Sam to Piracy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agoPiracy > resellersimagemessage-square161fedilinkarrow-up11.25Karrow-down116
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minus-squarebinboupan@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 year agothey buy keys using stolen credit cards and then resell them
minus-squareBlackmist@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·1 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.
minus-squareDass93@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·1 year 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