What? You clearly misunderstood me with your attempt at trying to make a terrible comparison.

An xbox costs money to produce. Even if you got it back for free from the manufacturer it still costs them money to make it. A video game item or even account does not cost money. It takes time, yes, but unless you're going to embrace the third party monetary value of an item than they are more of less "worthless".

At any rate my point is is that your character and/or items can be reinbursed for no extra cost. It doesn't cost a company any extra to give you your scammed items back (they have GMs staffed if you get scammed or not) and in the end the "crime" really only sets back your playing time a good bit.

These sort of matters should be handled through in game means, not by involving the police or FBI which is ridiculous.