Gamertag changed by itself?

Old tag was "", now it's "A person8298". According to enforcement.xbox.com I have a "perfect record" so doesn't seem like it should have been forced.

Is there any way to have someone from Microsoft look into this and figure out what actually happened? I've changed the password to make sure nobody is hacking, but it seems a bit unfair to have to pay to change the tag back and if I don't know why it happened then it could happen again :-(

Sounds like you got hit for an inappropriate gamer tag like I did. See my other thread.

Same thing happened to me. You can change your gamertag once for free on the One, but it seems to have revoked my free pass and is now trying to charge me to change it. My original gamertag was obviously inappropriate, but it could at least just make me
change it, or change it temporarily until I can come up with something else. This is extremely frustrating and feels like I'm being scammed, especially because it changed my GT to something so stupid. Clearly the system is flawed.

Hello there ScaryColt666677 I`ve got to agree with Daft Badger on this one.

Forced Gamertag change

When a forced Gamertag change (name change) is imposed, the system will automatically pick a new Gamertag for the user. A forced Gamertag change is imposed when a Gamertag is determined to be inappropriate by the Xbox Live Policy & Enforcement Team. Examples
of inappropriate Gamertags include names that visually resemble, sound like, represent, hint at, abbreviate, or insinuate any of the following:

• Profane words or phrases
• Topics or content of a sexual nature
• Hate speech (including but not limited to racial, ethnic, or religious slurs)
  
• Unlawful drugs or controlled substances
• Unlawful activities

if your not willing to pay the necessary money to change your Gamer-Tag. You Could always Sign Up On Xbox Live Rewards.



When you've racked up at least 5,000 Rewards Credits they'll be converted into your country's local currency and deposited into your Microsoft account. Then it's off to the Xbox stores,
where you can use your money to pick up your favorite Xbox One and Xbox 360 games, Avatar props and more but in your case your going to want to purchase a new Gamer-tag from the local currency deposited
into your Microsoft account. I thought you would find this information useful,



I wish you the best ScaryColt666677

As far as I know is not possible to know when (or a site) to see if you already used the free change.

But if you don't remember to change your gamertag in the past, and now a price appears. That means the free change was used :c