Ojustaboo
27-07-10, 00:32
If any of your kids (or you) have WOW accounts, there's a particularly official looking fake one going round.
I received it yesterday.
Thing is, on WOWs web page it says to make sure any email claiming to come from them ends in blizzard.com (and a few others too) , and at first glance, the sender does appear to be blizzard.com
Apart from the fact I haven't had a WOW account for a couple of years now, I never believe these things, hence looked into it further.
On viewing the emails full header it said (amongst other things)
From: Blizzard Entertainment < donotreply.service@blizzard.com>
Subject: World of Warcraft - Security Warning
Return Path: <danne_mannen123@hotmail.com>
X-Originating-Email: [danne_mannen123@hotmail.com]
Hence it came from a hotmail account and not blizzard.
The email said
Greetings,
We have determined that your World of Warcraft account has been accessed/compromised by someone not authorized to do so by the World of Warcraft Terms of Use (http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/legal/termsofuse.html).
To protect your privacy and security, we have temporarily disabled this account. Any recurring subscriptions have been suspended to prevent further monetary charges. In order to regain access to the account, you must complete the steps below to secure the account and your computer.
Please keep this email for your reference until the account recovery process has been completed.
STEP 1: SECURE THE ACCOUNT, YOUR COMPUTER AND YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS
Account compromises most often occur when a player shares login information with an unauthorized third party or plays on a computer that has a virus, Trojan, or key-logger. We recommend following the http://xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.html on our Account Security site at http://xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.html.
STEP 2: RECOVER THE ACCOUNT
We now provide a secure website for you to verify that you have taken the appropriate steps to secure the account, your computer, and your email address. Please go to this site and follow the instructions:
http://wwwxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
STEP 3: VERIFY YOUR SUBMISSION WAS RECEIVED
We will contact you with further instructions once we have received and processed your submission. If you do not receive a reply within 48 hours of submitting this form, please resend it from the address listed above.
Please be aware that if unauthorized access to this account continues after the recovery process is complete, it may lead to further action against the account.
Regards,
Neil G.
Game Master Bahrdrak
I received it yesterday.
Thing is, on WOWs web page it says to make sure any email claiming to come from them ends in blizzard.com (and a few others too) , and at first glance, the sender does appear to be blizzard.com
Apart from the fact I haven't had a WOW account for a couple of years now, I never believe these things, hence looked into it further.
On viewing the emails full header it said (amongst other things)
From: Blizzard Entertainment < donotreply.service@blizzard.com>
Subject: World of Warcraft - Security Warning
Return Path: <danne_mannen123@hotmail.com>
X-Originating-Email: [danne_mannen123@hotmail.com]
Hence it came from a hotmail account and not blizzard.
The email said
Greetings,
We have determined that your World of Warcraft account has been accessed/compromised by someone not authorized to do so by the World of Warcraft Terms of Use (http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/legal/termsofuse.html).
To protect your privacy and security, we have temporarily disabled this account. Any recurring subscriptions have been suspended to prevent further monetary charges. In order to regain access to the account, you must complete the steps below to secure the account and your computer.
Please keep this email for your reference until the account recovery process has been completed.
STEP 1: SECURE THE ACCOUNT, YOUR COMPUTER AND YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS
Account compromises most often occur when a player shares login information with an unauthorized third party or plays on a computer that has a virus, Trojan, or key-logger. We recommend following the http://xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.html on our Account Security site at http://xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.html.
STEP 2: RECOVER THE ACCOUNT
We now provide a secure website for you to verify that you have taken the appropriate steps to secure the account, your computer, and your email address. Please go to this site and follow the instructions:
http://wwwxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
STEP 3: VERIFY YOUR SUBMISSION WAS RECEIVED
We will contact you with further instructions once we have received and processed your submission. If you do not receive a reply within 48 hours of submitting this form, please resend it from the address listed above.
Please be aware that if unauthorized access to this account continues after the recovery process is complete, it may lead to further action against the account.
Regards,
Neil G.
Game Master Bahrdrak