Where does the money go in scammed Google Play or Steam gift cards?

Question

Is the money sitting in an account?

Can’t they reverse it?

Do the scammers buy games, or in game currency to try launder?

How is it so difficult to recover stolen funds when there’s a trail?

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Answer 1

They go into fraudulent steam and Google accounts. If you want to play a game for half price or more but it needs to be legit, then you’ll get a random steam account with the game already purchased for that account ( with a stolen cc).

Getting a legit steam key is much harder because they know it’s easy money for criminals and actively prevent it (hence why steam gifts are not a huge thing).