Avid World of Warcraft players are being targeted with phishing emails seemingly coming from Attack.Phishing Blizzard Entertainment , the video game developer behind the popular multiplayer role-playing game , warns Malwarebytes ’ Chris Boyd . The email is supposedly a notification that a friend has purchased an in-game pet for the email recipient , and the latter can claim said pet by logging into Battle.net , Blizzards online gaming platform . The ( long ) URL of the blocked phishing site mentions Battle.net , “ password verify ” , “ login ” , and “ account support ” , in the attempt to convince potential victims of the site ’ s legitimacy . Still , it ’ s a piece of cake for the scammers to set up a new one and simply change the link in the phishing email , so the threat is still there , and gamers should be wary