Abuse of the Diablo Economy in WoW

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Ban:

**Notice of Account Closure***

Account Name: WOW1

Reason for Closure: Terms of Use Violation -- Exploitative Activity: Abuse of the Economy

This account was closed because one or more characters were identified exchanging, or contributing to the exchange of, in-game property (items or gold) for "real-world" currency. This exchange process negatively impacts the World of Warcraft game environment by detracting from the value of the in-game economy.

Even if this is the result of account sharing, the account owner can still be held responsible for the penalty because of the impact it had on the game environment.

We've found the above behavior is many times directly related to groups responsible for compromising World of Warcraft accounts; we take these issues very seriously. To better understand our position against exploitative activity and the risks involved, please review this article: http://us.battle.net/wow/en/services/anti-gold/

The exploitative activity that took place on this account violates the World of Warcraft Terms of Use. We ask you take a moment to review these terms at http://us.blizzard.com/company/legal/index.html. Note that additional Terms of Use violations may result in more severe actions against this account, up to and including permanent closure.

If you believe your account was compromised, please go to the following website https://us.battle.net/account/support/account-recovery.html. Our support staff will assist you as soon as possible. If you are unable to access your account due to the password being changed, please visit our Login Support site here: https://us.battle.net/account/support/password-reset.html

For any disputes of this action or further information on exploitive activity, please visit the Account Administration Overview and contact page here: http://us.battle.net/support/en/article/300515

Regards,

Customer Services
Blizzard Entertainment
http://us.battle.net/wow/en/

Appealed.

Their answer:

This is the latest response from Customer Support:
Thank you for contacting Blizzard Entertainment Customer Support.

Due to recent suspicious activity, the Diablo III account attached to the Battle.net account ______, has been temporarily disabled. Please secure your Battle.net account immediately. To help you secure your account, review the Security Checklist (http://us.battle.net/security/checklist) on our Account Security site at http://us.battle.net/security/.

Before the account can be reactivated, we need the Account Recovery Form (see below) for security purposes. A clear image of the account holder's government-issued identification must be included with the form to complete account recovery. School IDs will not be accepted.

Print and fill out the Account Recovery Form here: http://us.battle.net/support/en/article/battle-net-terms-of-use-form, and then return it to us via a support ticket: https://us.battle.net/support/en/ticket/submit.

We will contact you once we have received and processed your submission. If you do not receive a reply within 24 hours of submitting the form, please notify us via a support ticket: https://us.battle.net/support/en/ticket/submit

Thank you for your time and attention to this matter, and your continued interest in Diablo III.

Decided to share this one as its kinda funny and may provide some food for hungry thoughts here lol. I mean either their support is shared in some way, or wrong template picked, or wow support is overwhelmed and their diablo buds helping clean our shit out whatever lol

And just for protocol: no i dont bot diablo and dont have diablo accounts.

 

[markop]

Ye, the same thing with me. I got an email saying that it is suspended for 72 hours, but below there was a text that permanent closure does not effect new accounts.
Made a ticket, was just curious what would be the justification. So the answer comes that due to invistigation related to honor system they made 72 hours and after a careful investigation they agreed to close it permanently.
The banned bot was only using gatherbuddy no bgbuddys.
I guess they really do have a lot of work.