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Pirated copy of Fallout 4 ends up being really, really expensive

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There’s a lot wrong with Fallout 4. Don’t get me wrong, it’s a great game, and it’s one of my very favourite games from this year – but there are bugs and glitches of course; it is a Bethesda game after all. That’s not even my biggest problem with the game – instead, it’s the terrible conversation trees, the lack of real role playing and the focus on all-out action that’s got me down. There’s no real class variation, and with unlimited levels and perks, there’s no real thought or consideration necessary when choosing which ones to go with.

Those are my problems with Fallout 4 – but they pale in comparison to the problems one poor sap’s had. Notably, his copy of Fallout 4’s stolen a bunch of his money; money that he’d tied up in Bitcoin. It’s worth mentioning here that it wasn’t the game itself that stole his digital cash – but rather the Trojan horse that was hidden inside of his pirated copy of the game.

He lost 4.88 Bitcoin on November 11; the equivalent, today of 1905.54 US Dollars – so went about asking on a Bitcoin reddit (Via Geek.com) to find out how. Some clever chap put it all together, noting the date on which the BTC went missing – and it coincided nicely with Fallout 4’s release date. Quick sleuthing found that his pirated copy of Fallout 4, probably hiding a keylogger within it , was the likely culprit.

And, because of how Bitcoin works, that money is irrecoverable; if you manage your own Bitcoin wallet, you’re out of luck if it ends up being compromised.

It’s the most beautiful sort of instant karma. While there’s no way of really knowing whether or not a dodgy copy of Fallout 4 is to blame, it certainly seems that way. The affected quite obviously had the money to buy Fallout 4, but opted instead to steal a copy from the internet. Instead of being $60 out of pocket, he’s now nearly $2000 out.

Last Updated: December 7, 2015

115 Comments

  1. PoisonedBelial

    December 7, 2015 at 12:03

    LEL

    Reply

  2. Ottokie

    December 7, 2015 at 12:06

  3. Admiral Chief - CHAAARGE!

    December 7, 2015 at 12:06

    HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA JY FLIPPEN WIL MOS!!!!!!!!

    Reply

  4. Sean Carbutt

    December 7, 2015 at 12:09

    If you want to play with the Rottweiler’s, then don’t piss like a puppy.

    Reply

  5. Jan Prins

    December 7, 2015 at 12:12

    To quote the great Admiral Chief:

    “HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA JY FLIPPEN WIL MOS!!!!!!!!”

    Reply

    • Admiral Chief - CHAAARGE!

      December 7, 2015 at 12:19

      xD

      Reply

    • Captain JJ 4x

      December 7, 2015 at 13:11

      I wouldn’t say “great”

      Reply

      • Admiral Chief - CHAAARGE!

        December 7, 2015 at 13:12

        More like greatest

        Reply

      • RinceThis

        December 7, 2015 at 13:37

        0_O

        Reply

  6. Hammersteyn

    December 7, 2015 at 12:13

    The only sad part is, is that it doesn’t happen to more pirates

    Reply

    • WitWolfy

      December 7, 2015 at 12:21

      Thats basically everybody in the PC community!

      Reply

      • Admiral Chief - CHAAARGE!

        December 7, 2015 at 12:22

        HAH, oh you silly man you. You made a funny

        Reply

    • Darren Peach

      December 7, 2015 at 12:43

      Call the Seals !

      Reply

  7. Unavengedavo

    December 7, 2015 at 12:15

    Lol, this should be done with all pirated games O_o

    Reply

  8. oVg

    December 7, 2015 at 12:15

    $2000 for a game? Did he buy the Star Wars season pass?

    Reply

    • Hammersteyn

      December 7, 2015 at 12:17

      LOL

      Reply

    • Ir0nseraph

      December 7, 2015 at 12:33

      XD

      Reply

  9. Alien Emperor Trevor

    December 7, 2015 at 12:17

    Reply

  10. Lardus-For the Emperor!

    December 7, 2015 at 12:19

    • Admiral Chief - CHAAARGE!

      December 7, 2015 at 12:20

      Hahahaha, indeed

      Reply

  11. Darren Peach

    December 7, 2015 at 12:20

    While this may seem like Karma, I challenge anyone on this website to conclusively say they have not consumed something that was pirated. Be it Software, TV Shows, Movies or Video games ( Though I would think the console crowd are fairly immune from pirating games, Anyone stupid enough to destroy their console in the name of free games is a dolt ). I pirated when I was younger but I have been buying all my games for close to 2 decades now.

