Sam@lemmy.ca to Piracy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agoPiracy > resellerslemmy.caimagemessage-square10fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
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minus-squareyeehaw@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoHow does g2a even work? I’ve bought a few keys there before and they worked. I assume these keys were given to someone from like a promo or something then they just resell it?
minus-squarebinboupan@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agothey buy keys using stolen credit cards and then resell them
minus-squareBlackmist@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year 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.
How does g2a even work? I’ve bought a few keys there before and they worked. I assume these keys were given to someone from like a promo or something then they just resell it?
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.