GIFT OF GAMING
Where to buy a Steam gift card and which shops sell them?
Plus find out how to avoid scammers
STEAM is a gaming platform where players are able to download new releases and updates.
Here, we look at how you can redeem a Steam gift card and the perks of having one.
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Where can you buy Steam gift cards?
Steam gift cards can be purchased from a range of different outlets.
They can be bought in physical form or online.
To purchase a digital gift card, all you have to do is to log into Steam, select a Steam Friend and a monetary amount and the receiver will see the gift in their Steam wallet.
Gamers can choose how to spend their gift by purchasing software or hardware.
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Which shops sell Steam gift cards?
There are a number of different outlets which sell these cards.
Gamers can buy these gift cards at the following stores:
What are the dangers of Steam cards?
Sadly gift cards are the main targets for scammers and gift card fraud can leave merchants vulnerable to damaging chargebacks from the credit cards that were originally used to purchase them.
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Consumer watchdog Which? has urged shoppers to reconsider buying gift cards after a survey found that one in 10 people had received a gift card for a retailer that collapsed during the pandemic.
Also, people may contact you and ask you for payment through a gift card.
This situation is most likely to be a scam, and you should not give details of your gift card to anyone else.
Fraudsters may pretend to be a business who cannot afford any other form of payment.
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Are there any Steam gift card scams to watch out for?
Steam has warned shoppers that there have been reports of fraudsters posing as official agents scamming people into buying Steam Wallet Gift Cards and giving them the codes over the phone.
Steam gift cards can only be activated and used on Steam to purchase video games, software or other Steam products.
When buying a Steam gift card you need to make sure the number listed on the activation receipt matches the gift card you receive.
Also it would be best to save the purchase and activation receipt until the gift card is redeemed.
Where to buy video game gift cards
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