So like 2 years ago I sold my WoW account. About 4 months ago I sold my LoL account and I also sold this person the email associated with the account. (Giving them a picture ID, ect) They figured out I used to have a WoW account linked to that email and used the ID to somehow restore the account. I was just sent an email today saying there would be legal actions taken against me if I don't give them the account back or pay for the account. They sent me this basically as a threat Man imprisoned on fraud and theft charges over account selling scam What do I do? lol
I wonder what people are thinking when they send their ID scans to random account buyer... Wont you get more money for selling scan of yours ID alone?
Who the fuck gives their id to some asian account buyers/scammers/gold farmers. Years ago on a different forum someone asked the same question after ripping off a website this way and the responses just said it's a bunch of bs and they wouldn't waste money on a lawsuit over a WoW account. They kind of have to prove you have access to the account.
Stop giving out your ID to random people, If they want it for buying an account from you sell it to someone else. Why you would want to put yourself in such a position in the first place is beyond me.
I have to agree, giving someone a scan of your ID was a really stupid choice and, depending on where you live, could be a criminal act in itself. That being said, I'm actually going to try to answer your question. Unfortunately I'm not entirely certain that I follow the problem as you've not been very clear in your writing. What I think it going on is you sold your WoW account to Party A. You sold an LoL account to Party B along with a copy of your ID and access to your email account. Party B used that material to fraudulently acquire the account from Party A. Party A contacted you demanding return of the account and threatened you by linking that article. Your question was "Hey, can any legal action be taken against me because of this?" This question is ridiculously vague. Legal Action can be anything from small claims court to criminal charges. What legal action can be taken depends entirely on where you live and where Party A lives. Without knowing what legal action you want to know about or where the parties live you'll only get a general response of "maybe". Generically speaking and written from my knowledge of US law only, Party A could decide to sue you. This is a civil matter and he'd basically have to prove that you defrauded him to get a judgement against you. Your defense would be that your identity was compromised and that the theft was done by Party B. However, though true your going to lose a ton of sympathy because you gave your ID to a third party which is both foolish and probably illegal. They could try to file criminal charges against you. This will be trickier depending on the jurisdictions and is unlikely to be taken overly serious by law enforcement over a single small situation. Your defense is the same though you'll be in the ugly spot of defending yourself from one crime by admitting to another. You could choose to lie about how Party B was able to fraudulently obtain the WoW account but that's mostly likely going to backfire. If criminal charges are filed they'll have to prove you stole the account. While the burden of proof is on them, you'll probably want to defend yourself by obtaining IP information from Blizzard to show that while the email and ID was used it wasn't used by you. The ultimate irony here is Party A taking action against you will result in the account getting banned. As soon as Blizzard gets wind of this through your subpoena for information they're most likely going to ban the account. My suggestion is that you try to work this out with Party A. The only way I see for doing that is to explain the situation to Party A and either offer a monetary settlement or offer to help them recover the account. If your ID was enough to get the account taken by Party B, then it should be enough to get it back. On your side you'll have MORE documents to prove that the ID is yours like a birth certificate and other ID cards. Call Blizz and tell them that your identity was stolen and the person has copies of your IDs and access to your email accounts. Ask them how you retrieve your account and how you secure it so this person doesn't take it again. Since this is a reasonable scenario they should already have a procedure to handle this. You still risk the locking of the account since there will be an IP history from Party A that is different from yours. You should probably work with Party A to get enough of their information to be able to present a plausible story to Blizz. You're going to have to be able to explain the difference in access location from your location as well as the name on Party A's credit cards and why they are paying for your account. TL;DR You're an idiot for giving someone else a scan of your ID. Party A was an idiot for not changing the email address and getting an authenticator. You're both probably screwed. You might want to pull a credit report too.
