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There is a new World of Warcraft account phishing email being sent to unsuspecting WoW players. This email is being sent claiming your WoW account will be disabled if you do not reply with speciifc account details. In panic many WoW players are replying with thier account details and in result having thier WoW account stolen.
Below is the phishing email:
From: wowaccountadmin <wowaccountadmin@188.com>
To: elliot.paice@ntlworld.com; seblucht@web.de; seniorjws04@yahoo.com; DrKnockerz@aol.com; Cypresslb@gmail.com; thewall13@hotmail.com; ejlind4000@hotmail.com; add0506@yahoo.com; heckler07@hotmail.com; lontine27football@yahoo.com; chain622@hotmail.co.uk; naterpotater12@hotmail.com; shliss@verizon.net
Sent: Wednesday, March 18, 2009 2:44:47 AM
Subject: donotreply@blizzard.comGreetings!
It has come to our attention that you are trying to sell/trade your personal World of Warcraft account(s).
As you may or 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. If the information is deemed accurate, the investigation will be dropped.
This action is taken because we at Blizzard Entertainment take these sales
quite seriously. We need to confirm you are the original owner of the account.
This is easiest done by confirming your personal information along with concealed information about your account.
You can confirm that you are the original owner of the account by replying to this email with:
Use the following template below to verify your account and information via email.
* First and Surname
* Date of birth
* Address
* Zip code
* Phone number
* Country
* Account e-mail
* Account name
* Account password
* Secret Question and AnswerIf 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.
We ask you to NOT change password until the investigation is fully completed.
Blizzard Entertainment Inc
Account Administration Team
P.O. Box 18979, Irvine, CA 92623
Regards,
Account Administration Team
Blizzard Entertainment
We can tell this is a phishing email because:
1. The email is from: From: wowaccountadmin wowaccountadmin@188.com, notice the email is sent from the domain 188.com Blizzard Entertainment ONLY sends emails from blizzard.com or worldofwarcraft.com domains.
2. The email has been sent to multiple parties via the CC function on an outbound email. Blizzard Entertaiment will never send out emails with other individuals addresses in the CC field.
3. The email does not address you by name or account name. Blizzard Entertainment will always address you by name or your World of Warcraft account username.
4. The email is asking you to send information that Blizzard Entertainment already has on file. Blizzard Entertainment will never request your account information from you.
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