Beware of Blood Elves selling mounts

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A friend of mine recently got hit by a pretty devious phishing scam targeting wealthy (in-game) players looking to make legitimate purchases. My friend, we’ll call him Cobra, was in a major city when an offer in the Trade Channel caught his eye. A player, we’ll call him Bubbles, was offering a Spectral Tiger Mount for 5000 gold. Since this mount is only available as a code on a rare loot card , Cobra contacted Bubbles to inquire. Purchasing codes for in-game items with in-game cash is perfectly legitimate, according to Blizzard , so Cobra did not worry about going against the TOS with this transaction. Bubbles, a level 78 Blood Elf Mage, seemed legitimate. For one thing, he was not a throwaway low level character. Also, he didn’t want to take the cash then, but just see it in a trade window to make sure Cobra was in possession of it. So Cobra gave Bubbles his email address only and waited for the email that included the code and a link to where to input the information. Continue reading Beware of Blood Elves selling mounts Filed under: Mounts , Account Security Beware of Blood Elves selling mounts originally appeared on WoW.com on Thu, 04 Jun 2009 19:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink