I've been locked out of my Origin account since my old email address was deactivated by my email provider, preventing me from getting verification codes. I can log into the website through my linked Steam account, but that doesn't let me update any information without a verification code, and it doesn't let me log into the client and actually play my games.
I got in touch with EA Help through their web chat and gave them the verification info they requested. They told me it was incorrect and I should try again. The only things they asked for that I wasn't 100% sure were correct were my IP address (because that can change without notice as often as every 2 weeks, and there's no way for me to know which one I had when I last connected) and the last 4 digits of my payment card (because I've used PayPal for all my game purchases since I created the account over 5 years ago, so I had no reason to keep my card up to date). I repeated that process, trying a different one of my old card numbers, a few times. Eventually, the Help site stopped giving me the option to use the web chat, so my only options were to submit an email ticket (which they would reply to by emailing the address that no longer exists) or call.
So I called, ready to go through the same verification process and give them the last expired card number I hadn't yet tried. But this time, they told me my info was incorrect before we got to that point. The only piece of information I'd given them at that point that could possibly be incorrect was my IP address.
Is EA really using dynamically assigned IP addresses, which almost no one pays any attention to and which can change without notice at any point, as a mandatory part of the account recovery process??
