Does anybody know a way to stop it? This is what my inbox looks like every day, and yes, every page looks the same. That's 285 emails. All of those have come within the past 3-4 days.
World of Warcraft
Game » consists of 9 releases. Released Nov 23, 2004
World of Warcraft is an MMORPG that takes place in Blizzard Entertainment's Warcraft universe. At its peak, it boasted a player base of over 12.5 million subscribers, making it the most popular MMO of all time.
The spam from phishers is getting annoying.
" Wow... I've gotten a few over the last couple of weeks (4-5 maybe) but that's just... wow. "More like, that's just WoW, amirite?
I've never gotten that many spam mails in my life! I think 100's maybe but that's about it o.O
What I do to not get a lot of spam?
I stop posting my email on every fucking sites that has it as an optional thing in the "contact info" page.
Seriousle, once you put your email down (in many cases, the email you use to log in to MSN) you're getting spammed a lot.
Kinda like how some idiots on here are actually using their emails as a user name.
Yeah, I've posted their emails to email-wanting-spamsites =D
Stop posting your emails all over the damn internet, it's that simple.
Yes, why doesn't he unsubscribe from the spammers' mailing lists." @CL60 said:
" @Enigma777 said:I meant unsubscibe from their email list.... "" Why don't you just unsubscribe? "Because 1. I enjoy the game. 2. Even when my subscription isn't active I still get the emails "
Think about that one, long and hard.
Acquire Gmail, disregard spam.
This even happens to me, and I never bought a world of warcraft game before in my life. I guess they think SC2 users play wow too xD
" @Enigma777 said:Think about it yourself. The "spammer" is Blizzard, so why wouldn't he be able to unsubscribe?Yes, why doesn't he unsubscribe from the spammers' mailing lists. Think about that one, long and hard. Acquire Gmail, disregard spam. "" @CL60 said:
" @Enigma777 said:I meant unsubscibe from their email list.... "" Why don't you just unsubscribe? "Because 1. I enjoy the game. 2. Even when my subscription isn't active I still get the emails "
" @oatz said:It looks like Blizzard, that's true." @Enigma777 said:Think about it yourself. The "spammer" is Blizzard, so why wouldn't he be able to unsubscribe? "Yes, why doesn't he unsubscribe from the spammers' mailing lists. Think about that one, long and hard. Acquire Gmail, disregard spam. "" @CL60 said:
" @Enigma777 said:I meant unsubscibe from their email list.... "" Why don't you just unsubscribe? "Because 1. I enjoy the game. 2. Even when my subscription isn't active I still get the emails "
But I guess there's a lot of dumb URLs he needs to click in the email that leads to some fake world of warcraft site.
Man if people go by the names of the "person" who sent the email alone then we're all fucked.
" @oatz said:" @Enigma777 said:Think about it yourself. The "spammer" is Blizzard, so why wouldn't he be able to unsubscribe? "Yes, why doesn't he unsubscribe from the spammers' mailing lists. Think about that one, long and hard. Acquire Gmail, disregard spam. "" @CL60 said:
" @Enigma777 said:I meant unsubscibe from their email list.... "" Why don't you just unsubscribe? "Because 1. I enjoy the game. 2. Even when my subscription isn't active I still get the emails "
" @oatz said:You can't be serious..." @Enigma777 said:Think about it yourself. The "spammer" is Blizzard, so why wouldn't he be able to unsubscribe? "Yes, why doesn't he unsubscribe from the spammers' mailing lists. Think about that one, long and hard. Acquire Gmail, disregard spam. "" @CL60 said:
" @Enigma777 said:I meant unsubscibe from their email list.... "" Why don't you just unsubscribe? "Because 1. I enjoy the game. 2. Even when my subscription isn't active I still get the emails "
I get a bunch of these e-mails on my old hotmail account and I've never played WoW before. The only reason I can think of them showing up is from playing some Diablo II like 8 months ago. Just glad it's my old e-mail.
" @Enigma777 said:I would block them, but they all come from different emails. I've blocked a lot of them."Looks like you're using hotmail, so select all the messages and mark them as phishing scam "Failing that you can block specific @[insertdomainhere].coms in your security settings somewhere so that they all go directly to your trash. "
If you go to the blizzard website it's got a list of the official emails coming from them, all the rest that pop up are obvious fakes & be sure to look at the destination of any html links in those emails as they often say one thing & go somewhere else.
Easy way to get away from all this spam that I found was to get an authenticator from Blizz, should show up in the mail in less than a week. Once you have the possibility of someone hacking your account is drastically reduced down as your account is tied to that authenticator serial#/readout. Then once you have that any email about account changes can be pretty much ignored.
