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[scam/spam] warning from Blizzard about selling account

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Offline kat

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Although this looks legitimate it's not.

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The way to tell this is a scam and/or spam (aside from actually having an account in the first place!) is to move the mouse over the URL links contained in the mail to reveal what the underlying html link is rather than the visible 'text' (this depends on your mail client). Legit mail should be from;
  • battle.net
  • blizzard.com
  • [countrycode].blizzard.com, e.g. us.blzzard.com or eu.blazzard.com
Not
  • us.battl1e.net.loginenen.net
For reference full text of this spam (links disabled).
   
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Greetings,

It has come to our attention that you are trying to sell your personal World of Warcraft account(s). As you 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.

You can confirm that you are the original owner of the account to this secure website with:
http ://us . battle . net/login/en-gb/login.html?ref=https%3A%2F%2management%2F&eor=0&app=bam&cr=true

Login to your account, In accordance following template to verify your account.

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.

Blizzard Entertainment SAS
TSA 60 001
Service Administration des Comptes
78143 Velizy Villacoublay Cedex

If you wish to review our current Rules and Policies for World of Warcraft and Battle.net, they can be found at:
http ://www . wow-europe . com/en/policy/
http ://us . blizzard . com/en-gb/company/about/termsofuse.html

Regards,

Game Master Dunarthra
Customer Services
Blizzard Entertainment
http ://eu . blizzard . com/support/article.xml?articleId=35726

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