Minecraft - did I get Scammed?

Sounds like you did get scammed. www.minecraft.net is the place to buy Minecraft. Thanks for sharing this warning to others - it's a good idea. By the way, were you able to issue a chargeback?

Why would you buy a Minecraft code from somewhere else besides the official site? Was the code cheaper?

I don't see Minecraft article on site..

Buy Minecraft only on minecraft.net. Lot of sites like this are buying fraudulently boughted keys. It's pretty simple. Hackers are buying gift codes from stolen credit cards (paypal earlier). Then, they are selling this codes to traffickers. Traffickers are selling codes to this sites. But don't judge sites - they often don't know source of this codes. They don't really care. That's why are this codes so cheap. And why isn't your account premium anymore? Because lots of banks are refusing money from this stolen credit cards. Then Mojang will cancel premium status. It's simple. You CAN'T get regular code cheaper than on minecraft.net. So be careful on sites like this :)

Erm ... how would posting on their facebook page help?
You should post on every other facebook page "this is the internet, you are responsible for what you are doing, think before you act. if it sounds too good to be true it probably is"

Nepirk iš VSSP raktų, scamer'ių puslapis ;)

Don't buy anything from VSSP, they are scammers.

If it's a scam link, how about you delete said link from your post?

You paid as in cash? As in, you sent the money to them by post?

You got yourself scammed. Should have done a bit of research before you violently hurled your money at the first person who waved a discount.

Buying an indie game that is only available through their own site...... Yep.

they just deleted all the comments from their facebook wall, and they blocked me :(

Darwin E-Award.

I fail to have any empathy towards people who fall for this kind of scams.

You should have stuck to the original site, most reliable.

Hmmm. Well, Minecraft codes were available all around internet for 5$ not so long ago, here in russia. Got mine at that time, still works perfectly fine. Edit: That was like summer of 2011. Time sure flies fast.

If you payed by cash through one of those markets which allow you to print the reciept and pay it somewhere else, you can easily just report the vendor at the site, and explain them the situation.