Yesterday I reactivated an original vanilla account I had because I had stored money on it before leaving wow in 2007. I sent money to another bnet account I have that I am manually leveling. My old account was never botted, I'm not involved in account stealing, buying accounts, buying or selling gold. Now I'm waiting in line on chat support. This morning I wake up and I see this in my inbox: Greetings, Account Name: WOW1 We are writing to notify you that a character on the above World of Warcraft account has received gold from another player known to be associated with exploitive activities, such as in-game scams or account theft. After a thorough investigation, we have determined that the gold provided to this account was originally stolen from one or more other players. That gold has been removed from this account and returned to the rightful character(s). Account Action: Notification Gold Removed: less than 50k Our policies on stolen virtual goods such as gold apply to any player who either knowingly or unknowingly received in-game currency or other items that were originally acquired through scams, account theft, or other fraudulent activities. Third-party companies that sell World of Warcraft gold or other virtual currency for real-world money operate in direct violation of the game’s Terms of Use (Blizzard Entertainment:World of Warcraft Terms of Use). These companies frequently employ exploitive practices in order to acquire the gold they sell, and players who choose to buy gold and support these companies can be subject to account action, including the removal of the purchased gold or other goods. Additional information on the negative impact of purchasing gold, as well as some important information on how you can protect your account from theft, can be found at: http://us.battle.net/wow/services/anti-gold/. Any appeals concerning the above account action can only be addressed by Account Administration. To learn more about how Account Administration is able to assist you, please visit us at http://us.battle.net/support/en/article/account-administration-overview. To contact Account Administration directly, please submit an online ticket through Battle.net: https://us.battle.net/support/ticket/submit. Regards, Blizzard Entertainment http://www.blizzard.com/support
