Real or Fake - Blue Tracker

#0 - July 10, 2010, 3:53 p.m.

Greetings ,

We have determined that the World of Warcraft account [removed] been accessed/compromised by someone not authorized to do so by the World of Warcraft Terms of Use (http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/legal/termsofuse.html).

To protect your privacy and security, we have temporarily disabled this account. Any recurring subscriptions have been suspended to prevent further monetary charges. In order to regain access to the account, you must complete the steps below to secure the account and your computer.

Please keep this email for your reference until the account recovery process has been completed.

STEP 1: SECURE THE ACCOUNT, YOUR COMPUTER AND YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS
Account compromises most often occur when a player shares login information with an unauthorized third party or plays on a computer that has a virus, Trojan, or key-logger. We recommend following the http://us.battle.net/security/checklist.html on our Account Security site at http://us.battle.net/security/index.html.

STEP 2: RECOVER THE ACCOUNT
We now provide a secure website for you to verify that you have taken the appropriate steps to secure the account, your computer, and your email address. Please go to this site and follow the instructions:
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STEP 3: VERIFY YOUR SUBMISSION WAS RECEIVED
We will contact you with further instructions once we have received and processed your submission. If you do not receive a reply within 48 hours of submitting this form, please resend it from the address listed above.

Please be aware that if unauthorized access to this account continues after the recovery process is complete, it may lead to further action against the account.

Regards,

Neil G.
Game Master Bahrdrak
Customer Services
Blizzard Entertainment
www.blizzard.com/support

Honestly I cannot tell because they used a @blizzard.com email.

Aredek

#3 - July 10, 2010, 4:02 p.m.

Do something for me, Bonequisha. Review the following support article for more information on how to identify phishing emails and locate email headers:

How to Identify Fake or Phishing Emails:
http://us.blizzard.com/support/article/25133

Once you've done that, post the header here so that I can take a look with you. :)

Aredek

#6 - July 10, 2010, 4:08 p.m.

Q u o t e:
That would be fake. Unless Blizzard has started using Hotmail and not told anyway.

Correct. This email does appear to be an impostor. They've taken an email we sent to another player and forwarded it to you to fool you into visiting a malicious website.