Video game theft alert: there were two complaints in Paraná – Police

It's incredible, but real, but an innocent game can end up being a big headache for people who participate in the collective use given the emptying of credit cards.

In Paraná, there have been several reports of fraud for people taking part in Fortnite, a game that has become popular in recent times.

It was reported that "friends of foreigners" emptied their cards with values ​​ranging from 20,000 pesos to 50,000 pesos.

Fortnite is a video game for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Windows and Mac (and will soon have an iPhone and Android version) that takes elements of sandbox building games and adds violence to a third-person action game.
The game has two modes: a solo version called Save the World and the popular multiplayer version called Battle Royale.

One means of obtaining the game is by purchasing this by associating the credit card to the Play Station, which is accessed by a user and password that subsequently gives access to the game.

Modus de Operandi:
1.- Multiplayer version: is the version of the game in which several children accept to play online at a certain time.

2. Time of play and opportunity of coup: Among the children interact and form a bond of confidence, inadvertently offering information of all kinds that interest the coup; and it's when these people who hide behind a child ask for the username and password of the associated email.

3.- Subsequently the child who gives the key wants to enter the game and can not do so, since the user has been replaced by a new one, who is already operating with the credit card associated with the machine, making purchase of game accessories and virtual games for black resale.

The Chief of the Economic Crimes of the Police, Blanca Ramírez, who gave details A diary complaints as well as key recommendations to avoid these computer scams. "In three days in Paraná, two complaints were presented, in addition to several consultations for similar events," he explained, indicating: "We advise parents to delete credit card data from the consoles, and also to alert their children." as to the delivery of information from Users and Keys, in order to avoid great economic losses, since they were recorded in the last hours. "