FRAUD EMAIL BEWARE

#0 - March 20, 2009, 9:54 p.m.

I JUST RECEIVED AN EMAIL FROM SOMEONE CLAIMING TO WORK FOR BLIZZARD

donotreply@blizzard.comTuesday, March 17, 2009 8:24 AM
From: "wowaccountadmin@blizzard.com" <wowaccountadmin@blizzavd.com>

I NOTICED THE @BLIZZAVD.COM WHICH MAKE ME RELIZE THIS IS NOT TRUE.
THEY SAID SOMEONE (PROBABLY THEM) IS TRYING TO SELL MY ACCOUNT AND SIAD IT WOULD BE CANCLED IF I DIDNT PROVIDE THEM 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 or Cd-Key

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.
Blizzard Entertainment Inc
Account Administration Team
P.O. Box 18979, Irvine, CA 92623
Regards,
Account Administration Team
Blizzard Entertainment

SOMEONE PLEASE PUT A STOP TO THIS!!! BLIZZARD I WANT ANSWERS HOW COULD SOMEONE IF THIS IS A HACK HAVE GOTTEN MY EMAIL ADDRESS??? AND IF YOU SOMEONE IS REALLY TRING TO SELL MY CHARACTER PLEASE CONTACT ME VIA IN GAME BLIZZARD!!!!

Syndri

#12 - March 22, 2009, 7:59 p.m.

Please follow the advice I've provided fellow players who've received the same email, Imdalilguy:

http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=15864848229&pageNo=1&sid=1#12

Q u o t e:
Please forward on the phishing email you've received to hacks@blizzard.com, Gizzmo. I'd also encourage you to review our Fake E-mails from "Blizzard Entertainment" sticky, so that you may see what other types of "phishers" are currently on the market.
http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=965511383&sid=1

Additionally—and this is a completely optional step, but is recommended—you may wish to set up and register a new email address. When selecting the username and password for this new email address, ensure that these variables do not overlap with that of your WoW account or any other login type (guild websites, Facebook, MySpace, etc).

Once this address is registered to your account, do not use it for anything else: no additional registrations, no guild websites, no newsletter sign-ups, et al. Keep this address isolated. This should help prevent the reception of such emails in the future. :)

With that said, your email could have been gleaned from a number of sources. Hypothetical question to ask yourself: Is my email posted publicly anywhere? "Publicly" can include guild portals, forum networks, personal profiles, and/or WoW-related websites.

This is why we advocate the creation and registration of an email address which is not used for or associated with any other site or product save for your WoW account. :)