Two different topics - Blue Tracker

#0 - July 22, 2010, 3:21 p.m.

Hello, I have 2 topics in this post.

First, I got an email scam (phishing email) that made it past my filters and I would like to warn the community about it.

From: Blizzard Entertainment (wowgm@blizzard.com)

Dear customer,

This is an automated notification regarding the recent change(s) made to your Battle.net account,Your password has recently been modified through the Account Management website.

*** If you made this password change, please disregard this notification.

However, if you did NOT make any changes to your password, we recommend you contact Blizzard Billing & Account Services for assistance keeping your account as secure as possible.

If you are unable to successfully verify your password, please click :http://us.blizzard.net/security/index.html

Account security is solely the responsibility of the accountholder. Please be advised that in the event of a compromised account, Blizzard representatives typically must lock the account. In these cases the Account Administration team will require faxed receipt of ID materials before releasing the account for play.

Regards,

Billing & Account Services
Blizzard Entertainment

Since I'm an old time internet user (and wow player) I'm aware of the multiple types of scam there are out there. The link the scammer asks you to click has actually a different address but ONLY different in 1 (one) character. Instead of L (from Blizzard) is a 1 (so it looks like B1izzard). Everything else is exactly the same. So those people who don't pay attention to detail will most likely click the link and get keylogged.

The second topic is unrelated to WoW. I'm currently downloading the SC2 client (digital download) and I would like to know if I can use the CD-Key from a retail box or is the CD-Key for digital downloads different and not compatible. Since I've been a big fan of SC since the first one in 1997 I believe, I'd like to have the box but since I live in Peru, I won't be able to buy it right away so I'm gonna have a friend in the U.S. buy the retail copy for me.

Aredek

#1 - July 22, 2010, 3:34 p.m.

Thank you for bringing this phishing scam to our attention, Makko! I encourage you to forward the email to hacks@blizzard.com if you have not already deleted it. :)

As for your second question, you may want to review the following post made by Lylirra on the StarCraft II forums:

http://us.battle.net/sc2/en/forum/topic/13531371#7

If that does not answer your question, please let me know and I'll do my best to expand upon it. :)

Aredek

#3 - July 22, 2010, 3:57 p.m.

You will be able to use your key to upgrade your account and the pre-download to download the StarCraft II installer before StarCraft II is released; however, you must make sure that the regions match. In other words, if you download the North American game client and purchase the North American retail box, you'll be fine; however, if you download the North American game client and purchase the European retail box, you will need to download the European client all over again. It is for this reason that we recommend waiting until you have your box in hand and then use the DVD to install the game.