• Not a newt@piefed.ca
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    1 day ago

    They use Steam for money laundering:

    • Acquire shady funds such as by scamming people into purchasing gift cards.
    • Add said cards to their account.
    • Have a “discounted Steam games” website
    • When someone “purchases” a game, use the shady funds to actually buy it and transfer it to the consumer.
    • The consumer is stuck with a game bought with stolen funds, while the reseller gets clean money.