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Luke Warm
Joined: 10 May 2007
Posts: 101
Location: Boise, Idaho
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 Posted: 05/27/07 - 12:28 Post subject: Why you got banned for using a selling website
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Warden watches windows titles. If you visit a gold or account selling website with WoW running, you can get flagged pretty quick.
I also advise against the use of armory profiles because that contains both your name and server. Blizzard does visit some websites to track down accounts that should be flagged. They won't instaban you, but they'll watch close for any signs of change of ownership. A lot of accounts get viewed after changes anyway even if they've always had a perfect record. If your new phone number is 123 456 7890 - that might raise an eyebrow. What really raises an eyebrow though is when information changes several times in a row. You anonymize your info, then the buyer updates it. When this happens, the risk factor goes Amber Alert.
Also, if you ever buy or sell currency, try to do it face to face. Mailboxes are monitored for large amounts.
With that info, you can trade a little more safely.
A common thing to watch out for is email related scams. I post in forums frequently and get official emails from Blizzard about my account being reviewed for EULA infractions due to selling it.... Except they don't really come from blizzard. They come from an email address like eublizzardaccountsdept.blizzard.com@hotmail.com
Notice that hotmail part. If you ever get a notice from Blizzard, they won't be asking for your login information. They will tell you that the ban stick is ready and invite you to call customer support. This is pretty much true for every game company. They handle account discipline appeals over the phone.
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