    Reply

    • Admiral Chief - CHAAARGE!

      December 7, 2015 at 12:22

      I haven’t pirated a game in aaaaaaaaaages

      Reply

      • Hammersteyn

        December 7, 2015 at 12:24

        Piracy is so 1990’s

        Reply

      • Darren Peach

        December 7, 2015 at 12:24

        A game….Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm. Good for DSTV, Since they started broadcasting the same time as America, I watch tv shows on tv. Movies, Eish.

        Reply

    • oVg

      December 7, 2015 at 12:23

      • Hammersteyn

        December 7, 2015 at 12:24

        hahahahahaha

        Reply

        • oVg

          December 7, 2015 at 12:26

          I did pirate Pirates of the Caribbean because I do not agree in glorifying rapist and murderers.

          Im still busy on the other thousand excuses.

          RUNS

          Reply

          • Darren Peach

            December 7, 2015 at 12:31

            I spent Many thousands of rands on collecting DVD’s. Then Blu Ray reared it’s pretty head and now 4k. Stopped collecting movies. Waste of tom, more money for video games.

          • oVg

            December 7, 2015 at 12:34

            Im still waiting for NETFLIX to come to SA. I have never owned DSTV. Too many ads.

          • Admiral Chief - CHAAARGE!

            December 7, 2015 at 12:35

            DSTV can GITS

          • Darren Peach

            December 7, 2015 at 12:36

            What does that mean ? GITS ?

          • Sageville

            December 7, 2015 at 12:37

            “Get In The Sea”

          • Darren Peach

            December 7, 2015 at 12:39

            Ok. When I google it, It refers me to a manufacturer and Ghost in the Shell.

          • oVg

            December 7, 2015 at 12:40

            lol Geoff created the best meme of 2015.

          • Admiral Chief - CHAAARGE!

            December 7, 2015 at 12:41

            2015? No man, THE CENTURY

          • Darren Peach

            December 7, 2015 at 12:43

            I would love to see it.

          • Admiral Chief - CHAAARGE!

            December 7, 2015 at 12:41

            See below comment.

            “When something is so unbelievably stupid, the only response is to demand its devolution to an amphibious state.”

          • Darren Peach

            December 7, 2015 at 12:42

            That is very helpful. I guess I fall into that category for not knowing it in the first place 🙂

          • Admiral Chief - CHAAARGE!

            December 7, 2015 at 12:43

            Well, YOU NO LONGER FALL IN THAT CATEGORY!

            And who said you cannot learn anything in December?

            😉

          • Darren Peach

            December 7, 2015 at 12:44

            It’s December, I am so friggen busy I can almost cry. Trying to finish a back to School commercial…..cry

          • Darren Peach

            December 7, 2015 at 12:36

            DSTV is slowly starting to deteriorate. But I have gone without it due to dry periods and life sucks without it. Irony.

          • oVg

            December 7, 2015 at 12:38

            To be honest. As gaming is my hobby, I do not watch TV or movies during the week. I have still not even bothered replacing my broken bunny arial after a year. I just game. I can get 3-4hours in a night. More than enough. Better than spending 45minutes of those 3 hours watching broken up TV adverts.

          • Darren Peach

            December 7, 2015 at 12:39

            Unfortunately for me, I look after someone so TV is a must.

          • Admiral Chief - CHAAARGE!

            December 7, 2015 at 12:35

            I have the same problem, seriously impressive DVD collection….AND NOW I WANT THE BLU RAYS!!!

      • Darren Peach

        December 7, 2015 at 12:47

        Love this film.

        Reply

        • oVg

          December 7, 2015 at 12:48

          Timeless classic. Cant say the same about the sequel.

          Reply

          • Darren Peach

            December 7, 2015 at 12:49

            Yep, Waited too long.

    • HvR

      December 7, 2015 at 13:04

      Actually most console hacks these days require no hardware mods, seem mostly like memory dumps with external hardware fauxing online verification.

      Reply

      • Darren Peach

        December 7, 2015 at 13:05

        That sounds like a crap load of work. Nope, The benefits of being legal outweigh the downside.

        Reply

        • HvR

          December 7, 2015 at 13:10

          Apparently runs through corner shops, you bring in your console.

          You buy the external hardware for couple of bucks (usually a Pi board), choose your games pay $100 get 6 to 10 games dumped to the console.

          Couple of months later you are back get new set of games.