" @oatz said:Oh boy someone needs to read up on internet security." @Enigma777 said:Think about it yourself. The "spammer" is Blizzard, so why wouldn't he be able to unsubscribe? "Yes, why doesn't he unsubscribe from the spammers' mailing lists. Think about that one, long and hard. Acquire Gmail, disregard spam. "" @CL60 said:
" @Enigma777 said:I meant unsubscibe from their email list.... "" Why don't you just unsubscribe? "Because 1. I enjoy the game. 2. Even when my subscription isn't active I still get the emails "
To the OP... try to get rid of that account if you can, link all the stuff you actually use to a new gmail account.
" @CL60: If you go to the blizzard website it's got a list of the official emails coming from them, all the rest that pop up are obvious fakes & be sure to look at the destination of any html links in those emails as they often say one thing & go somewhere else. Easy way to get away from all this spam that I found was to get an authenticator from Blizz, should show up in the mail in less than a week. Once you have the possibility of someone hacking your account is drastically reduced down as your account is tied to that authenticator serial#/readout. Then once you have that any email about account changes can be pretty much ignored. "I have no problem with finding out whats real, and I do have an authenticator. Getting 300 emails every 3 days from fake blizzard is just annoying.
" @Enigma777 said:This. I've had my gmail for 2 years, only had ONE spam email actually get through. Pretty impressive spam filters.Acquire Gmail, disregard spam. "" @CL60 said:
" @Enigma777 said:I meant unsubscibe from their email list.... "" Why don't you just unsubscribe? "Because 1. I enjoy the game. 2. Even when my subscription isn't active I still get the emails "
" @oatz said:Just tried making a gmail account, and apparently I need a phone. Something I do not currently own." @Enigma777 said:This. I've had my gmail for 2 years, only had ONE spam email actually get through. Pretty impressive spam filters. "Acquire Gmail, disregard spam. "" @CL60 said:
" @Enigma777 said:I meant unsubscibe from their email list.... "" Why don't you just unsubscribe? "Because 1. I enjoy the game. 2. Even when my subscription isn't active I still get the emails "
" @iWonder said:I just made a 3rd gmail account last night, no phone needed there." @oatz said:Just tried making a gmail account, and apparently I need a phone. Something I do not currently own. "" @Enigma777 said:This. I've had my gmail for 2 years, only had ONE spam email actually get through. Pretty impressive spam filters. "Acquire Gmail, disregard spam. "" @CL60 said:
" @Enigma777 said:I meant unsubscibe from their email list.... "" Why don't you just unsubscribe? "Because 1. I enjoy the game. 2. Even when my subscription isn't active I still get the emails "
They change their stuff fast!
" @iWonder said:A phone? That's weird...I don't remember anything about that. I've had my Gmail account for a long time though, and rarely does anything get through. I'd definitely recommend getting it if you can." @oatz said:Just tried making a gmail account, and apparently I need a phone. Something I do not currently own. "" @Enigma777 said:This. I've had my gmail for 2 years, only had ONE spam email actually get through. Pretty impressive spam filters. "Acquire Gmail, disregard spam. "" @CL60 said:
" @Enigma777 said:I meant unsubscibe from their email list.... "" Why don't you just unsubscribe? "Because 1. I enjoy the game. 2. Even when my subscription isn't active I still get the emails "
" @CL60 said:@ZeForgotten said:" @iWonder said:A phone? That's weird...I don't remember anything about that. I've had my Gmail account for a long time though, and rarely does anything get through. I'd definitely recommend getting it if you can. "" @oatz said:Just tried making a gmail account, and apparently I need a phone. Something I do not currently own. "" @Enigma777 said:This. I've had my gmail for 2 years, only had ONE spam email actually get through. Pretty impressive spam filters. "Acquire Gmail, disregard spam. "" @CL60 said:
" @Enigma777 said:I meant unsubscibe from their email list.... "" Why don't you just unsubscribe? "Because 1. I enjoy the game. 2. Even when my subscription isn't active I still get the emails "
" @CL60 said:Gmail is telling me I need to verify with a phone." @iWonder said:I just made a 3rd gmail account last night, no phone needed there. They change their stuff fast! "" @oatz said:Just tried making a gmail account, and apparently I need a phone. Something I do not currently own. "" @Enigma777 said:This. I've had my gmail for 2 years, only had ONE spam email actually get through. Pretty impressive spam filters. "Acquire Gmail, disregard spam. "" @CL60 said:
" @Enigma777 said:I meant unsubscibe from their email list.... "" Why don't you just unsubscribe? "Because 1. I enjoy the game. 2. Even when my subscription isn't active I still get the emails "
" @Galiant said:Oh! YOU mean GeeMail. Yeah, that's a scam site set to get your phone number so they can acquire your personal information. Jeez CL60, do you find the scams or do the scams find you?" @CL60 said:@ZeForgotten said:" @iWonder said:A phone? That's weird...I don't remember anything about that. I've had my Gmail account for a long time though, and rarely does anything get through. I'd definitely recommend getting it if you can. "" @oatz said:Just tried making a gmail account, and apparently I need a phone. Something I do not currently own. "" @Enigma777 said:This. I've had my gmail for 2 years, only had ONE spam email actually get through. Pretty impressive spam filters. "Acquire Gmail, disregard spam. "" @CL60 said:
" @Enigma777 said:I meant unsubscibe from their email list.... "" Why don't you just unsubscribe? "Because 1. I enjoy the game. 2. Even when my subscription isn't active I still get the emails "" @CL60 said:Gmail is telling me I need to verify with a phone. "" @iWonder said:I just made a 3rd gmail account last night, no phone needed there. They change their stuff fast! "" @oatz said:Just tried making a gmail account, and apparently I need a phone. Something I do not currently own. "" @Enigma777 said:This. I've had my gmail for 2 years, only had ONE spam email actually get through. Pretty impressive spam filters. "Acquire Gmail, disregard spam. "" @CL60 said:
" @Enigma777 said:I meant unsubscibe from their email list.... "" Why don't you just unsubscribe? "Because 1. I enjoy the game. 2. Even when my subscription isn't active I still get the emails "
In all seriousness, it appears that some IP addresses are blacklisted because of previous scamming attempts, thus you're needed to verify. Sorry about your luck.
