Cataclysm Beta Invitation

#0 - Oct. 9, 2010, 9:56 p.m.

I received an email today that is totally different than any other phishing email I have received about getting an Invitation to Cataclysm. Here is some of the email:

"From: [email protected]
To:
Subject: World of Warcraft(r): Cataclysm(tm) Beta Test Invitation‏
Date: Sun, 10 Oct 2010 08:52:12 -0500

World of WarcraftÂ®: Cataclysmâ„¢ Beta Test Invitation

Congratulations! You’ve been selected to participate in the beta test of World of WarcraftÂ®: Cataclysmâ„¢.
As a beta test participant, you’ll have the chance to experience the new content and features of Cataclysm before the expansion is released. We’re looking to get your feedback on the overall gameplay experience, including quests, monsters, zones, dungeons, aesthetics, and more as we continue to implement new expansion content. We would also appreciate reports on any bugs you may encounter. These can be logged using the /bug command explained below.
Getting started:"

Can any Blue confirm if this is legit or not?

Thank you.

Nevalistis

#3 - Oct. 9, 2010, 10:47 p.m.

Looking at your Battle.net account at the moment, Bersbear, you are not currently flagged for beta. However, if it is an real e-mail, it can take up to 24 hours from the time you received it for your account to be properly flagged.

In order to know for sure, you'll want to check the headers of that e-mail to see if it truly is from us or not. I've provided an article below that has directions on how best to do this. >^.^<

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

Nevalistis

#6 - Oct. 10, 2010, 12:15 a.m.

Definitely fake, Bersbear - that IP comes up as somewhere from Kentucky, which is definitely not us.

Thanks for bringing this to our attention. This one's been going around a lot lately, unfortunately. =>.<=