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Posted December 23, 2010
I know we have some other WOW and ex-WOW folks here. Has anyone else suddenly been getting a ton of these "You Battle.NET account has been changed please come here to login so we can steal all your stuff."

I quit WOW years ago, my WOW account isn't even attached to a Battle.NET account and the URLs are obviously bogus (as well as the return email). I am just curious if an old guild website got hacked and they obtained a specific list of email addresses to target in that manner or if WOW is actually big enough it's worth them carpet bombing everyone randomly in the hopes that they have a WOW/Battle.NET account.

My curiosity won't let it go (neither will they, 3-5 emails per day for weeks!).
Posted December 23, 2010
just block it :>
Posted December 23, 2010
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AdiJager: just block it :>
Yeah, I have a hard time forming a webmail rule that blocks it (their toolset is limited) since it's shotgunned from multiple, new emails each time. My solution is to ignore it one way or another, the real question is if these guys are targeting everyone or somehow found a "list" of likely WOW players (as I said from an old guild website or something). It's a curiosity thing.
Posted December 23, 2010
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orcishgamer: I know we have some other WOW and ex-WOW folks here. Has anyone else suddenly been getting a ton of these "You Battle.NET account has been changed please come here to login so we can steal all your stuff."

I quit WOW years ago, my WOW account isn't even attached to a Battle.NET account and the URLs are obviously bogus (as well as the return email). I am just curious if an old guild website got hacked and they obtained a specific list of email addresses to target in that manner or if WOW is actually big enough it's worth them carpet bombing everyone randomly in the hopes that they have a WOW/Battle.NET account.

My curiosity won't let it go (neither will they, 3-5 emails per day for weeks!).
This is true actually. :D

Check the validity of the email, go to Blizzard Support and there you can see all of their legit emails.
Posted December 23, 2010
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orcishgamer: I know we have some other WOW and ex-WOW folks here. Has anyone else suddenly been getting a ton of these "You Battle.NET account has been changed please come here to login so we can steal all your stuff."

I quit WOW years ago, my WOW account isn't even attached to a Battle.NET account and the URLs are obviously bogus (as well as the return email). I am just curious if an old guild website got hacked and they obtained a specific list of email addresses to target in that manner or if WOW is actually big enough it's worth them carpet bombing everyone randomly in the hopes that they have a WOW/Battle.NET account.

My curiosity won't let it go (neither will they, 3-5 emails per day for weeks!).
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KavazovAngel: This is true actually. :D

Check the validity of the email, go to Blizzard Support and there you can see all of their legit emails.
Geez man, how much can the average WOW account be worth right now right after expansion? I know my warrior would have sold for 2 grand in classic, but these aren't those days.

I don't need to check Blizz's page to know that these emails are bogus, they're obvious spammer domains.
Posted December 23, 2010
I never actually had a WOW account and I get these emails all the time too. Well, I did create a trial account at some point, but never registered on any WOW related site/forum.

May have registered on a forum that covers multiple games though, and those could have been hacked I suppose. Don't know how they'd have gotten my email otherwise.
Posted December 23, 2010
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orcishgamer: Geez man, how much can the average WOW account be worth right now right after expansion? I know my warrior would have sold for 2 grand in classic, but these aren't those days.

I don't need to check Blizz's page to know that these emails are bogus, they're obvious spammer domains.
Its not the accounts they are after, its the credit card information that you might have on your battle.net account. :)

EDIT: Though I think Blizzard improved the information there, by hiding your whole number and just showing the last few numbers.

They can also be using the account for gold farming and stuff. :)
Post edited December 23, 2010 by KavazovAngel
Posted December 23, 2010
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KingOfDust: I never actually had a WOW account and I get these emails all the time too. Well, I did create a trial account at some point, but never registered on any WOW related site/forum.

May have registered on a forum that covers multiple games though, and those could have been hacked I suppose. Don't know how they'd have gotten my email otherwise.
Boom, you answered the question. If you get these and never played this is probably a shotgun approach. It boggles my mind that this is profitable, but oh well.
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orcishgamer: Geez man, how much can the average WOW account be worth right now right after expansion? I know my warrior would have sold for 2 grand in classic, but these aren't those days.

I don't need to check Blizz's page to know that these emails are bogus, they're obvious spammer domains.
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KavazovAngel: Its not the accounts they are after, its the credit card information that you might have on your battle.net account. :)

EDIT: Though I think Blizzard improved the information there, by hiding your whole number and just showing the last few numbers.

They can also be using the account for gold farming and stuff. :)
I don't recall them ever showing my whole number.
Post edited December 23, 2010 by orcishgamer
Posted December 23, 2010
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orcishgamer: My solution is to ignore it one way or another, the real question is if these guys are targeting everyone or somehow found a "list" of likely WOW players (as I said from an old guild website or something).
I've never played World of Warcraft, but I've also recived some e-mails about changing my password, or that the e-mail used in the game being changed. I thought it was only a mistake that I'm reciving these letters, but it seems that these are spam. BTW, I never clicked on any links in these e-mails, because I ignored them.
Posted December 23, 2010
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orcishgamer: I don't need to check Blizz's page to know that these emails are bogus, they're obvious spammer domains.
I don't know. www4.thisisdefinitelyblizzard5643717.pbr/blizzardtechsupport/dot/com looks pretty legit to me.
Posted December 23, 2010
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orcishgamer: I don't need to check Blizz's page to know that these emails are bogus, they're obvious spammer domains.
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Mentalepsy: I don't know. www4.thisisdefinitelyblizzard5643717.pbr/blizzardtechsupport/dot/com looks pretty legit to me.
Lmao, yeah, I almost fell for that one:)
Posted December 23, 2010
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Mentalepsy: I don't know. www4.thisisdefinitelyblizzard5643717.pbr/blizzardtechsupport/dot/com looks pretty legit to me.
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orcishgamer: Lmao, yeah, I almost fell for that one:)
Nice. But my personal favorit lately was with the headline:
"Big penis like a girl!"

Now why would I want that?
Posted December 23, 2010
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orcishgamer: I know we have some other WOW and ex-WOW folks here. Has anyone else suddenly been getting a ton of these "You Battle.NET account has been changed please come here to login so we can steal all your stuff."

I quit WOW years ago, my WOW account isn't even attached to a Battle.NET account and the URLs are obviously bogus (as well as the return email). I am just curious if an old guild website got hacked and they obtained a specific list of email addresses to target in that manner or if WOW is actually big enough it's worth them carpet bombing everyone randomly in the hopes that they have a WOW/Battle.NET account.

My curiosity won't let it go (neither will they, 3-5 emails per day for weeks!).
I've never touched WOW and I get them.
Posted October 01, 2012
* laughs *
Received two Diablo III account spam today . One of the sender is : Blizzard Entertainm​ent just_just7@yahoo.de

I don't even own that game .
Posted October 01, 2012
I know when I had my email account linked to battle net I used to get lots of wow spam but I have not seen any since I got rid of the account
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