The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau proposed a new measure on Friday that could protect your Robux from scammers and hackers.
The proposed rule would interpret terms in the Electronic Fund Transfer Act, or EFTA, which has traditionally been used to protect consumers from unauthorized debit transactions, to include some virtual currencies supplied by gaming and cryptocurrency companies.
“Gamers—or in some cases their parents and guardians—have reported issues such as trouble when converting dollars to in-game currency, unauthorized transactions, account hacks and takeovers, theft, scams, and loss of assets,” reads the CFPB’s post announcing the proposal. “They have also described receiving limited to no help from gaming companies and the banks or
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