By Dexerto | Created at 2026-08-28 21:12:00 | Updated at 2026-09-19 19:52:22
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Activision says it tracked a Call of Duty cheat maker to an Ohio residence and delivered a cease-and-desist notice to his front door as part of a real-life RICOCHET takedown.
RICOCHET Anti-Cheat typically targets Call of Duty cheaters through account bans, software detections and other in-game countermeasures. However, Activision has increasingly pursued the developers and sellers responsible for creating those cheats.
In March 2025, Team RICOCHET claimed that its efforts had put more than 20 cheat makers and dozens of resellers out of business since Black Ops 6 launched. Its latest target was Elocarry, a service that advertised cheats for Call of Duty and numerous other multiplayer games.
Activision takes RICOCHET fight to cheat seller’s doorstep
Posting on X on August 28, the official Call of Duty account shared footage of an unnamed representative arriving at an Ohio home and personally delivering the legal warning.
“RICOCHET Anti-Cheat doesn’t end when your match does,” Activision wrote. “Cheat makers operate around the world. So do we.”
RICOCHET Anti-Cheat doesn't end when your match does.
Cheat makers operate around the world. So do we. We’re taking the fight directly to cheat sellers.
Last weekend during the Closed Beta, we went to Ohio to takedown Elocarry.
That’s not an isolated case… pic.twitter.com/IP69qlGgDD
— Call of Duty (@CallofDuty) August 28, 2026
The video is presented as an excerpt from a genuine recording made while notifying a cheat provider of impending legal action. Timestamped at 9:50 AM on August 22, it shows the representative driving to the residence before approaching its front door.
After a man with a blurred face answers, the representative explains that the documents are from “attorneys for Activision.”
“It’s a cease-and-desist order for you,” he says, before instructing the recipient to contact the attorney’s office listed on the paperwork.
Activision said the visit occurred during a recent Call of Duty closed beta and described it as a takedown of Elocarry. The publisher also warned that this was “not an isolated case,” suggesting similar visits or legal actions have been carried out against other cheat sellers.
Before the takedown, an Elocarry advertisement offered a Black Ops 7 and Warzone package featuring an aimbot, ESP, triggerbot and controller support. It claimed the software was “RICOCHET-safe,” streamproof and equipped with “kernel-grade evasion,” with subscriptions costing as much as £79.99 for three months.
Elocarry has not disappeared completely. Its website remains online and continues selling cheats for games including Rust, Apex Legends, Battlefield 6 and Marvel Rivals. However, Call of Duty and Warzone are no longer among the nine live games listed by the service.
Activision has previously secured major judgments against Call of Duty cheat providers. In 2024, EngineOwning was ordered to pay the publisher more than $14 million following a lawsuit that began two years earlier.
