Blizzard has made me sad

[Tehtsuo]

174.132.0.0[/url] - 174.133.255.255
CIDR: 174.132.0.0/15
OriginAS: AS13749, AS21844, AS30315, AS36420
NetName: NETBLK-THEPLANET-BLK-15
NetHandle: NET-174-132-0-0-1
Parent: NET-174-0-0-0-0
NetType: Direct Allocation
NameServer: NS1.THEPLANET.COM
NameServer: NS2.THEPLANET.COM
Comment:
RegDate: 2008-06-17
Updated: 2008-06-17


Abuse contact is abuse@theplanet.com

Update - I just sent The Planet an abuse email about the site

Update 2 - Ohhh darn, it looks like someone did a denial of service attack against the site and made it go over bandwidth. :whistling:

<3 you :love:



Links removed by Svpernova09

[Otlecs]

Update 2 - Ohhh darn, it looks like someone did a denial of service attack against the site and made it go over bandwidth

It was down when I tried it from a dedicated honeypot box at 1:45 CET today.

I wouldn't be at all surprised if it had been down for quite some time, given that an earlier poster refers to this having been in circulation for at least a couple of days before this incident.

[Svpernova09]

Don't quote / repost / anything TOXIC links disguised as official looking URLs.



/facepalm

[Gunsnbowses]

I got the same email a few months ago im my hotmail.

Pity none of my accounts uses my hotmail address.

Was close though almost had a brain melt and clicked their link.

[shaeman]

I have a simple policy.

If i receive any email requiring I login I never click a link. Instead I open a second browser and go direct.

[Rin]

Blizzard will never ask you to verify any of your information via email, ever. Think about it for a moment - they already have your information :thumbup:. They also don't issue a suspension as a final warning. Blizzard will simply close your account, sign the email with a CS-Name and give you an email address of which you can use to contact them regarding the issue.


Also, if you ever receive an email like that, go to worldofwarcraft.com, login to your account and check to see what your account status says.

Active = good, Frozen = bad.

If Blizzard believes that you have made an infraction, your account will be frozen (this shows up when you log into worldofwarcraft.com and look at your account status - this also happens BEFORE they send you the email). Your account will also be frozen if you deactivate it, or decide to miss a payment :P (but this is noted too in the account status area). The worst possible thing you can do if you receive an email from Blizzard is panic and start clicking on links in the email.

[Toned]

Like 2 years ago blizz made me verify my accounts and my identity. The way they do it is email you a link to a form on their site that you have to print off, fill out, and then fax with a copy of a photo ID to them. They don't just go hey GIMMIE YER LEET INFOz! HERE in DIZ EMAIL LOl 11@!! YoU HaVe AIDS 111!!!!

[Souca]

Always forward phishing emails to hacks@blizzard.com and then if you use gmail, report it as phishing. Blizzard can contact the owner of the IP block and in some cases pursue legal action to get the site shut down. let gmail know its a scam helps them filter these out before they get to other potential victims. Takes about 5 minutes to do and helps keep others from falling victim.

Everyone else has some good advice about checking the official site and all.

- Souca -