The Escapist is reporting that the popular video game Call of Duty is being used in a new email phishing scam. The emails claim to be offering keys to a new beta of the game called Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. It also directs the recipent to click on a link to download the alleged beta, which Call of Duty’s creator, Infinity Ward, was quick to announce does not actually exist:

Robert Bowling, better known as Infinity Ward’s community manager “fourzerotwo”, would like you to know that there is no such thing as a Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 multiplayer beta. In fact, there may not even be Modern Warfare 2 and that Infinity Ward, creator of the war-time series, has yet to even announce what their next project is, despite reports to the contrary. Secrets, these be. Of course, that never stops the internet as a widespread email scam has been sent around the tubes, inviting one and all to a multiplayer beta for Call of Duty: Modern Combat 2. The reason as to why this particular scam is so believable is that the content of the email is exactly the same as the one Infinity Ward sent out themselves in 2007 for the Call of Duty 4 beta. It also doesn’t hurt that the creator of the phishing scam has gone the extra mile and hoaxed its origin, as the emails appear to come from COD5BETA@infinityward.com.

Bowling advises anyone who receives the fake announcement to delete it immediately. He said it simply copies an email sent out last year announcing the current Call of Duty version, but with certain parts updated to make it look like it’s announcing a brand new beta.