WTF

[RichardCranium]

Greetings Adam,

* * * NOTICE OF ACCOUNT CLOSURE REVIEW * * *

Account Name: VALTHIREN
Account Action: 72 Hour Suspension with review for Account Closure

Offense: World of Warcraft Terms of Use Violation

Details: Character(s) on this account were found to be used for intended
exploitation of the World of Warcraft economy.

The actions detailed above have been deemed inappropriate for World of Warcraft
by the Blizzard Entertainment In-game Support Staff. As a result, the World of
Warcraft account has been given a 72 hour account suspension and will not be
accessible for the duration thereof. This World of Warcraft account has also
been forwarded to our Account Administration team for review of current and
previous policy infractions to determine if further account actions, up to and
including account closure, are necessary. Our Account Administration team will
contact you with a decision once all information has been reviewed.

Thank you for respecting our position on this matter.

Any disputes or questions concerning this account review can only be addressed
by Account Administration. To learn more about how Account Administration is
able to assist you, please visit us at http://www.blizzard.com/support/wowaa/.

Please visit http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/termsofuse.shtml for further
information and to review the World of Warcraft Terms of Use.



Regards,

Vencaer
Game Master
Blizzard Entertainment
www.worldofwarcraft.com




I deleted all my characters about a week ago in the hopes of deterring myself from coming back. It didn't work, I reactivated my account a couple of days ago and I come home from work today and try to log in and I get the WTFBanned message. I check my e-mail and I find this.

[NocturnalRob]

any idea why?

[RichardCranium]

I have no idea. I wouldn't even know how to exploit the WoW economy if I wanted to.

[Skeeter]

You don't happen to be the banker for your guild? Our guild banker got banned for being a CGF

[RichardCranium]

No, my characters I deleted had maybe 150 gold between them all.

[The Ponzzz]

Maybe the ban will help you stop playing like you tried previously? Heh! Sorry man.

[RichardCranium]

I tried playing other stuff but WoW is the most interesting to me. Especially since I'm still very much a noob. I've only been playing since December (with a 2 month hiatus in the middle) and I don't really know anyone else who plays so I've just been learning stuff on my own.

[RichardCranium]

Weird, now I have an e-mail from Blizzard with a new password.

[Seran]

Sounds like you were hacked by someone who was using your characters & account to launder ill-gotten gold. The whole password change thing should be a dead tip-off that you need to reset it and think of something more complex.

[RichardCranium]

I've been having it for awhile. I'm going to change it ASAP.

[Odups]

That is the generic/vague mail sent out most often for bad things that happen during a compromise. Sometimes it's just advertising they did, or gold trading/laundering.

Good luck on the upcoming process, can take a little while but usually everything gets returned and set back to normal.


(long-time lurker, still working for Blizz :P)

[Parkbandit]

I tried playing other stuff but WoW is the most interesting to me. Especially since I'm still very much a noob. I've only been playing since December (with a 2 month hiatus in the middle) and I don't really know anyone else who plays so I've just been learning stuff on my own.


There's still a bunch of us that play on the Dunemaul server, horde side.

[Skeeter]

That is the generic/vague mail sent out most often for bad things that happen during a compromise. Sometimes it's just advertising they did, or gold trading/laundering.

Good luck on the upcoming process, can take a little while but usually everything gets returned and set back to normal.


(long-time lurker, still working for Blizz :P)

Hey Winnoa you still playing Oceanic?

[Odups]

Not at the moment. Shuffled around a bit and ended up as Horde on a RP-PvP server with some people from work. Might end up back on Oceanic eventually, friend keeps egging me on to move my stranded Alliance to their Oceanic server to raid. My schedule's still better suited to Oceanic times than US ones.

[Keller]

Who still plays on Dunemaul? PB, Some Rogue, Anticor . . . who else?

[Skeeter]

Not at the moment. Shuffled around a bit and ended up as Horde on a RP-PvP server with some people from work. Might end up back on Oceanic eventually, friend keeps egging me on to move my stranded Alliance to their Oceanic server to raid. My schedule's still better suited to Oceanic times than US ones.

Good times. You were always one of my favorite people from the original AD group.

[AnticorRifling]

Who still plays on Dunemaul? PB, Some Rogue, Anticor . . . who else?

Some rogue doesn't play WoW anymore.

From the boards here you've got me and PB but a bunch of us from the Hounds are still around. Anticor, Failgrin, Survain, Talladar, Gop, Vvoluker, etc.

[Sean of the Thread]

Who still plays on Dunemaul? PB, Some Rogue, Anticor . . . who else?


Me. I think I saw Alfster back recently as well.

[SayGoodbye]

That is the generic/vague mail sent out most often for bad things that happen during a compromise. Sometimes it's just advertising they did, or gold trading/laundering.

Good luck on the upcoming process, can take a little while but usually everything gets returned and set back to normal.


(long-time lurker, still working for Blizz :P)

My SO's account was closed about a year ago. When it was reactivated we found out the character had been moved to another server, name changed, gear stripped, the works. Blizzard basically said "sorry, you're SOL".

Being an inside man, whats your opinion on the chances of getting the character restored?

[Sean of the Thread]

What the fuck do you guys use for passwords? DOG CAT

[SayGoodbye]

1234

[Sean of the Thread]

1234

WTF how did you know the combination to my luggage?!?

[Skeeter]

WTF how did you know the combination to my luggage?!?

That's the kind of combination only an idiot would have.

http://llamabutchers.mu.nu/spaceballs.jpg

[Odups]

My SO's account was closed about a year ago. When it was reactivated we found out the character had been moved to another server, name changed, gear stripped, the works. Blizzard basically said "sorry, you're SOL".

Being an inside woman, whats your opinion on the chances of getting the character restored? Eh, it usually depends on how quickly you find out about the damage and let us know. Within a month or two of the hack, your chances are still pretty decent on getting things back the way they were. The longer past that... it gets sketchy. It's not about disbelieving the claim that you were hacked, but we've generally got to still have the logs that prove it, to go as far as reversing the transfer. I can't remember how our process went a year ago, but nowadays we've got a separate form to fill out specifically for unauthorized transfers. Some people report the hack, but never report the transfer with that form - thus never starting the investigation into reversing it.

Same goes for items, the more time that passes, the less stuff that's readily there to return. If anything, we can get back quest items you remember - of course, that's a pretty big pain in the ass for a person to remember. I'm sure the majority of people given that option just say to hell with it, and gather up new gear.

How long after getting hacked did you report it? I couldn't speak for specifics on your situation, but the timeframe is most often the reason for us not doing stuff. At this point, a year after it happened... your chances for any kind of transfer reversal are extremely slim. There are paid name changes and transfers now, but I'm sure that's not much comfort. :| Items you'd still have a better chance on, but you'd probably be limited to quest rewards since we can prove you did the quest - boss drops, farmed gear, crafted gear would probably be gone from our logs.

We really aren't out to get people, it makes for happier customers to give you everything you want and fix all wrongs. But sometimes, it's just not possible.



*And to add to the slight thread tangent - I've used the same password for the game since I started in December '04. Sometimes I think I'm just tempting fate. >.>

[SayGoodbye]

stuff

It had been about a year before the account was reactivated and we found out about the hack. They told us the same crap about paying to have the name changed back and whatnot so the SO just got disgusted with the whole thing and started a new character from scratch.

I don't think it's right to have to pay for a name change in that situation and by that point the name was the major thing that we wanted fixed.

[AnticorRifling]

What the fuck do you guys use for passwords? DOG CAT
No idiot it's d0gCat

Duh.