UK's Halifax bank denies WoW charges
by Alexander Sliwinski 
on Feb 18th 2008 2:45PM
The UK's Halifax bank has reportedly stopped transactions to Blizzard Entertainment "due to a significant number of fraudulent transactions," meaning those with Halifax issued Visa/Mastercards won't be making their
World of Warcraft payment this month.
The Register writes that the bank doesn't blame Blizzard and is apparently tired of dealing with all the fraudulent charges using stolen credit cards. The bank will allow payment processing once customers contact it to make arrangements.
Sister-site
WoW Insider has chronicled many fraud issues on the
insanely popular MMO. Between the
keyloggers and
phishers, Azeroth can be a dangerous place. In all fairness, the Halifax issue could have happened with any MMO as they all have similar scams. Although what Halifax is doing is inconvenient, it's still better than customers checking their monthly statements and discovering fraudulent charges.
[Via
WoW Insider]
