I'm sure you've read before about watching out for all sorts of scams -- after all, your
World of Warcraft account information is valuable stuff, and plenty of thieves out there would be happy to get their hands on it. The latest technique of account theft that I've noticed is all over YouTube, in many videos offering to teach you how to hack
World of Warcraft accounts for fun and profit. All of these videos suggest that Blizzard has some sort of account retrieval service that can be accessed by e-mailing a random address (often at Gmail or Hotmail) with your account name and password as well as the name of the account you wish to access. Then, the videos claim, all you have to do is wait for Blizzard to mail you the password of the target account!
Of course, the entire thing is a scam. The people posting these videos just want to take your password and run. So be warned, everyone -- don't fall pray to greed, and don't give your password out to anyone, regardless of what they might promise you in return.
Tags: account, scam, scams, video, world of warcraft, WorldOfWarcraft, wow, youtube
Filed under: Cheats, News items
Jul 26th 2007 at 9:38AM 
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Varus Jul 26th 2007 9:45AM
Actually, anyone falling for this deserves what's coming for them. Not only are they stupid idiots, they're also actively trying to hack someone elses account. Serves them right.
Or was the morale of this article to teach hacker kiddies to do their stuff properly? In that case, strange coming from you.
Franky Jul 26th 2007 9:47AM
Anyone dumb enough to try that deserves to lose their account- and should be banned for trying to steal accounts in the first place.
elenar Jul 26th 2007 9:47AM
people who fall for scams like this should be told to not speak to strangers... come on, noone is this silly right?
tarsonis Jul 26th 2007 9:50AM
does anyone else find it funny that is says
"make SHURE you spell it correctly"
tarsonis Jul 26th 2007 9:53AM
er well "make shure you write it correctly"
Sylvina Jul 26th 2007 9:53AM
....I lose faith in humanity one person at a time.
mrkleen Jul 26th 2007 9:54AM
Well considering people still give thier bank info to nigerian princes thinking they will get a million dollars and the fact that I have friends and family that still think AOL and microsoft is going to give them 245 for each time they forward and email, you just really never know what level of stupidity the next person will hit.
p3ngu11 Jul 26th 2007 10:09AM
all i have to say to this is:
LOL WUT?
Franky Jul 26th 2007 10:09AM
Anyone here who sends me there wow account info- I will put you in contact with a rich nigerian dude who wants to give you lots of money.
dan Jul 26th 2007 10:22AM
Is this desperate attempt at password theft a sign that the more conventional methods of stealing passwords are failing to produce the desired number of results?
Has anyone heard any news about whether Blizz are going to implement the security token/dongle method of authenticating?
It's very scary tho that anyone would fall for this. Are people that stupid? Hmmm.... incidently if you send Pouches on Trollbane-EU an ingame mail and attach 1g, it creates an errrr, non-specific, unregistered timing underflow, and Blizzard send you ten primal mights in return. Honest...
YPEELS40 Jul 26th 2007 10:44AM
@9 Whats your email address? Hurry I want money
Lizardking63 Jul 26th 2007 11:33AM
If you give me your account information, I promise you that when you die, you will go to this wonderful paradise where loads of beautiful men or women (whichever you prefer) will fulfill your every desire.
BaboonNL Jul 26th 2007 12:43PM
28942942 MILLION YEARS AGO SOMEONE DIED!
NOW THAT YOU HAVE READ THIS HE WILL KILL YOU IN YOUR SLEEP UNLESS YOU POST THIS TO 203842 DIFFERENT BLOGS WITHIN 3 DAYS!
IF YOU DO, YOU WILL FIND A GAZILLION BILLION MILLION DOLLARS AND THE LOVE OF YOUR LIFE IN A SUITCASE.
Elizabeth Harper Jul 26th 2007 6:22PM
The most successful scammers always pray on human greed. I wouldn't be surprised if this sort of thing was VERY successful, despite all the typos.
While I do agree that anyone who tries to follow such instructions deserves what they get, I do feel compelled to report on latest scammer tactics and remind people (for the zillionth time) not to give out their password. And this type of scam is an easy step away from "do this to get access to someone else's account!" to the less threatening "do this to gain access to the a secret alpha test!" People just need to know never to give out their account information, no matter what you're promised.
awender Jul 27th 2007 4:56AM
If you intend to steal an account of other people, then you deserve being a victim of a scam.
You deserve, because you are:
- immensely stupid
- greedy
- malicious