We may be on your wow gold account.
Some wow gold players nowadays complained to Blizzard that they received emails about verifying their Battle.net accouts by providing their passwords. Because they didn't know the email is a fake email, they do as the email asked which eventually made them lose their wow gold accounts.Security researchers from Finnish antivirus vendor F-Secure warn that a new phishing campaign is targeting wow gold players. The way they choose to scam players just as the players complained, the fake emails direct gamers to a rogue website and claim they need to verify their Battle.net accounts by providing their password.Because there is a great demand for wow gold accounts, scammers try different ways to get players' accounts then sell them in bulk on the black market, such as using phishing emails to steal players' accounts. According to research from Symantec released earlier this year, wow gold credentials can rack up from $35 to $28,000, depending on how well the associated characters are developed."A wow gold account could be a gold pot for phishers, depending on the player's achievement. In-game items are in demand and could be sold for real cash value, making WoW gold accounts a favorite phishing target," the F-Secure researchers, who intercepted the latest phishing campaign, explained.The fake emails have their "From" field spoofed to appear as if they originate from a generic address on it. The messages pretend to be automatic notifications regarding suspicious account changes, however, the poor spelling is strongly indicative of their rogue nature.To better know how the phishing email rogues players, and avoid to be scammed, part of the ambiguous phishing message are as follows:" blizzard to investigate the recent theft of a large number of players missing account, we may be on your wow gold account. Your password has been modified recently to restore the password We recommend that you log on to restore the password verification"A more close investigation reveals that the phishing emails are sent through a address, which was probably hacked. The researchers point out that a real account changes verification process requires more than simply supplying the password. A valid ID such as driver's license, birth certificate, state ID, passport and in the case of minors, parental consent, is necessary.
