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bk man I am Goat Lord Seeketh Maximus total posts: 5753 GameGrep pts: 100 since: Jan 2004	Sep 16, 09 at 1:41am Please Read Regarding the recent Scam emails/youtube vids, here are some pointers.
	Recently, there has been a lot of speculation too the release of these so called "Alpha" testing accounts on youtube and in email. Now, I have not fallen for one of these scams, because i am a smart guy, but for those who see those EXTREMELY convincing emails/youtube vids, please heed these words: Currently, emails are going out to random World of Warcraft players, stating they have been selected to participate in the Alpha test for the WoW expansion: Cataclysm. If you are one of the recipients of this, you are not a lucky winner. You are a target of a scam. The email is convincing, and appears to be from a genuine Blizzard address. It appears to be related to WoW, even using artwork from it, to make a convincing Cataclysm logo. The language used is the same wording Blizzard has used in the past. Links even go to past Blizzard beta tests, so they will seem to be legitimate at first. However, the link that is used to download the fake expansion alpha test is not a Blizzard site. Instead, it will download a .rar file that will be used to keep track of what keys are pressed when entering a password, and will send this information to the scammers. They will then use this information to log into the player's account, change the password, sell the gear, and transfer the gold to another account. Do not be fooled by this email. Blizzard never sends random people emails to participate in game testing. Further, Cataclysm has not been announced as an expansion for WoW. The expansion will be announced officially (probably at Blizzcon next month) before any testing begins. For added security, the Blizzard Authenticator is the best tool. Even if someone did get the player's password, unless they had the code from the authenticator, which changes every minute or so, they could not log in. It is a highly recommended tool to keep out those pesky gold farmers. Source: http://www.examiner.com/x-14467-SF-MMORPG-Examiner~y2009m7d16-World-of-Warcraft-scam-alpha-test A few points to remember if you receive an invitation to help test Cataclysm or any Blizzard product: * Blizzard does not invite the general player base to alpha tests. It has an army of game developers and testers for that. As with the previous two expansions, beta testing will be announced by Blizzard on the official World of Warcraft website. Beware of clicking official-looking links to that site in e-mails, as scammers often build official-looking copycat sites - instead bookmark the official site or use the link on the game login screen. * It cannot be stressed enough to players that Blizzard will never ask you for your credit card, password, user name, e-mail address or any other information it already has. This will not happen ingame, nor in e-mail. If you are asked for this info, you are very likely being scammed. Source: http://www.wowwiki.com/World_of_Warcraft:_Cataclysm ***Also: Many of the videos on youtube have comments saying "WOW! This really works! Thx guys!" Keep in mind that these are scammers who an in with the youtube alpha poster, and they are just trying to get your info in one way or another. If you click on their account, most of them will be accounts created solely to make that comment, and those which are very "legit" youtube accounts have been hacked from the key-loggers, as well with the Warcraft account. KEYLOGGERS CAN TAKE MORE INFO THAN JUST YOUR WARCRAFT ACCOUNT! Source: me ---------------- Thx dudes, im just trying to keep you all safe, and i would really appreciate it if you read these points. I am just REALLY tired with all of these scams which are going around now. Thx for reading! ------------------- Tauren Dance FTW
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