recovering an old account

[tuuskukk]

Hi guys, some of you may remember me. (edit: Wow I just realized I logged into my first account on tip.it, which is quite nostalgic, 3 posts :P, I used tuuskukk14 before)

 

So here's the thing, I decided to check up on my old account, but wasn't able to log in. (I think i remembered the password, but not really sure.)

I hit recover my password and had to type in my email first. It said that it was wrong. I tried all of my emails, none worked. I checked my old email. It a bunch of letter like this :

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Dear Customer,

 

We have strong evidence that you may have attempted a transfer of RuneScape accounts or traded virtual items outside of the game environment.

 

Real-world trading destroys the economy of RuneScape, violates your agreement with us, and any player that continues to engage in the illegal activity has no place in our community.

 

All of your accounts, main and otherwise, are now on our watch list and will be monitored for real-world trading. Regardless of who you are or how long you've been with us, if you decide to real-world trade ever again we will have no hesitation in: (1) permanently removing your account from our wonderful community in order to protect Jagex's rights, and (2) naming you as a defendant in Jagex Limited v. John Does, which is a lawsuit based on antitrust law violations that is currently pending in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California (Civ. Action No. SANC-V12-00972-CGC).

 

If you decide to ignore this email and instead continue Real-World Trading, we (Jagex Ltd) reserve our rights to pursue statutory damages against you for between $200 to $2,500 per act of past, present, and/or future real-world trading in accordance with 18 U.S.C. 1304©(2).

 

In addition, new infractions have been added to your RuneScape account. If left unchallenged your account will be temporarily or permanently suspended.

 

Please complete the following security form to monitor your account's status or to appeal the infractions you have recieved:

LINK

 

Please note: Due to recent technical problems, some accounts were unfairly punished. Most of the void infractions have been removed. You should visit the appeal section to appeal any unjustified infractions received due to system errors.

 

Sincerely,

Mod Mark.

 

© 2012 All rights reserved by Jagex Ltd. and RuneScape.

Privacy Policy, Terms And Conditions: LINK

St. John's Innovation Centre, Cowley Road, Cambridge, CB5 1WS, England."[/hide]

 

Which I think are just some scam scemes. (PS, I didn't click any links on these letter).

So basically. Has anyone else had this kind of problem and is there any way I could use my old recovery questions (hope they still exist) to gain access to my account? Or should I just accept that my account has been hacked and start over(which I really don't feel like doing)?

 

Thanks

 

(edit2: took out the potentally harmful links)

[Hedgehog]

Yeah, those are all fake links. Don't click them. I reported your post so a mod can edit them out.

 

I'm not sure if you can recover your account, but I'm not experienced in that area. I'd recommend making a new one, though, since a lot has changed and it may be easier to catch up that way.

 

Good luck!

[tuuskukk]

Oh yeah, I'll edit those out myself. Sorry about that. The thing is that I had accomplished quite alot (for me atleast), had a total level like 1800-1900 I think. Also some cool untradable like the Yo-yo. If I can't recover that accout, I probably won't bother starting from scratch.

[tuuskukk]

So nobody has any advise or opinions? Hasn't anyone had the similar problem? I saw a topic in General Discussion about old retired accounts being targeted for hacking. Even if this is the case, the account itself should still be there or do they use the hacked accounts to goldfarm nonstop until banning?