World of Warcraft at Ten Ton Hammer

While most of us are away of the nefarious plots out there to gain our account information and take our hard earned gold and gear, it never hurts to have a small reminder from time to time. Security researchers hailing from antivirus vendor F-Secure have discovered a new round of phishing e-mails targeting World of Warcraft players.

The fake emails have their “From” field spoofed to appear as if they originate from a generic address on the blizzard.com domain. The messages masquerade as automatic notifications regarding suspicious account changes, however, the poor spelling is strongly indicative of their rogue nature.

These fake e-mails come in various forms, but all appear as if they come from Blizzard, and all request that in some form the player give up their account information. The most common ruse is to convince players they need to “verify” their accounts by providing their account information. However the content of the e-mail can be anything from gaining a free pet, to getting your very own beta key.

No matter the wording, or how convincing the e-mail looks, please remember that Blizzard will never ask for your account information in this manner. I personally have received several of these e-mails and I can attest to the fact that they do look legit. So always be on your guard, think twice before giving out your account information, and don’t fall victum to the  sneaky tricks of these internet pirates.

To read the entire story on this new round of phishing e-mails visit Softpedia’s Spam Reports.