Valve to discontinue physical Steam gift cards by the end of 2026 due to scammers — says nefarious actors continue to exploit them despite years of restrictions

Valve to discontinue physical Steam gift cards by the end of 2026 due to scammers — says nefarious actors continue to exploit them despite years of restrictions

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S58_is_the_goat "Yes of course you can pay your friend bail with steam cards" Who falls for this? Reply

KennyRedSocks S58_is_the_goat said: "Yes of course you can pay your friend bail with steam cards" Who falls for this? Voters. Reply

Pierce2623 That sucks. I buy the physical cards to keep my account loaded up without having a direct connection between my accounts and one of the juiciest hacker targets around. Reply

Eximo Pierce2623 said: That sucks. I buy the physical cards to keep my account loaded up without having a direct connection between my accounts and one of the juiciest hacker targets around. Virtual credit card might be the way to go then. I suppose I will have to give my nephew's Steam money through their parents… Reply

ZenMrGosh Stopped buying them around 1.5 to 2+ years ago when Wal-Mart stopped carrying the large value ones and the staff at Wal-Mart treated me like a criminal for trying to buy more than one of the low value ones, never did get an explanation of how the scammers were scamming, total idiocy Reply

TheOtherOne Pierce2623 said: That sucks. I buy the physical cards to keep my account loaded up without having a direct connection between my accounts and one of the juiciest hacker targets around. There are MANY options to shop online without paying with your main bank account or credit card. There are various virtual cards, everyday shopping physical cards, various digital wallets like Paypal, Google Wallet etc Reply

timecop1818 Eximo said: Virtual credit card might be the way to go then. I suppose I will have to give my nephew's Steam money through their parents… they are not stopping in-app credit gifting. you can just buy topup for another account and gift it to them. Reply

JohnyFin Let me comment: 🤣🤣🤣🤣 Too late too little. Internet is flooded by scam, this is horrible how much people cheat each other's, ethics doesn't exist at all today's. Many people are victims and this only worsen situation. Reply

Pierce2623 TheOtherOne said: There are MANY options to shop online without paying with your main bank account or credit card. There are various virtual cards, everyday shopping physical cards, various digital wallets like Paypal, Google Wallet etc Yeah i get that. It’s just that the Walmart where i do most of my grocery shopping has Steam cards right at the checkout and it was so easy to just grab a couple $50 cards whenever a big sale was starting or on the rare occasion i buy a game at launch etc. Reply

USAFRet JohnyFin said: Let me comment: 🤣🤣🤣🤣 Too late too little. Internet is flooded by scam, this is horrible how much people cheat each other's, ethics doesn't exist at all today's. Many people are victims and this only worsen situation. How does this make the scam situation worse? Reply

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