I am been BANNED???; Accused of using a bot/third-party program

#1 - Sept. 30, 2012, 1:51 p.m.
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Seriously, I need help. Apparently, I have been perm banned for using bot/third party program. I have never used such programs in my years of playing Guild Wars 1 & 2, and now i am being accused of using such program(s). I have already sent in one ticket and got what seem to be automated “copy&paste” response from support, saying pretty much the same thing that i have been using bot/third party program and they take great care in banning those using such programs..etc.

So, i decided send in another ticket to have them to look at it again because i never used such program and now i am being punish for it. I still remember the last thing i did in the game, which was doing the dynamic event, the one with the dragon that arrive by the sea (forgot the name of the dragon; think it was a level 65 dragon and it comes about ever 3 hour-ish). Anyway, after it was killed i open the chest and check if there anything that is either worth using or selling in the auction, and merch the rest and log-off. After another three hours, i tried to log-on again to the dragon event again and got the message that my account was permanently banned for using bot/third party program. That was pretty much the last thing i did prior to the ban.

I do not know why they think i was using a bot/third-party program. I don’t even have a single macro on my computer, which from what been reading on these forums is a ban-able offense. All the things i have done in game is by me manually moving my mouse and typing on the keyboard and all my buttons only does one command.

The only thing i can think up for why i am being accused of using a bot/third party program is that someone actually reported me for botting in game because i believe that area, where the dragon appear is a bot hotspot. I do not know why anyone would report me, if that the case, i mean i do not fire into open space, nor do i use any auto attack and go afk like the engineers and their turrets because i run a Warrior character.

And to be honest i feel i was blindly robbed for my money (i still haven’t even finish the story part of the game) and time (i have been with Guild Wars since 2005; merged my two accounts) by Anet. What’s more upsetting is being blamed/accused for something i did not do.

Please GaileGray or anyone from anet please look into this.
My two tickets numbers are:
120928-000857
120930-004036

#7 - Oct. 1, 2012, 5:28 p.m.
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I am looking into the two issues here. It’s very unusual for someone to be banned for botting who was not botting. Having said that, though, the first thing that most RMT account thieves do with stolen account is — you got it — bot. And they may do that without changing your account credentials, so you may not be aware that your account was used to bot.

You’ve both submitted tickets and that’s good. The team will help you with this issue.