Phishing Scam

#1 - March 6, 2014, 6:13 p.m.
Blizzard Post

Greetings!

It has come to our attention that your Guild Wars 2 account [How the hell did they know my email???] for engaging in or assisting wiht gold or item sales for real-world money, If this proves to be true, your account can and will be disabled.

It will be ongoing for further investigation by ArenaNet Entertainment’s employees. If you wish to not get your account suspended you should immediately verify your account ownership.

You can confirm that you are the original owner of the account to this secure website with:
[ Yeah, sorry I’ll edit out that link :p ]

We will investigate into this case through verifying the account’s ownership. If the verification goes through, we will cancel any restriction. If you ignore this mail your account can and will be closed permanently.

Thank you for your understanding in this matter and respecting our position and all statutes within the Guild Wars 2 Terms of Use.

Regards,
Kenrich
Guild Wars 2 Support Team

Whoa, I know that this is a phishing scam, but i’d love to know how these guys/girls have my email. I don’t remember ever giving away my email to a source that knows I play guild wars.

#4 - March 7, 2014, 8:21 p.m.
Blizzard Post

Here’s the link to our core thread on this, the one that contains samples: https://forum-en.guildwars2.com/forum/support/account/A-Note-about-Phishing-Emails-1/first#post2074388

Thanks.