          Reply

          • Darren Peach

            December 7, 2015 at 13:12

            There used to be a shop in Florida, In Roodepoort that sold pirated games. They also modded consoles. Went in there once, Saw a couple of cops browsing like it was completely normal.

  12. Darren Peach

    December 7, 2015 at 12:33

    Call me old fashioned, But Bitcoin ? Dark web stories spring to mind !

    Reply

  13. Sageville

    December 7, 2015 at 12:36

    Oh those chickens coming home to roost….

    Reply

    • Darren Peach

      December 7, 2015 at 12:48

      Speaking of Chickens, Have you seen the Nandos ad ?

      Reply

      • Admiral Chief - CHAAARGE!

        December 7, 2015 at 12:54

        Have you finished the back to school one?

        Reply

        • Darren Peach

          December 7, 2015 at 12:56

          I don’t have a boss, But shit man, You got me there. ROFL.

          Reply

          • Admiral Chief - CHAAARGE!

            December 7, 2015 at 12:59

            Finish it! Then come back!

  14. Greylingad[CNFRMD]

    December 7, 2015 at 12:45

    Vat so, jou Be eLl Aa Ka eS Aa eM!

    Reply

  15. Loftus

    December 7, 2015 at 12:52

    Ooo it’s so nice to get on the console high horse for a change and look down on those filthy pirate so called master race pc users! 🙂

    Reply

    • Darren Peach

      December 7, 2015 at 12:55

      Special needs class, These PC users. Getting Cataracts on their eyes from watching all that porn.

      Reply

      • Loftus

        December 7, 2015 at 12:57

        Mr peach we all know you are one of the good guys and rarely look at we console folk as peasants. 🙂

        Reply

        • Darren Peach

          December 7, 2015 at 12:58

          I am a console a peasant myself. I got sick of porn…….

          Reply

          • Admiral Chief - CHAAARGE!

            December 7, 2015 at 13:00

            Didn’t you hear? The consolers are the biggest watchers! PC folk are all playing Dota and Warframe

          • Darren Peach

            December 7, 2015 at 13:00

            Unfortunately, I heard this. Many sadness in my head…

          • Loftus

            December 7, 2015 at 13:03

            Lies and propaganda and quotes taken out of context, brought forth by them filthy dirty pc pirateers

          • Darren Peach

            December 7, 2015 at 13:04

            And the stats are collected on a PC……conspiracy anyone ?

          • Loftus

            December 7, 2015 at 13:01

            I told ya that metal gear solid game is just a porno, that lady in there is nothing but eye candy

  16. BurninZ

    December 7, 2015 at 12:53

    i always enjoy a good Karma story!

    Reply

  17. Ottokie

    December 7, 2015 at 12:58

    • Darren Peach

      December 7, 2015 at 12:59

      LOL

      Reply

    • Admiral Chief - CHAAARGE!

      December 7, 2015 at 13:00

      Probably his pirated Windawz that had no legit updates

      Reply

      • Ottokie

        December 7, 2015 at 13:01

        xD

        Reply

        • Admiral Chief - CHAAARGE!

          December 7, 2015 at 13:07

          So, my Mag will be finished tonight/tomorrow

          Reply

          • Ottokie

            December 7, 2015 at 13:08

            Pull all the things!

          • Admiral Chief - CHAAARGE!

            December 7, 2015 at 13:08

            Lolwat?

          • Ottokie

            December 7, 2015 at 13:08

            Wait and see 😛

          • Admiral Chief - CHAAARGE!

            December 7, 2015 at 13:09

            I know about the abilities, but your comment is laden with innuendo!

          • Ottokie

            December 7, 2015 at 13:10

            It’s like Jedi force times a thousand

  18. Captain JJ 4x

    December 7, 2015 at 13:08

    Not to mention missing special perks, no good/bad system. Randomly generated missions.
    But it’s a good game, none the less, I agree. But definitely not the best game of the year.

    Reply

    • Admiral Chief - CHAAARGE!

      December 7, 2015 at 13:08

      We all know what the best game of the year is

      Reply

      • Captain JJ 4x

        December 7, 2015 at 13:10

        So obvious it need not be mentioned

        Reply

  19. Captain JJ 4x

    December 7, 2015 at 13:10

    It’s Vipaka, not Karma.
    Karma is the action.
    Vipaka is the reaction.

    Reply

    • Admiral Chief - CHAAARGE!

