"Here’s how the scam works: You get a bunch of stolen credit card numbers and then go to a legit Steam key reseller site and use the stolen info to buy the digital codes. "The bigger problem killing the little guys is when scammers use stolen credit cards to purchase games from online retailers to resell Steam keys. Moments later you'd see G2A being populated by cheap keys of games we had just sold on our shop."Ĭredit card fraud affects the entire industry, as IndieGameStand reported at the beginning of March. I'd start seeing thousands of transactions, and our payment provider would shut us down within days. "The shop collapsed when we started to get hit by chargebacks.
For a few months we supported our own little store on - just so we can give some discounts to our fans, and do creative giveaways that'd include scavenging for codes. Sure, a few game keys leak here and there - nothing major. "I've been dismissing the issue for a long time. Nichiporchik claims that people using G2A as a method of laundering money from stolen credit cards using G2A cost tinyBuild dearly: Sales of tinyBuild games on G2A according to tinyBuild TinyBuild's CEO, Alex Nichiporchik, wrote an article that appeared both on the tinyBuild website and Gamasutra claiming that G2A sold and estimated $450,000 worth of games. The victim in the most recent event is an indie company called tinyBuild. StupidGenius from the Cap Stable podcast let me know about a story claiming that G2A was selling game keys obtained through credit card fraud.
Sometimes I get what, at first glance, is a simple story.
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