Board Thread:Game Discussion/@comment-11784273-20130902154747/@comment-13248161-20130903122147

SchappX54G wrote: my theory is that they're more likely an overseas located group who collects stolen credit card info and racks up the mobacoin at market price on the stolen cards. Then, either someone else is fraudulently charged. Regardless, I doubt the Moba ever gets paid for, whether apple, the card company, or mobage is the one that gets screwed in the end. I don't have much dog in this fight, but this theory passes the smell test for me. It's inexplicable how any reputable firm could actually undercut Mobage's own pricing, and there'd be such pitiful profit in attempting a "bulk buy" model that it wouldn't be worth doing. Reduce the input cost to zero, though, and now you've got profit. That means either hacking (to generate fraudulent coins) or stolen CCs (to buy coins for zero cost). Mobage is able to stop hackers, but they're powerless to do anything about stolen CCs.