Guys, most times these things are deliberately written in this way to, how do I say it, "catch the low hanging fruit" as it were. Same with the stuff that comes out of Nigeria (Somalia?), they want people less apt to catch on. Its a weeding out process of sorts.
Guy was nice and came to warn fellow gamers, you humiliate him.
Gamers should know by now that Blizzard does not ask you to confirm anything, ever. Any email they send you will be a notification of something that has already happened, not some "pending threat if you dont click this naow!".
A warning of such things is never a bad thing. All my years working in IT security, I reserve my for all the obvious things I've seen people get caught off guard and fooled by.
Fake and gay? The fuck? Even the immature slang use of the word doesn't make any sense here.
Considering you can still find the description "Blizzard Entertainment" all over the place, including on their own website (like the logo on the front page that says "BLIZZARD ENTERTAINMENT", I'm pretty sure that's still a name they go by. In fact, I have a number of legitimate emails from them in my inbox right now that are signed " - Blizzard Entertainment." Newsletters and shit.
But yeah, the broken english should have tipped anyone off to this one pretty quick. Professional companies, especially Blizzard, don't send things out with blatant and numerous spelling/grammar/structure errors. I never understood why these people don't hire an english speaking person for like, $100, to proofread some email templates for them and make corrections. They could probably scam like several % more people successfully and easily make back whatever they pay this one, single person. Not that I want them to be more successful, but it seems like, common sense...
I never understood why these people don't hire an english speaking person for like, $100, to proofread some email templates for them and make corrections. They could probably scam like several % more people successfully and easily make back whatever they pay this one, single person. Not that I want them to be more successful, but it seems like, common sense...
According to one researcher, it's because the scammers only want to catch the attention of people stupid and gullible enough to fall for their scam. The bad grammar scares away the people who are just about dumb enough to believe, but not dumb enough to just hand over their passwords and credit card numbers.
here is a SS of the email.
I just want you guys to be aware.
/facepalm.
They'll try anything...
http://eu.battle.net/d3/en/profile/Twoflower-2131/hero/47336841
But it's always good to remind new players.. never ever ever ever click on these links.
WD Season 8 https://www.diabloprogress.com/hero/finiar-1655/Kildare/84509816
Monk season 7 http://www.diabloprogress.com/hero/finiar-1655/MojoJoJo/42225505
DH season 6 http://www.diabloprogress.com/hero/finiar-1655/DeadShot/75655606
Angry Chicken http://www.diabloprogress.com/hero/finiar-1655/WhoDoVooDoo/68187610
What? Me worry?
"A Blizzard employee will never ask you for your account password"
Primarily because they have admin access to whatever they want.
Considering you can still find the description "Blizzard Entertainment" all over the place, including on their own website (like the logo on the front page that says "BLIZZARD ENTERTAINMENT", I'm pretty sure that's still a name they go by. In fact, I have a number of legitimate emails from them in my inbox right now that are signed " - Blizzard Entertainment." Newsletters and shit.
But yeah, the broken english should have tipped anyone off to this one pretty quick. Professional companies, especially Blizzard, don't send things out with blatant and numerous spelling/grammar/structure errors. I never understood why these people don't hire an english speaking person for like, $100, to proofread some email templates for them and make corrections. They could probably scam like several % more people successfully and easily make back whatever they pay this one, single person. Not that I want them to be more successful, but it seems like, common sense...
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/profile/Spiral-1401/hero/65250518
Have a read of "Nigerian scam emails 'deliberately implausible'"