Post by Aedalas
Though not related to the beta scams, I just got this one and thought I'd share so others know not to go clicking.
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Blizzard Entertainment While all of the links
looked legit (I snipped them anyways for reposting), the first was the only fake, mousing over revealed the real site it linked to. The rest were to actual Blizzard websites.
It looks pretty good though, much better than some of the crap I've received in the past. Had I not logged in before seeing this, and have my account on another email (which I use for absolutely nothing but my account, hint hint) I might not have given this a second thought.
If you do receive an email though that you think may be real and you think you need to log into your account, manually type in the battle.net or official site address, never, EVER click links.
EDIT: Cropped spacers to remove scrollbar