World of Warcraft subscribers will have difficulty paying their monthly game fees whether their credit card was issued by U.K. bank Halifax.

The Register reports that the bank is blocking payments to Blizzard due to an uptick in the use of stolen credit card numbers to pay for WoW accounts. The Register quotes from a statement issued by Halifax:

We have seen a significant number of false transactions through Blizzard’s gaming sites. We have, therefore, blocked the majority of Visa/Mastercard transactions we receive from there in order to combat that.

We do not believe the scam is anything to do with Blizzard

themselves, their sites or the integrity of their billing systems, rather it is site users utilising stolen credit card details to pay for subscriptions.

So, what’s, say, an up-and-coming level-41 gnome mage (like GP’s current character) to do? Halifax says it will build special arrangements to keep players in the game:

If a customer does want to subscribe to a game site operated by Blizzard, using a Halifax or Bank of Scotland credit card, we can arrange for the payments to be processed for them whether they contact us.

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