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If you get free money from hackers, do you get banned?


MythAlex
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This topic is about GTA Online on PC.

 

> So if a hacker gives you free money, do you get banned from GTA Online or not?

 

>> What about if you ASK a hacker to give you free money and he does? Your risk of getting banned is higher or not?

 

>>> Did any of you have been banned before from receiving free money? (If so, how long is the ban for receiving free money? I hope it's not permanent)

 

I got over xx million $ from a hacker. Any risk of getting banned? I hope not :\

 

Please, be honest and don't troll.

 

Thank you in advance.

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Official Response from R*:

 

 

We do systematic sweeps to remove modded GTA$ from players, so you have no need to worry about having picked any up! In addition, you have no need to worry about any action being taken against your account as long as you yourself did not take part in any cheating/modding. If you have any other questions in regards to our policies for cheaters/modders in GTA Online, please take a look at this article.
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>>> Did any of you have been banned before from receiving free money? (If so, how long is the ban for receiving free money? I hope it's not permanent)

I received 17 million GTA$ from a modder. A couple of days later I got banned. So much for the "no need to worry, automatic sweeps will remove the money harmlessly". The sweep was a d*ck and flagged my account.

And to answer your question about the lenght: the first ban is always 2 weeks. The second one is always 2 months. The third one is permanent.

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Also for console users(even if this is the PC section):

MS and Sony may apply console bans for playing with modders.

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>>> Did any of you have been banned before from receiving free money? (If so, how long is the ban for receiving free money? I hope it's not permanent)

I received 17 million GTA$ from a modder. A couple of days later I got banned. So much for the "no need to worry, automatic sweeps will remove the money harmlessly". The sweep was a d*ck and flagged my account.

And to answer your question about the lenght: the first ban is always 2 weeks. The second one is always 2 months. The third one is permanent.

 

:( I see.

 

And before u received the 17 million $, did you ask the modder to give you money? Or not?

 

Also, your current ban is the 1st, 2nd or 3rd one?

 

Also, did you put your money in your bank? or not? I put mine (50 million +) in the bank.

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southparkmayor

Spend that money. R* is going to get rid of that money because they want you to buy shark cards and grind missions like a slave. Preferably shark cards.

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Spend that money. R* is going to get rid of that money because they want you to buy shark cards and grind missions like a slave. Preferably shark cards.

Nope,

I havent grined missions "like a slave" nor bought a shark card, and I can easily afford anything.

 

Btw. if he spends that money chances he gets banned are even higher.

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And before u received the 17 million $, did you ask the modder to give you money? Or not?

 

Also, your current ban is the 1st, 2nd or 3rd one?

 

Also, did you put your money in your bank? or not? I put mine (50 million +) in the bank.

 

I didn't ask the modder for it but neither did I tell him to stop. I just stood there like "wtf is happening" cause it was my first time being shot at with a money-minigun.

My current ban is my first one (two weeks). It's being lifted on 15th July.

I put the money in my bank account, so that the sweep could remove it. However, I did something stupid - keep on reading below.

 

Spend that money.

That is by no means a good idea. Apart from that 17 mil I received, I had roughly 550k in my bank. I didn't play for a couple of days after getting the money, and after coming back to the game I decided to buy a Monroe, which is 490k. I remembered that I could afford it with my legitimate money so I bought it. BUT I got carried away and I upgraded the car in Los Santos Customs right away after it being delivered, obviously spending some of the modded money. Only after the fact, I was like "what did I just do?". I think it was on that day that I got banned. So a word of advice from someone with experience: I wouldn't recommend spending money you received from a modder. You have a good chance of getting banned that way. Try to carefully plan your purchases, unlike me.

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>>> Did any of you have been banned before from receiving free money? (If so, how long is the ban for receiving free money? I hope it's not permanent)

I received 17 million GTA$ from a modder. A couple of days later I got banned. So much for the "no need to worry, automatic sweeps will remove the money harmlessly". The sweep was a d*ck and flagged my account.

And to answer your question about the lenght: the first ban is always 2 weeks. The second one is always 2 months. The third one is permanent.

 

don't pull out that innocent card, i've been showered with money and managed to leave before reaching such sums of money, as have friends of mine and nothing of this sort you describe ever happened.

 

if you get 17 mill it looks like you were willingly taking it, maybe even begged for it, do you really know which of your actions get stored on the server clouds? (no you don't).

 

also contrary to your story, i've had friends getting logged out (for 2 mins) just to sweep their fake money without them ever notifying R* about it. i call bs on your story.

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And what about me? I saw a hacker giving free money and I got into his "fountain of money" too. After some minutes, I begged him to give us more. And so I got up to 70 million $ from that hacker. Then I stored the money in my bank and started purchasing the 2nd apartment, the most expensive vehicles (including the golden heli and plane), and some expensive clothes. I cannot upgrade my cars yet, because I haven't won enough races. And now I'm left with ~25 million $.

