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Account suspended for spamming TA links?

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RealJBlaze
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Last post: 01 Apr at 18:12
Posted on 08 July 12 at 16:25
Just found out from a buddy of mine that his Xbox LIVE account was suspended for apparently spamming links from his account to promote TA. The funny part is that he is not even a member of TA, and only sends messages to his friends on LIVE.

I'm just curious to see if anyone else has had this problem, and if there is a solution. Obviously, the Xbox Enforcement Team is doing one of their "investigations", but until then, he can't play online.

I honestly don't even know how this would happen, and why someone else would want to spam links to TA from another person's account...

I'm going to see if he'll forward me the email to copypasta here.
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Spilner
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Last post: 22 Jan at 09:39
Posted on 08 July 12 at 16:32
The suspension emails are usually very vague for their reasons, though ive not been suspended in a while so i suppose it could have changed now.
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RealJBlaze
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Posted on 08 July 12 at 17:35
Spilner said:The suspension emails are usually very vague for their reasons, though ive not been suspended in a while so i suppose it could have changed now.All it takes is a phone call to customer service, then they put you on with an enforcement agent who can tell you what you did or didn't do wrong.
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Last post: Yesterday at 03:56
Posted on 08 July 12 at 20:58
As far as i know the only way to know to contact the enforcement team is to post on the forums http://forums.xbox.com/xbox_forums/xbox_support/f/41.aspx customer service have no involvement in it at all.
TerreDactyl
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Posted on 08 July 12 at 22:10
You'd never get suspended for using Trueachievements links. It's a partnered site... Though if it's manotinous spam towards player then yes that's suspend worthy, read section b of the CoC.

"Don't harass, abuse, or spam other players, or encourage other players to do so." Is the response they'll get under the conditions of what you said are true.
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Spilner
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Last post: 22 Jan at 09:39
Posted on 09 July 12 at 03:54
TerreDactyl said:You'd never get suspended for using Trueachievements links. It's a partnered site... Though if it's manotinous spam towards player then yes that's suspend worthy, read section b of the CoC.

"Don't harass, abuse, or spam other players, or encourage other players to do so." Is the response they'll get under the conditions of what you said are true.
Translation: Its the spam that got the suspension, not the topic spammed.
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Last post: Yesterday at 22:50
Posted on 09 July 12 at 13:58
Would like to see the email before commenting really, sounds very odd to me
KillaKevin24
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Posted on 09 July 12 at 14:46
Sounds like the whole story is not being told if you ask me. I have sent links to people before only advertiding this site and I have yet to be banned.

It may have to do with the fact of how he contacted people.
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RealJBlaze
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Last post: 01 Apr at 18:12
Posted on 12 July 12 at 15:43
Nevermind. Looks like I was being trolled by being blamed for it.

*insert idiotic derp face*
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Spilner
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Last post: 22 Jan at 09:39
Posted on 12 July 12 at 16:39
laugh
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Last post: 22 May at 13:40
Posted on 30 July 12 at 06:22
Uhm, what I get out of it is that someone sended a lot of messages about TA.com and people complained about it, cause then it's Spamming.
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