Was I right to report this person?

#1 - Oct. 31, 2012, 2:01 p.m.
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I logged into the game this evening to find a mail message from somebody who was trying to sell gold. I used the report feature of the mail system, but was confronted with a warning message which said that I might be banned for abusing the report system and that ‘chat logs would be checked’ for the purpose of checking my report.

This makes me somewhat nervous as it wasn’t clear whether or not the mail message would be reported along with the person’s name, and there would be no chat log to check as it wasn’t a chat message, it was a mail message.

As there was a ‘selling gold’ category in the report dialog’s combo box, I felt that sending the report was the correct thing to do, so I did so. I’d like some clarification as to whether the mail message is sent along with the person’s name, i.e. is mail checked along with chat messages? For now, I’ve kept the mail in case I need it to validate the report. I did not reply to the sender.

I was quite surprised as to the amount the person was charging, it was $44 for 100 gold!

#5 - Oct. 31, 2012, 2:19 p.m.
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Hi,

Indeed, you did the right action by reporting this user. As Corian said, this message is just to prevent in case of someone abusing this system without reason, so you have nothing to fear.

Thank you for your help & support!

#6 - Oct. 31, 2012, 2:20 p.m.
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Hello everybody.

Stonberg, what you did was the right thing to do. You won´t get banned for reporting correctly gold sellers and botters. Keep on reporting each time you face another situation alike as this helps us a great deal.

We proceed now to close the thread.
Thanks!

#6 - Oct. 31, 2012, 2:22 p.m.
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Hello everyone,

it was already said here – if you are sure that a user breaks the rules, report him/her.
In this case, reporting a gold selling user was the right move, don’t worry.

Greetings