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Phishing is the criminally fraudulent process of attempting to acquire sensitive information such as usernames, passwords and credit card details by masquerading as a trustworthy entity in an electronic communication.^[1] Phishing is an example of social engineering techniques used to fool users. The most common method of phishing is by sending misleading e-mails that point to web sites masquerading as legitimate account holding institutions.

Contents 1 For World of Warcraft 1.1 Example phishing e-mail 2 See also 3 References 4 External links

For World of Warcraft Edit

This section concerns content exclusive to World of Warcraft.

For World of Warcraft players, the most frequently encountered type of phishing are e-mails that pretend to be sent from Blizzard Entertainment, but usually point to some domain or URL that sound similar to a legitimate one, but is not.

See the External links section below for a blue post on how to deal with phishing e-mails.

Example phishing e-mail Edit

Below is one of the more amusing examples of a phishing email. Notice the extraordinarily defeative lack of correct or consistent spelling or grammar. On occasion, the email will also consist of more than one type font.

Of particular note with WoW phishing emails is that the link to battle.net which is given always refers to a misleading URL. Always check the URL target on a supposed email from Blizzard by hovering over the link in any email.

See also Edit

• Basic account security
• Gold buyer
• Gold buying
• Gold farmer
• Gold seller
• Keylogging

References Edit

External links Edit