So...anyone else been randomly banned by blizzard?

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Recieved this email in my inbox last night.....


* * * NOTICE OF ACCOUNT CLOSURE * * *

A user of this account has recently been involved in actions deemed inappropriate for Diablo III. The account action detailed below was made after a thorough investigation of the situation as a whole. Though we are unable to discuss the outcome of our investigation due to privacy concerns, rest assured that this incident has been looked into very thoroughly and appropriate action taken on all accounts involved.

Account Action: Account Closure
Offence: Unapproved Third Party Software
A third party program is any file or program that is used in addition to the game to gain an unfair advantage. These programs may increase movement speed or teleport heroes from one place to another beyond what is allowed by game design. It also includes any programs that obtain information from the game that is not normally available to the regular player or that transmit or modify any of the game files.

Cheat Programs ("Hacks")
We take action against accounts using hacks when a hero on the account is identified using a hack program. Hacks provide benefits normally not achievable in the game. Such benefits may include: increased speed, teleportation, or running through walls.

Automation Programs ("Bots")
We take action against accounts using automation programs or bots when one or more heroes on the account are identified using a bot to achieve automation.

This Diablo III account has been closed based on a review of the account and all related policy violations, in accordance with the Terms of Use (http://eu.blizzard.com/en-gb/company/legal/d3_tou.html) and our In-Game Policies (http://eu.battle.net/support/article/diablo-iii-policies).

Any open bids or auctions at the time of the account’s closure have been cancelled. Your open bids will be refunded to your original method of payment. Please allow 5-10 days for processing depending on the availability of your financial institution. Any bids or auctions completed prior to the account’s closure will not be refunded or reversed.

Moving forward, this Diablo III account and any heroes or items associated with the account are no longer accessible. The only way to continue playing Diablo III is to purchase a new licence or attempt to recover access by appealing account closure. While closure overturns are very unlikely, we advise that customers pursuing an appeal wait to purchase a new Diablo III licence until the appeal process has completed. If you add a new Diablo III licence, the new account will overwrite your old account and any prior heroes or items will be permanently erased.

Any disputes or questions concerning this account action can only be addressed by submitting a ticket through the Battle.net support site. To submit a ticket, please visit http://eu.battle.net/support/ticket/submit. Our support team will not be able to investigate account actions over the phone.

We understand that these policies may seem harsh, but they are in place to ensure that every player is able to fully enjoy their time spent on Battle.net. Thank you for respecting our position.

Regards,

Blizzard Entertainment
Diablo III Customer Support
http://eu.battle.net/support


The best part is i haven't even had Diablo 3 installed for over a year and when i did play i didn't even finish the game due to boredom, has anyone else had this happen to them?
 
If you haven't played it in that amount of time you've most likely had your account hacked. Give them a call, they'll sort it.
 
Ask blizzard which IP address(es) the attacks/disputes came from, which led to the closure of your account.

And trace the origin of it, and provide your own.

Then you should be able to prove it wasn't you.
 
Step 1: Don't click any links in the email. Go to the battlenet site by googling it and log in and check your actual account - this may be a good-looking scam email.

Step 2: If it's actually your real account, change all passwords etc then contct blizzard support.
 
Step 1: Don't click any links in the email. Go to the battlenet site by googling it and log in and check your actual account - this may be a good-looking scam email.

Step 2: If it's actually your real account, change all passwords etc then contct blizzard support.

I have had a few of these emails that say my Diablo 3 account has been banned. All of them have been a hoax.
 
Why base your evidence from email? As stated above, you need to simply log onto battlenet not using links.

Surely this is basic internet usage 101 stuff? The easiest way to avoid scams and viruses...
 
Yeah, you wouldn't believe the number of times I've been banned from my WoW account and Starcraft 2 account.

Blizzard are pretty clever though, they sent the notification to an email address which wasn't even associated with my battle.net/WoW account, I guess in case my main email got hacked as well.

They were ok about un-banning me as well, all I had to do was go to the site linked in the emails, pay them a very reasonable $100 service charge and my account was cleared :)
 
Yeah, you wouldn't believe the number of times I've been banned from my WoW account and Starcraft 2 account.

Blizzard are pretty clever though, they sent the notification to an email address which wasn't even associated with my battle.net/WoW account, I guess in case my main email got hacked as well.

They were ok about un-banning me as well, all I had to do was go to the site linked in the emails, pay them a very reasonable $100 service charge and my account was cleared :)

I hope that is I joke man because many poeple have been tricked by these phishings scams and I have to admit they are pretty convincing at times
 
I receive the same email every so often saying I've been banned from WoW (which I have never even created an account for). Follow the above advice and check by going to the site and trying to log in (without clicking any links in the email).
 
I got one for my WoW account which I haven't played in about a year, I wasn't sure if it was real or not so I just logged in and changed my password and set up that text security thing.

MW
 
I've had those before, all been fake/scam emails.

Only ever had my account locked by Blizzard due to account being hacked and them checking the login patterns.
 
I've had these emails sent to addresses that aren't even associated with any blizzard account, Block and delete them if they turn out to be fake which they probably are.
 
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