Dangers of accepting gift from stranger?

[Dzoni]

Is there any danger of accepting steam wallet gift from a stranger?

[󠀡󠀡󠀡⁧⁧the.jester]

I don't think you can, I think you can only accept from people on your friends list.

[Cheezus Crisp]

Code or digital gift card? Both have their own minor risks although not all that concerning.

Codes can be used to initiate an account recovery but they would require access to your email address and have accumulated a lot of details about you such as payment details and proof of account ownership.

Digital gift cards can be charged back and lead to your account getting locked although I'm not entirely sure on whether the restriction applies to the recipient or the person who pays for it.

That's about all I can think of for the risks but most of the time it should be safe.

[Wolf Knight]

are you accepting a physical gift card or a digital gift card? why are they giving you a gift card?

possible bad things:

chargeback, causing the funds to be revoked from your account. if any of it was spent, you wind up with a negative wallet balance, purchases revoked, etc.

[󠀡󠀡󠀡⁧⁧the.jester]

Originally posted by Wolf Knight:

are you accepting a physical gift card or a digital gift card? why are they giving you a gift card?

possible bad things:

chargeback, causing the funds to be revoked from your account. if any of it was spent, you wind up with a negative wallet balance, purchases revoked, etc.

Wouldn't the negative balance only affect the giftee and not the recipient though?

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

Originally posted by the.jester:

Wouldn't the negative balance only affect the giftee and not the recipient though?

The giftee is the recipient.

Gifter ---> Giftee

[Zekiran]

If it's on YOUR account, it's YOUR problem, so yes you'd have trouble if that happened. They wouldn't. Also they would be very likely KNOWING all this, because people are jerks.

So unless you know this person in real life, there's zero reason to accept ANYTHING from them that is 'tangible money'.

[󠀡󠀡󠀡⁧⁧the.jester]

Originally posted by cSg|mc-Hotsauce:

Originally posted by the.jester:

Wouldn't the negative balance only affect the giftee and not the recipient though?

The giftee is the recipient.

Gifter ---> Giftee

:qr:

Yeah, I meant gifter there.

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

Originally posted by the.jester:

Originally posted by cSg|mc-Hotsauce:

The giftee is the recipient.

Gifter ---> Giftee

Yeah, I meant gifter there. :winter2019saddog:

But it would negatively affect both accounts.

Gifter receives fraud alert for issuing a chargeback. There are no refunds on the digital wallet cards sold here so, that is the only way it would happen.

Giftee has all games removed. If purchased items on the market, the balance would be removed and the items locked to the account.

[Dzoni]

Thanks for the answers guys guess ill go with common sense and not take a risk (digital wallet gift if anyone wonders)

[Wolf Knight]

Originally posted by Dzoni:

Thanks for the answers guys guess ill go with common sense and not take a risk (digital wallet gift if anyone wonders)

the question still remains. why are they gifting you a digital wallet money?

[Zekiran]

Originally posted by Wolf Knight:

Originally posted by Dzoni:

Thanks for the answers guys guess ill go with common sense and not take a risk (digital wallet gift if anyone wonders)

the question still remains. why are they gifting you a digital wallet money?

^^ count me curious as well, because there's only really one reason for this, and you won't like it.

[󠀡󠀡󠀡⁧⁧the.jester]

In real life I would be wary of gifts (or money) from unknown people for obvious reasons, It would sensible to consider the same for people online too.

[tacticalnuke]

Originally posted by Zekiran:

Originally posted by Wolf Knight:

the question still remains. why are they gifting you a digital wallet money?

^^ count me curious as well, because there's only really one reason for this, and you won't like it.

Yep sounds very dodgy. Its like a man or woman with a black jumper and white shirt on underneath it, its not really a priest, dont get in the car with them ;) and if they ask for donations I suggest running because there`s a strong chance they wont catch up. :)
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[Dzoni]

Originally posted by Wolf Knight:

Originally posted by Dzoni:

Thanks for the answers guys guess ill go with common sense and not take a risk (digital wallet gift if anyone wonders)

the question still remains. why are they gifting you a digital wallet money?

a guy that i dont know (most likely added through some online game) sent it for no reason so the reason remains uknown and i asked is it safe to accept it or idk but yeah i went with common sense and not to risk