#5 - June 10, 2010, 7:23 p.m.
Q u o t e:
I got this in my email today. I checked my accounts and everything seems to be fine. I didnt want to click on the links because I didnt want to take the chance, but if any blue can let me know if this was indeed sent by Blizzard, I would appreciate it. If it IS legit, perhaps it was sent to me by mistake, as all my information seems to be fine. I removed the links just in case:
Hello (player name removed),
This is an automated notification regarding your Battle.net account. Some or all of your contact information was recently modified through Battle.net Account Management. If you recently made changes to your account information, please disregard this automatic notification.
You can log in to Account Management at the following link to review your account settings:
(Link removed )
If you cannot sign into Account Management using the link above, or if unauthorized changes continue to occur, click here for answers to Frequently Asked Questions or contact the Blizzard Billing & Account Services team.
Account security is solely the responsibility of the account holder. 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 Battle.net Support Team
Blizzard Entertainment
Online Privacy Policy
It's particularly cunning, but that is indeed a phishing email. I applaud your caution and circumspection - it very likely helped you preserve your account security. This also highlights how effective and 'dangerous' phishing can be.
We posted a sticky that includes information on identifying these messages as well as examples here:
Fake E-mails from "Blizzard Entertainment" http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=965511383&sid=1 Q u o t e:
The email it was sent from is: [email protected]
Which is actually a legitimate address. That's not really where it came from though, in fact, it didn't come from an @blizzard.com domain at all. These account thieves have spoofed the sending address to make it appear legitimate. Displaying full headers should reveal the true originating email address.
