Is this a legit bliz email? O.o

#0 - Oct. 5, 2010, 6:09 p.m.

Hi *removed email*

This is Blizzard Entertainment's apology, we acknowledge a mistake, for you to lose the World of Warcraft account in order to recover our losses, we will give you 10000 gold coins free of charge and rare mounts a (celestial steed), I hope you can restart

the game. Login website authentication, 48 hours you will receive compensation
*Link Removed*

Confirm your account information . You will get the Cataclysm Beta Test invitation or the Trial Mounts

Description: test account and permanently disabled can not compensation

edit- at second glance there is a wow splash behind it, but I'm still weary of it

Harlsoco

#6 - Oct. 5, 2010, 6:26 p.m.

This email is in fact a phishing email, Tikket. You can also find examples of phishing emails, including this one here:

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

If you continue to receive emails and you are not sure if they are actually from Blizzard, you may wish to bookmark this Knowledge Base article:

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

This article will provide information on how to check the email headers, which will indicate where the email originated from.