WOW - Battlegrounds Beta

[JohnAn2112]

Hey anyone receive an email about the WOW Battlegrounds beta? It says I got chosen, but it's asking for my username and password so warning bells are kind of going off.

 

[Schadenfroh]

Danger Will Robinson!

 

[JohnAn2112]

LOL so I hit reply in the email I got and the reply to address is 12800298-2447@sharpmail.co.uk but the name on the email is John.Cash@Blizzard.com. I guess that answers my question.

 

[ArmchairAthlete]

Email it to hacks@blizzard.com, or if you can find a better place at Blizzard to send it go for it.

They even go phishing on WoW users... that sucks.

 

[nsafreak]

Yep I got the email myself this evening. Figured it was a hoax from the get go since you usually have to sign up for betas with Blizzard. Content is as follows:

Congratulations! You have been selected to participate in the World of Warcraft Battlegrounds beta test!
We have selected a small group of active players to help us test the upcoming Battlegrounds Update and you are one of the few lucky ones to be chosen. If you chose to help us out then read on, if not please reply to this e-mail with a NO.
I will personally call you and congratulate you on helping us test this upcoming action packed update! Our lucky beta-testers will also get a chance to earn a LEGENDARY item at the end of the beta test for their hard work, the item(s) will be transfered to your characters native server after completion of the beta.
If you want to help us and the community by testing this upcoming update then please fill out the section below, after we have verified your details a second letter will be sent with how to edit your World Of Warcraft account to connect to our Battlegrounds server where you will download a medium sized patch. Please reply to us as soon as you can about your decision so we can find another candidate for our beta test (only 100 people will receive this email).
-----------------------------------------
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USERNAME:
PASS:
PHONE NUMBER:
BETA TEST: Y / N
REF#BBET092
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-----------------------------------------Thanks for participating  see you soon in Azeroth!John Cash Lead Programmer Blizzard Entertainment

 

[Mik3y]

wow, that was a lame email he gave you.

 

[onza]

how the hell did they get our email addys :?

 

[torpid]

Originally posted by: nsafreak
Yep I got the email myself this evening. Figured it was a hoax from the get go since you usually have to sign up for betas with Blizzard. Content is as follows:

Congratulations! You have been selected to participate in the World of Warcraft Battlegrounds beta test!
We have selected a small group of active players to help us test the upcoming Battlegrounds Update and you are one of the few lucky ones to be chosen. If you chose to help us out then read on, if not please reply to this e-mail with a NO.
I will personally call you and congratulate you on helping us test this upcoming action packed update! Our lucky beta-testers will also get a chance to earn a LEGENDARY item at the end of the beta test for their hard work, the item(s) will be transfered to your characters native server after completion of the beta.
If you want to help us and the community by testing this upcoming update then please fill out the section below, after we have verified your details a second letter will be sent with how to edit your World Of Warcraft account to connect to our Battlegrounds server where you will download a medium sized patch. Please reply to us as soon as you can about your decision so we can find another candidate for our beta test (only 100 people will receive this email).
-----------------------------------------
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USERNAME:
PASS:
PHONE NUMBER:
BETA TEST: Y / N
REF#BBET092
-----------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------Thanks for participating  see you soon in Azeroth!John Cash Lead Programmer Blizzard Entertainment

You must have been blinded by the hope of it being legitimate. The above bolded items are so ludicrous that I literally laughed at some of them.

 

[chowmein]

OP, strongly agree

 

[InlineFive]

How can I sign up?

 

[NeoV]

I also wonder how they got our email addresses - I haven't heard of anyone who isn't playing WoW that got the email.........

 

[chowmein]

spies of squaresoft!!

 

[torpid]

doesn't your forum username have a corresponding email address that forwards to your regular one? maybe i'm thinking of a different mmorpg.

 

[JohnAn2112]

Yeah I bet most forum members got this email.