Persistent spam

Broadback · Oct 25, 2009, 11:37:57

I keep getting span from World of Warcraft. Using SeaMonkey all other spam I receive gets filtered out once I mark it as such. I have checked this cr*p is not in my address book, so how come they manage to get past the filter? They keep telling me that someone is using my account, to stop this I need to enter them into my mobile, I should cocoa!

Simon · Oct 25, 2009, 11:42:22

Maybe you haven't got the filter set up correctly? You can set if for different, or multiple fields by clicking the '+' button, so you could set it for Sender, Subject, etc.

Niall · Oct 25, 2009, 12:13:22

Quote from: Broadback on Oct 25, 2009, 11:37:57
I keep getting span from World of Warcraft. Using SeaMonkey all other spam I receive gets filtered out once I mark it as such. I have checked this cr*p is not in my address book, so how come they manage to get past the filter? They keep telling me that someone is using my account, to stop this I need to enter them into my mobile, I should cocoa!

I'm assuming you already know that these are fake emails that are trying to get your WoW account details? I haven't seen one for ages, but I did get a few about 6 or 7 months ago.

Broadback · Oct 25, 2009, 14:32:38

As this is the only series of emails that have bypassed my filter I guess that is fine, though I will check later Nial. As I have no WofW account (don't even know what it is ) I assume they operate similar to the Banks scams, which we all get!.

Technical Ben · Oct 25, 2009, 15:47:57

Only they are after virtual currency.

How ridiculous can it get!

Broadback · Oct 25, 2009, 15:56:07

Quote from: Technical Ben on Oct 25, 2009, 15:47:57
Only they are after virtual currency. How ridiculous can it get!

All my money is Virtual currency, the only real money my wife claims!

zappaDPJ · Oct 28, 2009, 09:21:40

Quote from: Technical Ben on Oct 25, 2009, 15:47:57
Only they are after virtual currency. How ridiculous can it get!

As ridiculous as is it, a stolen Wow account will change hands for more money than stolen credit card details as the Wow account will generate more income for a thief. The virtually currency contained on an account can sell for a lot of real world money plus the account will be used in conjunction with automated software to generate further real world income.

Niall · Oct 28, 2009, 20:28:05

Indeed. If you're in a position in WoW where you've had a few months break, when you come back everything you're using is terrible and to catch up the best way is to buy items ingame from the auction house. To do this you need gold. Lots of it.

I've actually bought gold once for this reason, a couple of years ago. The best part was the gold sellers mucked up and sent me 2000 gold 3 times, which is the equivalent of about 4000g 3 times now for all those WoW geeks on here