Like many other online games, Call of Duty: Warzone There is also a separate underground market for buying and selling valuable accounts. Accounts with hot skins are sold for up to $300, even accounts with Damascus weapon skins extremely rare can sell for $2,000.
Tighter restrictions on account security have made theft and resell accounts becomes more and more difficult. The captcha system slows down automated account theft by hacked passwords and uses better tracking to track down “account farms.”
At one of the Discord servers investigated, hacker is starting to move towards unlocking tools for existing accounts instead of outright selling accounts that have just been hacked. An account reseller said: “Because there is a shortage of accounts due to changes in security measures, we will now provide various unlocking services. In short, we can help you unlock locks almost everything in (Modern Warfare / Cold War)”.
Old accounts with limited fashion items (like Roze’s controversial outfit) are highly sought after. But when asked when these “old accounts” would become active again, one seller replied “never.” Some people choose to unlock an account with all fashion items instead of having to play a completely new account, despite the risk of being banned. Activision detected and permanently banned.
