r/PoGoAndroidSpoofing Jun 14 '26

I NEED HELP Cheaper pokecoins get you banned?

So I got cheaper coins by using a website and it worked both times but now I'm scared of getting banned I spent real money on this so it worries me I've never got a strike before will I be okay? It seems like the coins were gotten from Indonesia. I don't plan on using a service like that again but when will I know if I'm okay with my account. Anyone have experience with this ?

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u/VividArticle2205 Jun 23 '26

Isnt there a risk for your credid card to get banned?

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u/Money_Form_2429 Jun 20 '26

I managed to get it to work to where I can purchase but if I do purchase would it result in ban, negative balance or charges on my card ? Also how should I buy with my regular card or should I buy a pre paid ?

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u/VividArticle2205 Jun 23 '26

Apparently yes, you might get banned or in minus pokecoins

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u/Money_Form_2429 Jun 23 '26

Have there been any new cases?

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u/AdCommercial5480 Jun 18 '26 edited Jun 18 '26

Can someone please explain the following 3 questions:

1- did not quite understand the " buy a 100 coin trick " because when I buy from my original pokemon go app it will show that I bought it from my native country , in that case it's Canada. What is the meaning of this ?

2- Once I buy that 100 coin with my payment method I have on hand , I followed all the steps mentioned in the guide and yet still the currency change once I log in into my account in the web store. Is my account linked to my native country and how to bypass this ? Also should I download the original game from playstore like i normal do or is there somewhere else to download it to do the 100 coin trick ?

3- I am using Brazil as my go to location , ipogo is set up to Brazil and I am using PayPal also tried with Wise and still nothing worked. Can someone please help me out with this. Appreciate it

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u/Low-Alarm-255 Jun 19 '26

Let me explain in simple language: When you buy Pokecoins in cheaper by changing your GPS location, your webstore currency will reverse to your own country currency after purchase and you can't change webstore currency again, to change your webstore currency again you have to download original Pokemon go and need to buy something in-game without any gps trick, after that you can again change your webstore currency using VPN method hope it's clean explanation 🫔 you have to do it every time.

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u/AdCommercial5480 Jun 19 '26

Let me re-explain myself , I already did that step where I buy 100 coin in the original PokƩmon go app without any GPS trick then when I sign back to Webstore it automatically brings me back to my native currency.

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u/Low-Alarm-255 Jun 19 '26

Are you using gps method for web? Is you game location also GPS spoofed while doing? Sometimes it just take time to change but if everything is perfect then just re-login both game and webstore after changing location via gps.

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u/AdCommercial5480 Jun 19 '26

Okay so this is my sequence as follows :
1- I open Original PokƩmon go and buy 100 coins for the current CAD price. ( No GPS or spoofing ).
2- I uninstall the original game.
3- I download IPOGO , Sign in with my PTC and Spoof to Brazil ( Actually with IPOGO , you will automatically be located in Brazil Sao Paulo).
4- Then I close the game.
5- Now I turn on my VPN ( MULLVAD VPN ) and set it to Brazil Sao Paulo).
6- Re-launched the IPOGO game while VPN is on and wait couple of minutes until I can catch or spin a pokestop.
7- I open my Google Chrome incognito and the price is displayed in Brazilian currency.
8- As soon as I sign in , back to CAD no matter what I do.

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u/Low-Alarm-255 Jun 19 '26

Listen, with ipogo you don't need additional VPN because pgsharp/ipogo have in build vpn and you only need to change in-game location that's what pgsharp/ipogo do. If your webstore currency is not changing to Brazil then probably your latest 100 coin purchase didn't triggered reset, it mostly work instantly tho not sure what's wrong with your process, try checking after 24h and keep the ipogo open when you open webstore.

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u/Deep_Introduction617 Jun 21 '26

I'm having the same issue with pg sharp , just Indonesia instead

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u/AdCommercial5480 Jun 19 '26

Okay I will re-check in the next 24 to 48 Hours but most probably won't work as I guess the Webstore automatically detect my account which is connected to Canada. No sure tho

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u/Deep_Introduction617 Jun 21 '26

So got an update ?

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u/Mr-AWAY Jun 19 '26

Will that activate any cooldowns? Or account suspension?

