Phishing Fail....Blizzard win? Wow...im kind of impressed...

Publication par Cloaked

So I got the obligatory spam email:
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From:
"WoWAccountReviewEU@blizzard.com" <WoWAccountReviewEU@blizzard.com>
To: me@myisp.com

Greetings,

It has come to our attention that you are trying to sell your personal World of Warcraft account(s). As you 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.

You can confirm that you are the original owner of the account to this secure website with:
http :// us .bat (EDITING HERE SO THAT NO ONE CAN CLICK THE LINK) tle.bz/login/en/?ref=https%3A%2F%2Fus.battle.net%2Faccount%2Fmanagement%2Findex.xml&app=bam&cr=true

Login to your account, In accordance following template to verify your account.

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.

Blizzard Entertainment SAS
TSA 60 001
Service Administration des Comptes
78143 Velizy Villacoublay Cedex

If you wish to review our current Rules and Policies for World of Warcraft and Battle.net, they can be found at:
http:// www .wow (another edit to stop link clicking) -europe.com/en/policy/
http:// eu . bliz zard. com/en-gb/company/about/termsofuse.html

Regards,

Game Master Dunarthra
Customer Services
Blizzard Entertainment
http:// eu .bl izzard.com/support/article.xml?articleId=35726

Please retain all history if you reply to this mail

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And I thought it would be funny to respond:

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From: me@myisp.com
To: WoWAccountReviewEU@blizzard.com
Sent: 16/01/2011 09:49:57
Subject: Re: Battle.net Account Management

I am sorry for the misunderstanding. Unfortunately, my computer will not allow
me to click on links in e-mails.

My account info is

Wowyouhackfail

pw: Suckonmynutzyoufailedsohard

Authenticator

101n0013

Please respond right away with verification.

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And so I figured it was a done deal. But thats when Blizz kind of surprised me, apparently my reply went to them:

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Greetings,

Thank you for your email. Please be aware that the email you have received is a known scam attempt, intending to "phish" for your account information and steal your account. Many of these emails may appear to be from Blizzard, and are imitating the typical structure of our emails, even going as far as using the names of some of our employees in the signature.

Some phishing emails will also mask, or "spoof" their sending address, making it appear as though the emails are being sent from Blizzard Entertainment.

We strongly recommend that you follow the link below, for further information on common phishing techniques:

http:// e u .b attle. net/security/theft#phishing

If you have already replied to a phishing e-mail with your account details, or have visited a website where you have entered your details, we cannot accept your Battle.net Secret Question/Answer as verification of ownership; you will need to provide us with the following information:

- A scan or digital image of nationally recognized photo ID, such as passport or drivers license (please do not include public transport cards, library cards etc, as these are unsuitable for our needs)

Please would you include with this, your full Name, Address, Account Name and E-mail Address and send it via one of the following methods:

Webform: https : / / eu .blizzard. com/support/webform.xml

E-Mail: WoWaccountreviewEU@Blizzard.com

Post:

Blizzard Entertainment Europe
Account Administration Team
TSA 60 001
78143 Vélizy Villacoublay Cedex

France

Once we have received this, we will be happy to assist you further.

For all concerns regarding your account's security, we recommend following the Security Checklist on our Account Security Site, which can all be found at:

http:// eu. battle. net/security/

If you wish to review our current Rules and Policies, they can be found at:

http:// eu . blizzard. com/support/index/wow_policy

http:// eu . blizzard. com/en-gb/company/about/termsofuse.html

Sincerely,

Game Master Varaothain
Customer Services
Blizzard Entertainment
http:// eu . blizzard. com/support/

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I'm just kind of shocked that they actually responded to my reply. It is pretty obvious, I hope, that my account "info" was just a mockery of the phishing attempt, yet they took the time to copy paste their normal phishing, etc. response and replied to me. Pretty impressive I feel.

Any one else agree?

NOTE: DO NOT TRY TO GO TO THOSE LINKS! YOU WILL GET HACKED!
(just in case anyone might get curious. This was an obvious phishing attempt and you trying to see how they have it set up will be very bad for your account)

Publication par Feyranna

You might want to edit out your email in that post...or you'll just get more junk :P