In game PM scam? or just bad manners?

#0 - Oct. 1, 2010, 2:39 p.m.

Hi I am new here and just received this message via Whisper:

[BlirzzÃ¡rd] whispers: hello! Blizzard Online GM for you!Blizzard World of Warcraft game violation of your game account, please visit our website (link removed by poster) enter your information, pending review, or we will permanently disable your game account.

I list a screen shot as proof,
1) is this a real GM or someone trying to scam my details??
2) Is this website associated with yourselves?

the address below is the screen shot:

(link removed by poster)

I listed like this as this forum, does not allow click-able thumbnail links.

eddited: removed links as requested

and thanks for the info.

Harlsoco

#7 - Oct. 1, 2010, 5:03 p.m.

Yes, the whisper was definitely a scam, Radicaii.

As the other posters already covered what to do in a situation like this, the only thing I would recommend taking a look at is the following Knowledge Base article:

I received an in-game whisper from someone claiming to be a GM. How do I know if it's a scam?
http://us.blizzard.com/support/article/30829

This will show you what it will actually look like if a Game Master whispers you in game. :)