Is anyone else getting hounded by these phishing scams? It's gotten to a point where my filter will junk REAL blizzard mail-outs. Here's an example of one junk email I got today (literally from "Blizzard Entertainment ([email protected])"):
DO NOT CLICK ON THE LINKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Greetings,
Thank you for your attention in this matter regarding the compromised World of Warcraft account you are using. Unfortunately, multiple parties have contacted Blizzard Entertainment seeking restoration of the account in question. This message contains an updated Account Retrieval process, which will enable the rightful user of the account to resume their adventures in the World of Warcraft.
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.
Only Account Administration will be able to assist with account retrieval issues.
Please help us to avoid any further delays in restoring Account access by following the instructions exactly and in their entirety. We will contact you again once all information has been received and thank you in advance for your patience and cooperation in resolving this account issue. Please be sure to provide all pertinent data as soon as possible since Blizzard Entertainment is unable to offer any type of reimbursement for the time an account is locked for verification and investigation purposes.
In the meantime, please make sure to scan the computer system you are using to remove all viruses, Trojan files, and key loggers. For more co
mputer/Internet security tips, please visit http://www.blizzard.com/support/article.xml?articleId=20572.
i get a tone of does aswell man , ever sints Blizzard LOCKED my B-net account cause i got a new computer?? ( WTF i still dont understand that fucking Blizzard )
i now get spamed 3-4-5 times a week with does e-mails about my WOW acount , i never evan played WOW.
I never see those emails, cause google filters them as follows:
Received-SPF: fail (google.com: domain of [email protected] does not designate 221.231.139.39 as permitted sender) client-ip=221.231.139.39;
Authentication-Results: mx.google.com; spf=hardfail (google.com: domain of [email protected] does not designate 221.231.139.39 as permitted sender) [email protected]
Quite nice spam-filter google has. it really filters all the spam I receive, I've never had someone call me about emails I didn't respond to.
Is anyone else getting hounded by these phishing scams? It's gotten to a point where my filter will junk REAL blizzard mail-outs. Here's an example of one junk email I got today (literally from "Blizzard Entertainment ([email protected])"):
DO NOT CLICK ON THE LINKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Greetings,
Thank you for your attention in this matter regarding the compromised World of Warcraft account you are using. Unfortunately, multiple parties have contacted Blizzard Entertainment seeking restoration of the account in question. This message contains an updated Account Retrieval process, which will enable the rightful user of the account to resume their adventures in the World of Warcraft.
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://us.battle.net/account/support.xml?ref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.worldofwarcraft.com%2Faccount%2F&app=wam&rhtml=true
Only Account Administration will be able to assist with account retrieval issues.
Please help us to avoid any further delays in restoring Account access by following the instructions exactly and in their entirety. We will contact you again once all information has been received and thank you in advance for your patience and cooperation in resolving this account issue. Please be sure to provide all pertinent data as soon as possible since Blizzard Entertainment is unable to offer any type of reimbursement for the time an account is locked for verification and investigation purposes.
In the meantime, please make sure to scan the computer system you are using to remove all viruses, Trojan files, and key loggers. For more co
mputer/Internet security tips, please visit http://www.blizzard.com/support/article.xml?articleId=20572.
In addition, World of Warcraft account passwords should be periodically changed by visiting : https://www.battle.net/login/login.xml?ref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.worldofwarcraft.com%2Faccount%2F&app=wam&rhtml=true
Any inquiries concerning this account retrieval process can only be addressed by Account Administration. To learn more about how Account Administration is able to assist you, please visit us at : https://www.battle.net/login/login.xml?ref=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wowarmory.com%2Fcharacter-sheet.xml%3Fr%3DDuskwood%26n%3DMuthahunda&app=armory&rhtml=true.
Thank you for your patience and anticipated cooperation in this matter.
Sincerely,
Account Administration
Blizzard Entertainment
http://www.blizzard.com/support/wowaa/
World of Warcraft , Blizzard Entertainment 2010
The stupid part is I don't even have an active WoW account.
How the?
@OneTwoSC: Go
i get a tone of does aswell man , ever sints Blizzard LOCKED my B-net account cause i got a new computer?? ( WTF i still dont understand that fucking Blizzard )
i now get spamed 3-4-5 times a week with does e-mails about my WOW acount , i never evan played WOW.
@OneTwoSC: Go
I never see those emails, cause google filters them as follows:
Received-SPF: fail (google.com: domain of [email protected] does not designate 221.231.139.39 as permitted sender) client-ip=221.231.139.39;
Authentication-Results: mx.google.com; spf=hardfail (google.com: domain of [email protected] does not designate 221.231.139.39 as permitted sender) [email protected]
Quite nice spam-filter google has. it really filters all the spam I receive, I've never had someone call me about emails I didn't respond to.
Sending fake emails is pretty easy. Never trust the sender's adress. It can easily be faked.
@Siretu: Go
Yeah that's the scary part. Luckily the links in the email get blocked saying 'this website has links to phishing scams and may not be safe'.