Blizzard has posted an interesting statement about the ways in which real money transactions have effected World of Warcraft, and some of potential risks of dealing with gold farmers and power-leveling services. "Through our normal support processes and the assistance of players, we also find that many accounts that have been shared with power-leveling services are then hacked into months later, and all of the items on the account are stripped and sold off. Basically, players have paid money to these companies, sometimes large amounts, and they£§re then targeted by these same companies down the road." They also point out that some of these companies won£§t hesitate to use any personal information you give them to steal your identity or commit credit card fraud. We certainly haven£§t heard the end of this.