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Are these emails real (Hacked?)

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Tariana
#0 - Oct. 25, 2010, 9:17 p.m.
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First email reads (from : [email protected] )

Title: Blizzard Notification About World of Warcraft Account‏


Greetings!
It has come to our attention that you are trying to sell your personal World of Warcraft account(s).As you may not be aware of, this conflicts with the EULA and Terms of Agreement.If this proves to be true, your account can and will be disabled. It will be ongoing for further investigation by Blizzard Entertainment's employees.If you wish to not get your account suspended you should immediately verify your account ownership. You can confirm that you are the original owner of the account nformation to this secure website with:[removed]
Use the following template below to verify your account and information via secure website. * Account name and password* E-Mail address and password * First and Last name* Secret AnswerShow * Please enter the correct information If you ignore this mail your account can and will be closed permanently. Once we verify your account, we will reply to your e-mail informing you that we have dropped the investigation. Regards, Account Administration TeamBlizzard Entertainment http://www.blizzard.com/support/World of Warcraft , Blizzard Entertainment 2010

Second email reads (from:[email protected] )

Title: Due to suspicious activity, the Battle.net account has been locked. To restore access to this account, please follow these st‏eps


Step 1: Secure Your Computer In the event that your computer has been infected with malicious software such as a keylogger or trojan, simply changing your password may not deter future attacks without first ensuring that your computer is free from these programs. Please visit our Account Security website to learn how to secure your computer from unauthorized access. Step 2: Secure Your E-mail Account After you have secured your computer, please create a new password for your e-mail account since it may also be compromised. Be sure to check your e-mail filters and rules and look for any e-mail forwarding rules that you did not create. For more information on securing your e-mail account, visit this Support page. Step 3: Log in your Account You must Log in your Battle.net account. Please click this link: [removed]
If you still have questions or concerns after following the steps above, feel free to contact Customer Support at http://us.blizzard.com/support/article.xml?locale=en_US&articleId=20606. Sincerely,The Battle.net Account TeamOnline Privacy Policy
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Zenlyth
#1 - Oct. 25, 2010, 9:21 p.m.
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Heya Tariana,

No they are not, please do not post the links inside these emails, as someone else may click on them by mistake. You should always check the email headers of the emails you receive from us, here is some information that can show you how to verify if an email is legit or not.

    http://us.blizzard.com/support/article/25133

    What should I look for in the header?

    Email headers contain information about the sender (who sent the email message), the path the email took to reach your inbox, and things that may have happened to the email before arriving. This information is very important and can be used to determine whether or not an email is malicious.
    Once you've accessed an email's header information, you'll want to attempt to verify the sending address. To do this, look at the "Return-Path" or the "originating address" for the email. For most phishing emails, the email address displayed in this location will differ from the address displayed in the "From" field.

      A legitimate header from Blizzard Entertainment should look something like this:

      X-SID-PRA [email protected]
      or
      Return-Path: < [email protected] >
      Received: from smtp01.worldofwarcraft.com ([XX.XXX.XXX.XXX]) by…
      Received: from … by smtp01.worldofwarcraft.com …
      for <Your Email Address>; Tue, 29 Jan 2008 10:46:05 GMT
      From: [email protected]
      To: You’re Email Address


    If you believe you've received a phishing email, please forward the email to [email protected] , at your earliest convenience. When forwarding the email, copy and paste the entire email header into the message body to ensure that we are able to identify the source. This information will help us prevent future phishing emails of the same type.
For similar emails and what to look for when you receive emails from us, please visit this thread:
http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=965511383&sid=1