MtGox is blocking my account for more than 6 weeks by now without giving any explanation and without requesting any documents or other information.
I just want to share this unpleasant experience with MtGox to make others aware of such issues.
After making a Dwolla deposit of $220 into MtGox on October 25 and buying bitcoins with this money, I was asked to submit account verification documents in order to transfer bitcoins out of my account. I submitted the required documents and did not receive any response. I started to get confused when I could not login into my account a few days later as my password was rejected. When I filled the password recovery form on MtGox I did not receive a response.
I started to get worried and filed a ticket (see whole tickets below) in the support area. After I answered a few questions about my Dwolla deposit, the ticket was closed with the reply by MtGox:
Unfortunately, we can not assist you at this point. We will investigate this issue and return to you when it is resolved.
A few days later I opened a new ticket to ask for news. This ticket was marked as solved without any explanation.
To give MtGox some time to "investigate" and because I did not have time to spend hours writing tickets every day, it took me two weeks to write a new ticket. They did not request any more information and the ticket ended with the same words as the first one:
Unfortunately, we can not assist you regarding this issue since we are investigating. We will notify you as soon as it is resolved.
This was on December 06. I sent them a new ticket today but I am loosing my confidence in MtGox as they did not come up with a solution for more than 6 weeks by now. Worst of all, they did not ask for any more information or documentation. I would be willing to submit any reasonable document they need to solve this issue. They did not give any explanation why my account is blocked either.
Did any of you make similar experiences with MtGox? How long did they block your account? Feel free to post a reply to this thread if you have similar problems with MtGox.
Merry Christmas,
Johannes
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Full quote of MtGox support tickets below.
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Request #15585
Account inaccessible (username "zweiblum", email:
zbmtgox@_____.de)
Nov-25 02:56
Hi,
since I uploaded the documents you required for authentication about a
week ago, my account (username "zweiblum", email: zbmtgox@_____.de) is
inaccessible. In practice this means that my username/password
combination is rejected and that the "I forgot my password" form results
in a blak page and no password being sent.
Please reactivate the access to my account and give me access to the
money I deposited!
Thanks a lot,
smime.p7s smime.p7s
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Mt.Gox Support
Support Desk
Hello,
Thank you for contacting us. May we ask if you recently made a Dwolla deposit? Can you please verify whether your Dwolla account is a US one or not?
Thanks,
MtGox.com Team
Nov-25 2011 09:45
Hi,
I initiated my last Dwolla deposit on 10/25/2011, this Dwolla account is US based because I have been in the US until August 2011.
Thanks,
Nov-25 2011 16:01
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Mt.Gox Support
Support Desk
Hello,
Thank you for contacting us. In response to increased incidence of phishing and hacking attempts made against Mt.Gox and its users, stricter security precautions have been implemented to protect our users and their funds. Should suspicious activity be detected in relation to an Mt.Gox account, the ability to withdraw funds will be temporarily suspended until it can be confirmed that the owner of the account is in fact still in control. Please login onto the Mt.Gox page and visit https://www.mtgox.com/forms/verification to start the identification process.
Thanks,
MtGox.com Team
Nov-25 2011 16:04
Hi,
as I mentioned in my first email, I ready submitted the verification
forms (that was when the trouble started...). An I am still getting the
error
"Invalid username or password, please try again. "
although I am using the same username/password as before.
Please reactivate the access to my account and give me access to the
money I deposited!
Thanks,
smime.p7s smime.p7s
Nov-25 2011 20:19
Mt.Gox Support
Support Desk
Hello,
Unfortunately, we can not assist you at this point. We will investigate this issue and return to you when it is resolved.
Thanks,
MtGox.com Team
Nov-28 2011 11:15
Request #15736
Account compromised? username: zweiblum
Nov-29 09:06
Hi,
after submitting the verification documentation my account is inaccessible (cannot login, password rejected) and I do not receive the password recovery emails if I request them. Any chance my account has been hijacked? Why don't I receive the emails to set a new password?
original email on file for this account: zbmtgox@_____.de
username: zweiblum
This issue is related to the closed ticket #15585.
Thanks,
Request #16053 follow-up to request #15585
Re: Account inaccessible (username "zweiblum", email:
zbmtgox@_____.de)
Dec-04 20:30
Dear Sir or Madam,
I still cannot access my account. I deposited US$ 220 on 10/25/2011 and I was asked to submit verification documents shortly afterwards. After doing so, my account became inaccessible (username/password no longer accepted). When I request a new password, I do not receive any password recovery emails. $200 is a large amount of money to me and I ask you to release this money and to reestablish the access to my account.
What I find most frustrating is that I did not receive any kind of explanation why I am refused access to my account.
Thanks,
Mt.Gox Support
Support Desk
Hello,
Thank you for contacting us. Can you please provide me with your account username so I can look in to this for you?
Thanks,
MtGox.com Team
Dec-05 2011 11:48
Hi,
the username is "zweiblum". The email address associated with this account is zbmtgox@_____.de.
Thanks,
Dec-05 2011 16:28
Mt.Gox Support
Support Desk
Hello ,
Unfortunately, we can not assist you regarding this issue since we are investigating. We will notify you as soon as it is resolved.
Thanks,
MtGox.com Team
Dec-06 2011 12:17