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By: ArenaNet bans 1000 accounts per week for scamming | ebonhawke

ArenaNet bans 1000 accounts per week for scamming | ebonhawke — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 12:57:38 +0000

[...] deft eyes of Ravious caught this little discussion over at the official Guild Wars Wiki between Gaile Gray, [...]

By: Empiric

Empiric — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 10:02:09 +0000

I won £2,500,000 on the lottery. Your right, common sense isnt all th.. nm.

By: Tesh

Tesh — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 22:23:54 +0000

Indeed. It always scares me how many people buy into dumb stuff like this. It’s the same mentality behind those who forward emails without fact checking, or those who buy into the lottery. Common sense isn’t all that common.

By: Ravious

Ravious — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 21:57:29 +0000

Definitely, Tesh. I guess I meant “why they ban” not for “why they ban accounts” but for “why they ban so damn many accounts.” Everytime I chat in Steam I laugh for the seemingly stupid ‘never ever ever give out your password ever,’ but I really wonder how many people per day still give out their Steam p/w via Steam chat.

By: Tesh

Tesh — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 18:23:35 +0000

Sounds to me like the trouble is the scam, not so much the RMT part. Sure, ArenaNet has decided RMT is illegal, so it is for them, but the villains here are the scammers who steal account data. RMT is just the bait.

By: Ravious

Ravious — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 17:41:06 +0000

But, Openedge1… it’s all we have… /empathycry

By: Openedge1

Openedge1 — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 17:36:00 +0000

Here is the part that makes me hate reading all Guild Wars posts…

Could this be because they won’t be getting another long break for awhile due to upcoming projects? Hopefully that flood wall breaks soon enough.

i.e: Guild Wars 2 gets mentioned, then I have to get all in a huff due to the fact it is STILL not even being discussed or being released.

I WANT MY GW2!!!!

By: syncaine

syncaine — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 15:22:39 +0000

The cynic in me would like to point out that banning GW accounts is also pure profit. If they come back, cha ching. If they don’t, zero loss.

But yea, it’s amazing how many people fall for RMT scams like that. Just a few days ago someone in my Atlantica guild was saying he was going to get gold put on his account, and sure enough, the site and service looked shady after we took a look. We told him it was a scam, and still he did not believe us, until more and more people told him he was going to get himself and his CC in trouble. He finally got a clue, but I’m sure plenty of other people don’t.