Recv'd a shady "blizzcon confirmation" email.

#0 - July 30, 2009, 4:55 p.m.

I just received this email:

Q u o t e:
From: Blizzcon <[email protected]>
To: <battle.net address>
Reply-To: Blizzcon <[email protected]>
Subject: BlizzCon 2009 Badge Confirmation
X-Mailer: ColdFusion MX Application Server

to view this email in a web browser copy and paste the following link into your browser

http://<url>

and I have never, ever, used to publicized my battle.net email address anywhere. Just wondering if this is legit, as I *am* attending Blizzcon.

I didn't follow the link - yet... but the misspelling of "blizzcon" in the URL is disturbing.

Headers show it coming from:

Received: from smtp.nettally.com (smtp.nettally.com [199.44.194.12])

which is something in Florida.

-T

Malkorix

#8 - July 30, 2009, 6:13 p.m.

Q u o t e:
The email is legitimate. It doesn't ask you to enter any account or otherwise personal information. All it says to do is print out the email containing the barcode, and bring it with you to pick up your tickets.

Indeed all of those are excellent points.

Fortunately, I can confirm that this email is indeed legitimate, but as always, it pays to be cautious. Remember that a member of our staff will never, ever, ask for your password, nor is it necessary to furnish any kind of account information, nor log into account management, to redeem your blizzcon ticket purchase.

Should you opt to visit links sent to you via email, it's always wise to mouse over them (or carefully right-click the URL and select 'properties') and confirm that the listed URL is actually the destination URL.