 

So what can happen to me? Can I get banned? Or not? How big is the risk for me? :\

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And what about me? I saw a hacker giving free money and I got into his "fountain of money" too. After some minutes, I begged him to give us more. And so I got up to 70 million $ from that hacker. Then I stored the money in my bank and started purchasing the 2nd apartment, the most expensive vehicles (including the golden heli and plane), and some expensive clothes. I cannot upgrade my cars yet, because I haven't won enough races. And now I'm left with ~25 million $.

 

So what can happen to me? Can I get banned? Or not? How big is the risk for me? :\

You can get banned risk is about 20 % if not higher,

Oh and the ban can also take a few months to arrive, so dont wonder when you get banned in 2 months ;)

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>>> Did any of you have been banned before from receiving free money? (If so, how long is the ban for receiving free money? I hope it's not permanent)

I received 17 million GTA$ from a modder. A couple of days later I got banned. So much for the "no need to worry, automatic sweeps will remove the money harmlessly". The sweep was a d*ck and flagged my account.

And to answer your question about the lenght: the first ban is always 2 weeks. The second one is always 2 months. The third one is permanent.

 

don't pull out that innocent card, i've been showered with money and managed to leave before reaching such sums of money, as have friends of mine and nothing of this sort you describe ever happened.

 

if you get 17 mill it looks like you were willingly taking it, maybe even begged for it, do you really know which of your actions get stored on the server clouds? (no you don't).

 

also contrary to your story, i've had friends getting logged out (for 2 mins) just to sweep their fake money without them ever notifying R* about it. i call bs on your story.

 

Read my second post lol. I didn't try to run from it because I was confused, That doesn't mean I wanted it either, let alone begged for it. Only after standing there like a moron for 30 or so seconds I realized how much money that gave me and I switched sessions. As for your detective skills and how you think what I said is bullsh*t: I don't know why anyone would even lie about something as minor as getting banned in a video game, but okay.

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>>> Did any of you have been banned before from receiving free money? (If so, how long is the ban for receiving free money? I hope it's not permanent)

I received 17 million GTA$ from a modder. A couple of days later I got banned. So much for the "no need to worry, automatic sweeps will remove the money harmlessly". The sweep was a d*ck and flagged my account.

And to answer your question about the lenght: the first ban is always 2 weeks. The second one is always 2 months. The third one is permanent.

 

don't pull out that innocent card, i've been showered with money and managed to leave before reaching such sums of money, as have friends of mine and nothing of this sort you describe ever happened.

 

if you get 17 mill it looks like you were willingly taking it, maybe even begged for it, do you really know which of your actions get stored on the server clouds? (no you don't).

 

also contrary to your story, i've had friends getting logged out (for 2 mins) just to sweep their fake money without them ever notifying R* about it. i call bs on your story.

 

Read my second post lol. I didn't try to run from it because I was confused, That doesn't mean I wanted it either, let alone begged for it. Only after standing there like a moron for 30 or so seconds I realized how much money that gave me and I switched sessions. As for your detective skills and how you think what I said is bullsh*t: I don't know why anyone would even lie about something as minor as getting banned in a video game, but okay.

 

I have seen people cry just for beeing banned from a ArmA server lol

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I have seen people cry just for beeing banned from a ArmA server lol

Well that makes sense :v Truly a matter to be crying about.

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customkingpimp

Spend that money. R* is going to get rid of that money because they want you to buy shark cards and grind missions like a slave. Preferably shark cards.

The money I got I deposited 150,000 at a time, over the course of about 4 game plays. My profile is not visible to anyone, so rockstar cant see it either.

 

And I started a second character and filled a garage with osiris's and have been slowing selling them.

 

There are ways around all that.

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Spend that money. R* is going to get rid of that money because they want you to buy shark cards and grind missions like a slave. Preferably shark cards.

The money I got I deposited 150,000 at a time, over the course of about 4 game plays. My profile is not visible to anyone, so rockstar cant see it either.

 

And I started a second character and filled a garage with osiris's and have been slowing selling them.

 

There are ways around all that.

 

lol

You realy thing Rockstar cannot see your Profile, they are hosting the f*cking service your Profile is onto..

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Spend that money. R* is going to get rid of that money because they want you to buy shark cards and grind missions like a slave. Preferably shark cards.

The money I got I deposited 150,000 at a time, over the course of about 4 game plays. My profile is not visible to anyone, so rockstar cant see it either.

 

And I started a second character and filled a garage with osiris's and have been slowing selling them.

 

There are ways around all that.

 

lol

You realy thing Rockstar cannot see your Profile, they are hosting the f*cking service your Profile is onto..

 

They even said it, if you have your profile on private, and you send a ticket for something, they ask you to make change the privacy settings so they can look at it.

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ILoveTrolling

I got like 5 million dollar a few weeks ago from a hacker. C* hasn't taken any action yet, so my bet is: No.

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mightynighty

As for your detective skills and how you think what I said is bullsh*t: I don't know why anyone would even lie about something as minor as getting banned in a video game, but okay.

