Microsoft Account Locked (Compliance Lock)

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Anonymous
2019-12-24T10:53:59+00:00

Hi,

When logging in to any Microsoft service I receive the message:

Your account has been locked

We’ve detected some activity that violates our Microsoft Services Agreement and have locked your account.

Unlocking your account

To unlock your account, you’ll need some additional assistance. Navigate to "aka.ms/compliancelock" and we’ll get you to the right place.

When I follow the link and fill out the form I received the reply that I violated the Code of Conduct and won't be able to access the services anymore. Any charges to my linked credit card will be stopped.

It does not tell me how I violated the Code of Conduct, nor does it tell me how to reinstate my account, while the form I filled out is called "account reinstatement". It also does not tell me how to retrieve my data.

The form states: "Your account has been suspended for suspicious activity, sending unsolicited emails, or for violating of Microsoft’s Terms of Use agreement, such as hosting photos, video or other content in violation of the Code of Conduct."

I'm pretty sure though I did not send SPAM or hosted/posted/shared inappropriate content. As for suspicious activity, I'm not sure what is included here, but I'm a basic user of the services.

What I would like to know is:

  1. How did I violate the CoC? In my opinion you can't just cut people off without providing a clear argument on what happened. As far as I can tell I did not violate any of the 10 commandments listed in the CoC.
  2. This account has existed for 23 years and never before has it been reviewed for any violation (that I know of). How can you just disable it and tell me I will never be able to use it again? (without providing any reason)
  3. How will I retrieve my data and access my purchased and payed for licenses?
    • Hotmail email conversations (not a priority as I don't use it for email and my last email sent was from March).
    • Onedrive data, including pictures of the early days of my children's lives. (I pay for additional storage)
    • Access to my Azure resources, connected to my MSDN subscription.
    • My (payed) Skype-In phone number I use for my business.
    • My MCP ID and transcript. This is my professional learning transcript but also counts towards my company's Microsoft Parnter Network competencies.
    • My digitally purchased XBOX games and apps (not a priority)

I've called and chatted with support, local and world-wide, for different services, but all are receiving the same answer from the CDOC team, as can be found under ticket number ***removed for privacy***, which I find unacceptable.

It's been 14 days now... Please help!

Regards,

Reinto_123

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  1. Anonymous
    2020-02-17T00:49:15+00:00

    HOTMAIL LOCKED OUT>

    We have had the same issue with Hotmail. I am tired of running in circles doing the same **** over and over again!  Microsoft can't help me.  I honestly think they have no technical capabilities to figure any thing out.  So Ridiculous that they keep sending the same email over and over.  I will never buy anything from them as I honestly believe they are morons!  No help and dont care.  Maybe if one of them had the issue with there big corporation something would get done.

    waste of time they are

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  2. Anonymous
    2020-02-17T00:15:25+00:00

    I got my access back along with a warning email from my Microsoft to not repeat the "violation"

    Congratulations! You're one of the VERY few to get your account back! Most people are being permanently locked out for no reason. I bet they aren't telling you what you did so you can avoid "repeating" the so-called violation. You should write back to them and tell them that if they don't tell you what you supposedly did wrong, how can you avoid repeating it? See what they say.

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  3. Anonymous
    2020-02-16T21:17:32+00:00

    What was the violation? They tell you why they locked the account?

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  4. Anonymous
    2020-02-16T21:01:53+00:00

    I got my access back along with a warning email from my Microsoft to not repeat the "violation"

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  5. Anonymous
    2020-02-13T01:49:45+00:00

    They come back with the same “answer” that of “due to serious violation” account will not be restored. They don’t care and they don’t give anyone the real reason. Just their stupid poorly written automated AI system what locks you out. All my personal data (as I had a full trust on Microsoft) stored in OneDrive is just gone!  Don’t trust their cloud

    “Empower ‘Every’ person and every organization on this planet to ‘Achieve More’ “. Yeah right !  

    They can better change the company vision to reflect their real value!

    Well, DUH! Why would ANYONE put their trust of their PERSONAL information into a VIRTUAL storage site which can EASILY be hacked into by ANYONE over keeping physical control over that same PERSONAL information!? After all, wasn't the cloud thing JUST hacked into back in JANUARY!? And now all kinds of regular people are being told their accounts have violated Microsoft's TOS? Really? Did they, or did the hackers put stuff into the accounts to make it LOOK like they violated TOS??? Just saying.

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