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This is just lazy phishing right there. Add your funniest phishing attempts.
Bsheezy
Member UncommonPosts: 88
World of Warcraft Account The Inspection Result Notification
Friday, January 22, 2010 1:33 AM
From:
"NCsoft Support (support@ncsoft.com)??????????" <@yahoo.com>
View contact details
To:
@yahoo.com
We are in the quarter a routine inspection found that your account has serious security risk so we had to send this message to inform you and ask you to note that account security and to ensure that you are not subject to the loss, we will lock your account, if you do not want us to take such action as soon as possible to verify your account login www.worldofwarcraft.com.
The World Of Warcraft Team.
and the link went to wow-llc.
seriously, that's just sad. worst attempt i've ever seen.
Comments
someone should make a thread of just this these emails and other attempts at phising and scamming mmorpg gamers serve as a database of sorts to keep gamers aware just in case someone might fall for it
My guild leader fell for one of these when I was playing WoW.
He got everything back, but we still made fun of him for ages.
"The question that sometimes drives me hazy: Am I, or the others crazy?" - Albert Einstein
That's pretty funny.
I'm not here to complete my forum PVP dailies.
Originally posted by joker007mo
someone should make a thread of just this these emails and other attempts at phising and scamming mmorpg gamers serve as a database of sorts to keep gamers aware just in case someone might fall for it
i think i just did good sir
it's funnier because i've been wow free for about a year now and they are constantly tryin to get my account through this chicanery, love using that word. never get to.
I don't know, judging by how some people type on the Internet I'm liable to think that they'd be fooled into thinking that that was perfect grammar.
im so sure a lot of ppl fell for it and are now spamming the forums that the game's security sucks balls.. ive seen that happen in every game(forum) i came on
hell my english grammar skills suck ass but i even I could take a good amount of accounts with this form of phishing
i know right? probably would shat themselves silly thinking they did something wrong.
LOL! Too true.
Ken
www.ActionMMORPG.com
One man, a small pile of money, and the screwball idea of a DIY Indie MMORPG? Yep, that's him. ~sigh~
I must get like 10 WoW ones a day now.. but my favorite is this AION one I got
From NCSOFTsupport of course ..
Subject: Aion Account Check
When you receive this message at the same time means that you have a routine account of our recent examination, was checking your account we have the evidence to prove that involved in the controversial game currency transaction so we had to take the necessary measures. Please visit our web site https://secure.ncsoft.com/cgi-bin/ as soon as possible to activate your account or we will suspend your account.
The NCsoft Team
lol @ ; /cgi-bin/
Yikes this looks like it was written by someone who swallowed 57 "business writing" manuals and didn't digest anything properly.
Sad thing is, one of our bosses at work sends out emails that make as little sense as that every day. We print off the email, pass it around, try to decrypt it, get headaches, and finally ignore it. We figure if it's really important we'll get a screaming phone call that explains things.....
Lame phishing attempt (of 5 in my inbox today):
"wowaccountadmin@blizzard.com <routerlag@hotmail.com>
to
date Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 3:33 AM
subject World Of Warcraft Account Security Risks Notice
mailed-by hotmail.com
When you receive this message when your World Of Warcraft Account means that there are serious security risks.
We have evidence to prove your account has been in different countries and regions, several attempts to login.
So we have to remind you to enter our web site as soon as possible http://www.worldofwarcraft.com to account verification, otherwise, we will be lock your account.
In order to protect your interests.
The World Of Warcraft Team"
Yeah, so bad they couldn't even spoof the reply-to addy.
Naturally, the link pointed elsewhere too.
I'm amused by the amount of un-related to anything "whens" in the message, and the "will be lock" your account threat, also by the implication that my long-dormant account has been off on holiday without me (but presumably with my Blizzard authenticator....sheesh!).
here's another oldie but goodie. forwarded this to blizz because it was pretty hilarious.
here's the spoofed email.
wowaccountadmin@vip.citiz.net
From: "wowaccountadmin" <wowaccountadmin@blizzard.com>
Sent: Sun, 11 Oct 2009 04:46:39 Central Daylight Time
To: "" <@yahoo.com>
Subject: World of Warcraft - Account Information Change Instructions
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 Team
P.O. Box 18979, Irvine, CA 92623
Regards,
Account Administration Team
Blizzard Entertainment
2009-10-11
wowaccountadmin