I have played WoW for about 2-3 years then quit after the wotlk. I remember getting those fake emails like everyone else saying your account may be compromised or w/e. I just ignored them because i knew they were fake. After i quit, a year went by and it was november when a friend that i used to play with on WoW contacted me and asked "Did you Restart your WoW Account?" I replyed "No i haven't, i havent played for about a year." Well apparently they got my account somehow and im guessing it was a gold farmer. My friend says he sees my character running around and i checked the armory about the achievements and a lot of them were unlocked from just a few days before. I never had my account hacked on WoW before ever and i thought i was safe apperantly not, someone was still interested in my account even after i still isolated my self from WoW.
Luckily I don't have any plans of coming back.
So probably a good idea to change your passwords account or information just incase you want to come back later even after you cancled your subscription.
The "www.blizzard." part is only a subdirectory within the domain's root folder, and can have any name. The important part is the domain. Blizzard's domain will be "blizzard.com" or "battle.net", normally preceded with "www.". You can research domains using WHOIS, I prefer Network Solutions WHOIS. Here's the WHOIS for "game-verify.net": http://www.networksolutions.com/whois-search/game-verify.net
See the difference? "battle.net" clearly indicates the registrar and all other details. "game-verify.net" is very cryptic using false information.
When in doubt, before visiting a website, use WHOIS. When I was in college, WHOIS was one of the first tools we used in the Networking Essentials course (computer networking 101). It's an invaluable tool.
In summary, it's very easy to spot a scam email, as long as you know what to look for.
Actually they do. If you're unable to retrive your b.net account (like if it's being hacked) then they'll ask for your ID and account information conirming you're the owner. But remember they don't ask for this information out of the blue.
Uhm......no. They do not ask for this information via email....not EVER. Now if you're on the PHONE with them trying to retrieve your account....that's another story, I'm sure, but they won't ask for this information in an EMAIL.
If you intially uploaded the information to the webform then no, but if not they'll ask for it in a followup email to your account and yes you're expected to reply to it. I've done this many times.
I created a new email address(complicated login + complicated pwd) and i changed Battle.net one.
Now i have many email address, some for important things(bill, P2P account, ebay, paypal etc...), others for rest (F2P, forum, newsletters...)
I gather them all with thunderbirds and i can handle it. With trying to keep less login/password in memorie firefox or cookies session. And activating the "main password" for firefox/thunderbirds. I don't really trust that.
They still send fake to my old address, i just delete all mail inside. All my new adress are clean
Still getting email even tho my WoW account is deleted. Once they get your email it never stop. How they got that email in the first place since it was only used for WoW and never used it elsewhere, that I don't know. Not getting emails on my others email accounts
I get these warnings eventhough my only experience with WoW was playing its 1 week trial like 3 years ago.
Here is the simple rule, any email that requires you to follow a link and sign in s phishing.
--When you resubscribe to SWG, an 18 yearold Stripper finds Jesus, gives up stripping, and moves with a rolex reverend to Hawaii. --In MMORPG's l007 is the opiate of the masses. --The absence of evidence is not the evidence of absence! --CCP could cut off an Eve player's fun bits, and that player would say that it was good CCP did that.
Blizzard even tells you not to enter thru those links from those emails, but go straight to the home site and log in thru there. If your dumb enough to click on those links from those emails then it's your own fault if you get hacked. Same goes for any mmo game you play.
You don't even have to have a Battle.net account to get these emails. I get them for other games I have never even played. The best thing to do is use a completely unique email for your battl.net or any game account. Don't register it with websites or message boards, use it just for your game account. Another mistake a ton of people make is not using unique passwords. If you use a similar password for your game as you do logging into websites like this one you can get keylogged even though you never even logged into your game.
There are lots of ways to obtain your email address. It could be a random site aimed at gamers loaded with tracking cookies, message boards that reveal your email addy, when you post something or in your profile. You don't have to have a Bnet account to get these emails. They are just mass emails, shooting in the dark hoping they hit somebody with a WoW account.
I get the same emails including some aimed at Aion even though I never played nor had an account.
Except one HUGE problem...
