How to Spot Fake Game Codes and Code Scam Sites

Every legitimate code we track is redeemed in one of two places: inside the game itself, or on a page run by the game's publisher. Roblox game codes go into a box inside that game, as described on each page such as Kukirin Life or Tower Defense Simulator. For the bigger games with web redemption, the official pages are:

• Genshin Impact: HoYoverse's gift page at genshin.hoyoverse.com/en/gift, or Settings in the game on PC and Android.
• Pokemon GO: the Pokemon GO Web Store at store.pokemongo.com/offer-redemption. Codes can no longer be entered in the app.
• Stella Sora: Yostar's gift page at stellasora.global/gift, where you enter your UID.
• Pokemon Scarlet and Violet: only inside the game, through Poke Portal and Mystery Gift.

If a site asks you to enter a code on its own page, or to log in with your game account anywhere other than the official domain, it is not redeeming anything for you. At best it does nothing; at worst it is collecting your password.

Game codes give the things developers are happy to give away: in-game cash or gems, boosts, rerolls, crates, cosmetic items and, in some games, limited-time characters. They do not give the currency you buy with real money on the platform itself.

Roblox game codes give items inside one game, never Robux. Pokemon GO codes give avatar items, bag items and Timed Research, never PokeCoins. A page that offers a Robux code, a PokeCoin generator or unlimited premium currency is not describing a real code, however convincing the screenshots look.

Some codes are unique to one person and work exactly once. A Nintendo Switch download code from a gift card or game box, a McDonald's Monopoly game piece, and many product codes for Pokemon games are all one-time codes. Each one is printed for a single buyer.

That means a list of working one-time codes cannot exist. Anyone who claims to share free Switch download codes or Monopoly codes with the public is either posting codes that were already used, or using the promise to get you to click, sign up or download something. On our pages for these products we only explain how to redeem the code you own; we never publish codes.

Most Roblox developers announce new codes on Discord, so code sites link to Discord servers. Those links go stale or point to the wrong place more often than you might expect. While checking pages for this site we have found:

• A guide site linking an Idle Obelisk Miner Discord invite that actually opens the server of a completely different game.
• An official-looking Cameraman Tower Defense invite that no longer exists, while the real server uses a different address.
• Temporary invites that expire after a few days, posted as if they were permanent, as with one Morioh High link.

When we list a Discord on a game page, we open the invite and check the server name, the member count and whether the invite expires. If a server you join asks you to verify your account by logging in on an outside website, leave: real game servers do not need your password.

Not every bad code list is a scam. Many are just old, or copied from another site without checking. But some lists contain codes that appear nowhere else and do not match the way the game names its codes, which is a strong sign they were made up to fill the page.

A real code almost always appears in more than one place within a day or two: the game's Discord or description, and then several independent code sites. That is the rule we use. A code only goes into the main table on our pages when it comes from an official source or at least two independent sources agree, and a code that only one site lists goes into a separate unconfirmed table, clearly labelled.

Because so many lists are unreliable, we treat every new code as unconfirmed until it passes a few checks. First we look for it in an official place: the game's description, the developer's Discord, X account or Trello board, or the publisher's own announcement. If it is there, it goes straight into the main table.

If it is not, we look for at least two independent sites that list the same code with the same capital letters and reward. Sites that share an owner count as one source. When sources disagree, the code goes into a separate unconfirmed table with a note saying who said what. On the Survive a Million Monkeys page, for example, five codes sit there because most sites still call them active while one marked them expired on the same day. On the Stella Sora page, an anniversary code reported by two fan sites stays unconfirmed because the game's official channels never posted it.

Finally, every page shows the date we last checked it, so you can judge for yourself how fresh the list is.

Be careful with any page or message that:

• Promises Robux, V-Bucks, PokeCoins or other paid currency for free.
• Asks for your game account password, or asks you to log in somewhere other than the official site.
• Makes you complete a survey, download an app or watch a series of offers before it shows the code.
• Shares one-time codes, such as Switch download codes, with the public.
• Lists dozens of working codes for a game that the other sites say has none.
• Has no date showing when the codes were last checked.

If something feels off, compare it with the official source linked on the game's page here. A real code takes a few seconds to redeem and never needs your password outside the game.

Change the password for that account straight away, and turn on two-step verification if the platform offers it. If you used the same password anywhere else, change it there too. Then check the account's settings for email addresses or devices you do not recognise.

For lost items or a compromised account, contact the game's official support or the platform's support team, such as Roblox Support. A fan site like this one cannot recover accounts, but we are happy to hear about scam pages that copy codes from games we cover, so we can warn other players.