Heads up on a new scam

[Rekindled]

Hello internet,

while the trickery is old the website and evil people behind the screens are new. They also are pretty clever and got past the Gmail spam and encoded a link.

I was checking my e-mail just before i headed off to bed when I found an interesting e-mail. FROM BLIZZARD (apparently)

and some how my account payments had been changed ZOMG

Of course I haven't altered my payment method in 4 years so how can this be??

[img]http://[/img]

"me thinks i didn't do that".... "thankfully they have provided a usefull link to help me sort this matter out"







OMG NOO!!!!! CTRL+Z!!!!





If you are not using firefox or w/e dected the evils on the internet be careful and update your spyware / malware

Be wary of this this email got past the google spam filter which is normally pretty good.

[Rekindled]

just refresing the page so that people get the info!


If i save one silly persons account it will have been worth it

[BurningStick]

Bump for people to see.

[Furbolg]

Anyone who falls for such a scam deserves to lose their account so that we can have less dumb people playing the game.

[Zygersaf]

has your paymnt details actually been changed or was that part of the scam?

[sscavenger]

Bumping as well.

[blizzardcashshop]

there are 5 idiots waiting to replace the 1 that does fall for this.

then that idiot that fell for it comes back

wotlkers are here to stay....until cataclysm blows their mind and they decide they'd rather play halo 18 or tony hawk 34: killer skateboard

[Poetry]

Always go to the official Blizzard or Battle.net sites manually, don't ever follow a link in an email, no matter how official it looks. You can log on and confirm details of your account once you've manually navigated to the page.

[Cryless]

Anyone who falls for such a scam deserves to lose their account so that we can have less dumb people playing the game.

This pretty much...

[Evilmaniac]

scam is old. I've gotten these since 5 months ago.

[Direfen]

I ended up getting an email like that saying my payment changes have apparently been changed.

However I did the usual thing and manually put in battle.net in the address bar and check it properly instead of following any links given to me. I got on and noticed everything was the same, so I simply reported it as malicious and moved on.

Though what gets me is... How would changing someones subscription type be a bad thing? All that would do is cause someone else to be paying for your account instead of yourself, which would technically mean your playing for free.

[Jeina]

there are 5 idiots waiting to replace the 1 that does fall for this.

then that idiot that fell for it comes back

wotlkers are here to stay....until cataclysm blows their mind and they decide they'd rather play halo 18 or tony hawk 34: killer skateboard

You're absolutely right.

Absolutely NO ONE got hacked before Wrath came out.

[Hevesker]

vump

[OoMally]

Bump so even the the silly people see it

[Asaron]

Anyone who falls for such a scam deserves to lose their account so that we can have less dumb people playing the game.

Anyone who responds like this deserves to lose their account so that we can have less dicks playing the game

[petninja]

How come no one ever tries to scam my account? Nobody likes me :'(.

[Valilor]

How come no one ever tries to scam my account? Nobody likes me :'(.

I like you and i'll like you even more if you can PM me your Bank sort code and account number! I'll give them straight back afterwards.

EDIT: I should add this is a joke, don't actually send me your bank details otherwise I'm going to order a lot of Cadburys Cream Eggs!

[Asaron]

I like you and i'll like you even more if you can PM me your Bank sort code and account number! I'll give them straight back afterwards.

♫ Valilor and Petninja sitting in a tree ♫

[petninja]

EDIT: I should add this is a joke, don't actually send me your bank details otherwise I'm going to order a lot of Cadburys Cream Eggs!

Wouldn't it be hilarious if I posted my account info RIGHT HERE ON THE FORUMS!? HAHAHAHAHAHAHACAPSLOCK!

<3

[Cilraaz]

An email scam? That's new and different!

Oh, wait: Posting about 'blizzard' emails will get you a ban!.