" @CL60 said:I managed to get one made. Apparently I had to log out of my google account." @Galiant said:Oh! YOU mean GeeMail. Yeah, that's a scam site set to get your phone number so they can acquire your personal information. Jeez CL60, do you find the scams or do the scams find you? In all seriousness, it appears that some IP addresses are blacklisted because of previous scamming attempts, thus you're needed to verify. Sorry about your luck. "" @CL60 said:@ZeForgotten said:" @iWonder said:A phone? That's weird...I don't remember anything about that. I've had my Gmail account for a long time though, and rarely does anything get through. I'd definitely recommend getting it if you can. "" @oatz said:Just tried making a gmail account, and apparently I need a phone. Something I do not currently own. "" @Enigma777 said:This. I've had my gmail for 2 years, only had ONE spam email actually get through. Pretty impressive spam filters. "Acquire Gmail, disregard spam. "" @CL60 said:
" @Enigma777 said:I meant unsubscibe from their email list.... "" Why don't you just unsubscribe? "Because 1. I enjoy the game. 2. Even when my subscription isn't active I still get the emails "" @CL60 said:Gmail is telling me I need to verify with a phone. "" @iWonder said:I just made a 3rd gmail account last night, no phone needed there. They change their stuff fast! "" @oatz said:Just tried making a gmail account, and apparently I need a phone. Something I do not currently own. "" @Enigma777 said:This. I've had my gmail for 2 years, only had ONE spam email actually get through. Pretty impressive spam filters. "Acquire Gmail, disregard spam. "" @CL60 said:
" @Enigma777 said:I meant unsubscibe from their email list.... "" Why don't you just unsubscribe? "Because 1. I enjoy the game. 2. Even when my subscription isn't active I still get the emails "
" @Galiant said:Could you just borrow the phone of a friend or would that work...?" @CL60 said:@ZeForgotten said:" @iWonder said:A phone? That's weird...I don't remember anything about that. I've had my Gmail account for a long time though, and rarely does anything get through. I'd definitely recommend getting it if you can. "" @oatz said:Just tried making a gmail account, and apparently I need a phone. Something I do not currently own. "" @Enigma777 said:This. I've had my gmail for 2 years, only had ONE spam email actually get through. Pretty impressive spam filters. "Acquire Gmail, disregard spam. "" @CL60 said:
" @Enigma777 said:I meant unsubscibe from their email list.... "" Why don't you just unsubscribe? "Because 1. I enjoy the game. 2. Even when my subscription isn't active I still get the emails "" @CL60 said:Gmail is telling me I need to verify with a phone. "" @iWonder said:I just made a 3rd gmail account last night, no phone needed there. They change their stuff fast! "" @oatz said:Just tried making a gmail account, and apparently I need a phone. Something I do not currently own. "" @Enigma777 said:This. I've had my gmail for 2 years, only had ONE spam email actually get through. Pretty impressive spam filters. "Acquire Gmail, disregard spam. "" @CL60 said:
" @Enigma777 said:I meant unsubscibe from their email list.... "" Why don't you just unsubscribe? "Because 1. I enjoy the game. 2. Even when my subscription isn't active I still get the emails "
For a second I thought you were talking about the spammers on this site. But then I saw that picture of your inbox and realized that you have a much worse problem.
Dude, what the fuck is up with that? I've had an account for 4 years now, and I've never got one of these emails on my hotmail account. I think you just need to be careful what you use your email address for, I've only used mine for a few secure sites, whiskey and a few others. I've got a 2nd account I use for any questionable websites, just in case.
" Dude, what the fuck is up with that? I've had an account for 4 years now, and I've never got one of these emails on my hotmail account. I think you just need to be careful what you use your email address for, I've only used mine for a few secure sites, whiskey and a few others. I've got a 2nd account I use for any questionable websites, just in case. "I also have a second account that I never even go on that I use for other sites. I rarely use this email. My other account has thousands of emails.
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