Attempted Hack to Account - Need Verification

#0 - April 30, 2010, 9:41 a.m.
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So I'm not sure what has happened, but someone with the name of Blizzpearl had sent me a tell in-game on the Lothar server a couple minutes ago. This person made a claim that I had ventured upon a currency trading violation in the game. This of course, is not true, I have only been recieving money through mail from friendly people and other such non-illegal ways in the game. This Blizzpearl had said to go to my account, which I did, but was either looking in the wrong place, because I could not find any information about an infraction, or this person was trying to hack/steal/whatever.

The only moderately wierd thing that could be attached to this tell if it is indeed true, would be that yesterday a player had said they were quitting WoW and wanted to give someone thier money, I had asked for it and recieved it an hour later. This might be the cause of the stir of the violation, but the few things I want to know are:

Is Blizzpearl a real GM?

Where can I find information about fradulent activities in my account information?

Thank you in advance to anyone who is helpful in helping me determine wether this is real or not.
#1 - April 30, 2010, 9:43 a.m.
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Those are ALL frauds - and if they sent you to a website you had to give information to - change your password NOW.

Immediately.

Then - scan your system for malware.

If we ever message you ingame for any reason - there will ALWAYS be a blue Blizzard logo by our name.
#4 - April 30, 2010, 10:01 a.m.
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Thank you for the help guys, this name did not have a blue hue to it, and it did not open it's own window like you say.

I couldn't report it this time, because I exited the game before that. I immediately went to check my account and made no hesitation to change my password. Damn hackers will try anything, it seems.


Literally ANYTHING. Lie, cheat, steal, scam - ANYTHING.

Trafficking in illicit virtual goods is a multi-BILLION dollar a year business, and the vast majority of what they traffic is stolen goods.

It's big.....organized....business.