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Re:Namecheap live chat social engineering leads to loss of 2... by JetSpiegel on Tuesday April 12, 2016 @07:14PM (#11484425)
> Magic Online accounts can be worth tens of thousands of dollars.

It might cost 10k+ dollars to make a behemoth account, but I don't think they are worth that much. It's basically fake internet points, I can gain these for free in this very comment.

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Re:Namecheap live chat social engineering leads to loss of 2... by ShrpErinaceidae on Tuesday April 12, 2016 @07:28PM (#11484495)
No, you can get actual money for them.
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Re:Namecheap live chat social engineering leads to loss of 2... by brianwawok on Tuesday April 12, 2016 @09:09PM (#11484949)
Used to be easier when you could directly trade digital cards for paper cards..
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Re:Namecheap live chat social engineering leads to loss of 2... by ShrpErinaceidae on Tuesday April 12, 2016 @10:35PM (#11485298)
You can depending on how recent they are.
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