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minus-square@binboupan@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglish5•2 years agothey buy keys using stolen credit cards and then resell them
minus-square@Blackmist@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglish9•2 years agoAnd then the owner of the card issues a chargeback, so they lose more money (chargeback fees can be $25-$100) than if you’d have just torrented it. Technically they could revoke the key as well, but that tends to cause a bit of fuss and bad PR so they don’t often bother. So the lesson is clear. Buy your keys on G2A with stolen credit cards.
minus-square@Dass93@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglish1•2 years agoI use G2@ to ea games, better get the % off or just piratbuy
they buy keys using stolen credit cards and then resell them
And then the owner of the card issues a chargeback, so they lose more money (chargeback fees can be $25-$100) than if you’d have just torrented it.
Technically they could revoke the key as well, but that tends to cause a bit of fuss and bad PR so they don’t often bother.
So the lesson is clear. Buy your keys on G2A with stolen credit cards.
I use G2@ to ea games, better get the % off or just piratbuy