IP Bans?

[Rotterdus]

So I bought a battlechest account to run an AH bot for a couple of hours a day. After a couple days the account got closed due to "Exploitative Activity: Abuse of the Economy", which I guess is sort of expected.
However a couple days after I then made a starter account and did RAF whilst having the IP address as the one that previously got banned.

So this time I just RAF levelled two characters to about level 15 then logged off. I literally did nothing else apart from that. The next day I check my email and I received this:

***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 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: Impact of Buying Gold - Shop - World of Warcraft

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 Blizzard Entertainment: Blizzard Legal Documentation. 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
World of Warcraft

In no way was the account associated with anything to do with the exchange of in-game property because it was a starter account so it had a lot restrictions on what I could do and even then all I had done was some levelling.

The only thing that stayed the same was the IP address so that leads me to believe that it was the cause.

Any ideas?

 

[Jacan]

are you using any kind of pr0xy?

 

[mat53]

Yes, it seems for me like IP ban. Happened to me before.

 

[xio8up]

yea I get the same thing to.

the exchange of, in-game property (items or gold) for "real-world" currency. Explotativy abuse.

 

[Yify]

dude .. i get this crap all the time..

Just means that your IP was identified whilst trading in game items or what not..

Typically, when i RAF 2 accounts, i trade gold from my Main to thoes new ones and all 3 have been locked out with that exact email..

all u need to say is you x-fered gold to one of your toons ur leveling up on a different account.



BTW.. if you EVER trade Gold with anybody or any of your toons... always .. put some ROG crap item in the trade window to prevent this sort of ban, cause if items are traded then it doesnt look like your Buying or selling your gold =p

Its just a automated server issue.. just do what i said =) if you did x-fer anything between the 2 chars then your golden =D but yea