Why has my Swagbucks account been deactivated?

So what could you have possibly done wrong?

This is what Swagbucks say in their help centre:

I tried to access my account and I received a message that it has been deactivated. Why?

There are number of actions that Swagbucks considers cause for deactivation. These reasons include, but are not limited to, operating more than one Swagbucks account; searching or clicking unnaturally in violation of our terms of use; using bots or other software designed to defraud Swagbucks in any way; posting verbiage, photos, or videos that encourage or teach other users to commit any action that violates our terms of use; posting inappropriately on our Facebook, Twitter, or any of our other social media sites; or posting inappropriately on our blog.

So let’s take them one at a time:

• Operating more than one Swagbucks account – check whether you have an account in your name but an old email address, do you have a fake account created to give a false referral for the Swago board, is there any way that two or more accounts can be attributed to you?
•  Using bots or other software designed to defraud Swagbucks in any way – this should be self explanatory and if you;re doing it you should know 🙂
• Posting verbiage, photos, or videos that encourage or teach other users to commit any action that violates our terms of use – put simply, have you advised someone to do something that is against the Swagbucks T&Cs? Have you encouraged someone to fake a referral account to fill a Swago board? Told them how to circumvent video ads? Explained how to work around the terms of a Discovery deal? All reasons to have your account deactivated.
• Posting inappropriately on our Facebook, Twitter, or any of our other social media sites or our blog – it’s easy to get carried away when you haven’t been credited for that 1500sb offer, but abusing the staff on the Facebook page isn’t the way to fix it 🙂