New scam: recruit a friend

#0 - Aug. 10, 2008, 11:15 p.m.
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There is a new wave of phishing going out from scammers, thought i would give the heads up.

Got an email from Newsletters@email.blizzzard.com

Click Here to Recruit-A-Friend Now (http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/account/recrt-a-friend.html) Our new Recruit-A-Friend (http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/accou/recruit-a-friend.html) program has added features that reward you even more for bringing your friends into Azeroth. Recruit-A-Friend and earn: - An exclusive ZHEVRA in-game mount* when your friend pays for 60 days of subscription time. - 30 Days of FREE** WoW gametime when your friend pays for 30 days of subscription time. Also, from the moment your friend creates a character and starts adventuring with you (including the trial period), both of you will receive these additional in-game benefits: - You and your friend will earn triple the experience when grouped together. - For every two levels of experience your friend earns, they can grant one level of experience to any one of your characters of lower level. - You and your friend will have the ability to summon each other from any point in the world. For more details on the new Recruit-A-Friend program please click here (http://us.blizzard.com/suprt/article.xml?articleId=20588). To recruit your friends now click here (http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/acct/recruit-a-friend.html). The WORLD OF WARCRAFT Team --------------------------- Terms and Conditions: * To earn the Zhevra mount your friend must register a retail account and pay for their first 60 days of subscription time. WORLD OF WARCRAFT characters must reach level 60 before being able to use the Zhevra mount. ** To earn the Free Month of game time your friend must register a retail account and pay for their first 30 days of subscription time. (C) 2008 Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. World of Warcraft, The Burning Crusade, and Blizzard Entertainment are trademarks or registered trademarks of Blizzard Entertainment, Inc., in the US., and/or other countries. If you no longer wish to receive promotional emails from Blizzard, visit this link: http://email.blizzard.com/opt-oi/survey.h/Key=1491.KtqN..C.FqFqrZ .Message-Id:

I screwed up the links so no one could click on them, just deleted random characters from them, but it was formatted basically like a newsletter trying to get you to click the links.
#11 - Aug. 10, 2008, 11:30 p.m.
Blizzard Post
Q u o t e:
Hover over the links and look at your browser's status bar (lower left hand corner presumably) – does it go to the same place it's saying it goes to?

Aye. That's the best way to check in the end.

And do you have more than one account, Kryzite? If you do, you were probably just sent two.