So yeah, a non-existant WoW account of mine has been suspended

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So yeah, got an email from WoWaccountadmin@blizzard.com saying my WoW account is at risk of being banned, funny thing is I never signed up for an account.

Pastebin of the email
http://pastebin.com/gFgsG18v

So is this some type of phishing being sent around then?

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Voho

Ah, just clicked the link, and firefox told me the email is web forgery.

1 decade ago

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ShadeTornado

Almost definitely a scam. First hint is the email address: "WoWaccountadmin@blizzard.com". It would be much more likely be a mail from "support@email.blizzard.com" or something.
Second, they ask you to click on a link. Ten to one that link does NOT go where advertised.

tl;dr: "Lol" indeed ^^

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Voho

Well, seeing as I have never played the game or recieved emails from blizzard before, It did look quite legitimate I must say .

1 decade ago

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Kove

It's scam I get 3 emails daily about my account being suspended from those guys

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Kove

They seems to be desesperated

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lysergic

Hahaha I got it too.

1 decade ago

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Nayenezgani

Same here. Luckily Gmail seems to filter them out automatically.

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Erroneus

Lol WOW sucks, EVE FTW!! Though my Eve account which I never had, has been suspended also..... :P

Yeah it's a pretty common scam mail :)

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TheProbro

it all sucks, tf2 all the way

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ETD

It all sucks, Quake live all the way

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TheSlowKenyan

It all sucks, playing with dirt all the way.

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echoMateria

(Game Developer)

That was a great reply.

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grenskul

you should have said C-C-C-C-C-COMBO BREAKER

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yuanislucky

Isn't it more appropriate for you to say it?

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decado6

yeah i get these emails all the time trying to phish for your account names and passwords... they are pretty funny, some of them actually look real but like the tooltip says when its loading... they will never ask you for your password... EVER

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mustapusta

I've had my account compromised before. the guy made an account to advertise his gold selling website. got the entire WoW account terminated and kept on playing SC2.

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satoru

I get WoW 'account' emails literally every single hour in my spam box. Also Runescape seems to be hugely popular with the spammers too though I have no idea why

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Dikkun

My non-existant WoW account was suspended too. It is suspended at least 3 times a week

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BlueLegion

I used to get a similar email, but I blocked the sender. I don't have a WoW acc either.

1 decade ago

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