'Great job, scammers': Valve is officially done with Steam physical gift cards thanks to fraudsters — and it could be the start of a frustrating trend
- Valve will soon be putting an end to physical gift cards
- It has effectively been forced to end physical gift cards due to scammers' adaptations
- Once stock runs out across retailers there will be no more physical gift cards
Valve will be putting an end to physical Steam gift cards once stock runs dry across retailers.
As reported by Destructoid, this move is due to scammers using the service to take advantage of consumers.
Steam scams aren't new by any means, with many of them leading to stolen Steam accounts via scammers reaching out to users on Discord acting as Valve employees. It's also reminiscent of reports that suggest Apple's physical gift card scams cost buyers millions of dollars, as 9to5Mac highlighted.
Valve notes on Steam support FAQ pagethat these physical gift card cases involve scammers posing as official agencies, and contacting consumers over the phone to...
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