Odd fake email. - Blue Tracker

#0 - July 14, 2010, 2:38 a.m.

now, everyone knows about the "we will ban you" or the "youve won X" fake emails, but i got one i've never seen or heard about anyone getting. a fake faction transfer.

Hello,

A Character Faction Change for the character Kalaneer is now pending for the World of Warcraft account Email edit'd out.. Please allow several days for the faction change process to complete. An email will be sent to you when it is done. You can also track the status of your request by signing into the Transaction page here: link edit'd out..

Below is a summary of the transaction, which you may want to keep for your records.

World of Warcraft Account Name: editd out
TRANSACTION ID: 98938185

Please note the following additional information:

- This account is not available for play while the faction change is pending.
- If you did not make this transaction, you should immediately check your account to prevent character lost.
- This account cannot change factions again until 3 days have elapsed.
- You can review this and other Account Management transactions by logging into Account Management and going to your Transactions page at link editd out- For more details on Character Faction Change, refer to the Character Faction Change FAQ located at link editd out.
You can find World of Warcraft Account Management at: link editd out
We hope you enjoy your new faction!

Regards,

The World of Warcraft Team
Blizzard Entertainment

its weird, because the links are european, which i dont play on, and the character name is one i've never used before ever. only thing i can think of is they hope someone will get confused and click one of the links.

but if they're going to give a character name, atlest use the right one.

#8 - July 14, 2010, 6:46 a.m.

Q u o t e:
I got this exact same email a few days ago. What struck me as odd as it was perfectly written and seemed normal. The problem was that 1) I have not made any transfers, 2) I don't have a character named that, and 3) if you mouse over the links it does not take you to an official WoW site.

Be very careful with these fake emails! Never click a link on them, even if you know they are official, type the site in yourself.

Indeed.

The hardest phish to spot is one of our 'real' ones they've co-opted and doctored links on.

Always, always check the internal routing headers to see the true sender. The FROM line is as easy to spoof as writing the return address on an envelope, never trust it completely.