Sam@lemmy.ca to Piracy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 years agoPiracy > resellerslemmy.caimagemessage-square15fedilinkarrow-up16arrow-down10
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minus-squarebinboupan@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 years agothey buy keys using stolen credit cards and then resell them
minus-squareBlackmist@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 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.
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.