I got the phishing emails exactly one day after playing the trial.I could have got these for the last 6 years,but NEVER once,ONLY directly after playing the trial.That is WAY more than a coincidence is it not?
Never forget 3 mile Island and never trust a government official or company spokesman.
There are lots of ways to obtain your email address. It could be a random site aimed at gamers loaded with tracking cookies, message boards that reveal your email addy, when you post something or in your profile. You don[object Window]t have to have a Bnet account to get these emails. They are just mass emails, shooting in the dark hoping they hit somebody with a WoW account.
I get the same emails including some aimed at Aion even though I never played nor had an account.
Except one HUGE problem...
I got the phishing emails exactly one day after playing the trial.I could have got these for the last 6 years,but NEVER once,ONLY directly after playing the trial.That is WAY more than a coincidence is it not?
Most people who say they never received one before probably did but just deleted it as they had no idea what or why they received and thought it was just junk... now that you have a battle.net account you will notice it as it now stands out, therefore most people think its new.. then you put 1+1 together and get 74 and blame blizzard, who have dont have much to gain from this.
Unless they make loads on a 6.99 authenticator... and the staff that answer the phones or emails work for free and dont cost anything.
This has been happening for years, check the url of the site you get sent to, its not a Blizzard site. I left WoW four years ago and get about 6 emails a year saying there is suspect activity on my account, can I log into battlenet to sort it out.
everytime i receive email from someone i dont know, i just ignored it. and people must always remember that the email is one way for the hackers to get info from you.
This has been happening for years, check the url of the site you get sent to, its not a Blizzard site. I left WoW four years ago and get about 6 emails a year saying there is suspect activity on my account, can I log into battlenet to sort it out.
I wish I only got 6 emails a year, I have 2 email accounts and I get about 12 emails a day between both about my WoW account, Aion account etc. I just hit the delete button, but it does get annoying.
I use OpenDNS as my DNS, and they store a list of phishing sites, so even if I do click on a link OpenDNS will generally tell me it's not a good website.
Dont forget your email client will usually have a Spam or similar button, all of them have something like a Junk. That always helps both you and ISP's to close them down.
Yeah this is way old! I've been getting these things for years I feel. It's funny though my brother who doesnt play any video games at all started getting emails saying his blizzard account has been compromised...... (Kinda hard when you dont have one.....)
Tip: Make a Email just for game accounts... Never use your real personal Email so you dont have spam!
-The game gods have taken my soul, and I cant get it back.
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I have played WoW for about 2-3 years then quit after the wotlk. I remember getting those fake emails like everyone else saying your account may be compromised or w/e. I just ignored them because i knew they were fake. After i quit, a year went by and it was november when a friend that i used to play with on WoW contacted me and asked "Did you Restart your WoW Account?" I replyed "No i haven't, i havent played for about a year." Well apparently they got my account somehow and im guessing it was a gold farmer. My friend says he sees my character running around and i checked the armory about the achievements and a lot of them were unlocked from just a few days before. I never had my account hacked on WoW before ever and i thought i was safe apperantly not, someone was still interested in my account even after i still isolated my self from WoW.
Luckily I don't have any plans of coming back.
So probably a good idea to change your passwords account or information just incase you want to come back later even after you cancled your subscription.
When hovering the cursor over the "click here" link in the email, this was the link:
"http://www.blizzard.game-verify.net/service.htm"; <---- DO NOT VISIT THIS WEBSITE
Now, do you see anything wrong with that URL?
First of all, the domain is: game-verify.net
The "www.blizzard." part is only a subdirectory within the domain's root folder, and can have any name. The important part is the domain. Blizzard's domain will be "blizzard.com" or "battle.net", normally preceded with "www.". You can research domains using WHOIS, I prefer Network Solutions WHOIS. Here's the WHOIS for "game-verify.net": http://www.networksolutions.com/whois-search/game-verify.net
Now compare that to Blizzard's domain "battle.net": http://www.networksolutions.com/whois-search/battle.net
See the difference? "battle.net" clearly indicates the registrar and all other details. "game-verify.net" is very cryptic using false information.
When in doubt, before visiting a website, use WHOIS. When I was in college, WHOIS was one of the first tools we used in the Networking Essentials course (computer networking 101). It's an invaluable tool.
