Odd email received for game I've never played. : Othor Games

» Mon Sep 24, 2012 9:19 am

Something odd I noticed after returning home from spending the weekend at my mother's house this weekend. I have received the following email regarding Diablo 3.

Spoiler

[EN]Diablo III Account Locked - Action Required

Greetings
It has come to our attention that your account is involved in illegal transactions. As you may not be aware of, this conflicts with the EULA and Terms of Agreement.
Terms of Use:
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 must complete the steps below to secure the account and your computer.
STEP 1: ACCOUNT INVESTIGATION
We now provide a secure website for you to verify that you have taken the appropriate steps to secure the account, your computer, and your email address.
Click on the link below to verify your e-mail address of the Battle.net account:

If you can’t click the link above, copy and paste the entire URL into your browser.
STEP 2: VERIFY YOUR SUBMISSION WAS RECEIVED
We will contact you with further instructions once we have received and processed your submission. If you do not receive a reply within 48 hours of submitting this form, please resend it from the address listed above.
Please be aware that if unauthorized access to this account, it may lead to further action against the account.
We understand that these policies may seem harsh, but they are in place to ensure that every player is able to enjoy their time in game. Thank you for respecting our position.
Please do not reply to this email as you will receive an automated response.
Regards,
Thary
Account Administration Team
Blizzard Entertainment 2012

Note: I have never played Diablo 3, I have never played Diablo 1 or 2 either. For that matter, I have never even purchased any game from Blizzard. It's not so much that I'm worried about this account being locked, because I have no affiliation with it.

Should I just delete this email or should I consider taking further action.

NOTE 2: The email this was sent to , I have only given to one website ever...and nobody I know personally has ever been given this address. BGSF are the only ones I have ever given this address to.

» Mon Sep 24, 2012 11:36 am

Probably obtained whenever the forum was hacked a year or more back.

» Sun Sep 23, 2012 11:25 pm

I think from the way it's written that it's a scam.

Delete it, don't click the links.

» Mon Sep 24, 2012 1:03 pm

It's a scam e-mail. Block it.

» Mon Sep 24, 2012 9:25 am

Haven't clicked any of the links since I've never owned or played any games from Blizzard. I suspected something was fishy from the get go, that's why I won't click any of the links.

Not entirely sure about the forum hacking though. I think I created that address after the forums were hacked.

» Mon Sep 24, 2012 5:45 am

I also received one of those on an e-mail address I rarely use.

» Mon Sep 24, 2012 11:13 am

I get emails "from Blizzard" about WoW/Diablo III about once a week. Its annoying but just ignore it.

» Mon Sep 24, 2012 3:14 am

If the the email is from an @battle.net email, then it is a legitimate Blizzard employee and you should try to clear that up with a quick call to blizzard customer support.

» Mon Sep 24, 2012 1:53 am

Bad grammar + "If you wish to not get your account suspended you should immediately verify your account ownership" = trying to get you to a site that will inject malware.

If the the email is from an @battle.net email, then it is a legitimate Blizzard employee and you should try to clear that up with a quick call to blizzard customer support.

So easy to spoof that.

» Sun Sep 23, 2012 9:58 pm

Damn, I just got done deleting and blocking it from my Windows Live Mail.

Fortunately I have the good sense to not randomly click on links in my email...plus I have several layers of protection from malware. It's also good to know that the fine folks here can be counted on to give some good advice from time to time. :yes:

» Mon Sep 24, 2012 2:04 am

So easy to spoof that.

That's why I suggested calling. If it is a battle.net it could be someone is using you to play one of their games, so you call support. And you need to be an actual employee to get a battle.net email account, making it very hard to spoof that.

» Mon Sep 24, 2012 12:23 am

That's why I suggested calling. If it is a battle.net it could be someone is using you to play one of their games, so you call support. And you need to be an actual employee to get a battle.net email account, making it very hard to spoof that.

Naw, it is not worth calling. It's http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E-mail_spoofing that it came from battle.net, and from the content it obviously didn't.

» Mon Sep 24, 2012 12:17 pm

I get them all the time, for Diablo, WOW which i havent played for years, and even MMO,s ive never played, the funny thing is it goes to the wrong e-mail, not the one thats registered with battle net, basically they want people to put in their account information so they can easily get into their battle net accounts and strip them.

» Mon Sep 24, 2012 12:07 pm

Naw, it is not worth calling. It's http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E-mail_spoofing that it came from battle.net, and from the content it obviously didn't.

I'm aware of the existence of faking emails, it however is generally not done with the Battle.net or for that matter blizzard.com. It is not unheard, but it is uncommon. I have gotten quite a few "Official Blizzard Emails" myself, and not one has had a Battle.net or Blizzard.com tag. The most common I have heard of is blizzsupport@ blizzardentertainment.net or some variation of that. Hell I've even been hit with a @battlenet.com before. However if an account linked to him is involved in illegal activity, it would be a good Idea to call just to make sure as they could take legal action depending on what term of service he is breaking.

Better to take 15 min to call and make sure then to be sorry in the long run.

» Mon Sep 24, 2012 2:46 am

I've also had a few of these emails claiming to be from battle.net about my non-existent Diablo 3 account; most were sent to the old email I originally used to sign up here, which I finally disabled as they were becoming annoying.

» Mon Sep 24, 2012 12:16 pm

I'm aware of the existence of faking emails, it however is generally not done with the Battle.net or for that matter blizzard.com.

I'm not sure why you'd say it's "generally not done": scammers will spoof any sender address that is useful to them. It's best to ignore them unless the actually address you in person, and even then one should only visit known addresses (i.e. by typing them yourself: I know the point's been made about not clicking on links, but it's important enough to keep making it...) or use official phone numbers. Generally it's not worth following up this sort of thing as you could spend your whole life faffing about with non-existent problems.

» Mon Sep 24, 2012 1:07 am

I have never had one of these emails. :ermm:

The last Blizzard game I played was Diablo 2 and Warcraft III. Are these fake emails really as common as you guys are implying? :ohmy:

» Mon Sep 24, 2012 5:11 am

I've got two of those already. Just spam.

I even opened a thread about it, just like you did

» Mon Sep 24, 2012 6:53 am

These things inevitably go to thousands of addresses... if you just put "If you wish to not get your account suspended you should immediately verify your account ownership" in quotes into Google, the first 100 results are all about it being a scam...