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beware, i smell a scam

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Submitted by Skee on Sun, 2010-03-07 11:04. World of Warcraft - Public Board

So as I'm sitting online playing WoW, I get a tell from a toon who's name is a jumble of letters (1st clue). They formatted the tell so it looks a bit official--

"whatever his name was" tells you:
[GM]World of warcraft: This account has been suspended, see "website link" for details"

Now the website name has "wow" in it, but the site itself is not blizzard.com or worldorwarcraft.com (2nd clue).

(3rd clue) Logging in to the real blizzard account website shows my account in good working order.

I suspect the weblink provided in the tell is not one that will contribute to your overall computer health, and don't suggest following it. Whether they try to do something directly from the website or just ask for you to "log in to your account", i don't know.

Consider yourself warned.

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ozwyn's picture

Take a screenshot and email

Submitted by ozwyn on Sun, 2010-03-07 14:16.

Take a screenshot and email blizzard?

Actually, even without a screenshot, email blizzard and tell them to make [GM] a invalid combination of characters for the name filter.

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Spicedrum's picture

They tried that last year

Submitted by Spicedrum on Sun, 2010-03-07 17:47.

They tried that last year too, just report them and for ffs no one click on the link.

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kylen's picture

:)

Submitted by kylen on Sun, 2010-03-07 18:35.

that's been going on a couple weeks this round. i've gotten it a few times now.

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Robustus's picture

I get them everyday, look

Submitted by Robustus on Mon, 2010-03-08 00:42.

I get them everyday, look out for the ones that tell you about a free gift aswell

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kylen's picture

lol

Submitted by kylen on Mon, 2010-03-08 15:19.

We're suspending your account! here, have a gift...

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This is why I report

Submitted by rangersfury on Wed, 2010-03-10 14:38.

This is why I report everything that comes across that chat log as spam, especially the stuff in green font.





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