"The Fortnite Battle Royale subreddit caught fire Thursday night as many people reported that they were greeted with a pretty upsetting prompt when they logged into Fortnite, with the game telling them they'd had cosmetic items and/or V-Bucks revoked from their accounts. It was an unusual situation because it happened to so many different people at once, and in some cases removed items that the player had for months. When Epic Games finally commented about the situation on Friday morning,"
"There are a few different scenarios in which Epic will claw back purchased items or V-Bucks, the most obvious being when a person buys V-Bucks and then refunds the purchase either through their credit card company or the platform holder--items they may have bought with those V-Bucks should be removed when the money is charged back, along with the V-Bucks themselves. Apparently, a bug caused some players to keep those V-Bucks even after they refunded them, and that's one thing Epic is correcting now."
Fortnite players experienced widespread removal of cosmetic items and V-Bucks after logging in, with many receiving prompts that items had been revoked. Epic Games confirmed the removals, attributing them to correct enforcement and an Xbox-specific bug that previously delayed removing refunded or fraudulently gifted items. Refunds or chargebacks and items gifted from fraudulent accounts are cited reasons for clawbacks. Some players report losing legitimately purchased items on other platforms, suggesting possible overreach in the enforcement sweep. Epic stated it fixed the delay so previously retained refunded items were now removed.
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