New Take on Phishing Scams

#0 - July 16, 2010, 7:42 a.m.
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I'm not 100% on this one, but I know it's wrong on several levels. Been looking for a while to see if anyone else got this email, and so far, that's a negative.

Q u o t e:
Blizzard Entertainment <donotreply@eu.blizzard.com>
to ***@gmail.com
date Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 11:43 PM
subject World of Warcraft - 7/15/2010 Character transfer Complete!
mailed-by hotmail.com
hide details Jul 14 (1 day ago)
Megass,

The character transfers listed below have been completed as of 2010-7-15. The character[s] listed will now appear in the new location and/or account selected and will be available for play!

Level 80 Death Knight - now on realm: Terenas.

YOUR TRANSACTION ID: 70813098.

Your credit card/bank account has been successfully charged for the amount of $19.99. This amount covers 1 Paid Character Transfer[s] above at 19,99 EUR each, plus applicable local taxes (if any).

Please keep this e-mail on file for your records. Do not reply to this e-mail. If you ever have any questions or concerns regarding your account, please contact Blizzard Billing & Account Services:
http://www.wow-europe.com/en/support/

IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT YOUR TRANSACTION:

This transaction was completed according to the Disclaimers and Limitations, which were agreed to in full by the accountholder, and which can be reviewed at the following link:
https://www.wow-europe.com/character/pct/character-transfer-randd-small.html

A history of Paid Character Transfers, including past and pending transactions, can be reviewed by the accountholder by signing into the Transactions page at this link:
https://www.wow-europe.com/character/character-transfer-status.html

Blizzard thanks you for your patronage and for playing World of Warcraft. Happy adventuring!

Regards,

The World of Warcraft Billing & Account Services Team
Blizzard Entertainment
http://www.wow-europe.com/en/support/


The thing that gave it away was, as soon as I saw I logged on to see if I even had a character with that name on that server and, of course I didn't. :P Keep your eyes open.
#2 - July 16, 2010, 7:56 a.m.
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Q u o t e:
I'm not 100% on this one, but I know it's wrong on several levels. Been looking for a while to see if anyone else got this email, and so far, that's a negative.



The thing that gave it away was, as soon as I saw I logged on to see if I even had a character with that name on that server and, of course I didn't. :P Keep your eyes open.


Ummm

Q u o t e:
mailed-by hotmail.com


That's a pretty hefty clue right there as well :)