Preorder PC Games Fraud Warning

all i saw was pre order games.... they do pre order games... dont they? so i aid irons as a clue.

simpe really... honest. didnt see the high street words in there... o well. was a good clue lol.
 
Surely a train reference would have been more appropriate, considering the Steam logo consists of stylised steam engine wheels/driving gear? :D
 
reflux said:
Surely a train reference would have been more appropriate, considering the Steam logo consists of stylised steam engine wheels/driving gear? :D
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Maybe but i had ironed some shirts and trousers last night, so that came into my head 1st lol...

Still, not nice to know that CC maybe stopped this close to Xmas due to a shop on the fiddle. Anyother sources for this news?
 
So which is it - Steam or GAME? Can we dispense with this cloak and dagger crap as it's quite important for those of us who may have registered accounts with either.
 
Indeed - I don't see how mentioning a competitor explicitly given that their on-line shop has been compromised is going to hurt business at OcUK - it would effectively stop me from using that competitor for the forseeable future.
 
Ok thanks.

(ps. I'm not sure mentioning competitors in this context is necessarily wrong as it's pretty important news if it's true, though I'm sure I'll find out if I'm mistaken. :))
 
If this is indeed true then be sure to stay away from E and N endings as they are the same company...

Also this Iron business... can I just say hugimaflipmonkeeballs! I think that clears it up.
 
Steam can be mentioned but I've seen the other 2 mentioned in this thread, even hinting to them, being removed and the people getting suspensions :p. Just thought I'd warn ya.

Here in the NL you've got a paying system called ideal, doing all the work for you if you buy online, it works for any of the 5 or 6 major banks... That way you don't need to enter your CC details on any online store as all payments are made by a third party, you do the transfer yourself kind of as you need your access key you usually use for online banking... I wouldn't personally buy stuff with a CC.
 
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Here in the NL you've got a paying system called tripledeal, doing all the work for you if you buy online, it works for any of the 5 or 6 major banks... That way you don't need to enter your CC details on any online store as all payments are made by a third party... I wouldn't personally buy stuff with a CC.
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That sounds interesting. Does this middle company (tripledeal) take a cut of the payment or simply hold the money for a day or two, make interest from it before releasing to the receiving company?

Those are the only two ways I can see how they would make any money at all in order to stay in business, as it were.
 
Is this thing for this shop [NOT STEAM] only on pre-orders for games or if i go and buy a game at the till and use a CC, that still under threat. If a threat is there at all of course.

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That sounds interesting. Does this middle company (tripledeal) take a cut of the payment or simply hold the money for a day or two, make interest from it before releasing to the receiving company?

Those are the only two ways I can see how they would make any money at all in order to stay in business, as it were.
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Here's what the wiki says about it in english:

iDEAL offers merchants a real-time payment method (publicized as low-cost and virtually risk-free) to accept internet payments. For customers, iDEAL uses the same environment as their banks' online banking sites. A high level of security is realized by using two-factor authentication (2FA), such as a challenge-response token based on the chip embedded in the debit card or ATM card. Furthermore, no sensitive information is being shared with the merchant, such as credit card numbers. There is no chargeback right however, which can be considered a disadvantage for the consumer using this payment method. This is considered a advantage to the merchants.

iDEAL works as follows:

Merchant offers iDEAL as payment method, often in addition to the regular credit card payment options
Consumer selects iDEAL and selects his bank
Consumer is redirected to his bank's login page
Participating bank displays transaction data
Customer enters account number and signs the transaction digitally using a 2FA token
Bank authorizes transaction in real-time, deducting the amount directly from the consumer's account (if there is not enough balance, the transaction will be refused)
Merchant received real-time confirmation of the payment by the bank
Consumer is redirected back to the merchant page with a confirmation that the payment has been successful
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They do not take any of the money.

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just noticed their site also does english :
http://www.ideal.nl/consument/?s=***&lang=eng-GB

edit: damn it ''w at'' without the space is starred out stupid language filter, why on earth does the language filter also do it to urls ?
*** = w at without the space
 
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