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With the semi-recent addition of security questions I decided to make a PSA.
Be incredibly cautious when buying an account with the questions answered. I ran a few tests a while back to see how much it actually affected accounts. It's possible, (I've done it), to take just the email of the account and the security question answers and migrate the account over to a new email.
I'd recommend that if you ever buy an account, CHANGE IT IMMEDIATELY TO AN EMAIL WHICH NOBODY ELSE KNOWS! Otherwise, the owner can simply SE support into changing the email, as I said previously, this is not only possible but also fairly easy. Do not just leave an account with the email, no matter how trusted the person is.
As always, trade safe,
RotMG Moderation
Going to leave this open for a month as a warning to everybody.
This is not to say don't buy accounts with the questions answered. Just be extremely cautious when doing so.
Last edited by Raple; 10-06-2016 at 01:54 AM.
059 (10-06-2016),[MPGH]Ahl (10-05-2016),A_Random_Idiot (10-05-2016),Fightera100 (10-05-2016),gameboyplanb (05-09-2017),Luverdark (10-06-2016),Rob (04-26-2017),roheenz (10-30-2016)
What if the seller knows the security answers and ask the support to change it back?
I have also had a question to Deca about this. Their response:
This is done as there are people who have made less than three purchases in the past. I apologize if it was not clearly stated what we request of you. Thank you very much for the feedback, we will make sure to word our replies in a more understandable way. We have also recently implemented the security questions, which are an integral part of your account’s security. We have done this to have an additional verification of account ownership when disputes appear. Usually, the account is given to the person who can provide a more sufficient proof of ownership, such as the answers to the security questions, better purchase details(screenshots of receipts) and a bigger quantity of purchases overall.
So it appears who ever can provide more to who is the account owner gets the account.
@Luis
Is there a way to verify the correct security questions to make it a requirement with selling an account @Luis
Any way possible to access the answers etc.
I am not a middleman nor do I buy/sell anything. If you are being contacted by someone off-site from MPGH then it's not me! Please report these to me via PM. Don't be stupid, think first.
Luis (10-05-2016)
Luis (10-06-2016)
Basically, if you know someone's email and security questions, you can access their account??
Fixed the horrible formatting.
If you're gonna make a sticky, either make it look decent or tell me about it.
[MPGH]Ahl (10-11-2016),Daniel:D (01-17-2018),Heaven's Husband (10-06-2016),Luis (10-06-2016)
Luis (10-06-2016)
@Luis
An old thing we used to do with Runescape accounts:
Make a purchase on the account with your own paypal. When they are deciding who owns the account you can show proof of payment and they'll likely rule you as the owner.
Back when it was the shitty recover system that led to mass hacks? It was way too easy to recover accounts with that system..
@Luis hmu on Skype, I'll be on tonight to discuss something with u bb
I am not a middleman nor do I buy/sell anything. If you are being contacted by someone off-site from MPGH then it's not me! Please report these to me via PM. Don't be stupid, think first.