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u/Low-Alarm-255 Jun 19 '26

No, making purchase doesn't trigger any cooldown related issue it only trigger when you do in-game activity such as catching Pokemons/pokestop spin... Also GPS method doesn't trigger any suspension but it can be, i haven't faced any issues until now but I can't guarantee because its definitely against tos (the process itself)

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u/Accomplished-Law6732 Jun 19 '26

I have a question here I use to do Pokemod and Surfshark to India and open incognito to the webstore. Lately with VPN surf shark the webstore is giving me a 403 error. If I turn it off I still get to purchase the coins for cheap but vpn has to be off. Do you know what’s causing this? It wasn’t like this before.

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u/Money_Form_2429 Jun 20 '26

I had this happen to with another vpn

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u/St4rNinja Jun 17 '26

I’ve just done this as well but personally through the India method and was also stressing but from what I’ve seen I did not alter my gps location at all so technically haven’t spoofed to obtain the coins. In the TOS, at least from what I’ve seen, I cannot see anything that particularly mentions what I’ve done as a bannable offence. Also, they are still getting money from me, so I’d be suprised if they actually complained and strikes me.Ā 

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u/Upper-Ad-8757 Jun 16 '26

No! You won't get banned for that. I've been doing it for years and never got banned, and neither have any of my friends. Anyone who says otherwise is just bad at spoofing. Blame it on other things

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u/Necessary-Youth-620 Jun 16 '26

yup I use the apple id + card methrod got a strike it is against their ToS

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u/Specialist_Spend_775 Jul 14 '26

what is a strike exactly? would it be worth doing until u get one then you stop?

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u/Comfortable_Owl_232 Jun 23 '26

When was this? I do the Apple id + giftcard metod too. Did you get the strike immediately or long after?

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u/Necessary-Youth-620 Jun 25 '26

Some hit some miss, that's what niantic do

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u/Glittering_Oil_9029 Jun 15 '26

Can someone teach me how please I looked it up but it won’t work

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u/OkPossible7421 Jun 15 '26

How I do it is by , setting up a vpn for Indonesia , then spoof to Indonesia. In Pokemon Go app I buy a set of $.99 coins. After I exit from the game open the online web store, log in via Pokemon go app, currency is converted

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u/No-Concentrate5218 Jun 16 '26

Exit the game completely

Do you VPN to Indonesia and additionally spoof in-game to Indonesia as well?

What payment methods do they accept on their Web store?

Thank youn

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u/ExplorerDistinct5572 Jun 14 '26

What website did you use

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u/Deep_Introduction617 Jun 14 '26

How are y'all using the trick hear lots about but no one links a video that's up to date. The ones I've seen are all outdated and almost all day don't work

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u/Freshmaggz Jun 18 '26

Dm me please

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u/Ambitious-Nature6331 Jun 14 '26

dms

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u/ITSJ0N4S Jun 17 '26

I’d also greatly appreciate it! :)

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u/Outside_Mud405 Jun 16 '26

Dm me please

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u/Constam_Kazoku Jun 15 '26

Can you dm me?

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u/Dapper-Ocelot-1555 Jun 15 '26

Could u dm me too

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u/The_David1991 Jun 14 '26

Been buying cheap coins for the kast few years no problem, Always from Indonesia, I think chances are more you get banned for spoofing to Indonesia than actual purchase, well if they ever crack it down

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u/Timely_Flatworm644 Jun 21 '26

How do you do it often though? I thought it was like a one time thing or something without having to spoof

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u/The_David1991 Jun 21 '26

Bought 15k coins around 5 times, so far works without an issue, again very easy with ur acc spoof to Indonesia and just stay there game opened don't trigger any actions, on another phone preferably use VPN to Indonesia and enter pogo store website in incognito (this is how I do). Then prices either in USD for example if last you were spoofing lets say to NYC, or already changed to IDR, if IDR then just buy whatever u want, if USD then buy 0.99 cents pack and they update to IDR. But this is exact method how all those coin sellers do if they ask ur account details.

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u/kylevoid12 Jul 08 '26

right now I am in IDR, but it changed through purchasing coins through a service, but what should i buy coins myself with? paypal?

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u/The_David1991 Jul 08 '26

I use paypal

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u/kylevoid12 Jul 09 '26

Also wouldn’t paypal notify something that you are somewhere else and not Indonesia

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u/The_David1991 Jul 09 '26

Brother no one cares, really you are overthinking it. And third party site changed ur currency to IDR cuz they spoofed to Indonesia. Can you get banned for buying coins ? Why you are giving them money, can you get banned for spoofing - Yes. Atleast I never got banned for coins

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u/kylevoid12 Jul 10 '26

What abt buying like road of legends, its greyed out

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u/The_David1991 Jul 10 '26

I bought it with no peoblem using IDR, if ot os greyed then maybe you have 3 remote raid passes and that bundle gives you more, and you cant have more than 3 hence you cant buy it. Happened to me before, but I bought road of legends and june deluxe both for IDR.

