u can promisse it will do this i will sign right now.

She hang up the phone !!!
im Quiet dissapointed,
after 1houer off well spoken reasons for me to sign
suddenly she had no answers.

Im still dissapointed !

[Jirik]

Thats imba reaction Belga. By the way, how much are your children watching TV?

[Crotiger1974]

Must be 2much same as mine, specialy in winter (cold) period. Today kids got everything. Mine 8 and 11 y old, have in room, flat 32inch TV, dvd player/divx, from christmass PS3, computer but realy good one (it is my WoW backup machine :P) kable TV, and internet, IcyBox 305A/B so they stream from server even MORE cartons on our language from my comp which is like NAS server.....
And when i tell them to go and read book like LOTR any part that book is milion times than movie and that in their times i already readed hundreds and hundreds of books (almost 1-2 day every new book) and that we had cartoon ONLY 1 time a day in 19:15 5 min Tom & Jerry or Pink Panther before "central news" Ex Eastern block (:() they cant understand that , but reading a book ...still no chance on that exept for school. They wait that movie of that book come out...

[Luzinda]

Look at your own /played on all the characters you listed in a recent thread. Crot, I don't mean to be harsh, but it's something about being a role model too. Practice what you preach etc. You can't expect your kids to be fond of books or other "correct" stuff if they don't see this behaviour from their main role models in life; parents

Cheers!

[Belgarax]

Thats imba reaction Belga. By the way, how much are your children watching TV?

Not that much actually problem whas in the mornings
when they came late to school due to some Cartoon :P

But we solved that ore more they solved it whit us.

[Moratlis]

hmm i have gotten alot of that type mail.. the problem i have is that it looks like the real deal alot!!!

Sender: wowaccountadmin (wowaccountadmin@blizzard.com)
Link in the mail: https://www.battle.net/account/support/login-support.xml <---Thats the link in the mail that they say i need to go to so i can verify my account!!! the only problem i have is that the link is sending me to this site:
removed for safety

As fare as i know thats not a blizzard link but tbh it all looks alot like the real deal

[Ariskovar]

Thanks for the links, but I can't seem to verify my details. In fact, not long after I used that site I couldn't log in any more :(

[Felkin]

Before you click anything, hover your mouse over a link and watch the status bar at the bottom, you can see where the link is actually going.
Because in an email, you can give any link a different name, while "under water" the link is totally different.

I too am spammed by those fake emails each day, I never even open them because I know Blizzard will never send out an email with a request to "verify" your account settings.
Also, there are only 2 domain names that I trust: wow-europe.com and battle.net, anything else is guaranteed fake (worldofwarcraft.com is US only).

[Robje]

www.wow-europe.com/en (http://www.youtube.com) <--- This link works just as in the e-mails :)

And yeah I got seriously spammde by fake blizzard mails these days, but they send it to my old WoW e-mail... using DL e-mail at the moment so I know its fake for sure :P

[Putin]

Blizzard will never, never, never, never, never, never, never email you asking for your account details.

Never.

They already know it.

[Belgarax]

:) if i didnt have 220 Mails everytime i check it i would probably read it hehe
So thx for warning.

Now i just delete anything that dont start whit naked pic..
oh From Zenedra i mean :D

[Shamlick]

how am i supposed to fund my holidays if you guys keep deleting my emails and pointing out errors in my links !!

[Pintea]

how am i supposed to fund my holidays if you guys keep deleting my emails and pointing out errors in my links !!

Man up and rob someone face to face:P

[Holycola]

Man up and rob someone face to face:P

One who plays sissy spacegoat aint gonna rob any1 IRL! :D

..and neither will pink dressed tinman :(

[Ariskovar]

I see the scammers are now promising Celestial Steeds. I gave one my login details and, of course, didn't get the mount, lol!