Non-Blizzard site safe?

#0 - Oct. 18, 2010, 2:21 a.m.
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I apologize in advance if this is the wrong forum to post this in...
I just recently received an e-mail from Account Administration ([email protected]) that my account was suspected as being traded or sold. It's not, but that's not the point of this post.
It tells me to go to a certain site to ascertain that I am the original owner of the account. [Removed], to be specific. But when I click on the link to go to this site, Mcafee - my anti-virus/firewall - tells me that this site is strongly suspected of phishing.
I just recently got my account back after it was locked for something similar to this, and I'd really prefer it didn't happen again. Question is, is this site safe??
This is the full e-mail.

Greetings,


An investigation of your World of Warcraft account has found strong evidence that the account in question is being sold or traded. As you may
not be aware of, this conflicts with Blizzard's EULA under section 4 Paragraph B which can be found here:
WoW -> Legal -> End User License Agreement
and Section 8 of the Terms of Use found here:
WoW -> Legal -> Terms of Use
The investigation will be continued by Blizzard administration to determine the action to be taken against your account. If your account is
found violating the EULA and Terms of Use, your account can, and will be suspended/closed/or terminated.
In order to keep this from occurring, you should immediately verify that you are the original owner of the account.
To verify your identity please visit the following webpage:
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Only Account Administration will be able to assist with account retrieval issues. Thank you for your time and attention to this matter, and
your continued interest in World of Warcraft.
Sincerely,

Kennalith
Account Administration
Blizzard Entertainment


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#5 - Oct. 18, 2010, 2:30 a.m.
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It isn't necessarily the wrong forum, Chanderan, but if you are suspicious of an address I'd ask that you do not spread it around. :)

All Blizzard sites will end with Battle.net, Blizzard.com or Worldofwarcraft.com, anything else would not be from us so tread carefully.
Q u o t e:

The investigation will be continued by Blizzard administration to determine the action to be taken against your account. If your account is
found violating the EULA and Terms of Use, your account can, and will be suspended/closed/or terminated.
In order to keep this from occurring, you should immediately verify that you are the original owner of the account.
To verify your identity please visit the following webpage:


It is important to keep in mind that we do not threaten when possible account actions after warning you that we believe you may be violating our Terms of Use.

Either an investigation has found evidence to verify such policy violations or it hasn't. If we found such "strong evidence" your account would be locked, suspended or closed first, then you would be contacted. More information on account and computer security can be found in the following links.

Battle.net Account Security Awareness
http://us.battle.net/security/

Account and Computer Security
http://us.blizzard.com/support/article/30794

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

Battle.net Authenticator
http://us.blizzard.com/support/article/24986