#0 - Feb. 26, 2009, 7:55 a.m.
They managed to keep this name by changing the "From" name itself into an email address instead of a name (ie From Jack Doe).
If you get this email, please ignore it, as it is NOT legitimate.
Remember that official Blizzard employees will NEVER ask you for your password.
THE FOLLOWING IS A SPOOF EMAIL FROM A FAKE SOURCE PRETENDING TO BE BLIZZARD:
From: [email protected] <[email protected]>
Date: Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 10:47 PM
Subject: Blizzard Account Administration - Account
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Greetings!
It has come to our attention that you are trying to sell/trade your personal World of
Warcraft account(s).
As you may or may not be aware of, this conflicts with the EULA and Terms of Agreement.
If this proves to be true, your account can and will be disabled. It will be ongoing for
further investigation by Blizzard Entertainment's employees.
If you wish to not get your account suspended you should immediately verify your account
ownership. If the information is deemed accurate, the investigation will be dropped.
This action is taken because we at Blizzard Entertainment take these sales
quite seriously. We need to confirm you are the original owner of the account.
This is easiest done by confirming your personal information along with concealed
information about your account.
You can confirm that you are the original owner of the account by replying to this email
with:
Use the following template below to verify your account and information via email.
* First and Surname
* Date of birth
* Address
* Zip code
* Phone number
* Country
* Account e-mail
* Account name
* Account password
* Secret Question and Answer
If you ignore this mail your account can and will be closed permanently. Once we verify your
account, we will reply to your e-mail informing you that we have dropped the investigation.
We ask you to NOT change password until the investigation is fully completed.
Regards,
Account Administration Team
Blizzard Entertainment
