Got a text message that says my account has been locked.
This morning I did post here for the first time in months, and it made me send a verification code. It gave me a choice of email or text message. I chose email, did the code thing, and have posted a few times today.
I am still able to get into the game.
What, exactly, has been locked?
If you have got it as chat message, you are just being pranked by another player.
nah blizzard will text your phone if you have it connected (responding to Bella)
I mean as chat message in the game.
There is known trick ppl use to make the text appear in the center of the screen but you can still see the name of who has posted it in left.
Nah pretty sure they actually got messaged by blizzard
Yes, this was a message from blizzard. I would normally ignore “your account has been blocked” messages as they are usually someone trying to get you to give over your credentials, or worse, but getting it from blizzard, on the day I had to do a verify to post here, is really specific and that would be quite the coincidence.
As in on your phone # you have registered to your account? What , exactly, did it say?
Sounds like your account is NOT locked.
However it could be talking about something else blizzard related like access to your account on blizzards site.
Blizzard likes to do email notifications for account actions as well, check your spam folder and other messages.
I dunno the latest scams out there, but if someone got a hold of your registered TN and then cracked your password but then needed your OTN to get in , texting you on your phone and acting like you needed to re-authorize via that text or providing a link for you to go put that in would be the likely next step for them.
It might just means that they locked the account due to inactivity, and as extra security you’d have to type in a code they send to verify it’s you