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eBay is clamping down on users trying to sell empty PS5 boxes to desperate rubes

By Darryn Bonthuys
January 19, 2021
in :  Gaming
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With most retail stores selling out within minutes whenever new stock does arrive, many people have turned to the secondhand market to find a PS5 console. Those sales usually come with a higher price tag thanks to rampant scalping, but every once in a while a deal pops up that seems too good to be true.

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Play-start.com – Mass piracy with a friendly face

By Gavin Mannion
April 4, 2019
in :  Gaming
29

Welcome friends, Romans and countrymen, gather around while I tell you a story about how I got defrauded on the internet over the past week. Last week I decided it was time to jump into The Division 2 after reading this amazing review and being convinced by friends that they will continue playing after I buy the game. So I …

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Retraction of allegations of fraud made against Colin Webster

By Gavin Mannion
August 5, 2014
in :  Gaming
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A formal apology to Colin Webster regarding misreporting of a case of fraud

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‘Disabled’ gamer stands up midstream…

By Gavin Mannion
April 12, 2013
in :  Gaming
68

An apparently disabled gamer has been uncovered as a fraud when he accidently stood up while still streaming a game

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Dante’s Inferno – Fraud Developer Diary

By Gavin Mannion
January 12, 2010
in :  Gaming
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It’s been a while since we have seen any Dante’s Inferno details so I thought it would be a good time to go trawling the Internet to see what we can find. The latest Inferno video is a developer diary discussing the evils of Fraud and Deceit which is the 8th level of hell, that special sin that all those …

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Nigeria takes offense to Sony labelling them as frauds

By Gavin Mannion
September 9, 2009
in :  Gaming
15

This is just Sony’s luck, they finally make a decent advert for the PS3 and now a foreign government are demanding that they take it down. You see in the middle of the $299 rumour advertisement (below) our faithful Sony spokesperson claims that you shouldn’t believe everything you read on the Internet else he would be a Nigerian millionaire already. …

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Microsoft ramps up its offensive against cheaters, hackers and nudists

By Gavin Mannion
August 3, 2009
in :  Gaming
15

The latest Major Nelson podcast has Stephen Toulouse, Xbox Live Policy and Enforcement chief, chatting about the rules and regulations around using Xbox Live as well as letting us know that they are really ramping up the protection level thanks to an increase in phishing and hacking attempts. According to Stephen if you get caught hacking or phishing online now …

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How to Turn off Xbox Live Auto Renewal

By Geoffrey Tim
July 30, 2009
in :  Gaming
9

As citizens of country without official Xbox Live support, we essentially commit fraud just to use the service. While we’re now a little wiser with regards to how we do it – forgoing credit cards and opting to use prepaid vouchers instead – some of the early adopters and less informed may still have their credit card information attached to …

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