You couldn't be more wrong with this statement. I've had many many many accounts perma banned for various violations and I can tell you from personal experience that "Abuse of Economy" is for gold sellers and "Use of 3rd party sofware" is for botting. There is a HUGE difference between the two. Every Abuse of Economy violation will result in a PERMA ban. NOT every Use of 3rd Software/Automation violations will result in perma ban. Go back an reread your email from Blizz during the 2 ban waves...nowhere will it say "Abuse of Economy".
So in essence anyone who comes to the forum and says they got banned for "Abuse of Economy", 100% of the time it's because they transferred gold between accounts (to themselves or to someone else)
