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> This forum rules do not prohibit the purchase or sale of accounts, but if you get caught doing this, DT members will tag you for that, and with such an account you will not be able to join any signature campaign or trade with other members. <
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Just to stress on this point, a sold account can incur in multiple issues for the buyer such as:
- The seller may likely scam you and not give you an account at all after youve made your payment.
- The bought account may easily be tainted, having plagiarized posts within that, at one point or other down the road (even years ahead), may be detected and reported, leading to a permanent ban.
- The bought account may be a hacked one. As such, the rightful owner could initiate a process to try to get the account blocked, or reclaim its ownership by providing the necessary proof.
- A bought account normally will denote a subsequent change in style (when not in language) of the poster behind. This can lead to forum members being suspicious of the account, showing-up on the radar of others from there on.
- Heavy suspicion of having purchased the account can lead to negative trust (since, from a commerce point of view, the buyer is likely deemed untrustworthy for this event).
Although as @Lucius mentions, it is not a prohibited act as per the forum rules, it is heavily frowned upon and, from a moral point of view, shows no achievement on the buyers behalf other than a will to fast-track by cutting corners.