I am intrigued by the possibility of your account being hacked. The forum is recently under "attack" of hacker silently co-living with the real owner, where they didn't hold it for ransom or change the credentials so the owner can't access it, they move under the radar by not touching anything and execute their action. One of the recent case is
asking for a loan.
If you claimed that you never send a PM yet your account got banned for phishing PM... can you check your IP log as per
Despairo suggested? Through
https://bitcointalk.org/myips.php?I am fascinated by the hacker too as he really had a bad strategy. My account is inactive from past some time and not a good target.
Also, I did check the IP logs and I can see very less logs recorded in past month and no wired IP logs at the end of the month. But, I did got an email on 24/12/23 about my password being changed by an unknown IP. I checked it on internet and it shows to be located in UK. Not sure if I can post the IP here, but will keep updated if I find more information.
I am sure it's allowed, another user that got his account compromised with this similar "co-living" method
posted a list of IP addresses. Censor your own IP, and leave the other that's from the hacker visible. It might help your case by proving that your account got compromised and you're not the one sending those phishing PM.
It does appear that he can't via the screenshot provided, but not allowing people to see their outbox seems a bit weird and it's the first I've heard of it. Don't suppose it matters either as the messages were reported.
It's wired, although it is the same from as far as I can remember this forum.
Btw, it would be great if you could help me with knowing exactly what type of PMs were sent from my account, if you could PM me some examples it would be an help. I guess you already know as they were reported by some member's here.
If we entertain the possibility that your account got hacked and you're not the one sending those PM, wouldn't the content of the PM itself no longer relevant and won't help with your situation, as your primary goal here now will be to prove that you got hacked?