Real or Fake E-mail? - Blue Tracker

#0 - Jan. 9, 2010, 5:27 p.m.

So..I just got this in my e-mail and was wondering if it is real or fake:

"Flag this message
World of Warcraft - Account Change Notice
Saturday, January 9, 2010 7:38 AM
From:
"noreply@blizzard.com" <noreply@blizzard.com>
Add sender to Contacts
To:
l***************@yahoo.com
Greetings!

This is an automated notification regarding your World of Warcraft account. Some or all of your contact information was recently modified through the Account Management website.

*** If you made recent account changes, please disregard this automatic notification.

You can login to Account Management at the following link to review your account settings:
http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/account/

*** If you did NOT make any changes to your account, we recommend you change your password and make appropriate corrections as soon as possible to ensure account security.

If you cannot sign into Account Management using the link above, or if unauthorized changes continue to happen, please contact Blizzard Billing & Account Services for further assistance.

Billing & Account Services can be reached at 1-800-59-BLIZZARD (1-800-592-5499 Mon-Fri, 8Am-8PM Pacific Time) or at billing@blizzard.com.

Account security is solely the responsibility of the accountholder. Please be advised that in the event of a compromised account, Blizzard representatives will typically lock the account. In these cases the Account Administration team will require faxed receipt of ID materials before releasing the account for play.

Regards,
The World of Warcraft Support Team
Blizzard Entertainment
http://www.blizzard.com/support/wowindex/ "

I didn't click any of the links in the e-mail and checked my account info. Account info hasn't changed at all. And I do have an authenticator. Just want to know if it's a real e-mail from blizz or another attempt at trying to get account information (they seem to be getting better).

EDIT: DO NOT FOLLOW THE LINKS AS I AM STILL UNSURE WHETHER THEY ARE SAFE OR NOT. I have the links in there so that Blizz can determine whether this is real or fake. If they knock out the links then we'll all know its fake.

Aredek

#4 - Jan. 9, 2010, 5:52 p.m.

Please forward this e-mail to hacks@blizzard.com as it did not originate from the address listed in the "From" field, Draevan. For more information on how to identify these e-mails please review the following support article:

Why is Blizzard asking for my account information in an e-mail?
http://us.blizzard.com/support/article.xml?locale=en_US&articleId=25133

Aredek

#17 - Jan. 9, 2010, 8:39 p.m.

Q u o t e:
In some online email interfaces it can be harder to find the full header information than it is to actually understand them.

In some cases i'm not even sure if it's possible.

Bottom line, use an email client like outlook or thunderbird to view your email i guess.

The link above provides a separate link that's quite helpful when it comes to locating header information:

Q u o t e:
Most online e-mail clients and e-mail applications will allow you to view an e-mail's header; this will help determine the true origin of the e-mail. For more information on how to view the header, please review the help documentation provided by the e-mail provider or the software package. Additional details regarding how to locate header information using some of the more common applications and web-based e-mail providers can be found here:

http://us.blizzard.com/support/article.xml?locale=en_US&articleId=25133