 

 

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I got like 5 million dollar a few weeks ago from a hacker. C* hasn't taken any action yet, so my bet is: No.

If you read my post you would know,

that R* Bans can even occur MONTHS after you got the money.

Sooner or later you will be banned its just a matter of time..

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I got like 5 million dollar a few weeks ago from a hacker. C* hasn't taken any action yet, so my bet is: No.

If you read my post you would know,

that R* Bans can even occur MONTHS after you got the money.

Sooner or later you will be banned its just a matter of time..

I hope not :/

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I got like 5 million dollar a few weeks ago from a hacker. C* hasn't taken any action yet, so my bet is: No.

If you read my post you would know,

that R* Bans can even occur MONTHS after you got the money.

Sooner or later you will be banned its just a matter of time..

 

You are putting too much faith into rockstar my friend.

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BroodReaver

 

 

 

>>> Did any of you have been banned before from receiving free money? (If so, how long is the ban for receiving free money? I hope it's not permanent)

I received 17 million GTA$ from a modder. A couple of days later I got banned. So much for the "no need to worry, automatic sweeps will remove the money harmlessly". The sweep was a d*ck and flagged my account.

And to answer your question about the lenght: the first ban is always 2 weeks. The second one is always 2 months. The third one is permanent.

 

don't pull out that innocent card, i've been showered with money and managed to leave before reaching such sums of money, as have friends of mine and nothing of this sort you describe ever happened.

 

if you get 17 mill it looks like you were willingly taking it, maybe even begged for it, do you really know which of your actions get stored on the server clouds? (no you don't).

 

also contrary to your story, i've had friends getting logged out (for 2 mins) just to sweep their fake money without them ever notifying R* about it. i call bs on your story.

 

Read my second post lol. I didn't try to run from it because I was confused, That doesn't mean I wanted it either, let alone begged for it. Only after standing there like a moron for 30 or so seconds I realized how much money that gave me and I switched sessions. As for your detective skills and how you think what I said is bullsh*t: I don't know why anyone would even lie about something as minor as getting banned in a video game, but okay.

 

 

 

lol standing for "30s or so", you can't reach 17Mil for that short amount of time. They're only shooting 40grand a pop, some of those will miss if you're just "standing still like a moron", even if you move to loot the missed bag of cash. That happened to me being shot by money bag gun and getting rained by money bag and it still took at least 40secs to 1min per 1 mil. So if you get 17Mil, you're standing there pretty long absorbing the modded cash and you know what's up.

 

Hey, I'm not judging you, whether your reason is greed or innocence. It happens, some of us paid for it and some of us gets away with it.

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I got like 5 million dollar a few weeks ago from a hacker. C* hasn't taken any action yet, so my bet is: No.

If you read my post you would know,

that R* Bans can even occur MONTHS after you got the money.

Sooner or later you will be banned its just a matter of time..

 

You are putting too much faith into rockstar my friend.

 

Dude I dont have faith I have experience regarding people beeing banned.

 

I am(or better I was) Platin Member on Rockstar Support board since 2013 and the original release of V.

I saw a lot of people their who complained about a lot of glitches or hackers.

 

And I also saw after a year people coming to complain that they got banned for something they did months ago.

And still got banned.

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customkingpimp

 

 

 

I got like 5 million dollar a few weeks ago from a hacker. C* hasn't taken any action yet, so my bet is: No.

If you read my post you would know,

that R* Bans can even occur MONTHS after you got the money.

Sooner or later you will be banned its just a matter of time..

 

You are putting too much faith into rockstar my friend.

 

Dude I dont have faith I have experience regarding people beeing banned.

 

I am(or better I was) Platin Member on Rockstar Support board since 2013 and the original release of V.

I saw a lot of people their who complained about a lot of glitches or hackers.

 

And I also saw after a year people coming to complain that they got banned for something they did months ago.

And still got banned.

 

Welp, I have been playing since I got my copy on the midnight release for ps3, now on PS4 and PC, have not been banned for any modded money.

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If you do accept GTA$ from any hacker without requesting it (like suddenly you receive whopping millions of GTA$ without consent), you won't be banned, and you can keep the received GTA$. But, if you DO agree to receive the hacked GTA$ or you ask for it, then you can get banned.

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the best thing to do is to contact R*. you need to report the player that hacked your account (or dumped cash on you). in my experience, R* will let you keep the money and close the case. you will not be banned. that is, providing you report the person who was hacking. if you don't report, then they could just as easily assume that you consented to receiving the money from the hacker in the first place.

 

secondly, i'm surpised this thread hasn't been locked. telling people that you gain from hacking is surely against the Ts&Cs.

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Acekiller.45

Cut the bullsh*t I got 18Mil from a friend last month no ban stop trying to use scare tactics.

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I don't even know how many millions of dollars I have received from cheaters and I am not banned. I think getting banned could also depend on your level/playtime because if you are level 10 with millions of dollars it will cause some red flags.

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