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10-15-2008
| | Private | | | Join Date: Feb 2008
Posts: 13
Reputation: 6 | | | Illegal to sell scammed gold? Hello, Ive been scamming like 5000g everyday and sold it to a gold company, I usually get banned but I get my cash from the company, I guess Blizzard takes back the gold from the company so they get nothing and maybe their receiving toon gets banned, I dont know. But is there any way for them to know that I scam them? Is this illegal? Well, actually Im not really scamming them since they get the gold and I guess what happens after that doesnt matter, but I would like to know, thanks. | Donate to remove ads, get your "DONATOR title, and get access to the MMOwned community's elite Shoutbawx. 
10-15-2008
|  | Knight-Lieutenant | | | Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Land Down Under
Posts: 269
Reputation: 31 Level up: 44%, 284 Points needed |     | | | Im doing this for prety long time and nothing happened, i dont think its illegal | 
10-15-2008
|  | Master Sergeant | | | Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Orgrimmar
Posts: 80
Reputation: 8 | | | It is illegal just like downloading illegal music.
The only ones who care are the original owners.
__________________  Moved house and now have limited internet access. Cant work till its back. STRESSED. | 
10-15-2008
|  | Contributor | | | Join Date: Aug 2008
Posts: 254
Reputation: 89 Level up: 27%, 367 Points needed | | | | You're fine.
__________________ Gold scammed: ~167k gold | 
10-15-2008
|  | Contributor | | | Join Date: Sep 2008
Posts: 991
Reputation: 223 Level up: 51%, 546 Points needed |     | | | You're money will be taken back.
Enjoy your limit. | 
10-15-2008
| | Private | | | Join Date: Feb 2008
Posts: 13
Reputation: 6 | | Quote:
Originally Posted by cXm0d You're money will be taken back.
Enjoy your limit. | Well, thanks...
Still, I've already made $210 in 3 days and I successfully transfered it to my bank account. The questions remains, is this illegal? Can they find out I'm doing this? | 
10-15-2008
| | Contributor | | | Join Date: Jul 2007
Posts: 422
Reputation: 148 Level up: 5%, 763 Points needed |     | | | Just exchange it for gold or CD keys and sell those
Paypal sucks if you're a WoW scammer. | 
10-15-2008
|  | Knight-Lieutenant | | | Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Land Down Under
Posts: 269
Reputation: 31 Level up: 44%, 284 Points needed |     | | | They wont recall the money 99% sure, they never did and i bet at least 50k gold from my sales was recalled | 
10-23-2008
|  | Knight-Lieutenant | | | Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Down The Rabbit Hole
Posts: 233
Reputation: 52 | | | | 
10-23-2008
|  | The WoW Lawyer | | | Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: America
Posts: 1,948
Reputation: 391 Level up: 31%, 763 Points needed | | | | Sirdavino where are your sources? Because you are completely wrong.
You cannot sell WoW gold for real money. Not only is it against the rules, but Blizzard does not recognize it as a real transaction. It's not just because it's virtual, but because all gold, characters, items, and accounts belong to Blizzard.
Selling gold is not illegal. Scamming accounts is not illegal. Scamming gold is not illegal. Selling scammed accounts is not illegal. Selling scammed gold is not illegal.
Could you get sued for it? Possibly. Could you lose the case? Possibly. However, it is not illegal. Illegal means against the law. You can, however, get sued for practically anything you can think of. Calling someone a bad name is not against the law; it is not illegal. However, you could be sued for $3000 over it. | 
10-23-2008
| | Banned | | | Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: y0 m0mm4z h0uze
Posts: 71
Reputation: 32 | | | i dont really know but it seems like it isnt i just know not to use a fake cc to buy gold | 
10-23-2008
|  | The WoW Lawyer | | | Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: America
Posts: 1,948
Reputation: 391 Level up: 31%, 763 Points needed | | | | Using a fake credit card for anything can definitely be illegal. Also, using stolen credit cards for anything definitely IS illegal.
Credit cards weren't mentioned, though. | 
10-23-2008
| | Banned | | | Join Date: Oct 2008
Posts: 65
Reputation: 48 | | | >> Using Stolen Property (The account you scammed gold from, or possibly account you scammed with)
>> Selling Stolen Property (The gold)
Both illegal, doubt any charges or anything will be pressed, they're retarded enough to get scammed, they shouldn't get it back. | 
10-23-2008
| | Master Sergeant | | | Join Date: Dec 2007
Posts: 99
Reputation: 18 Level up: 18%, 414 Points needed | | | | Embalm, it was never stolen, the Gold is owned by Blizzard.
It may have changed hands of the 'renter' but its still owned by Blizzard.
So how can it be stolen when the owner remains the same? | 
10-23-2008
|  | Contributor | | | Join Date: Sep 2008
Posts: 485
Reputation: 116 Level up: 38%, 434 Points needed |     | | | its only illegal if you get caught. |  | |
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