Possible Phishing E-Mail

#0 - Nov. 15, 2010, 2:40 a.m.

Today I got this e-mail

Hello,

Blizzard Entertainment recently received a request to change the e-mail address used to log in to the Battle.net account with the username [My E-Mail Adress]. The e-mail address k***@hotmail.com has been specified as the new username for this Battle.net account. An email has been sent to this new address containing a verification link to complete the change.

Once the new address has been verified, the e-mail address [My E-Mail Adress] can no longer be used to log in to this Battle.net account or any World of Warcraft accounts merged with this Battle.net account.

If you did not initiate this request, please [link saying "click here"] to contact the Blizzard Billing & Account Services team immediately.

Sincerely,
The Battle.net Account Team
[Link Claiming to be the Online Privacy Policy]

I can't tell if it's real or not. Any thoughts?

Auryk

#2 - Nov. 15, 2010, 2:47 a.m.

It looks to be a phishing attempt, Moonclin. I would check the Fake E-mails from "Blizzard Entertainment" sticky above: (http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=965511383&pageNo=1&sid=1#0). Be sure to take extra care to read the How to Identify Fake or Phishing Emails support article that is linked therein. It will show you how to read the header of an e-mail, which should give you the information that you need to know if any e-mail is legitimate or not.