Fortnite Players Are Being Warned About Fake V-Bucks Offers in Text Chat
Suspicious messages can be reported, but the warning does not provide a detailed, button-by-button reporting path.
Fortnite players should treat text-chat messages offering V-Bucks as fake. Offers sent through Epic’s text chat are not legitimate, and suspicious messages can be reported instead of trusted.
The warning does not include a button-by-button path for finding the reporting option. The practical takeaway is simple: if a chat message promises V-Bucks, players should use Fortnite’s reporting feature rather than treat it as an official promotion.
Offers of V-Bucks sent through Epic text chat aren’t legit. If you see a suspicious message in chat, you can report it. Here’s how to report text chat messages:
byu/FortniteStatusBot inFortniteBR
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Fortnite
Developed by Epic Games
Fortnite is a free-to-play online game where you and your friends fight to be the last one standing in Battle Royale, join forces to make your own Creative games, or catch a live show at Party Royale.
- Genre Shooter, Simulator
- Platforms Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch 2, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, PlayStation 5, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
- Perspective Third person
- Modes Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Split screen, Battle Royale
- Release June 29, 2020
- Publisher Epic Games
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