Account Banned after 5.0.4 release.

[neilneil123]

Hi, just got my account banned today and the reason given is...

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.

Now I have been fish botting lately with "MrFishit", but I thought it was undetectable! It doesn't give the exact reason for a ban, but I have also transferred multiple times large amounts of gold between my own characters. So what do you think it is? My gold movement or the fish BOT? And what should be my reason to appeal? Admit the BOT fishing and apologise as I haven't botted before and haven't been banned for account activity before and/or claim account sharing? or completely deny any wrong doing?

How should I approach this, as I'm not 100% sure as to why I have been banned?

All help appreciated!

[KuRIoS]

they claim you were selling ingame stuff for IRL money. So if you have not been doing such things then appeal it

[x11r6]

same here, lost 2 accounts on EU.
I got the classic "abuse of the economy" mail at 19.06

[neilneil123]

But the term Abuse of the Economy can also mean the below..

This category may also include accounts we find to be supplying property for exchange. Supplying can be described as otherwise normal in-game play (such as gathering ore and herbs) and filtering these goods to another account to exchange them for real world currency.

Doesn't "normal in-game play (such as gathering ore and herbs)" also apply to gathering of fish for personal gain?

[Jaladhjin]

but I thought it was undetectable!

That's your biggest problem right there..

Once you get past that then its a matter of smarter activity :-)

Not botting for 10+ hours every day..posting hundreds of auctions..

There's really a lot of things to consider..

[Riddero]

I dont see why this is a problem, this email has nothing to do with your bot.

They just picked up your transactions of huge amounts of golds between your characters.
Send em a Appeal and tell them to check the IP adress your accounts were on (if you were on the same ip ofcourse) then you can tell them that your the same person just moving gold between your own characters, if the characters are on different accounts with different names just say that you traded gold to your girlfriend or something like that.

Or just say you were money laundering

[necrisj]

What does huge amounts of gold mean btw?

As far as i know blizzard doesn't check for transactions of gold under the same account.

[OverLordErIcH]

What does huge amounts of gold mean btw?

As far as i know blizzard doesn't check for transactions of gold under the same account.

I got a ban last year for trading a friend back and fourth twice 50k, I appealed it and got it back the same day. If you traded like 50+k gold to another account, then it is likely It was an automated ban, so it won't be a problem to get back. I think you can also get automated bans for trading larger amounts of gold to the same account.

[necrisj]

I got a ban last year for trading a friend back and fourth twice 50k, I appealed it and got it back the same day. If you traded like 50+k gold to another account, then it is likely It was an automated ban, so it won't be a problem to get back. I think you can also get automated bans for trading larger amounts of gold to the same account.

Thanks for your response too , but i was asking neilneil123 : how much amount did you traded back and forth between your characters?

[neilneil123]

I moved 400k between characters. But I got a response of a GM now and they said, I was found to be using third party software, meaning "MrFishit", as I don't use any other type of BOTs.

[Sensisativa]

I moved 400k between characters. But I got a response of a GM now and they said, I was found to be using third party software, meaning "MrFishit", as I don't use any other type of BOTs.

It was not the program that got you caught, it was your use of it.

Mr. Fishit does NOT get accounts banned(hundreds of people, if not thousands use it), people get banned because they run it for too long or in stupid places where people notice someone fishing without moving for hours at a time.


When enough people report you they look into it and see 16 hours of fishing without moving or ever taking a break, then you get banned.

If you are going to use a fish bot, use it well. Don't stay in the same area for long and if you have to, find a good hiding spot(clipped).

[hoby]

Just recieved the same message and ban from blizzard got no bots or anything on this account and done no transactions waht so ever its my main account for 5 years. my dodgy accounts are fine and working so i am well confused. Spoken to them and they wont lift the ban and wont give me a reason.

[Harant]

I received exactly the same e-mail this Friday, with absolutely no reason, I never use any bot, never selling ingame items or anything. GM wants ID from me, because they think someone hacked me, but it's bullshit. I think there is some problems on their side. Currently waiting on response from gms, like 10 hours +.

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[hoby]

yup same mate i know that i was not hacked because i have been online my self playing and was online my self when i was kicked of f the server and band from wow. i was questing as well so i am confused will wait on a reply monday i guess now

[hoby]

just letting you know i have just got an email only been banned 40mins and its been lifted lol

The suspension of your WoW account has now been removed, and you should be able to log in at your convenience.

Having looked into your issue, it appears that your account has been compromised using a key logger or trojan virus, or through an e-mail or website phishing scam. The first thing you should do before logging in, is follow the Security Checklist on our Account Security Site, which can be found at:

load of crap to be fair my computer is fine.