Email Scam for wow or real?

#0 - July 31, 2010, 6:50 a.m.

Hello,

This is an automated notification regarding your World of Warcraft account.
your account has been involved in the disputed transactions.
An investigation of your World of Warcraft account has found strong evidence that the account in question is being sold or traded.

This e-mail is to alert you that, according to our records,
The investigation will be continued by Blizzard administration to determine the action to be taken against your account. If your account is found violating the EULA and Terms of Use, your account can, and will be suspended/closed/or terminated. In order to keep this from occurring, you should immediately verify that you are the original owner of the account.
To verify your identity please visit the following webpage:

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Regards,
The World of W arcraft Support Team
Blizzard Entertainment

when i press the link though it says its a fraud website???

Vrakthris

#2 - July 31, 2010, 6:58 a.m.

No, Freaya, the e-mail is not real. We do not warn you that we found strong evidence and then let you know that if you just follow X link that we won't take action.

If we have found that someone on the account has violated our policies we take immediate action. If the resulting penalty means the suspension or closure of the account, that is what is done. You are notified by e-mail to contact our Account Administration if you believe that this action was done in error.

More information on fake/phishing e-mail can be found in the following link, including how to identify bad links and spoofed sending and return addresses.

Fake E-mails from "Blizzard Entertainment"
http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=965511383&sid=1

Thank you for checking, Freaya, when in doubt you should also ask. :)