Is this email from Blizzard legit?

#0 - Feb. 11, 2010, 9:01 p.m.
Blizzard Post
I just got an email from noreply@Blizzard.com:

Q u o t e:
Greetings.

Account Action: Warning

Account Offense: Violation of EULA and Terms of Service - Transfer of Account Ownership

Details: An investigation of your World of Warcraft account has found strong evidence that the account in question is being sold or traded, and a dispute has been filed regarding the ownership of the account. Blizzard Entertainment can provide no details regarding the origin of said dispute. In accordance with EULA section 4, Paragraph B, listed below:

World of Warcraft -> Legal -> End User License Agreement

and Section 8 of the Terms of Use:

Blizzard Entertainment -> Legal -> Terms of Use

A 3-hour probationary suspension is pending on this account, awaiting confirmation from a specialist. A warning has been issued. The investigation will be continued by the Account Administration team to determine the any further suspensions. If the account in question is found in violation of the EULA and Terms of Use, further action will be taken. Be aware that any additional inappropriate actions may result in the permanent closure of the account.

Thank you for respecting our position on this matter.

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It is strongly recommended that you verify ownership of the account here:

http://us.battle.net/login?service=https%2Fa*edited*.xml

Any further changes in account information, including email address, security question answer, account name, password, and/or account ownership name will be duly noted during the investigation and may or may not lead to further disciplinary action. A timely response is absolutely vital in recovery of the account.
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Any disputes or questions concerning this account action can only be addressed by Account Administration. To learn more about how Account Administration is able to assist you, please visit us at http://us.blizzard.com/support/index.xml?locale=en_US.

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

Please visit the World of Warcraft Policies and Terms of Use Agreement: http://us.blizzard.com/support/article.xml?locale=en_US&articleId=20309&rhtml=true and http://www.blizzard.com/legal/termsofuse.html for further information.

Regards,

Billing & Account Administration
Blizzard Entertainment
http://us.blizzard.com/support/index.xml?locale=en_US&gameId=11&rootCategoryId=2691


Seems fairly legit, but when I mouseover the "recover your account" link, the status bar says http://bit.ly/mcRwx as the address it's going to. Is this email legit?

PS I am not selling or trading my account.
#6 - Feb. 11, 2010, 10:56 p.m.
Blizzard Post
Q u o t e:
Blizzard bans first and asks questions later, absolutely not legit.


To clarify, we action based on the evidence found. If an account is found to have violated our Terms of Use we will apply whatever penalty is warranted including suspension or even account closure. Both penalties are easily verified though by attempting to log in.
Q u o t e:

Scary how good these guys are.


Indeed, many of them look very similar to something we would send out. When in doubt check with us, we also have a post which I linked below that covers how to detect fake/phishing e-mails as well as samples of the ones we have seen.

Fake E-mails from "Blizzard Entertainment"
http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=965511383&sid=1