How to Avoid Losing Money When Buying a Gaming Account: 6 Simple Rules
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Buying a ready-made account saves months of leveling, but this is exactly where players are most often scammed. Here are the rules that help you avoid the most common schemes.

  1. Don’t pay a stranger directly. Transferring money to a card or wallet “before the details are handed over” is the main way buyers get scammed. Getting such money back is nearly impossible.
  2. Don’t move to messengers. If the seller asks you to “continue on Telegram” or another messenger, that’s a red flag: there’s no transaction history there and no one to handle a dispute.
  3. Use an escrow service. A transaction through escrow works like this: the buyer pays, the money is held, and the seller receives it only after the buyer checks the item and confirms receipt.
  4. Check the account immediately. Log in, change the password and email, verify that the characters and items match the description, and only then confirm the transaction.
  5. Check the seller’s history. Their rating, reviews, and number of completed transactions say more than any promises.
  6. Beware of prices that are too low. An account listed at one-third of the market price is a common bait, especially if the seller is pressuring you to hurry.

We’re building the Petachok marketplace, where transactions between players go through built-in escrow, and every day we see how these rules save buyers. What scams have you encountered? Share them in the comments.