# Is this a Phishing attempt(WoW)?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-phishing-attempt-wow/518799>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [November 24, 2009, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-phishing-attempt-wow/518799 "2009-11-24T17:31:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![willthekittensurvive](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/91b2a8/32.png) [@willthekittensurvive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/willthekittensurvive)\
**Post date:** [November 24, 2009, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-phishing-attempt-wow/518799/1 "2009-11-24T17:31:47Z")

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I just got the following E-mail

I haven’t played WoW for over a month, and was planning to suspend my account anyway, I think it is a Phishing attempt but maybe my account has been hacked…  
it was sent from

[wowaccountadmin@blizzard.com](mailto:wowaccountadmin@blizzard.com)

and reply was to

[blizzard@email-blizzard.com](mailto:blizzard@email-blizzard.com)

> [@](#):
>
> Greetings!  
> It has come to our attention that you are trying to sell/trade your personal World of Warcraft account(s).  
> As you may or may not be aware of, this conflicts with the EULA and Terms of Agreement.  
> If this proves to be true, your account can and will be disabled. It will be ongoing for further investigation by Blizzard Entertainment’s employees.  
> If you wish to not get your account suspended you should immediately verify your account ownership.  
> If the information is deemed accurate, the investigation will be dropped.  
> This action is taken because we at Blizzard Entertainment take these sales  
> quite seriously. We need to confirm you are the original owner of the account.  
> This is easiest done by confirming your personal information along with concealed information about your account.  
> You can confirm that you are the original owner of the account by replying to this email with:  
> Use the following template below to verify your account and information via email.
> 
> - First and Surname
> - Date of birth
> - Address
> - Zip code
> - Phone number
> - Country
> - Account e-mail
> - Account name
> - Account password
> - Secret Question and Answer  
> -Or-  
> WoW CD-Key  
> Show \* Please enter the correct information  
> If you ignore this mail your account can and will be closed permanently. Once we verify your account,  
> we will reply to your e-mail informing you that we have dropped the investigation.  
> We ask you to NOT change password until the investigation is fully completed.  
> Blizzard Entertainment Inc  
> Account Administration Teamaa  
> P.O. Box 18979, Irvine, CA 92623  
> Regards,  
> Account Administration Team  
> Blizzard Entertainment
> 
> 2009-11-24  
> [wowaccountadmin@blizzard.com](mailto:wowaccountadmin@blizzard.com)

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**Author:** ![tacoloco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tacoloco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tacoloco)\
**Post date:** [November 24, 2009, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-phishing-attempt-wow/518799/2 "2009-11-24T17:38:56Z")

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Yep, phishing.

Blizzard will never ask you for your account information, especially password, in email.

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**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\
**Post date:** [November 24, 2009, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-phishing-attempt-wow/518799/3 "2009-11-24T17:40:21Z")

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I ran a domain lookup on [email-blizzard.com](http://www.networksolutions.com/whois-search/email-blizzard.com), and it appears to have been registered to someone in China - even if the info is false, it’s still not the real thing. Forward this to Blizzard.

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**Author:** ![willthekittensurvive](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/91b2a8/32.png) [@willthekittensurvive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/willthekittensurvive)\
**Post date:** [November 24, 2009, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-phishing-attempt-wow/518799/4 "2009-11-24T18:04:20Z")

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> [@Ferret\_Herder](#):
>
> I ran a domain lookup on [email-blizzard.com](http://www.networksolutions.com/whois-search/email-blizzard.com), and it appears to have been registered to someone in China - even if the info is false, it’s still not the real thing. Forward this to Blizzard.

tnx will do!