      December 7, 2015 at 13:11

      Beware folks, JJ lures you in with some facts, then before you know it you are applying eye-liner

      Reply

      • Captain JJ 4x

        December 7, 2015 at 13:13

        It’s funny though (I’m not specifically talking about this now) how spelling and grammar mistakes are always quickly corrected by everyone, but commonly misunderstood concepts is fine to get incorrect because everyone else is getting wrong also anyway.

        Reply

        • Admiral Chief - CHAAARGE!

          December 7, 2015 at 13:23

          Look not at one point did I say you were incorrect. Just that people should beware…

          (also, your point is very valid)

          Reply

          • Captain JJ 4x

            December 7, 2015 at 13:24

            I feel quite honoured to not be corrected by the Admiral for once 😉

  20. Darren Peach

    December 7, 2015 at 13:10

    I saw Kojima was barred from the VGA awards. WTF Konami ?

    Reply

  21. Andre116

    December 7, 2015 at 13:20

    Got a question regarding the game. Planning on buying it soon, but my laptop does not have a dvd drive. Do you require the dvd in drive to be able to play the game?

    Reply

    • VampyreSquirrel

      December 7, 2015 at 13:23

      Nope, you can insert the code straight into Steam and download the game and then run it.

      Reply

      • Captain JJ 4x

        December 7, 2015 at 13:23

        Bastard! You beat me by half a second. 😀

        Reply

        • Admiral Chief - CHAAARGE!

          December 7, 2015 at 13:24

          Is that what she said?

          Reply

        • Andre116

          December 7, 2015 at 13:25

          There, there. Although your response was ultimately rendered useless, I’ll still give you some points for effort. 🙂

          Reply

          • Captain JJ 4x

            December 7, 2015 at 13:25

            Woo!

        • VampyreSquirrel

          December 7, 2015 at 13:25

          HAHAHA!

          Reply

      • Andre116

        December 7, 2015 at 13:24

        Awesome. Thanks.

        Reply

        • VampyreSquirrel

          December 7, 2015 at 13:25

          Pleasure

          Reply

    • Captain JJ 4x

      December 7, 2015 at 13:23

      It activates on Steam, so you can download and run the entire thing without a disc.

      Reply

      • VampyreSquirrel

        December 7, 2015 at 13:27

        Here, have an upvote.

        Reply

        • Admiral Chief - CHAAARGE!

          December 7, 2015 at 13:27

          I’ve given him a downvote for slow response

          Reply

          • Captain JJ 4x

            December 7, 2015 at 13:29

            Well, I’m giving you an upvote because I’m the better person. Take that!

          • Andre116

            December 7, 2015 at 13:30

            I’ve given you all upvotes. Because I’m such an awsomely nice guy. Also very modest. Sooooo damn modest I tell you.

          • Captain JJ 4x

            December 7, 2015 at 13:31

            Wow. Dat modesty.

          • VampyreSquirrel

            December 7, 2015 at 13:32

            Hahahaha! I’m not THAT mean

        • Captain JJ 4x

          December 7, 2015 at 13:29

          Thanks, I guess.

          Reply

          • Admiral Chief - CHAAARGE!

            December 7, 2015 at 13:36

            Halfhearted reply? HAVE ANOTHER DOWNVOTE!

  22. Wyzak

    December 7, 2015 at 13:21

    I found some errors in the article but I can’t paste them due to the new copy paste limitation. I also can’t copy the cool parts of the articles to my friends for us to discuss…

    Reply

    • Admiral Chief - CHAAARGE!

      December 7, 2015 at 13:23

      Issue with Chrome, I’m whipping Geoff until he fixes it

      Reply

      • VampyreSquirrel

        December 7, 2015 at 13:27

        Whipping Geoff? But he likes tha… OH wait, I’m thinking of Darryn… my bad.

        Reply

  23. RinceThis

    December 7, 2015 at 13:36

    HAHAHAHAH

    Reply

  24. TheSeventhCore

    December 7, 2015 at 13:45

    Good stuff! Serves him right.

    Reply

  25. Deceased

    December 7, 2015 at 15:03

    JUSTICE!!!

    This made my day 🙂
    ( Not only because I like to see other people suffer, but also because I’m not a fan of software pirates – I am a fan of the pirates from the Going Merry 🙂 )

    Reply

  26. Werner Ackermann

    December 7, 2015 at 22:53

    It might also be the site/source he got the game from and not the game/crack itself that is to blame.
    But yeah, piracy is risky business.

    Reply

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