How to check a Call of Duty cheat seller before you pay

Plenty of Call of Duty cheat shops are hard to check. Some disappear with the money. Some sell builds that stopped working weeks ago. Some are fronts for malware. These are the checks we would make before paying anyone, us included.

None of them makes a ban less likely. They make it more likely that you get what you paid for.

1. There is a status you can check

Call of Duty patches often, and a patch can stop a build working until it is updated. A seller worth trusting shows where each build stands in public, and says so when one is down. A status that has read “online” through every patch is not telling you much.

Every build here carries a status, the same on its game page and on the status page. What each status means explains them.

2. Nobody promises “undetected”

No seller controls the anti-cheat, and no software can rule out a ban. “100% undetected”, “ban-proof” and “completely safe” are promises nobody can keep. A seller who makes them up front will make others.

We say it plainly instead: any account that uses third-party software can be banned.

3. Prices are shown before checkout

You should know what you pay, and what it covers, before anyone asks you for money. Prices that only appear in a private message, “today only” discounts and countdown timers all exist to stop you comparing.

Here, one plan covers every included game, and its prices are on every game page.

4. The refund terms are written down

Whatever a seller’s policy is, it should be written, specific and easy to find before you pay. Ours is short: all sales are final, with no refunds for any reason (Terms of Service, section 6). That is why the status and the requirements are public.

5. Reviews have a source

Unsourced reviews cost a shop nothing to write. A review worth reading names where it was first posted, and you can open that source and find it. A wall of anonymous five-star quotes tells you nothing.

6. Requirements are listed up front

A build runs on particular versions of Windows, with particular launchers. A seller should tell you which before you buy, not after. Every game page here lists its requirements, and Check your PC before you buy takes about two minutes.

7. Support has a written channel

Ask how you get help before you need it. A ticket system leaves a record. A “support” account in your direct messages leaves you open to impersonators, because anyone can copy a name and an avatar.

We answer through support tickets only. Spotting fake sites and fake staff lists the scams that use our name.

8. You know where the software comes from

Buy and download only from the seller’s own site or your account on it. Resold keys, “free trials” sent as files and cracked copies are a common route to malware rather than a working build.

Seen applied

We run these checks on other Call of Duty cheat providers in our provider comparisons: what each one publishes about prices, requirements, refunds and updates, with every claim labelled as a claim until we have tested it.

Red flags at a glance

• “Undetected”, “ban-proof” or “100% safe” anywhere on the page
• No status, or a status that never changes
• Prices only in private messages, or a countdown timer
• Reviews with no source
• Support that only exists in direct messages
• A file sent to you by someone who says they are staff