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So, even though I haven't played wow in 6 months, I still get plenty of emails trying to get me to go to random sites so they can get my account info.
This is the latest I've gotten... See if you can spot the fail.
Blizzard Support Customer Satisfaction Survey.‏
From: Blizzard Entertainment
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Sent: Mon 6/14/10 3:00 AM
To: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Hello,

This is an automated notification regarding your World of Warcraft account. Your account options was recently modified through the Account Management website.
If you made this change to your subscription type, please disregard this automatic notification.
*** If you did NOT make any changes to your account or subscription, we recommend you login to Account Management at the following link to review your account settings:
https://www.worldofwarcraft.com/account/
If you cannot sign into Account Management using the link above, or if unauthorized changes continue to happen, please contact Blizzard Billing & Account Services for advanced assistance.
Billing & Account Services can be reached at 1-800-59-BLIZZARD (1-800-592-5499 Mon-Fri, 8Am-8PM Pacific Time) or at billing@blizzard.com.

Account security is solely the responsibility of the accountholder. Please be advised that in the event of a compromised account, Blizzard representatives will typically lock the account. In these cases the Account Administration team will require faxed receipt of ID materials before releasing the account for play.

Regards,
The World of Warcraft Support Team
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Hint: Check the title and the actual message.
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BTW: Links do look legit in copypaste, but in the email, they actually go to a different site.
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and the phone number is to long.
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*coughsurveycough*
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lol,

They send its a Satisfaction survey, but they completely ignore that. :P
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the https:// in the website they give is what stands out to me. I've never seen that before.
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Key-J wrote:lol,

They send its a Satisfaction survey, but they completely ignore that. :P

Winner, you get a cookie. Unfortunately I ated it.
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.curve wrote:the https:// in the website they give is what stands out to me. I've never seen that before.



https:// means its secure i see it when i log into yahoo mail.

@ joey and i seen that its a survey and they ignored that but you pointed it out already, i was pointing out other things.
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**** Yeah!

Damnit man, go make me another cookie!
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Oh my god,same :x I've never actually owned an account on my "main" email adress and still get 100+ emails from them.
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I've actually started getting Aion emails, but I don't, and have never had, an account with Aion... lol
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MrJoey wrote:I've actually started getting Aion emails, but I don't, and have never had, an account with Aion... lol

Like me again. Exactly same situation,I've never even touched Aion 8)
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They need to raise their phishing skillz to 450.

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