RMT Whisper Report Feature

[Kosmos992k]

I believe that Bots are typically banned when they (SE's task force)can ban an entire RMT 'ring' or network.

By leaving the Bots up, they can trace the activity from the Bots through to the other RMT accounts. The reports of RMT Spam, take out their spammers quite effectively, but as long as people are buying gil, the RMT will survive. It's much easier to determine the full extent of an RMT ring or network by tracing them from the ground (so to speak) up. Removing the Bots would make finding the actual RMT accounts harder.

If they closely observe the Bot's activity they can see which accounts gil is passed to, and then the accounts used to aggregate the gil (including laundering it (through the MB) to the 'banker' accounts, before it's distributed to their customers through stupidly bogus and suspicious pricing on the Market Boards (laundered gil) or however else they distribute it. I'm pointing at the stupid transactions on the MB because when you see an item that normally sells for a few hundred or thousand going for millions, you have to know something is up with that...and I can think of no other easier way to move gil around via in-game channels, that is not limited to a certain amount.

[Paladinleeds]

I'm pointing at the stupid transactions on the MB because when you see an item that normally sells for a few hundred or thousand going for millions, you have to know something is up with that...and I can think of no other easier way to move gil around via in-game channels, that is not limited to a certain amount.

I have been known to put stuff on the mb at stupidly high prices to net some extra inventory space temporarily in a pinch. So I wouldn't say it's guaranteed RMT.

[Kosmos992k]

I have been known to put stuff on the mb at stupidly high prices to net some extra inventory space temporarily in a pinch. So I wouldn't say it's guaranteed RMT.

Indeed not, I understand. But when those items are actually sold, and the gil changes hands, the odds are pretty good, aren't they? It wasn't so much the listing of the items I was meaning as it was the actual transactions for those items, but I should have been more specific. I'm sure that some players have also used this to move gil around too, which considering the limitations in the moogle mail and trade window, is probably outside the 'rules. Of course you can also transfer large amounts through the company chest. I'd bet that RMTs make use of that too to keep their gil movements from public view. Although I'm not sure who they think they are kidding since I am certain that SE's task force can obtain the logs for FC chest activity.