Hi folks.
I had an email today asking for a better explanation of how to KEEP a scammed toon. So I decided to share my answer with all of MMOWNED instead of only emailing it... Mainly because I know sometimes I am somewhat scatterbrained, and might have confused other people too. So if I confused you last month when i posted this in:
http://www.mmowned.com/forums/wow-sc...nt-scam-2.html
Then i am sorry for the confusion. Hopefully this clears it up. ALSO, DO NOT +rep me for this please, give ALL credit to Sineater for his original post. Were it not for his ingenuity I would never have thought of this at all. My only alteration to his idea was a way to move the toon to a new server, and change the name easily, making the toon VANISH from sight forever.
*DISCLAIMER*
This is not in any way shape or form perfect. If your new account gets banned, I am sorry, but it COULD happen. I have not ever heard of this failing, and it is as airtight as I can envision... but there is always a first time for everything. I hope none of you fall into the "first time" category, but, as with ALL scams, use with care!
Okay, so here goes:
You have a scammed account. You want to KEEP the toon and make it your own. What can we do to make this a reality?
First:
You buy both boxes, WoW and TBC, new and sealed, and use them to create a new account in the stolen account owner's name. So you have a shiny new account he has no clue exists whatsoever.
Next, create on a TRIAL account a random char (either side, it does not matter) with the same name as your stolen toon's name.
Finally, you transfer the stolen toon to the shiny NEW account with TBC. Because a toon with that name is already on that server on a trial account, it "forces" you to change their name. Now change the NEW account ownership into your name. BAM. It is yours. Make SURE you get the scammed account BANNED immediately with a hack. This will make it useless to report stolen, as Blizz will tell them it is banned and ignore them basically.
Example:
I scam an account and get a 70 pally named "Devilish" on Blackhand server. I want to KEEP this pally. I use the scammed info to see the owner is a guy named Mr. Devil Guy. So I buy a new WoW and TBC. Now I create an account and claim to be Mr. Devil Guy. This makes it possible for me to transfer the pally "Devilish" to the new account, because it is the same owner's name. ANY credit/debit card is allowable for payment, no worries there.
*note* This next step might not be required. Log into the Armory and see if there is a toon on your destination server with the same name as the scammed toon. If there is already one there, you can skip this. If not, you need to do this in order to take that name up, forcing you to change the name when you transfer.
Next I go to the WoW website and create a trial account. I use a bunch of fake info like "Mr. Nobody Here" and addresses like "6969 Screwmehard Street" because the trial is only to reserve the name. Now I choose what server I want to transfer Devilish onto for me to keep. Let's say Illdan. Now create a toon of any alignment on Illdan named Devilish.
Now go back to the WoW site and set up a transfer of Devilish. You are looking for the "Paid transfer" option that does both accounts transfer AND realm transfer. It will take maybe 15-20 minutes most of the time to get this finished. SOMETIMES it may take an hour, but usually it is faster from what I have seen. Move him from Blackhand to Illdan and move him to your BRAND NEW account. Make sure you check the email you binded to your NEW ACCOUNT right away. This is the account your transfer request email will be sent to... not HIS old email, but the one for the destination account. If they ever change this, you will need his email too, so keep your eyes open. You will have to check that email and click the "approve transfer" link in the email to finalize the transfer.
Now, you have Devilish on your new account. It's time to get the scammed account banned. Speedhack for the WIN! Cheat Engine with impossibly high numbers on the speedhack will never fail to get you permabanned. Once the scammed account is permabanned, log back into the WoW website. Change all the user info for your brand new account from Mr. Devil Guy to your name. Now, you are the official owner of Devilish, and the scammed account's owner has no idea. He knows his account was scammed, and he knows it was banned. He will not be getting it back. But he has NO IDEA his pally is not on the account.
Now, log Devilish into Illdan... uh-oh, that name is in use (on the trial account!) so you get to rename him ANYTHING you want. I might suggest "Devilishhunterrules" for this example. Now the pally is yours, you named it, and you are all set. Mr. Devil Guy could get a new account, and look for his old pally, but he will never find it on a new server, AND with a new name!
For EXTRA fun, move it to a realm you ALREADY have a pally in their 30's. Before you log him in and have to change his name, DELETE your old 30-ish pally. Rename the stolen pally whatever your now deleted one was. Your friends will throw a fit when you go from 30 to 70 overnight! *grin*
*kinks you can run across*
Beware of the toon's mailbox and AH listings before the transfer. You can have NOTHING up for sale and NOTHING in your mailbox. If you do, they will not allow the transfer. Also if he has sent any CODs it may cause an issue. These snags are rare, I have seen it happen only once by COD. The AH stuff is simple enough to cancel and mail is easily destroyed.