I am a scammer - Account locked?

OP you are a scumbag, but if what you say is true and you did nothing illegal as defined in the ToS, then your account should be unlocked immediatelly.

Blocking users for scamming (aka: "shrewd businessmanship" :) "too much", is the same as blocking them for PK-ing players at bandits "too much". It's a gray zone which has to do exclusively about morality and not legality. Afaik, trading practices are not defined anywhere, so everything goes.
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morbo wrote:
OP you are a scumbag, but if what you say is true and you did nothing illegal as defined in the ToS, then your account should be unlocked immediatelly.


No, if GGG feel the need to ban the account then they are perfectly entitled to do so regardless of ToS or innocence, that always they way online things roll, their game their their choice
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lagwin1980 wrote:
My thoughts are, while there isn't anything specifically in the ToS about scamming it's toxic behaviour that can impact GGG negatively and financially,


This whole game is designed so that people with knowledge can exploit those without. The lack of info in-game puts noobs at a severe disadvantage. Just one example: the crafting metamods which block scouring - a mechanic that was know to only a few rich players and GGG did nothing to inform the rest of the playerbase, for a year! IIRC, they actively prevented the info to "slip out".

Clearly GGG doesnt care if people get ripped-off / scammed.
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Last edited by morbo#1824 on Mar 19, 2016, 11:59:42 AM
If you made scamming an art, you probably broke some ToS. It's funny you don't even see this being a problem. People actually quit the game because of losers like you. And you have the audacity to come here and expect pity?

I sincerely hope you will be banned permanently.
Last edited by Miská#0911 on Mar 19, 2016, 12:01:05 PM
Are you guys saying that professional PK-ers should be banned too? It's nowhere defined in the rules, but we all agree it's immoral to PK unsuspecting victims, right? Same as trade-scamming them. Especially if you do it repeadetly...
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morbo wrote:
Are you guys saying that professional PK-ers should be banned too? It's nowhere defined in the rules, but we all agree it's immoral to PK unsuspecting victims, right? Same as trade-scamming them. Especially if you do it repeadetly...


I think anyone who repeatedly grieves other players for no reason other then to destroy their gameplay experience should be banned.

Keep in mind before Perandus this was not a huge issue. Perandus is actually the problem because there is no trade window to ensure both parties get what they wanted. You have to rely 100% on trust.
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Accountlocked wrote:
Ok guys so to give you a quick TDLR.

First week of the league i got scammed by a pretty clever set up involving walling off your map device in your hideout whilst stating you have a great cardio deal on the active map.
The scammer stated he was just protecting himself with the wall and asked for fee first to stop ppl zergin the tps without paying.
Sounded legit enough,i paid,got told it was a scam and i congratulated the gent on such a unique setup.

That said I was pissed (ofc) thought i might be able to report it but did some research and found out scamming was legal.This was an eye opener for me being a 6year old EvE online vet i now knew the rules and thought id put some schemes into play myself.

I ran the same scam for about 7hours of one day with good results and whilst browsing the POE reddit noticed i had been called out by one of my marks.

Now morals aside here I knew what i was doing was within the rules of the game and not against the TOS so i decide to defend my position and also explain clearly how the scam works.

Of course i got a fair bit of hate (completely expected) but even I on the reddit post said I would be happy with long term rep issues cause of this. I'm not a guy to ask for a name-change cause I sullied mine scamming.

Now i go to bed wake up the next morning go to log in and NOPE account locked.Tells me to contact support.

Oh shit - I think to myself did i misunderstand something RE trading scams,did i actually go too far and break some sort of TOS.I tell myself to chill write an email to support RE the lock and wait.

I get the first and only reply (as of so far) the next morning stating

"I will forward this on to our accounts investigation team who may be able to assist you further in this matter. If you have any additional questions in the meantime please feel free to let us know."


I did have additional questions mostly WHY i was locked in the first place but after 4 separate mails no response.

I have to assume my account is under investiagtion even though i haven't been told as much but i have no idea as to why.I dont RMT,I dont account share,I dont use forumgold from places like D2jsp,Even though I was scamming people I did it as gentlemanly as possible.No racism no swearing no calling people idiots.

I have received no indication as to why my account has been locked,My steam account is no longer linked to the account in question,and all toons bar 2 of them do not show up in my profile on the site.

Look guys i don't expect to win popularity contests by being a self proclaimed scammer,I know a lot of you think i deserve the ban for scamming anyways,but what I did was truly supposed to be within the rules.

If i broke any ToS i am happy to take the punishment on the chin but i feel like I should have at least a clear line of communication as to why not only my account is locked but it looks like characters have actually been wiped from my account.

I expect a lot of hate gents - go easy its just a video game and one where i was under the impression that scamming was well within the ruleset.

I guess at this point its just a waiting game but i do wish support could be a little more open in there communication with me - I haven't spent a heap of money on the game but its enough to justify wanting to protect my investments as well as the 3.5k hours put into it.

Thoughts guys? (in b4 die scammer?) <3





Well let's see what GGG say but I wouldn't get your hopes up. You may have been honest that you're a scammer but point is, thats the type of person you are. You like taking advantage and pretty much stealing from other people. In terms of the game you're a common thief, but I doubt it's role-playing for you. It's just the type of low grade person you are. You saw a cheap move to get some extra funds and grabbed it with both hands and were in up to your little elbows.

No community needs your type, so most likely is thr end of your run here.
Last edited by VSwift#7054 on Mar 19, 2016, 2:16:01 PM
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morbo wrote:
OP you are a scumbag, but if what you say is true and you did nothing illegal as defined in the ToS, then your account should be unlocked immediatelly.



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