Sep28 World of Warcraft Scams: Free Gifts and Fake Account Suspension Threats

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World of Warcraft Scams: Free Gifts and Fake Account Suspension Threats

Blizzard's World of Warcraft (more popularly known as WoW) is one of the most popular massively multiplayer online role-playing games (MMORPGs) in the world. With more than 11.5 million subscribers as of 2008, WoW is plagued by a thriving underground online gaming economy.

The most common scam in WoW that Trend Micro has seen uses the in-game chat/whisper system.

An unsuspecting player will receive an in-game chat/whisper from an unknown player offering free gifts (usually in-game pets, riding mounts, and vehicles) that they can avail of by registering at the website that is included in the chat message.

The website included is, of course, a phishing site that will gather the user's Battle.net account name and password.

More plus screenshot - http://blog.trendmicro.com/

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