Got one of those "WoW Account" scam emails

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Fritzo

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Since this was sent to an email account I hardly ever use, I thought I'd reply:

Dear Echo Meng,

How are things in Guangdong? The Chinese Government wouldn't be very happy with you if they knew you were trying to scam people out of their WoW accounts. I sent an email to your web host: www.tencent.com, letting them know about your activities. This is such an amateur attempt that I figure I'd try to stop you before you actually got good at at. Let's go over your moronic mistakes:

1) The email was sent from wowaccountadmjn@qq.com. qq.com??? Serious? Is this from Blizzard's "Whine and Cry" department?
2) My 9 year can write better sentences- but this may not be your fault. I understand China censors a lot of things, so maybe English grammar books are on the ban list this month.
3) Why would a company that has all of your information to bill you each month need to confirm your information? This would be like the phone company asking for your phone number! Next time (I hope there isn't a next time), you should add something like "Your information was lost during a server outage" to give a reason Blizzard would no longer have your information. Actually, if you typed it, it would read more like "We not have you info no more because server broke."

In conclusion, instead of trying to trick people into handing over their WoW characters and selling them to make money for rice, dumplings, and whatever else they eat in China, perhaps you should consider getting a legitimate job? I understand employment in fields such as pig farming or sweat shop sweatshop manufacturing are plentiful and do not require much intelligence- you would be a natural! Perhaps you could get a job in adding lead to toys that are exported to the USA? I also hear that there are openings in the lucrative pirated DVD business...you could probably make PHAT Renminbi doing that!

I hope you take these suggestions to heart. We WoW players in the USA want only the best for our Chinese gold farming friends and have your best interests in mind. Without you, we would actually have to PLAY the game we are paying for each month- and who wants to do that????

Thank You,

WoW Players of America


On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 2:13 AM, wowaccountadmin@blizzard.com <wowaccountadmjn@qq.com> wrote:

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 Original e-mail address
* Account Now e-mail address
* 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.
Only the Account Administration department can address disputes or questions you may have about this account action.
To learn more about how we are able to assist you, please visit us at http://us.blizzard.com/support/article/21505.
Regards,
Lanhelly
Account Administration
Blizzard Entertainment
 

BassBomb

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the sad part is the chums who fall for the keyloggers/websites/emails for WoW

 

rivan

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Originally posted by: BassBomb
the sad part is the chums who fall for the keyloggers/websites/emails for WoW

I like the 'FREE MOUNT' ones where they whisper you.
 

Fritzo

Lifer
Jan 3, 2001
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Originally posted by: Phoenix86
Call your phone company, bet they ask for your phone number within 30 seconds. ;)

Nope, they only ask to verify your phone number if you are calling from another number.
 

rudder

Lifer
Nov 9, 2000
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I am sure the Chinese hacker read your reply and really feels remorse for his stupidity. Excellent work my friend.
 

waggy

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Originally posted by: Fritzo
Originally posted by: Phoenix86
Call your phone company, bet they ask for your phone number within 30 seconds. ;)

Nope, they only ask to verify your phone number if you are calling from another number.

nope. they ask for the number even if you are calling from that number. at least they have the last 3 times i have had to call them.
 

pontifex

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i don't understand why you people feel the need to waste your time "pwning" scammers? just delete it and move on.
 

RESmonkey

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lxskllr

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Nov 30, 2004
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Originally posted by: pontifex
i don't understand why you people feel the need to waste your time "pwning" scammers? just delete it and move on.

Because it's amusing, and no more a waste of time than posting here ;^)
 

OutHouse

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