Beta Invitation?

#0 - Oct. 14, 2010, 3:24 a.m.
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Need a bit of help here.

I just received an email in my email inbox. It was in the junk section and I was about to delete it when I noticed the sender.

[email protected]

So I looked at the email, expecting a plain text document going on and on and on about how I've been selected (like the one that I got a while ago inviting me to the Cata beta while talking about the Emerald Nightmare :P) instead I got a HTML newsletter type email saying this:

Q u o t e:
Dear Players


Get those opt-ins ready for the World of Warcraft: Cataclysm closed beta! The sundering of Azeroth is nigh, and you don’t want to be left out in the cold of Northrend when you could be enjoying the sun-drenched beaches on the goblin isle of Kezan. To ensure you’re opted-in and eligible as a potential candidate, you’ll need a World of Warcraft license attached to your Battle.net account, have your current system specifications uploaded to the Battle.net Beta Profile Settings page, and have expressed interest through the franchise-specific check boxes.



Now there was one link on the email, that looked to direct me to a blizzard website asking me to login to get the client. I have not clicked said link, I went to my battle.net account manually but didn't see the client available and unfortunately I cannot check the header of the email since hotmail is screwing around with me today.

So can a GM please look at my account and see if I am flagged for the beta?

If I am... there is one thing I need Blizzard to do, if not... well, another phishing email detected and I'll nuke it (although if it is, it's a damn good one).
#11 - Oct. 14, 2010, 6:22 a.m.
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There are a few ways to check for a phish - one of the most reliable is to pop open the internal routing header of the email and determine the true sender.

Another is by contents, we don't 'threaten' in emails, nor will we send you off to a site that's not ours, or ever EVER ask for your password.

FROM addresses are easily spoofed and links can be clever imitations or misdirections, never trust either unless and until you've checked their validity first.