Weird email and website: noreply@blizzard.com

Weird email and website: [email protected]

#0 - April 19, 2010, 9:58 p.m.

I recently got this e-mail theres somthing fishy about it

Greetings!This is an automated notification regarding the recent change(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 salesquite 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.we recommend you Login verify Information your account: Please remember that it is your responsibility to keep your login information confidential. You may not share access to the account with anyone who is not expressly permitted in the World of Warcraft Terms of Use and the Terms of Use for the games you play. You are also responsible for every use of your login information, whether you have authorized it or not. Billing and Account Services can be reached directly at 1-800-592-5499. Players in Australia and Singapore should call 1-800-041-378 and 800-2549927 respectively if unableto connect via the first number. Our representatives are available Monday through Friday, between 8:00AM and 8:00PM Pacific Time. We encourage you to keep the following security tips in mind when playing an online game on any computer: - Use up-to-date firewall, antivirus, and anti-spyware software, and scan your system regularly for viruses, Trojans, and key loggers. - Keep your operating system and other software up-to-date, and be careful when downloading new software. - Be wary of “spoof” and scam websites and e-mails that pose as Blizzard Entertainment and request account or personal information. As a reminder, Blizzard Entertainment representatives will *never* ask you for your password. - Use separate, unique passwords for your email, World of Warcraft account, and any other online accounts. - Change your passwords regularly and keep World of Warcraft account information updated using the Account Management page at For additional security tips and information, please visit the following site: - Account Security: If you are looking for an added layer of security, we currently offer the Authenticator, an optional second line of defense that can help prevent unauthorized account access. For more information about how the Authenticator works or how to add one to an account, please visit the Authenticator Information page at. Thank you, Blizzard Entertainment

i went to this site and it somthing like 404 error file not found. im worried it may have put a virus on my computer as i am scanning atm.

Orlyia

#18 - April 20, 2010, 12:38 p.m.

This is what is commonly referred to as a phish. That quite literally means someone is ‘fishing’ for information and hoping they get a bite :)

If you look at the top of this forum you’ll see a library of ones that are commonly used (or close variants thereof) under “Fake Emails from Blizzard”

http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=965511383&sid=1

The proper email to report these is [email protected] – you can forward the email, headers intact to that address.

Phishes rely on two primal human emotions and hope they get you to react before you think through what is being asked, greed and fear. They’ll either try to entice with an offer or intimidate with a threat.

We never ‘threaten’ an account action. If we have sufficient cause to think an account has been tampered with or needs locked down, we do it first – we don’t threaten with an ‘or else’ email.

WoW accounts are certainly not the only target of phishers. They send them out purporting to be banks, credit card companies, shipping companies – all aimed at obtaining information the thief can use to your detriment.

We will also NEVER ask for your password, or ask you to sign into some website somewhere not under our domain to login.

One way to check any email is to open up the header in your email program and check to see the actual route and sender. This is done in various ways, depending on your email program, but all can do it. Internal email addresses (what you see at the top of an email) can be spoofed very easily. Where it says it came from under sender is not necessarily true. The header of that email will show the true sender. Many spam programs actually use a comparison of these to flag suspicious emails.

Links in an email are also incredibly easy to spoof and/or redirect. Just because the URL looks legit doesn’t necessarily mean that’s where it really goes. Before clicking ANY link, in ANY email, mouse over the link and look at your bottom browser bar to see where it is reported to actually be destined.