Kyle_K_ski Posted April 10, 2011 Share Posted April 10, 2011 In the past week, I've been receiving emails from those that oversee account usage for WoW and RIFT games, informing me that if I don't cease and desist in illegal online activities (of selling game-based weaponry and the like) that they'll permanently ban me from the games. I'm assuming that someone "out there" is using my email account to cover up their illicit-virtual operations, although what's very strange is that I've never received any "welcome to our servers" emails that are usually typical for when one initially sets up an account. But, whatever... I don't even own these titles. Should I respond to these emails, ignore them till they go away, or...? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NightCrawler Posted April 10, 2011 Share Posted April 10, 2011 If you don't have an account it's spam and they're just trying to get info from you. Don't respond, delete. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyle_K_ski Posted April 10, 2011 Author Share Posted April 10, 2011 Wow. I'm surprised that companies as big as these engage is such behavior. Thanks for the input NighCrawler. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocky Posted April 10, 2011 Share Posted April 10, 2011 He doesn't mean it's the Wow team that's spamming you, he means it might be a spamming/phising e-mail - coming from someone trying to make it look like it came from the Wow team. The advice is the same though, if you do not have such accounts, ignore the e-mails. If you do have such accounts though, you'd better contact the abuse team directly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyle_K_ski Posted April 10, 2011 Author Share Posted April 10, 2011 Alright then. Good. Thanks for the advice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobblers Posted April 22, 2011 Share Posted April 22, 2011 That is correct. Whether you have a WoW account or not, these scammers are not to know, they just hope that a couple out of the thousand will take the bait. Delete the emails, don't open them. And remember, some can contain key loggers - another keen way to get hold of your account details. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ROCO*AFZ* Posted April 23, 2011 Share Posted April 23, 2011 What is your email address... I'll check up on that for you Just kidding... but that's how people get powned. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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