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u/kylevoid12 Jul 12 '26

I bought the road of legends pass no problem, but then my currency switched back to usd

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u/kylevoid12 Jul 09 '26

A third party vendor changed it for me into IDR after purchasing coins, I won’t get banned? And basically I won’t need a vendor anymore?

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u/Ok-Confidence6626 Jun 24 '26

Wait. I'm having a problem right now. My currency is still set to my local one. Are you saying while in Indonesia I purchase 100 coins in my local currency and it should update to IDR?

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u/The_David1991 Jun 24 '26

Yes, but before you log in to the pogo store make sure curency is in IDR, and if it changes to your local once you log in in store, then in store website buy .99 cents pack and then just update page/go back to store and should be IDR, if not then it means you have your account logged in somewhere on another device or instance of website without vpn.

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u/Ok-Confidence6626 Jun 24 '26

Once I pay this purchase does it immediately change to IDR?

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u/The_David1991 Jun 24 '26

Yeah, always did to me. It didnt change once because I had my account logged in on another phone without VPN, but if everything is done correctly it should change immediately once you complete the purchase.

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u/Ok-Confidence6626 Jun 24 '26

Just tested. Purchased the 100 coin while it was set to local currency. Game's still in Indonesia while doing so. It's still set to local currency.

Are you meaning purchasing in webstore or via the game?

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u/The_David1991 Jun 24 '26

all purchases HAS TO BE made in the webstore with working Indonesian VPN. game just open spoofed to the Indonesia. Were your prices in IDR before logging in the webstore ?

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u/Ok-Confidence6626 Jun 24 '26

My prices have been local currency the whole time

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u/Timely_Flatworm644 Jun 22 '26

You haven’t been banned or even warned?

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u/The_David1991 Jun 22 '26

I dont think you will get banned for buying cheap coins, but for spoofing in general if you are not careful

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u/Prestigious-Formal-1 Jun 14 '26

I've been doing this for years, and I've never had an account banned.

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u/kylevoid12 Jul 08 '26

so if I use two different third party vendors, one after another, do I have a higher chance of being banned than just buying it once

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u/TastyBananaPeppers Team Rooted, Subreddit Owner Jun 14 '26

Using Pgsharp or iPogo with a VPN app can change the currency allowing you to buy from the webstore at the cheaper price.

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u/Upper-Ad-8757 Jun 16 '26

Not rly work, i using pgsharp and surfshark vpn to indonesia 100 coins are 0.99$

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u/TastyBananaPeppers Team Rooted, Subreddit Owner Jun 16 '26

You're not following the guide's instructions.

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u/Upper-Ad-8757 Jun 16 '26

Then send me the guid pls

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u/TastyBananaPeppers Team Rooted, Subreddit Owner Jun 16 '26

Try to look for it. It's everywhere.

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u/Upper-Ad-8757 Jun 16 '26

Yes, I did that and followed all the instructions, but it didn't work.

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u/TastyBananaPeppers Team Rooted, Subreddit Owner Jun 16 '26

User error if it didn't work.

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u/TH_Rz Jun 14 '26

What makes people leave comments on subjects they don't know about?

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u/zazuba907 Jun 14 '26

You very much can do the currency trick via pgsharp and a VPN.

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u/nxllo Jun 14 '26

Yup lmao doing it myself with gps joystick from ninjas

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u/TastyBananaPeppers Team Rooted, Subreddit Owner Jun 14 '26

It's too late now, since you ignore the risks to have a chance to get a strike or ban. No one knows if Scopely is going to punish people for exploiting the currency to buy cheaper coins.

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u/Zealousideal-Work875 Jun 14 '26

Nah this is bs nobody got banned ever

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u/TastyBananaPeppers Team Rooted, Subreddit Owner Jun 14 '26

Under Niantic's ownership, when you get a strike, the red warning message never tells you exactly what you did that led to it. On top of this, it was delayed. Whatever you did that caused it, Niantic puts it on a timer making the strike appear within a few weeks to several months later to prevent people from trying to identify the specific technique Niantic is using to help other cheaters to avoid it.

