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June 27, 2023
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Fraudulent activity detected on your Adobe Account (Heads up - all please read)

  • June 27, 2023
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I was sent an email that my Adobe creative cloud subscription had been cancelled due to fraudulent activity. I had a valid subscription, that was purchased directly from Adobe, that was valid through March of 2024. I purchased 3 keys from stacksocial.com to extend my subscription by 3 months which extended my subscription through June of 2024

I activated the keys thorough Adobe with no issues. I have purchased keys from stack social.com in the past with no issues. These keys were apparently fraudulent. As a result of this Adobe, with no warning, cancelled my subscription. Even though I had a legitimate and valid subscription that I purchased directly from Adobe as I have been doing for years.

I completely understand if the three keys that I purchased were fraudulent, the issue needs to be addressed and the extended 3 months removed from my existing subscription. But to cancel my legitimate subscription is theft.

I have contacted Adobe "support" several times and they will not budge. They said stack social is not an authorized reseller so they cannot help me. They did however as a offer me a discounted subscription as a "Goodwill gesture".

I am posting this as a heads up to all. If you purchase any keys make sure they are from an Adobe authorized reseller otherwise Adobe will rob you of your pre-existing subscription.

This is outstanding customer service to a former customer who had been purchasing legitimate licenses/subscriptions from Adobe for years.

Correct answer Nancy OShea

To put this in proper perspective, you had an active subscription that hadn't expired yet.  Why did you add more keys to it if you didn't need them?  Knowingly or not, you permanently corrupted your subscription with illegal keys. That's a violation of Adobe's terms of service.  Violating your terms of service is the reason your account was terminated. 

 

Adobe Terms of Service

https://www.adobe.com/legal/terms.html#conduct

 

3 replies

Shivangi_Gupta
Community Manager
Community Manager
June 28, 2023

Hello there,

We're extremely sorry for the experience you've had. This was extremely unfortunate that this happened with you. Adobe tries to keep a track of the fraudulent activities or piracy. 

We appreciate you sharing your story here. We hope the subscription you have now is working fine.

Give us a shout if you get any issues.

 

Regards,

Shivangi

KantusAuthor
Participant
June 29, 2023

My subscription is not working fine. My subscription was valid through Dec 27th 2023 before being cancelled with not warning.

Nancy OShea
Community Expert
Community Expert
June 29, 2023

As customer support told you, you will need to get a new subscription. The old one is toast.

https://www.adobe.com/creativecloud/plans.html

 

CONTACT ADOBE SUPPORT:
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Online Chat: https://helpx.adobe.com/contact.html?rghtup=autoOpen
Twitter: https://twitter.com/adobecare

 

Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert
Nancy OShea
Community Expert
Nancy OSheaCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
Community Expert
June 28, 2023

To put this in proper perspective, you had an active subscription that hadn't expired yet.  Why did you add more keys to it if you didn't need them?  Knowingly or not, you permanently corrupted your subscription with illegal keys. That's a violation of Adobe's terms of service.  Violating your terms of service is the reason your account was terminated. 

 

Adobe Terms of Service

https://www.adobe.com/legal/terms.html#conduct

 

Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert
KantusAuthor
Participant
June 29, 2023

Why did I add more keys? You have never stacked codes from subscriptions to extend them? I have been doing this for years and never had an issue till now.  I understand completely that they have an issue with the keys in question and I provided them with proof that I purchased these through a 3rd party. It is not like I ran a keygen program and tried to bypass paying Adobe for their services. If they can't restore my subscription, as customer service told me, then they need to prorate a refund for the time remaining on my subscription.

kglad
Community Expert
Community Expert
June 27, 2023

@Kantus 

 

good point.  everyone can check resellers against this list, http://adobedealreg.force.com/PartnerSearch?lang=en