*falls over laughing*
I just received the following email; copy/pasting for you all to get a giggle out of it, too:
Copy/pasted word for word, with only my email address and the link deleted, just in case anyone might be tempted...
from Blizzard
to [blanked for my own protection]
date Thu, Jul 15, 2010 at 3:40 PM
subject WOW-Mounts Application Trial
mailed-by hotmail.com
Greetings!
This is an automated notification regarding the recent change(s)
Our goal is to make the experience may be the most blizzard games, so we hope to get epic of your feedback for registered users of world of warcraft. We invite you to join an online survey in your feedback will help us to decide what will we focus on the next few months.
[blanked, although it's obvious it's NOT Blizzard, as they didn't even bother to disguise the link]
If you ignore this mail your account can and will be closed permanently. Once we verify your account, we will reply to your e-mail informing you that we have dropped the investigation. billing@blizzard.com. Account security is solely the responsibility of the account holder. Please be advised that in the event of a compromised account, Blizzard representatives typically must lock the account. In these cases the Account Administration team will require faxed receipt of ID materials before releasing the account for play.
Sincerely,
The Battle.net Team
That's the single most idiotic mail I've received to date, and yet.... what's sad is that some people will STILL fall for it.
Copy/pasted word for word, with only my email address and the link deleted, just in case anyone might be tempted...
from Blizzard
to [blanked for my own protection]
date Thu, Jul 15, 2010 at 3:40 PM
subject WOW-Mounts Application Trial
mailed-by hotmail.com
Greetings!
This is an automated notification regarding the recent change(s)
Our goal is to make the experience may be the most blizzard games, so we hope to get epic of your feedback for registered users of world of warcraft. We invite you to join an online survey in your feedback will help us to decide what will we focus on the next few months.
[blanked, although it's obvious it's NOT Blizzard, as they didn't even bother to disguise the link]
If you ignore this mail your account can and will be closed permanently. Once we verify your account, we will reply to your e-mail informing you that we have dropped the investigation. billing@blizzard.com. Account security is solely the responsibility of the account holder. Please be advised that in the event of a compromised account, Blizzard representatives typically must lock the account. In these cases the Account Administration team will require faxed receipt of ID materials before releasing the account for play.
Sincerely,
The Battle.net Team
That's the single most idiotic mail I've received to date, and yet.... what's sad is that some people will STILL fall for it.