Sam@lemmy.ca to Piracy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 11 months agoPiracy > resellerslemmy.caimagemessage-square183fedilinkarrow-up11.26Karrow-down116
arrow-up11.24Karrow-down1imagePiracy > resellerslemmy.caSam@lemmy.ca to Piracy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 11 months agomessage-square183fedilink
minus-squarebinboupanlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·11 months agothey buy keys using stolen credit cards and then resell them
minus-squareBlackmist@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·11 months 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-squareDass93linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·11 months 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