Blizzard E-mail : 7 Days of Game Time

Heya Donaldtrump,

Q u o t e:
Just received a rather elaborate e-mail for Cata that is offering 7 days of free game time. I have been getting scam e-mails for years, but this one looks legit. Any blue's or other people have any information on it?

It's from [email protected]

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

Q u o t e:
Hmm pretty crazy. Must be a scam then. I honestly haven't seen so much work put into one before. Here is a screen capture of it. I blocked out my name etc obviously.

The email is legit, but you should always check the headers from emails you receive from us.

[email protected]

Please check the headers.

Q u o t e:
Yah I did and the return path is [email protected] and it originated from [email protected]

You should be good then.

Q u o t e:
I have been playing since vanilla and have never been hacked or phished before. I simply was curious if anyone had any other info on this particular e-mail, because from my experience you can tell a scam almost immediately, but this one is very good in terms of what the usual phishing e-mail looks like.

Good to hear and yes, this email is legit. :)

Q u o t e:


Quick question, 3 accounts tied to my id - can I choose which one of my 2 inactives to use it on or is it for a specific account?

You should be able to see the option under frozen, if eligible.