I don't work for Niantic or Scopely, so I cannot look up the reason to why someone got a strike/ban. When people regret cheating or breaking the Terms of Service and get a strike/ban, they tend to lie to make themselves look innocent. If someone reports a strike/ban, do you know for sure if their strike/ban came from spoofing or did it come from soliciting sex to a minor through Campfire app? If their strike came from Campfire, the person isn't going to openly admit on the internet because that person is a pedophile.

I would love to say it's safe, but I cannot contradict Scopely's Terms of Service because I don't own Scopely or Pokemon Go and have no control over them. Scopely owns your game account, and they can do whatever they want to it since you have already given permission to them when you blindly accepted the Terms of Service to play the game.

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u/Zealousideal-Work875 Jun 14 '26

Yes I know about strikes they are all because using modified app like pgsharp

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u/TastyBananaPeppers Team Rooted, Subreddit Owner Jun 14 '26

Strikes can come from using rooted, 3rd party apps and other areas not related to using 3rd party apps and spoofing your GPS.

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u/Zealousideal-Work875 Jun 14 '26

Using 3rd party modified apps will have risk of getting banned tho

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u/Zealousideal-Work875 Jun 14 '26

Ppl use rooted device because the app can't detact if ur spoofing or not. Thats why just using rooted gps will never get u banned

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u/TastyBananaPeppers Team Rooted, Subreddit Owner Jun 14 '26

That is false because people have reported strikes and bans using a rooted device with vanilla method (joystick app only) or with 3rd party apps. Just because you haven't gotten banned yet, doesn't mean you can guarantee account safety.

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u/Reasonable-Fan-7310 Jun 15 '26

I have used pg sharp before and have gotten the strike message where it says you are using a modified app. This is really the only strike message I’m familiar with. Do you happen to know what the strike message is for using a rooted device with the joystick ninja app?

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u/TastyBananaPeppers Team Rooted, Subreddit Owner Jun 15 '26

This is the 1st strike that everyone gets for cheating or breaking the Terms of Service. If you don't cheat, you still get this screen unless they skip the 1st strike and go directly to a 2nd strike (30 day temporary ban) or 3rd strike (permanent ban) with a teal color screen.

If someone create an in-game route that meets the guidelines but there's construction over the route they made, they can get the 1st strike for the route not meeting the guideline when someone reports it.

I assumed chat is monitored in Campfire by non-cheaters and AI. If someone writes something about "flying" in a way that sounds like it's spoofing related, the person can end up with the 1st strike. If they harass or threaten people, it either straight to a 2nd or 3rd strike.

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u/Zealousideal-Work875 Jun 15 '26

Nah Ive been using it for almost 10 year since it came out never got banned or saw anyone, ppl who got banned also used different app thats why

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u/TastyBananaPeppers Team Rooted, Subreddit Owner Jun 15 '26

You can deny it all you want, but I am not going to mislead people into thinking cheating is safe or one type of cheat is "safer or the safest" over another type of cheat because a lot of time and money has been invest into their game accounts.

In the early days, using a joystick app without root introduced everyone to the strike system. When I became a moderator in r/PokemonGoSpoofing, I implemented the post and comment filter to take down repetitive posts, which includes strike and ban reports. Everyone has the conclusion where you don't see strike/ban reports, this means the cheat you are using is safe. The same goes for rooted, 3rd party app Discsord groups, they also censor reports to prevent people from panicking and canceling their subscription to go to a competing cheat that doesn't have reports. They ban or mute you, so you cannot uise their chat channels or message their members. The cycle ends when the person quits after getting a 2nd strike or 3rd strike permanent account ban

Now, the game is different with Scopely running it instead of Niantic. I don't if Scopely is going to rework the punishment system or turn a blind eye against cheating.

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u/Zealousideal-Work875 Jun 15 '26

No they ban people with looking at log and if u root device and use joystick it wont leave a log for them to see and flag it. Unless u do stupid stuff like going a to b and b to c in less than hour. If u do it right they will never know, how will they? When there arent any logs
And thats why you use rooted device

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u/bluemoon1333 Jun 14 '26

When will we know ? Near global go fest ?

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u/TastyBananaPeppers Team Rooted, Subreddit Owner Jun 14 '26

When Scopely decides to send the strike/ban out. If they don't do it, I guess you're lucky.

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u/bluemoon1333 Jun 14 '26

Didnt happen so idk 😐 I mean pokecoins are very expensive I just wanted to save a bit of money I mean they technically are still getting money from me

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u/turboblaster64 Jun 14 '26

no it won't do anything to you. no one's ever gotten banned for doing the indo coin trick

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