Be Weary of This.. (Inactive Account Email)

#0 - Sept. 24, 2010, 2:07 a.m.

Hello, Please be aware that there is yet another email running about with the from being a blizzard email address but the link being an external email address. I received it this morning and wanted to let you's know.

It goes to the following and cleverly uses the blizzard link afterwards.

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Please do NOT re-piece together the address above.

From: Blizzard Entertainment
Sent: Friday, September 24, 2010 2:31 AM
To: <email removed>
Subject: Inactive Account Removal Notice #st962

Greetings!

In order to make our servers more efficient, we are taking the time to remove inactive accounts. We are mass mailing all email addresses registered to World of Warcraft accounts to target those that are inactive. If you are currently active in the World of Warcraft, or plan on picking up where you left off the in the future, please continue reading. If you do not foresee yourself ever rejoining us, please disregard this message.

Please take a moment and login to your Battle.net Account to verify and maintain your enjoyable gameplay experience.

Be sure to tell all of your friends and guildmates to check their email, as we want to make sure all active accounts remain playable.

Thank you for your time and attention to this matter, and your continued interest in World of Warcraft.

Sincerely,

Account Administration
Blizzard Entertainment

When will they stop lol.

Nevalistis

#3 - Sept. 24, 2010, 2:31 a.m.

Thanks for the information, but in the future, please remove any potentially malicious links, broken or otherwise, before posting the e-mail in question here. Those who are too curious for their own good might try it out and it's just a messy can of worms. =(

If you have not already done so, please forward the e-mail you received to [email protected] and, if possible, include the full headers. If you need assistance on how to identify these e-mails, you may want to check out the below articles for comparison and tips!

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

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