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Fake Blizzard Emails

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Gothlord
#0 - July 30, 2010, 9:08 p.m.
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I have recently gotten over 30 "fake" Blizzard emails asking for my account info... One of them says " We have evidence you are doing activities against the terms of use"
First of all i have always played this game legit. Never played on a private server and never bought gold and never sold or traded my account. It also says I was doing it at a ip address in Troy, New York. Never been there or even in New York. What should i do about these cause i have gotten like 3 legit emails from Blizzard within the past month or so. Do I foreword them to the [email protected] or foreword the back to the people saying i have sent it to [email protected]?

Plz let me know
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Zenlyth
#6 - July 31, 2010, 12:25 a.m.
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Yes Gothlord, you would submit these to [email protected] with the full header, as shown below:

    http://us.blizzard.com/support/article/25133

    What should I look for in the header?

    Email headers contain information about the sender (who sent the email message), the path the email took to reach your inbox, and things that may have happened to the email before arriving. This information is very important and can be used to determine whether or not an email is malicious.
    Once you've accessed an email's header information, you'll want to attempt to verify the sending address. To do this, look at the "Return-Path" or the "originating address" for the email. For most phishing emails, the email address displayed in this location will differ from the address displayed in the "From" field.

      A legitimate header from Blizzard Entertainment should look something like this:

      X-SID-PRA [email protected]
      or
      Return-Path: < [email protected] >
      Received: from smtp01.worldofwarcraft.com ([XX.XXX.XXX.XXX]) by…
      Received: from … by smtp01.worldofwarcraft.com …
      for <Your Email Address>; Tue, 29 Jan 2008 10:46:05 GMT
      From: [email protected]
      To: You’re Email Address

For similar emails and what to look for when you receive emails from us, please visit this thread:
http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=965511383&sid=1