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[Converse Reality]

Today has been just annoying.. 3 people have reported me for "botting" aka using key clone... GM's keep sending me Emails your accounts are under teh suspission of violating our terms of use. bla bla bla bla bla..WTB Memo to all wow players t stfu and read terms of use befor reporting.. :cursing:

[Sajuuk]

Post one of the "violating terms of use" emails.

As I understand it, GMs won't tell you anything unless they actually action your account. Those could just be phishing emails.

[Zal]

Post one of the "violating terms of use" emails.

As I understand it, GMs won't tell you anything unless they actually action your account. Those could just be phishing emails.

True. Many accounts are sent these types of emails, if you reply to them its like giving them your account.

[Starbuck_Jones]

Interesting. I bet they are scam emails. Ive been boxing wow off and on for 4 years and have gotten tons of tells saying ive been reported and prolly twice as many more that im not aware of and never gotten an email from Bliz about it. Only once did I get a 'warning' because I had ascii characters in my slave toons names and at that time it was against the TOS, where its not now.

[Taliesin]

I've never heard of Blizzard sending emails to let you know you're under suspicion. Either a GM contacts you in game to discuss it, or they ban your account if they feel they have enough evidence.

Regard any email from "Blizzard" as dubious unless it is in response to something you took action on yourself, such as calling their customer support.

[Gadzooks]

Today has been just annoying.. 3 people have reported me for "botting" aka using key clone... GM's keep sending me Emails your accounts are under teh suspission of violating our terms of use. bla bla bla bla bla..WTB Memo to all wow players t stfu and read terms of use befor reporting.. :cursing:

It will never end, these types will always be in the game. Just learn to live with them, I guess.

The only thing I would add is, it is entirely suspicious that GMs are emailing you saying you are under investigation. I would love to see those, too.

If you are getting those by external e-mail, it's phishing - report them to Blizzard, it's some ahole trying to steal your accounts.

If you are getting them in-game, put in a ticket to discuss it with a GM, they simply do not do that - they're fake e-mails, and if so, you can get some ahole permabanned pretty quick. Blizzard *really* frowns on pretending to be a GM. I havent heard of anything that allows you to spoof official Blizzard in-game mail, but the cheaters and scammers can get creative at times.

[Ken]

Today has been just annoying.. 3 people have reported me for "botting" aka using key clone...

Pro-tip: stop caring and start ignoring them. Seriously.
If they don't stop bothering you in chat and your ignore list is getting to its size limit, it can also be fun to play a little game with them: End all sentences to them with "sweetheart". The abusive person is likely to be male and considers you a threat, so this kind of verbal behavior will be considered as strange and inappropriate to him, which basically feeds his mental inbalance at that moment :P I have experienced only 2 outcomes with this: either they start ignoring you(they're shutting up! mission accomplished!) or the go completely nuts (verbally) and break the Terms of Service and you report them. Either way, it's a win-win situation.
(strategy shamelessly stolen from someone else on the forum ... it really works!)

GM's keep sending me Emails your accounts are under teh suspission of violating our terms of use. bla bla bla bla bla..WTB Memo to all wow players t stfu and read terms of use befor reporting.. :cursing:

I agree with the users above: If you get suspension mails and your account still works, it means the mail was fake.

[Yamio]

Ken!! That's so mean. I like it!

[Frosty]

End all sentences to them with "sweetheart".

I like to throw in a few "princess" and "sugar" replies too. It's great fun..especially after they've told you repeatedly they are a guy.

[Tanntyn]

End all sentences to them with "sweetheart".

I like to throw in a few "princess" and "sugar" replies too. It's great fun..especially after they've told you repeatedly they are a guy.

LOL That has got to be one of the funniest things I've read today.