Physhy mail?

I just checked my mail after some time, and i found this one:


Even before finishing reading the text i knew it was either a phish attempt, or a big error, because i haven't, nor i ever had, a WoW account (and i obviously don't sell in-game accounts of any game ).

But even stranger, the e-mail address where i received this message is one that i never - ever - use for games and websites subscriptions: it's an old account i used when i was younger (and i still check from time to time), before discovering how easy gmail is, and however, i only use anonymous e-mails in internet.

So i wonder, did they just send e-mails around, hoping to get someone caught in the net?

N.B. I obviously didn't click any of these links. Just opened the message with Thunderbird and Ctrl-C-Ctrl-V'd it.

its a very common phishing attempt... i received 100's of them (while i never played wow)

Welcome to the club - i have never played WoW nor have i ever been on their website and yet i also get these emails maybe once a month.

Same here.....had quite a few and never played WoW. I also received a very similar E-mail regarding GW. Much like the Nigerian "rich relative inheritance" scam, sadly, many people go for it.

This is why Anet and Bnet both stipulate quite clearly that they will never ask for your account information.

I even got one for Perfect World.

Saying about the nigerian ones - about 6 months ago on an old email addy i had around 20 emails which tho had diff names the end part of the addy matched each one.
Some were so comical all you could do is lol.
One was from a corrupt accountent in S,africa and wanted to put 3 million in your bank account amd take a percentage - now tell me how many banks exccept swiss banks would give a red alert to authorities if you suddenly had that much money.
Theres been inheritance claims , cash prizes for lottery tickets you somehow bought in S africa and they need bank details to cash it.

It makes you wonder exactly how stupid the ppl who makes these thinks we are , yes a small percentage of ppl may fall for it but how can anyone fall for a lottery win which they never entered ?

Always check anything fishy - even legit things can seem fishy but once checked out you know the score.Never give out bank details or email addys used for games - never use your prime email account for games.

If you find this helpfull please send me an email with your bank details for my help.

Nah - just kidding

They don't prey on stupid, they prey on greed.

That's right. Most scams either prey on greed, while many also prey on you being helpful. For example walk through a big city looking like a tourist and it won't take long until someone asks something like "Sir, do you speak English?" .. usually begging for a few coins. In such case watch your bags and pockets as often they have companions who try rob you while you are distracted.

The reason everybody is getting WoW related scam mails is because it's so damn huge! There's so many people over the years that have played it (I played it on and off for 5 years) so it's a safe bet that many have a wow account.

http://www.guildwarsguru.com/forum/g...tml?t=10422006

While yours isn't GW related there's some helpful advice in that thread.

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