Is It Legal to Buy eFootball Accounts?
What You Need to Know in 2026
Buying or selling an eFootball account breaks Konami's Terms of Use, which ban selling, trading or transferring account IDs and passwords and say any such act is “prohibited and void”. In most places it is generally not treated as a crime, but laws vary by country. The practical risk is Konami's: it can suspend or terminate an account that breaks its terms, and it does not publish how often it does.
Legal vs. Terms of Service — The Key Difference
Many players confuse legality with breaking a game's terms. They are different questions:
In most places, a private sale of a game account between players is generally not treated as a crime. But laws differ by country, consumer and tax rules can apply to people who sell regularly, and fraud (selling an account you do not control, or taking it back after the sale) can be a crime anywhere. If you need certainty for your country, ask a local lawyer.
Konami's Terms of Use clearly prohibit selling, trading or transferring accounts, and real-money trading. Breaking them is a contract matter between you and Konami rather than a criminal one, but it is not “theoretical”: Konami can suspend or terminate your access or your account, without refunds.
What Konami's eFootball Terms of Use Actually Say
These are direct quotes from Konami's eFootball Terms of Use:
“Your Account ID and password are for your personal use only, and not for use by any other person. You may not sublicense, lease, lend, sell, gift, bequeath, trade, transfer or provide use or access to any Account IDs or passwords or associated account settings (including any game-related information), except as expressly provided by Konami, and any such act or attempted act is prohibited and void.” (Section 5, Accounts and Passwords)
“You shall not attempt to use or access the Application with any Account ID or password that you did not personally register with Konami.” (Section 5)
You agree that you will not “Conduct real money trading, convert Account IDs, data, characters or items in the Application into cash”. (Section 2, Rules of Conduct)
Under section 14 (Suspension or Termination), if you breach these terms Konami may:
Suspend, limit or terminate your use of the game, in whole or in part
Terminate your account without notifying you in advance
Reduce, remove or terminate Virtual Goods it suspects were used in breach of the terms
Do so without providing refunds or other compensation
Realistic Risks of Buying an Account
Let's be transparent about the actual risks involved:
Account Suspension or Termination
Trading accounts breaks Konami's Terms of Use, and Konami can suspend or terminate the account without refunds. Konami does not publish how often it does, and no marketplace can remove this risk.
Account Recovery by Seller
Changing the email and password and removing linked accounts straight away makes it harder for the original owner to take the account back. Escrow protects your payment during the handover, but no marketplace can guarantee the original owner will never try to recover the account.
Account Not as Described
With escrow you check the account before the seller is paid, and you can open a dispute for an admin to review. An "AI Verified" badge only means the player list was read from the seller's screenshots; it does not verify coins, GP, division or ban history.
How to Minimize Risk When Buying
If you decide to buy despite Konami's terms, these practices protect your money. None of them protect the account from action by Konami:
Use a marketplace with escrow
Never pay through direct social media deals. Escrow holds your money until you have checked the account.
Change all credentials immediately
Update the KONAMI ID password and email and remove linked accounts you do not control as soon as you have access.
Ask about the account's history
Ask the seller whether the account has ever been restricted, has chargebacks on its purchases, or was used with cheats. The site cannot check this for you.
Check the seller's record
Every listing shows the seller's rating and completed sales. Some sellers have also verified their identity with an admin; not all have.
Check everything before you confirm
Log in and check players, team strength and coins against the listing before confirming delivery. If anything is wrong, open a dispute instead of confirming.
Is Selling Your Own eFootball Account Legal?
The same answer applies as for buying: it breaks Konami's Terms of Use, and in most places it is generally not treated as a crime, though laws vary. Note that the terms say you have no right or title to the game's Virtual Goods or Virtual Currency, and that your licence to use the game is personal and non-transferable, so you are not selling something Konami recognises as yours.
If you sell, be honest in the listing and never try to recover the account after the sale. On eFootball Market listing is free, and sellers pay a 5% platform fee plus a 2% escrow fee, taken from the payout once the buyer confirms.
What Other Games Do About Account Trading
eFootball is not unique. The terms of most big online games forbid selling or transferring accounts. Always check the current terms of the game you play:
EA SPORTS FC
EA's User Agreement forbids selling or transferring EA accounts, as well as selling coins.
Genshin Impact
HoYoverse's terms forbid trading, selling or transferring accounts.
Fortnite
Epic Games' terms forbid selling, buying or transferring accounts.
PUBG Mobile
Its terms forbid account sales and transfers.
If You Buy, Protect Your Money
On eFootball Market every new listing is reviewed by an admin and every order uses escrow: the seller is paid only after you confirm the account matches the listing, with admin-reviewed disputes if it does not. Escrow protects your payment, not the account's standing with Konami.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is buying a gaming account illegal?
In most places, buying a game account between players is generally not treated as a crime, but laws differ from country to country and this is not legal advice. What is clear is that it breaks Konami's eFootball Terms of Use, which say you may not "sell, gift, bequeath, trade, transfer or provide use or access to any Account IDs or passwords" and that any such act "is prohibited and void". Breaking the terms is a matter between you and Konami, and Konami can suspend or terminate the account.
Can you get banned for buying an eFootball account?
Yes. Section 14 of Konami's Terms of Use lets Konami suspend, limit or terminate your use of the game, or terminate your account without notifying you in advance, if you breach the terms, and trading accounts is a breach. Konami does not publish how often it acts on traded accounts, so nobody can honestly tell you the risk is "very low" or zero. Escrow protects your money during the purchase; it cannot protect the account's standing with Konami.
Is it safe to buy eFootball accounts from marketplaces?
A marketplace with escrow is safer for your money than paying a stranger directly, but it does not make the purchase allowed under Konami's terms. On eFootball Market every new listing is reviewed by an admin, your USDT payment is held by the site rather than the seller, and the seller is paid only after you confirm the account matches the listing; if it does not, an admin reviews your dispute. The site does not check coin balances, division, ban history or whether the original owner could recover the account. Avoid social media sellers with no escrow at all.
What happens to my purchased eFootball account if Konami finds out?
Konami's Terms of Use allow it to suspend or terminate the account, and section 14 says it does not have to provide refunds or other compensation when it does. The terms also allow Konami to remove Virtual Goods and Virtual Currency used in breach of the terms. Konami does not publish how often it takes action, so treat this as a real risk when deciding whether to buy.