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Game Maker Says 40% of iTunes In-App Buys Are Fraud

Posted by Soulskill on from the most-of-the-remainder-are-probably-three-year-olds dept.

chicksdaddy writes "Hong Kong-based Lakoo, maker of the Empire Online game, says that 4 in 10 in-application purchases by users of the iOS version of its MMORPG are fraudulent, and made through compromised iTunes accounts. But Apple has turned a deaf ear to its requests for help to stop the bogus activity."

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  1. Wrong, hope you aren't spreading panic. by saboosh · · Score: 4, Informative

    Developers do not have access to your visa, regardless of how you pay for content in iOS. All iOS purchases, whether they be appstore or in-app, are payed to Apple, period, end of story. Apple, then, takes care of distributing the payment. Apple mediates everything. The developer is cut a check from Apple after they take a cut, even for in-app purchases.