G2A presents risks and concerns.
G2A presents risks and concerns.
Three days ago, I was playing some games with friends, and one of them brought up how they missed the old days playing Call of Duty. I agreed and him and I decided to go get Modern Warfare 2 off of G2A. I have used this site for multiple things previously, bought 4-5 games off of it times before and had hit no problems, fast, cheap service. But too good to be true. Just today, I was alerted by steam that my account had been locked because of fraud. At first I thought to myself: "Alright well I'll contact steam support and figure out whats going on.". While doing this, I thought I should check my bank account and see if anything was odd in that end. Sure enough it was. I was slapped in the face by a dollar sixty two. The last purchase I had made on that card was from normal places who I tend to go to religiously (Grocery store, BestBuy, etc) and know keep their debit machines all intact and safe, but the most recent one was from G2A. I spent the next hour and a half drowning in my anxiety, waiting for the bank to take me off the waiting list and answer my call. Thankfully after that time, I was told that they could reimburse the funds, and had my account closed, but I was still anxious about what other information they could have possibly gotten off of me. At this moment now, I have deleted all of my credit cards, changed all my passwords, and have taken off any fragile information from all my accounts I use. Please be safe making purchases online. If anything seems the slightest bit fishy: DO NOT take the chance.
Remember to avoid purchasing from questionable sellers and consider using G2A Shield.
I've used the shield a few times, but I never really needed it (though you should have). I've never had any problems with it.
I've been using G2A for more than a year and purchased numerous games. There have been no problems. I've always paid via PayPal. It might have been a holder charge.
I made the error of purchasing from a seller without G2A Shield and lacking a 15k+ rating.
Remember everyone, the G2A "shield" and other comparable offerings from rival vendors just safeguard you against purchasing a faulty key. If your account is shut down, they won't offer any protection at all—you might get a refund for the stolen key, but that's not what matters right now.