Beware of scammer on Sylvanas

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Dear players,

Please be aware that there is a scammer on Sylvanas-EU, who is randomly sending out the below message:
“[Blizzard Administrator] General Manager: We are investigating the abnormal account, please visit (website): to check, otherwise we will suspend your account”.

Needless to say, don’t visit this site as it is a scam to steal your blizz username and password.

If you go on the website, you will notice that this it not a secure website, that should be a red flag.

Hope this guy didn’t “get” anyone.

Cheers!

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  1. Naming and shaming against the rules.
  2. Do not post the link here in case someone uses it.
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Thanks for the heads-up, I’ve removed the link.
However, this person is clearly aiming to steal user data.

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These have been around for over 10 years, If it is genuinely from a GM the message will have a blue Blizzard icon next to the name, plus they will message you through the the Blizzard notification system and not randomly in game chat

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I know that I’m just giving you a forewarning as despite best of intentions you may still get in trouble for it.

Like above poster mentioned though, most are used to this scams since vanilla :slight_smile: Never trust a whisper on WoW without the sacred Blizz mark!

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For a moment, I thought you have a complaint about Blizzard. About some potential bad thing they did in server sylvanas:D

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If you come to think of it, you are definitely right!
I raised a complaint in-game and modified this topic to make it a heads-up for any players who may be asking themselves if the message is legit or not.

Thanks mate!

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Probably just some chinese bot. The character who sent you that message likely already got deleted and replaced with another low lvl char. even on a dead server like mine you see such messages once in a long while

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As others have already pointed out

In-Game Chat

Click on the GM Chat Request icon located in the upper right corner of your screen to open the GM Chat Window. This icon only appears if a GM is attempting to contact you, and its border flashes blue when a message is received.

GMs have a tag next to their names in chat. If someone claims to be a GM, but doesn’t have that icon, report and block them.

Note: Some UI modifications can cause the GM Chat Request icon to be invisible. If you don’t see it, restore your UI to its default settings.

If a GM can’t reach you in-game, or if the issue doesn’t need further information, the GM may send an in-game mail to the character that submitted the ticket. You can also see ticket responses on your Ticket Status page. Check both locations before resubmitting a ticket.

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Last time I got one such message (prolly 2 years ago), I replied to the bot with [Officio Assassinorum] message.

On a more serious note, Puny has posted all the important information above.

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Wait, so you went on it? :man_facepalming:

It’s very unlikely that Blizzard would be trying to get in touch with you if you didn’t contacted them first.

That’s your red flag.

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Haven’t seen those messages in 5 years lol

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I think the last ones that I saw doing the rounds were the ‘depth investigation’ ones but I have no idea how many years ago that was. Found one on reddit as an example, dates back to 2017:-

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:rofl:
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The bad English gives it a certain charm.

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Report, ignore, move on, this is the general forum as well, we don’t need to know what issues unaffiliated servers have, also, naming and shaming is generally frowned upon (despite being super effective)

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