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Got 7 day ban after using vpn to get free crystals from webstore. Nice move kabam

Kabam does not ban people for using VPNs. VPNs are not prohibited, and lots of players (including developers) use them.

Also, the webstore is operated by a completely different company for Kabam (xSolla) and to the best of my knowledge there is no specific cross check between IP addresses contacting the webstore and IP addresses connecting to the game that happens automatically. Perhaps Kabam could research that if they were doing a manual investigation of a game account for other reasons, but I don't think this is something the average player is screened for.

Something to note is that there is usually a gap in time between when a player does something bannable and when they are actually banned (because there is usually some investigation by the fair play team: automatic bans are limited to only a few specific areas of the game these days). So while players assume what they were last doing is what got them banned, it usually isn't. Sometimes it is, but this is uncommon.