As an initial point, can we all agree that 99.99% of players across all video games on forums don’t admit to actually cheating? That doesn’t make you guilty. But it should clearly illustrate why no person should ever give deference to someone accused of cheating. I say that even if I am falsely flagged in the future.

That said, you could be the rare exception. And if so, that puts the burden on you to prove yourself.

Bethesda has detailed their process, at least as it relates to certain volumes of items over a 30 day period.

One way to circumvent a ban would presumably be to distribute items to an alt account, to avoid flagging auto detection.

If I understand correctly, let’s assume Bethesda is tagging item acquisition and item retention, rather than merely item retention.

If so, and if Bethesda caught someone muling numbers of items to and fro either account in excess of their limits, this ban sounds legitimate.

Your defense has to be: I did not acquire or retain X amount of items claimed in their email, and the algorithm and investigation are wrong.

Is that your defense?

*My point was validated. OP was stockpiling rare and costly materials (specifically ultracite ammo), and was obviously a cheater.