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NachoSevilla
Participant
September 14, 2026
Question

Adobe Stock Contributor Account Deactivated – Suspicious Activity

  • September 14, 2026
  • 3 replies
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I just wanted to state how extremely cruel is that an algorythm or a bot or whatsoever decides that your account had “suspicious activity” after years of uploading quality content (not a single AI thing, all made by myself etc) and suddenly Adobe blocking your account. Thus, making you lose all that work, stats, titles, keywords and, of course, keeping more than 150$. Just because a Bot decided so for whatever reason that is completely mistaken as I have been strictly following the guidelines.

Now I have to wait for weeks or months probably just to receive a message from somebody that checked my case for 10 seconds saying that the bot is right.

 

Good night, folks.

    3 replies

    NachoSevilla
    Participant
    September 14, 2026

    Thank you very much. Do you think that is the reason? Is that frequent people stealing credit cards to buy stock footage?? :/

    Nancy OShea
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    September 14, 2026

    Is that frequent people stealing credit cards? 

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    Is the Pope Catholic?  Do bears have claws?

    YES. Credit card and identity theft are massive problems for everyone. Adobe is required to close accounts to stop the bleeding while they conduct an internal audit.  Your bank would do the same thing with a compromised credit card.

     

    Good luck. 

     

    Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert
    Nancy OShea
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    September 14, 2026

    Yeah. It’s extremely cruel when thieves steal credit cards and use them to make fraudulent purchases online. But nobody thinks about that until it happens to them. Welcome to enlightenment, ​@NachoSevilla 

     

    If you genuinely did nothing wrong, your account will be restored, minus purchases made with stolen credit cards. 

     

    Good luck.

     

    Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert