Does blizzard just throw out bans?

[Riinex]

Aight so i had my main account banned for 72h for botting. http://www.thebuddyforum.com/honorbuddy-forum/ban-section-ban-reports/106166-banned-13-feb-2013-a.html

Now when i check my mail, i received this:

***Notice of Account Closure***

Account Name: WOW9

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 behaviour 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://eu.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://eu.blizzard.com/company/legal/index.html. Any recurring subscriptions on this account have been suspended to prevent further monetary charges.

If you believe your account was compromised, please go to the following website https://eu.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://eu.battle.net/account/support/password-reset.html

For any disputes of this action or further information on Exploitive Activity, please visit the Exploitative Activity FAQ and contact page here: http://eu.battle.net/support/en/article/200783

Regards,

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

Just to clarify something. THIS IS A STARTER EDITION. It's not even upgraded to a battle chest or anything! I made this half a year ago and i dont even think i ever had any characters on it.
I dont care about this account the slightest. But why do blizzard perm ban a starter edition when i havent done ANYTHING on it?

 

[loliceman]

Because they permbanned another account on the same IP/MAC adress and ofcourse they can ban your other accounts on your battle.net.

 

[Riinex]

Because they permbanned another account on the same IP/MAC adress and ofcourse they can ban your other accounts on your battle.net.

I know they can ban other accounts. The thing im wondering about why they said it has been used in Gold Selling. As i have never done that.

My main account was NOT Permbanned. Only a 72h ban. So the IP/MAC adress story doesn't add out.

 

[christiantroy]

wow9? I thought u can only have up to 8 licences on same b.net.

 

[Riinex]

wow9? I thought u can only have up to 8 licences on same b.net.

I had a GM clear out a bunch of starter edition accounts i had. But the number still kept going up when i made new accounts

 

[razer]

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

they can put any reason in...

 

[Viktor Balaban]

sounds for me that blizzard have made or hired some smart guys to manage the bots...