Did I just fall for a scam? (Steam Gift Card)

[Poorlaggedman]

I used this site. I was surprised that it didnt seem to work in Google Chrome. I couldn't seem to get all the functions to work so I used Internet Explorer. This was the top site in Google that showed up.


{LINK ENTFERNT}http://www.steamcarddelivery.com/

I was startled after I ordered a gift card to get an e-mail within minutes asking for further verification. The correct $$ has already been deducted ($50). Direct quote:


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"In order to better serve our customers and prevent credit card and/or PayPal fraud we need to verify your purchase before we send any cards. These security measures help us ensure an honest and secure transaction for all of our customers.

Please complete ONE of the following options:

Take a photo of yourself holding up your order number on a sheet of paper next to your face.
Call us toll-free at [USA] 1+ [phone] and leave us a voicemail message including your name, order number, and phone number. (Please note you may receive a call back).
Send us a photo of yourself holding your government issued ID next to your face (you can cover sensitive information). We are unable to accept US passports for this form of verification."

[Poorlaggedman]

The more I look at the site... the more I think it may well be a scam. And my bank (PNC) is being totally worthless right now. I used paypal to purchase.

The ♥♥♥♥ kind of site asks you to leave a voicemail?? Or any of this in general

[Dr. Fronkensteen]

I don't know about that particular site, but i used a different one with phone verification and there was no problems. You have to understand that once you have the code, they cannot do anything if you used a fraudulent means of payment, hence the extra verification step.

[Poorlaggedman]

Isn't that the same with anything digital? I used a debit card through paypal. What kind of ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ site delivers "within minutes" if they require this kind of hoops to jump through. Either way, NO warning in advance of this. Much easier to go to Walmart than do this.

[Darren]

I have no idea whether the site is legitimate or not. What they are probably doing is reselling Steam Wallet Codes they purchased locally online (and may be doing so with the intention of not scamming you).

However they have little legal protection to protect them from chargebacks, these precautions sound like ways for them to get proof they could send to your bank that they had in fact verified that it was you that made the purchase and thus the chargeback was being illegally requested.

You should ask them to send you a refund (which as they haven't supplied the goods they are required to do), if they refuse you can register a paypal dispute (as you haven't got the goods you paid for). Don't buy Steam Wallet Codes from online dealers.

[Dr. Fronkensteen]

Well on normal stuff, like a steam game, movie, etc, they can revoke the purchase. If this site works like the one i bought from they send you a pitlctire of the activated steam code. And once it is activated, i do not believe it can be easily revoked.

[Poorlaggedman]

Did not login through paypal to purchase it. I dont use paypal much and my balance is very low since smart retailers I make money through started sidestepping paypal.

[CheddarExuberant]

Seems like a scam to me. Any reputable site will never ask for "verification".

Right now, unless you can somehow get a chargeback, the only thing you can do is learn from this experience. Only buy Steam wallet cards from reputable retailers/sites. Any site reselling Steam wallet cards/codes is a flat-out scam and should be avoided entirely.

[Poorlaggedman]

Google should not be giving them product placement if it's a scam.

IMO.... the reviews look completely scam-site. They're all five stars. Every last one. Looks just like a scam site.

[Pabloscu]

You may better use Steam payment methods

[Poorlaggedman]

Well.... at a minimum... this is something the customer should know in advance. I'm a big boy, purchased lots of stuff. Never been asked to send a photo of myself with ID. Or leave a voicemail.

[maxzera]

Yes!

[Start_Running]

Let's look at those:

Take a photo of yourself holding up your order number on a sheet of paper next to your face.

That makes no sense. Okay, proving you have the order number is as simple as a webform checking against a database. Your face conveys no information. heck no site I know accepts photos as proof of anything because photoshop is a thing.

Call us toll-free at [USA] 1+ [phone] and leave us a voicemail message including your name, order number, and phone number. (Please note you may receive a call back).

Again, not sure what this is suppose to accomplish re-payment verification. All of this data is known to the bank and paypal.

Send us a photo of yourself holding your government issued ID next to your face (you can cover sensitive information). We are unable to accept US passports for this form of verification."

Again... what is the point.. considering where orders can comfrom and photo shop is a thing. They would basically have to cross reference it against a database to confirm validity which means they'd have to have this data.

Honestly. This site smells like a fish market.

Consider you have already given them a paypal/credit card number. So if you submitted any of these, you would invariably be giving them information to go with the card number./paypal account. The latter two would be especially powerful.for performing ID Theft.

[shiel]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von CustardAndPie:

Seems like a scam to me. Any reputable site will never ask for "verification".

This is flat out wrong. I've had to do a similar verification with several online orders from reputable businesses (Memory Express for example).

As another user said, this is to provide some protection to the business as they are susceptible to chargebacks (especially with digital items).

All of that being said, there's no guarantee the site the OP is using is legit. It's on him to verify that on his own prior to giving personal info out.

[✪ RockShot]

ppl do stuff like this but its retarded probs legit

[Poorlaggedman]

It was legit