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kane · 07-03-2008, 10:21 PM

Blizzard announced today that they are now taking applications to beta test the new expansion pack. With that has come a rash of phishing scams. Sites such as www.wrathofthelichking.biz.vi are popping up. You put in your username and password and now they have access to your account. A friend of mine signed up, they logged into his account, stole all his gold, sold his gear then changed the guild message to tell people to sign up at that site to beta test. If they get access to your account they could, potentially get access to your credit card as well.

So be warned and don't get scammed.

this has been your official nerd WOW alert.

brandonstills · 07-03-2008, 10:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kane

Blizzard announced today that they are now taking applications to beta test the new expansion pack. With that has come a rash of phishing scams. Sites such as www.wrathofthelichking.biz.vi are popping up. You put in your username and password and now they have access to your account. A friend of mine signed up, they logged into his account, stole all his gold, sold his gear then changed the guild message to tell people to sign up at that site to beta test. If they get access to your account they could, potentially get access to your credit card as well.

So be warned and don't get scammed.

this has been your official nerd WOW alert.

Entering credentials into a site taht ends with .biz.vi? No, that's not suspicious. lol

WiredGuy · 07-03-2008, 11:10 PM

Wow, phishing is really getting out of control. Before it was fake bank/cc emails, then it was myspace/facebook, now WOW accounts? Amazing what scammers will do for a buck.
WG

cardinalvices · 07-04-2008, 01:53 AM

I can't beleive these phishing scams are still working..

bizarrejan · 07-04-2008, 02:20 AM

pisses me off...

Due · 07-04-2008, 02:31 AM

Very informative message and indeed very important news.
I will call for a meeting in our company to see if we should change our business strategy based on this important industry news.
Thank you for the tip

StarkReality · 07-04-2008, 03:06 AM

Thanks for the info, but I still can't understand how people can be so naive to trust some .biz.vi site...but greed and brain don't seem to mix well.

kane · 07-04-2008, 03:23 AM

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Originally Posted by StarkReality

Thanks for the info, but I still can't understand how people can be so naive to trust some .biz.vi site...but greed and brain don't seem to mix well.

this was just the site my buddy fell for. There are many others out there like WOTLK-beta.com and stuff like that. That said, most of the people I know who are regular computer users have no idea what the difference between .biz, .vi and .com are so he just went to the site, saw it looked legit and entered in his information.

Sadly, I think this is the norm. If the phishing scams didn't work, they wouldn't still be happening.

Emil · 07-04-2008, 03:35 AM

Thanks! Signed up!

yahoo-xxx-girls.com · 07-04-2008, 04:49 AM

If something looks too good and if you have questions then contact the company directly... O and check the webpage source...

Later,

Emil · 07-04-2008, 05:15 AM

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Originally Posted by Balalsubturfyooj

If something looks too good and if you have questions then contact the company directly... O and check the webpage source...

Later,

There's nothing weird with a BETA signup. But when a site like blizzard is hosted on a domain with a suffix as ".biz.vi" you should know that there's something wrong.
But most surfers are idiots and that's both a good and a bad thing.

yahoo-xxx-girls.com · 07-04-2008, 05:17 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Emil

There's nothing weird with a BETA signup. But when a site like blizzard is hosted on a domain with a suffix as ".biz.vi" you should know that there's something wrong.
But most surfers are idiots and that's both a good and a bad thing.

O I agree 100%

JamesK · 07-04-2008, 06:18 AM

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Originally Posted by WiredGuy

Wow, phishing is really getting out of control. Before it was fake bank/cc emails, then it was myspace/facebook, now WOW accounts? Amazing what scammers will do for a buck.
WG

WoW accounts are best for them because they resell the stolen accounts for legit money.

Phoenix · 07-04-2008, 06:20 AM

shit....i been workign long and hard on my character

and have 800 gold....id be pissed if someoen stole it

woj · 07-04-2008, 08:19 AM

Those phishers are getting smart, for layman it's probably not easy to tell if the url is legit... what they do is make the url:
signup.beta-test.blizzard.com.somesite.biz.vi/signup.html

people see blizzard.com in the url and think the url is legit

tranza · 07-04-2008, 10:03 AM

Man i can't beliave they are doing this!

payd2purv · 07-04-2008, 10:08 AM

Fuck don't people get it by now?

NOBODY is ever going to ask for your private info. DONT GIVE IT OUT when they do.

ztik · 07-04-2008, 10:15 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by WiredGuy

Wow, phishing is really getting out of control. Before it was fake bank/cc emails, then it was myspace/facebook, now WOW accounts? Amazing what scammers will do for a buck.
WG

phishing has been around since the internet was made. It used to be ALOT worse, its actually getting better.

yahoo-xxx-girls.com · 07-04-2008, 10:57 AM

bump ...

07-03-2008, 10:21 PM	#1
kane Too lazy to set a custom title Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: portland, OR Posts: 20,684	World Of Warcraft players avoid this scam Blizzard announced today that they are now taking applications to beta test the new expansion pack. With that has come a rash of phishing scams. Sites such as www.wrathofthelichking.biz.vi are popping up. You put in your username and password and now they have access to your account. A friend of mine signed up, they logged into his account, stole all his gold, sold his gear then changed the guild message to tell people to sign up at that site to beta test. If they get access to your account they could, potentially get access to your credit card as well. So be warned and don't get scammed. this has been your official nerd WOW alert.

07-03-2008, 11:10 PM	#3
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woj <&(©¿©)&> Industry Role: Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Chicago Posts: 47,882	Those phishers are getting smart, for layman it's probably not easy to tell if the url is legit... what they do is make the url: signup.beta-test.blizzard.com.somesite.biz.vi/signup.html people see blizzard.com in the url and think the url is legit __________________ Custom Software Development, email: woj#at#wojfun#.#com to discuss details or skype: wojl2000 or gchat: wojfun or telegram: wojl2000 Affiliate program tools: Hosted Galleries Manager Banner Manager Video Manager Wordpress Affiliate Plugin Pic/Movie of the Day Fansign Generator Zip Manager

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