Scammers Use Social Engineering

Scamming related to World of Warcraft largely depends on the principles of social engineering. For from the scammer’s point of view it is about gaining the victim’s trust. Trust is a key word, as once you gain a persons trust you can make them hand out sensitive information, which would otherwise be much harder to get. Scamming people online is easier than scamming people in real life, because the scammer typically never comes face-to-face with the victim.

Another Scammer Bites The Dust

As the end of November approaches with haste it’s time to look back on YourAccountSeller.com’s first month. November has been mostly great but also marred by the resurfacing of a notorious scammer. People really seem interested in adopting a more professional approach to account selling and scam detection.
Another clear sign of success is the amount of [...]

Here’s What it Takes to Run the World of Warcraft

This post has nothing to do with scamming. GameSpot.com has conjured up this interesting article describing in detail the resources it takes to maintain the World of Warcraft. Apparently it takes some 4,000 employees and 75,000 CPU cores. Fascinating reading for all of us who many times have wondered if the World of Warcraft servers [...]

Christmas is Coming: So Watch Out

Christmas. A great time of the year. Spending time with the family, gifts and great food are all synonymous with this magnificent holiday. Sadly, Christmas also is a time where scammers flourish. According to my own impression of the stereotypical scammer, it is probably related to two things. One, Christmas being a long school holiday. [...]

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