StarCraft 2 phishing scams looking to harvest Battle.net info

Yeah got the email dismorning saying i bought starcraft 2 i was excited then i totally found out it was spam and a virus..

Yeah i got it too, glad i don't have to call blizzard now.

It's a trap!

Man, I never get cool scam e-mails.

Mine are always from Zimbabwean Princes. =(

I've received two of these recently. One was for SC2 (thanks for your purchase!) and the other was something about migrating a WoW character. Thing is, my WoW account has been dead for years. I'm just angry these bastards have one of my email addresses now. :P

You should try not to use "trainers" as well... seems like these days they're built for one purpose: to STEAL YOUR INFOZ!

I get so many of these stupid things, especially for WoW:Cataclysm, that I can't even remember what real blizzard emails are addressed as

Mine said my Battle.net account was closed.

I got a few the other day, very professionally done... double whammy because I already couldn't access my Battle.net account. It wouldn't accept my password. I just changed it a month ago after my account was hacked; someone stole my info, initiated a paid character transfer, and took my wife's WoW stuff. When I couldn't get in to activate StarCraft 2, I started to worry. I checked for Blizzard correspondence and didn't have any, so I looked in my spam filter. It had emails from "Blizzard Entertainment" saying my email was successfully changed to "k****@hotmail.com," and that another paid transfer was being processed. One actually came from wowaccountadmin@blizzard.com. Both contained URLs to "report any suspicious activity" that led straight to a phishing site.

I called Blizzard and (after an hour on hold) was relieved to find that they could reset my password, and that no records existed of another character transfer or an email change. The lady I spoke with was very polite and helpful, too -- something I wasn't sure to expect with the volume of calls they're undoubtedly getting. Needless to say my authenticator is in the mail... I've had enough account scares with b.net.

That would explain why it took me 3 hours of redialing trying to get into Blizzard Customer Support to get an account problem fixed the other day. I wasn't sure if the emails I was getting were form Blizzard or not (apparently one was and one wasn't), so I called them because one had said my account was compromised and the other was telling me my account was being suspended pending an investigation and I haven't touched that account in years.

Yep, I've been getting these too. Really annoying, but I'm glad others are aware of the issue.

you must mine more genitals

Its Terrible people like this get their enjoyment from doing this to others... If your going to cause distress to others you should seriously either Die, or Get a Life.

Blizzard needs to do more than offer an Authenticator for purchase.

I hate these mails. I get about 5-10 Battle.net/WoW/Blizzard scam mails every day, and almost nothing else in my spam box. How about mixing it up a bit?

Excuse me for being so blunt, but these mails are only still sent because some of you dunces still fall for them.