Cex scammer
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But how does someone get hold of or sell a voucher code they don't own?
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I've seen a lot of cex voucher sales on AVforums where as I understand it the voucher works initially as it is valid but the seller then reports the code as stolen, so cex blocks it.
It usually seems to be a seller with a load of codes to sell at once.
Just check out the disputed sales section...
It usually seems to be a seller with a load of codes to sell at once.
Just check out the disputed sales section...
This must be what he was going to do. Thank you
But if you have redeemed it fully on a CEX purchase, then as far as it goes, that is OK from a buyers point of view? I see the common issues as
- Buyer receives voucher, doesn't use before paying seller, goes to use it later on and the voucher has been blocked (presumably either used by someone else, or reported stolen by the seller or worse, original owner)
- Buyer receives voucher, pays for it, uses it partially, but the remaining balance is blocked because the original voucher is reported stolen
It does seem if you fully redeem them, then things get sorted out with CEX, e.g. one AVF thread, someone redeems, but gets their account later suspended by CEX, but it is reinstated once proof of purchasing the voucher is provided (i.e. bought in good faith). (https://www.avforums.com/threads/£510-cex-vouchers.2479983/#post-31887727)
I'm only querying this because I've bought CEX vouchers from people myself and want to know how to protect myself in future.
It looks like as long as you redeem it straight away, then you are most likely covered, worse case is CEX suspend your account until you give proof of purchasing the voucher (so bought in good faith and you haven't physically stolen it from someone).
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The irony is, they often sell controllers for the price they are new, or was the case with PS4/5 last time I checked, yet within spitting distance you can buy one brand new, in the same shopping centrecex are really daft tbh, i just walk into it in a shopping centre because im lured by some of the tech on the display and i always walk out empty handed after going lol at the prices, buts it is nice to see some games i actually own commanding high prices
think the only time i bought something in cex was a normal controller for a nintendo wii dirt cheap which works awesome on my snes mini for games that need 2 extra trigger controls eg emulating ps1 games where the snes controller is lacking 2 buttons and analogue sticks
edit : think its called the wii classic controller.
Or at worst it's a tenner more than CEX for brand new.
I'm trying to work out how the scammer benefits from this. If they report a voucher stolen, surely they can't reuse it?
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Golf bats?
Yeah they're like baseball clubs.
It's because their target market is primarily people with vouchers from trade ins, where they'll have got a 'better' value than cash trade in but are now a captive audience.The irony is, they often sell controllers for the price they are new, or was the case with PS4/5 last time I checked, yet within spitting distance you can buy one brand new, in the same shopping centre
Whilst they no doubt get some cash buyers, the prices are set to target that circular spending from vouchers.
yeah this - you can assume that most of their stuff is stolen goods
I imagine the simplified version of what happens is
1. Scammer advertises voucher for sale
2. Buyer buys it and pays scammer for it
3. Between buyer receiving the voucher code and using it, the scammer declares it stolen or lost to CEX
4. As long as it hasn't been redeemed, CEX will block the voucher and re-issue a new one to scammer..
5. Scammer advertises the new voucher for sale
6. Rinse and repeat until scammer found out.
Effectively the scammer can take advantage of people either paying him before using it and there being some time between buying it and redeeming it.
Or am I missing something..
That's a fair point, I only use them to get rid of stuff for cash, I never buy anything from them, well rarely unless the price really is decent, and it's something like retro console stuff.
I see, but what about if it has been redeemed, which I think is what we're talking about unless I'm trippin.
The only reference I found is if you have redeemed it then the worse case with the scammer claiming its stolen is that CEX will temporarily suspend your account until you prove you bought the voucher in good faith..
I imagine what happens is on getting their money, the scammer phones CEX and attempts to claim it's been stolen/lost.. if the buyer had not redeemed it, then CEX will issue them a new voucher to re-sell on again.. (cancelling the old voucher so the buyer is in for a surprise!) or if its already been redeemed, CES will probably tell the scammer to phone the police and go through those channels whilst they prudently suspend the account that redeemed the voucher..
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Don't buy gift cards/vouchers. Kinda asking for it.