CyrUrgit wrote:
That's what I am thinking too (that many accounts were hacked). Mine actually got banned as a result and I was told it would have to be handled slightly differntly. What's weird is SE changed my password a little while after I called.
I had checked my account from time to time and kept seeing the banned message then when i checked my account today the password was changed. I don't know if maybe SE logs on to your account to validate it or something.
In any event the first person I spoke too was very helpful but I forgot my credit card info so I had to call back to validate my account fully before they would complete the process. The second person I got really was not helpful at all. He (apperntly) filled out the wrong paper work and it just didnt seem like I was on the right track. So I called a 3rd time and got a very helpful lady (forget her name) but she seemed to handle the problem the right way and made it seem like I would get my account back.
Just a note to anyone who got their account hacked - if your credit card was changed to a known gilfarmer card your account will get banned. It seems to add to the recovery proccess quite a bit.
Same thing happened to me, I never lost access to the account and was banned about 5 days later, and tbh I'm pretty sick of the way they are treating it, like I'm just another cheater who got busted. Anyway it's been over a week since they got my notarized form and they still won't tell me anything. Anyone else has these same problems with their clueless employees, seeing as how you don't have many options, go file a complaint with the Better Business Bureau. If you look SE doesn't exactly have high marks in customer service as is. Also like I said on another post, I've seen the person who hacked me go through 4 others since i was banned, so not only is this problem bigger than people thought, they ase still dealing with it. Now I don't know exactly how they do it, but seems they ban a credit card, but you are still able to make a new account using it, just get banned on the next system check. It makes business sense seeing as how they probably get the money from the first months fee from the rmt in question, and I'm sure rmt don't mind spending the ~$12 per mule they use to sell the stolen gear. So SE gets their money, RMT don't care cause they are raping us by the masses. So yeah seems to me the reason SE is actually doing something, as slow and as handicapped as it may be, is because these rmt were hacking too many people, therefore affecting their bottom line if everyone decides to quit. But it's sad when a legit player gets banned because of a rmt, all the while that rmt is free to do the same thing to anyone he wants. Granted it was my pc security that was compromised, but the problem really stems from SE and allowing these people to continue doing this, at some point they have to be held accountable. On top of all this, I'm a ninja who has a rdm and a thf friend, and can be frequently be found camping nms against rmt, or doing other stuff to make money, so it's like at first glance I probably do look like a rmt >.> other than byakkos brutal and my rajas. So I get this crazy feeling they are gonna tell me I'm not getting my account back. Which if that's the case, then SE really does love it's rmt cause wtf if a legit player can't camp them who can? And also, they keep the STF locked up in a basement somewhere, cause wtf I can't get them to let me talk to anyone that knows anything specific about my situation?