fraud
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The Steam Card Scams That Keep Some GameStop Employees Up At Night
Someone walks into a GameStop and asks where the gift cards are. They proceed to buy a bunch of them. Not just $US40 ($59), or $US80 ($119), but hundreds of dollars worth of Steam cards, Razer Gold, or some other gaming currency. They don’t look like someone who’s kneed deep in the seedy underworld of…
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Don’t Click On Those Resident Evil Village Early Access Emails
Lotta people want to play the game with the big lady! And scammers know this, so fake emails have been circulating inviting players to an early access beta which doesn’t actually exist. Enough emails that Capcom has sent out a warning email of its own.
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Over 39,000 Cases Of Cybercrime Reported In Australia Last Year
Online fraud and scams make up 49 per cent of reports according to The Australian Cybercrime Online Reporting Network (ACORN).
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Chinese Gaming Giant Accused Of False Advertising
Over the weekend Chinese gaming giant, Tencent, was accused of falsely advertising an in game event that gave players Tencent currency for levelling up.