Account got banned for "economy exploitation?"

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Greetings! Recently, my EU account (WOW#1) got perma-banned for “economy exploitation”, which shocked me a little bit, as I wasnt involved in any RMT transactions (at least known to me), nor have I ever used any exploits to make myself richer. The only economy-related thing that I did on my SOD character (the only character that I played recently) was selling Scarlet Infiltrator items on the AH, and I barely even traded with someone outside the AH. I have sent several appeals but only got generic-scripted responses. Still, I have literally 0 clues as to why I got banned. You can check my logs, there’s literally almost nothing, except AH trading.

I know that the forum isnt a right place to make an appeals, and yet I saw that in some cases, a kind CS-agent clarified the reasons for the ban, or helped with the appeal process.
EU ticket ID - #99806499
Thank you in advance!

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It seems you may have received dirty gold. This is a risk by doing trades not facilitated by the AH. This would fall under economy exploitation. An appeals ticket is the only thing you can do to have a GM look at your case. And yes vrak and orylia can provide clarification IF the circumstances allow for it.

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That ticket is open and in queue and will be reviewed when it comes up, Banenjoyer.

I’m afraid that is the only way to have an account action reviewed.

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I understand that, thank you for a quick answer, Orlyia!
Still, maybe a little bit of clarification is possible? Would be glad to hear any!

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Technicaly you should be asking on th eu forums not the na forums.

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I know, but I can’t due to the ban:(. I can’t even see any topics, let alone posting

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What u can do in the future is create a new account and reference the banned account they can help you. that way.

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They almost never reveal anything at the EU side, its typically suggested to appeal and that’s it.

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Thank you for advice! Will probably try this in the future, as for now I think it is easier for me to stick to this one

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Unfortunately there won’t be anything else we can share on this one, Banenjoyer.

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Dont get me wrong I never advocate turning away someone.

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Sad to hear:( Still, thank you for your time spent!
I hope that at least my appeal will be reviewed more thoroughly, and EU support will make the right decision.

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Despite what u read online all investigations are checked and double checked throughly either the data confirms the punishment or finds a mistake does happen all tickets are handled by real people.

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Recieved a generic “we will be upholding this penalty” answer. Utterly disappointing, as i dont even get to know, what and when I did wrong. Guess I’ll have to create a new account and play a self-found mode or something, lol.

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You can keep apealing till they tell u to stop.

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Guess that’s the only way, as for now

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Blizzard has really been cracking down on gold laundering. So, if you received gold from someone that purchased it, knowingly or not, it could result in an account action. It’s best to stick to AH sales and avoid sales facilitated through trade chat. I’m not saying this is what happened because I’m not privy to Blizzard’s internal logs, but merely saying it’s a possibility.

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Were any of the players you traded with low level like level 1 or level 10?
Did you do any trades that didn’t have something of fair market value on both sides of the trade window, things such as getting paid for boosts, crafting tips, getting payment from one character and giving the sold item to a different character, etc?

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