look at my post

you don't really understand, double-reg has been fixed. its no longer working. whether the account been registered back in the time or not.
the last account theft exploit involved tricking the tech support that you lost access to the e-mail/password and them handing you a recovery link for free, bypassing the security in place of the actual account owner (of today)

both don't works anymore, they found out they got tricked and gave away hundreds of accounts for free to scammers.

my point of view on this, e-mail reg should be deleted from being an options, and double authentificator added. the system is too old and nothing is secure

prove it. show an update patch notes where its fixed i have nothing to confirm what you just said. i do have an account that is known to be double registered and every year when i remake the account my test chars and passwords get deleted. i lose nothing but it shows the exploit is still active.

i got scammed by this method, tech support admitted to being faulty and handing out a recovery link reset. my account got all wiped (items) and thief just leave the characters behind. he could delete them if he wanted but he dint
so no im not going to show anything because i don't do shit shady stuff, im just a victim of this exploit. and blizz now know this and don't allow this to happen anymore, but they don't offer rollback to the guys like me unfortunatly its gone for good

the eula stipulate that you don't own anything in this game, nothing can be done against them to fight (lets say engaging in a advocate and wanting to get compensating) its just not possible.

to make it short for you, an email reg account is less safe than unregistered.
unregistered cannot be recoup by tech support if you loose your password, its gone until expiration

while the registered account could always be attempted by scammers who have alot of time on their hands to work-around something.

if only i knew in advance, i registered an account to change names. never id think this would be an open door for theft to get in

now you believe me or not man thats all up to you, aint got nothing to argue with you for this. just trying to open your eyes a little bit

lol you are stupid

i clearly laid out how the scam works. you are 100% wrong. if you get an account jacked its by 2 (or3) vectors: accounts that are double registered or keylogging malware also possible password reuse by looking in databases and matching with open source intelligence (this is your user name / pass and this is linked email pass social media in public dumps think amipwned but with the hash table)

go back to my post that is how the scam works you dont "i see an account i want to steal" then register a new email on it. thats not how it works. i have played the game for 25 years now. i hate to sound cocky but i know more then you i have literately seen every scam that exists.


if you want to have unregistered accounts thats your business but you cant tell me im wrong when you have zero evidence. i have a working account on uswest right now that is double registered and every year i lose the pass to it and it expires. the exploit is still active. its a test account its fully air gapped, cdkey ip from my main systems it has zero crossover information not even email. thats why for safety if you get a really nice account name that just "happens" to be not in use that is a major red flag. open the account, register it, wait at least 2 years and if the account is not stolen either who ever owned the account before you quit the game (not likely) or you might have a virgin account that in 25 years of d2 has never been used (rare)..


"while the registered account could always be attempted by scammers who have alot of time on their hands to work-around something."

you dont even know how the scam works... omfg exploits are not magic and time and effort dont always account to much. what you are saying in a round about sense is called "social engineering"

scammer: hey bro i need access to the account im like ahhh locked out ya....
bliz: do you have the email? can you tell me the accounts email so i can look it up?
scammer: my dog ate it cuz like it happenz like ya bro totally
bliz: ok let me send you a reset link can you please tell me the email that the account is 2fa'ed to? I can only send the reset link to that account and none others.
scammer: i dont have access to the email its like on my ipad and im here in the bed room so can you send it to a new email
bliz: well looks like i cant help you then since i have no way to 2fa you own the account
scammer: but like bro my dog was hungry and ate my email
bliz: please leave feed back on your service today have a good day.
scammer: wut?

heres what you can do. get on a vpn, make an account not tied to you with an alt cdkey / ip / email and attempt to social engineer your way in. its very simple if you dont have the 2fa email you dont get in period why because i have done it to bliz reps myself to test how the scam works and this was at least 10 years ago.


if you are in doubt register an account with your email, let it expire, remake the account with a new email, do a password reset steal the account. so dont explain to me like you know anything.

lmao, ok keep your arguments im done with you. what a joke

Who won the dik sizing competition

I only use names for accts that no one will ever want.

SUMMARY:

Due to this bug, all Blizzard support links sent by email for Legacy (LOD) accounts are broken. This makes it impossible to access account management features in "Account Settings" and "Email Registration", as well as other in-game actions tied to these functions. Even if your account is registered with an email, the links Blizzard provides are non-functional, preventing you from interacting with them.

The only working function in "Account Settings" is the "Change Password" option, but this requires you to know the current password in order to proceed.

This issue also prevents malicious access to an account, as there is no other way into it unless the current password is known. Even if you create a support ticket, Blizzard Support cannot reset or define a new password/email, regardless of how much sensitive information you provide (I've tested this very extensively on my own account).

At this point, the only way to change your password is by knowing the current/using the in-game "Change Password" option and no account can become registered. Because of this, it’s essential to have an extremely strong password. Avoid potential threats like phishing attempts, third-party sites, and keyloggers.

This post was edited by Jehu on Nov 29 2025 01:09am