Blizzard E-mail

[Honkey40]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Greetings,

An investigation of your World of Warcraft account has found strong evidence that the account in question is being sold or traded. As you may not be aware of, this conflicts with Blizzard's EULA under section 4 Paragraph B which can be found here: WoW -> Legal -> End User License Agreement
and Section 8 of the Terms of Use found here:
WoW -> Legal -> Terms of Use

The investigation will be continued by Blizzard administration to determine the action to be taken against your account. If your account is found violating the EULA and Terms of Use, your account can, and will be suspended/closed/or terminated.
In order to keep this from occurring, you should immediately verify that you are the original owner of the account.

To verify your identity please visit the following webpage:
http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/account/
Only Account Administration will be able to assist with account retrieval issues. Thank you for your time and attention to this matter, and your continued interest in World of Warcraft.


Sincerely,

Account Administration
Blizzard Entertainment
http://us.blizzard.com/support/article/21505</div></div>

I recently got this in my inbox. Is it legit? It's from [email protected] I noticed that the same e-mail had been sent to a good number of other Markee Dragon poster's emails - is it just a blanket email to hopefully beat sellers out of the bushes?

I need advice - this account was sold about a week before I received this email and I don't want it locked.

 

[bandit1829-banned]

well if it is at blizz.com it might be but i doubt it.

 

[ToonVendor]

Banned - failed to resolve dispute - http://www.epicnpc.com/active-disputes/473361-toonvendor-%242400-balance-owed-after-consignment-sale-failed-bank-wire.html

Type the webpage into your browser yourself rather then "clicking it" if all goes well then it's them.

 

[Honkey40]

It was a scammer after all. Being the stupid person I am, I forgot to check the source of the link they provided, which was actually http://www.worldofwarcraft.my5gb.com.

Thanks guys! I get tons of scams like that but I almost fell for that one - I didn't respond so I'm good to go.

 

[ToonVendor]

Banned - failed to resolve dispute - http://www.epicnpc.com/active-disputes/473361-toonvendor-%242400-balance-owed-after-consignment-sale-failed-bank-wire.html

Yeah always check the links /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/wink.gif

 

[Arazine]

forward it to Blizzard and include the email header :


Greetings,

Thank you for contacting Billing & Account Services about this email scam for World of Warcraft accounts.

If you replied to the email already and cannot access your account please call the Billing department before reporting the account as stolen. With proper verification our representatives will be able to assist you in recovering your account. Billing representatives are on hand to take your call Monday through Friday between 8AM and 8PM Pacific Time, at 1-800-59-BLIZZARD (800-592-5499). Customers in Australia should call 1-800-041-378.

If upon regaining access to your account you find there has been any malicious activity (missing gold, items, deleted characters, etc.) we recommend using the in-game petition system in order for a Game Master to investigate the issue. You can alternately email [email protected] directly with a description of the issue from the registered email address on the account.

Account security is taken with utmost care here at Blizzard Entertainment. In that vein, we are dismayed to hear that you received a scam email. In an effort to track down and prevent this from happening to other gamers, we would greatly appreciate your help. There is valuable information that you can provide to us by following the instructions below that could help us in our effort try to stop this from happening.

If you have one of the following email providers or know how to obtain the header information from the email you received, please follow the instructions below.

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Hotmail

1. Click on Options at the top of the screen
2. It will say Personal, Mail, Calendar, Contacts. Click on the Mail button.
3. Under Mail Options please click Mail Display Settings.
4. Then you will need to select Advanced under the part where it says Message Headers.
5. That should cause the header information to pop up. This will look like several lines of text that may not make any sense.
6. Forward the "scam email" directly to [email protected] and copy/paste all the information that came up into the bottom of the email. Please make sure to forward the original scam email and not send a new one.

Hotmail (Windows Live)

1. Open your email in Internet Explorer (this will not work with other browsers)
2. In the left pane, click Mail.
3. In the Folders list, click Inbox.
4. Right-click the message in the message list, and then click View source.
5. That should cause the header information to pop up. This will look like several lines of text that may not make any sense.
6. Forward the "scam email" directly to [email protected] and copy/paste all the information that came up into the bottom of the email. Please make sure to forward the original scam email and not send a new one.

Yahoo

1. Select Options at the top of the screen.
2. Select General Preferences
3. Then select the box under the subject Messages that says "Show all headers on incoming messages"
4. That should cause the header information to pop up. This will look like several lines of text that may not make any sense.
5. Forward the "scam email" directly to [email protected] and copy/paste all the information that came up into the bottom of the email. Please make sure to forward the original scam email and not send a new one.

Gmail

1. Open the email by double clicking on it
2. In the top right corner of the email (not the website, just the email), it should say Hide Details, The date, Reply and then there should be a small arrow pointing down. Click the down arrow.
3. That should have brought down a menu, please click the "show original" option, Then click on show original
4. That should cause the header information to pop up. This will look like several lines of text that may not make any sense.
5. Forward the "scam email" directly to [email protected] and copy/paste all the information that came up into the bottom of the email. Please make sure to forward the original scam email and not send a new one.

If you do not have one of the listed providers but are still able to obtain the header information, please send that information along with the original email directly to [email protected]. While I cannot guarantee a response, I can assure you it will be read. Thank you for your assistance in this matter.

 

[TwoInchesTooBig]

Stupid scammers.

 

[WarcraftExpress]

Scammer. Don't bother to answer.