I don’t know how many emails I’ve gotten now about my Battle.net account, asking me to verify my information for one reason or another. I don’t even have a Battle.net account. Bob and I quit playing WoW before Blizzard made the switch. Bob hasn’t received a single [spam] email regarding his Battle.net account. Probably because he doesn’t have a blog (or twelve) connected to his email address wherein he talks about playing WoW. This little gem is particularly amusing because Blizzard doesn’t delete inactive accounts “just in case” you ever want to return to the game. And when they’re on the verge of releasing a new expansion? They’re definitely NOT going to purge their system. They’re going to see an influx of reactivating happening.
Also?
I really don’t think Blizzard Entertainment uses HOTMAIL as their mail server.
Fools.
Here phishy, phishy, phishy…
[sic]
from Blizzard Entertainment < WoWAccountAdmin@battle.net >
sender-time Sent at 2:09 PM (GMT+08:00)
to [ me ]
date Tue, Aug 31, 2010 at 2:09 PM
subject World of Warcraft account Management
mailed-by hotmail.comGreetings!
In order to make our servers more efficient, we are taking the time to remove inactive accounts. We are mass mailing all email addresses registered to World of Warcraft accounts to target those that are inactive. If you are currently active in the World of Warcraft, or plan on picking up where you left off the in the future, please continue reading. If you do not foresee yourself ever rejoining us, please disregard this message.
Please take a moment and login to your Battle.net Account to verify and maintain your enjoyable gameplay experience.
Be sure to tell all of your friends and guildmates to check their email, as we want to make sure all active accounts remain playable.
Thank you for your time and attention to this matter, and your continued interest in World of Warcraft.
Sincerely,
Account Administration
Blizzard Entertainment
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