Weird email from WoW

[tk149]

I have a "spam" gmail account. I received this email.

from "WoWAccountAdmin@blizzard.com" <WoWAccountAdmin@blizzard.com> hide details Sep 17 (2 days ago)
to [MyName1]@gmail.com
date Sep 17, 2007 10:03 PM
subject World of Warcraft - Account Closure Notification

***Notice of Account Closure***

Hello,

This is a notification regarding the World of Warcraft account [MyName1]1. Access to this account has been permanently disabled for exploitation of World of Warcraft through associated accounts which have been closed for intended exploitation. While we try to be as lenient as possible in our assessments of the results of exploitation investigations, reoccurring trends in exploitative endeavors on your accounts have ultimately lead to their closure. The recurring subscription on the account has been disabled to prevent further charges.

As a result, this account will no longer be able to access any aspect of World of Warcraft. This action has been taken in accordance with the Terms of Use (http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/legal/termsofuse.html) and our game policies (http://www.blizzard.com/support/wowgm/?id=agm01712p). According to the World of Warcraft Terms of Use, to which all players agree when installing World of Warcraft, Section 5, Paragraph C [Rules Related to Game Play] states that you may not do anything that Blizzard Entertainment considers contrary to the "essence" of World of Warcraft.

Any disputes or questions concerning this account action can only be addressed by Account Administration. To learn more about how Account Administration is able to assist you, please visit us at http://www.blizzard.com/support/wowaa/.

Thank you for your time and understanding of our position in this matter. Please feel free to contact us with any questions or concerns you may have.

Regards,

Nalost
Account Administration
Blizzard Entertainment
www.worldofwarcraft.com

I used to play WoW, but kicked the habit over a year ago, and I'm pretty sure that I used a different email address with Blizzard.

I assume a goldfarmer just used my email address to sign up with WoW, but this is the ONLY email I've ever received from Blizzard on this account. I would have thought that if someone signed up with my email address, I would have gotten some confirmation emails or something from Blizzard.

Note that my email address is xxxx1@gmail.com. In the body of the message, Blizzard addressed the email to xxxx11@gmail.com.

 

[ayabe]

uh-oh.

If I were you I would pull a credit report just to be on the safe side.

 

[VashHT]

Yah either that or this is a fake email trying to get ur login info for WoW.

 

[Jaiguru]

Originally posted by: VashHT
Yah either that or this is a fake email trying to get ur login info for WoW.

Doesn't seem like a scam to me. I used to get them all the time and they'd all ask for the same thing. Account name, password, name on account, CD Key(or picture of CD Key) etc..

You should check further in to this. Looks like someone has somehow gotten a hold of your account info.

 

[BZeto]

It's spam. I used to get a couple of those every now and then. You might notice the reply email address is something like, wowaccountsadmin.blizzard@gmail.com. Total fake BS.

 

[Infohawk]

The reason these emails exist is that some people actually fall for them. Amazing.

 

[manko]

If you mouseover this link in your email, it will probably show a link for a phishing site rather than the real wow support page.

http://www.blizzard.com/support/wowaa/

 

[Jaskalas]

Use google to find it if you must, but always take yourself to the support site. Never use a link from e-mail to enter in information you do not want thieves to have.

 

[Hecubus28]

Looks legit to me. I have been banned for botting a few times and I get the exact same email. The ones that try to phish you for information usually ask you for you cd key, secret question/answer and your password.

 

[CVSiN]

thats a real ban notice...

notice they arn't asking for anything they are telling you.. you're screwed and banned.

 

[tk149]

I tried mousing over the links in Blizzard's email, and each link is exactly the same as shown in the email.

I think it's a real ban notice, but like I said in the original post, this email address was never associated with my WoW account. In fact, I've been receiving emails from Blizzard to my "real" email address offering me a free trial of The Burning Crusade if I come back to World of Warcrack.

It's just weird that this is the only notice I've received from blizzard at this email account. Also, the username is off by 1 character. I wonder if somebody mistyped something.

 

[BZeto]

It's fake.

 

[styrafoam]

Did you ever share you password with another player or friend? I have heard of accounts being phished after having been cancelled and restarted by IGE or whoever to be resold or used as a farming account. The mail looks legit. Try to log in to your account on the world of warcraft website account management page and see what happens.

 

[Fulcrum]

Nah it's not a fake, it's a preemptive strike from Blizzard is all. You see they knew that one day you would start playing WOW again with a new account and stir up a bunch of trouble?