In summary, it's very easy to spot a scam email, as long as you know what to look for.
If you intially uploaded the information to the webform then no, but if not they'll ask for it in a followup email to your account and yes you're expected to reply to it. I've done this many times.
I created a new email address(complicated login + complicated pwd) and i changed Battle.net one.
Now i have many email address, some for important things(bill, P2P account, ebay, paypal etc...), others for rest (F2P, forum, newsletters...)
I gather them all with thunderbirds and i can handle it. With trying to keep less login/password in memorie firefox or cookies session. And activating the "main password" for firefox/thunderbirds. I don't really trust that.
They still send fake to my old address, i just delete all mail inside. All my new adress are clean
I get this mail every day, sometimes I even get 2-3 mails in one day.
I must admit that they look pretty much realistic... But stil clicking on any link I get in my mail is my character's suicide.
If you need to login to battle.net, type url in browser and you are good.
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Still getting email even tho my WoW account is deleted. Once they get your email it never stop. How they got that email in the first place since it was only used for WoW and never used it elsewhere, that I don't know. Not getting emails on my others email accounts
I get these warnings eventhough my only experience with WoW was playing its 1 week trial like 3 years ago.
Here is the simple rule, any email that requires you to follow a link and sign in s phishing.
--When you resubscribe to SWG, an 18 yearold Stripper finds Jesus, gives up stripping, and moves with a rolex reverend to Hawaii.
--In MMORPG's l007 is the opiate of the masses.
--The absence of evidence is not the evidence of absence!
--CCP could cut off an Eve player's fun bits, and that player would say that it was good CCP did that.
Blizzard even tells you not to enter thru those links from those emails, but go straight to the home site and log in thru there. If your dumb enough to click on those links from those emails then it's your own fault if you get hacked. Same goes for any mmo game you play.
You don't even have to have a Battle.net account to get these emails. I get them for other games I have never even played. The best thing to do is use a completely unique email for your battl.net or any game account. Don't register it with websites or message boards, use it just for your game account. Another mistake a ton of people make is not using unique passwords. If you use a similar password for your game as you do logging into websites like this one you can get keylogged even though you never even logged into your game.
Been getting those emails even before battle.net was fully utilized. Nothing new. Common sense plays a big role.
Except one HUGE problem...
I got the phishing emails exactly one day after playing the trial.I could have got these for the last 6 years,but NEVER once,ONLY directly after playing the trial.That is WAY more than a coincidence is it not?
Never forget 3 mile Island and never trust a government official or company spokesman.
Most people who say they never received one before probably did but just deleted it as they had no idea what or why they received and thought it was just junk... now that you have a battle.net account you will notice it as it now stands out, therefore most people think its new.. then you put 1+1 together and get 74 and blame blizzard, who have dont have much to gain from this.
Unless they make loads on a 6.99 authenticator... and the staff that answer the phones or emails work for free and dont cost anything.
This has been happening for years, check the url of the site you get sent to, its not a Blizzard site. I left WoW four years ago and get about 6 emails a year saying there is suspect activity on my account, can I log into battlenet to sort it out.
everytime i receive email from someone i dont know, i just ignored it. and people must always remember that the email is one way for the hackers to get info from you.
I wish I only got 6 emails a year, I have 2 email accounts and I get about 12 emails a day between both about my WoW account, Aion account etc. I just hit the delete button, but it does get annoying.
I just lick them, if its fake Firefox will tell me.
But yeah Im getting like 3 a day and I dont even have a WoW account.
Any way to unsub from that newsletter?
I use OpenDNS as my DNS, and they store a list of phishing sites, so even if I do click on a link OpenDNS will generally tell me it's not a good website.
All it takes to identify any type of phishing attempt is a look at the full header.
Dont forget your email client will usually have a Spam or similar button, all of them have something like a Junk. That always helps both you and ISP's to close them down.
Yeah this is way old! I've been getting these things for years I feel. It's funny though my brother who doesnt play any video games at all started getting emails saying his blizzard account has been compromised...... (Kinda hard when you dont have one.....)
Tip: Make a Email just for game accounts... Never use your real personal Email so you dont have spam!
-The game gods have taken my soul, and I cant get it back.