how is this legit? google drive and onedrive related

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#243466 12-Dec-2018 19:18

Hi, I had a mate who wanted me to buy from the internet a Google Team Drive unlimited lifetime cloud storage, and a 5TB Onedrive lifetime cloud storage for a few quid, literally a few bucks.

I am guessing there is something amiss about these things but I'm not sure what to tell him.

I don't give you a link because when I googled it, it's literally sold everywhere all over the world!

Though from my reading it is somebody's business account that your "drive" will be linked to ...

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#2144449 12-Dec-2018 19:29

I can't see a legitimate source for those deals, so it might be questionable or 'developer accounts'. Not sure. You might find it expires in 3-12 months by which time they've taken the money and run...

But as for how they generally make it unreasonably cheap:

Most people don't use anywhere near the full storage space, so those only using <20GB subsidise the rest.
The majority of very large files tend to be present in many different users' accounts - pirated content, installers etc. It's rare for people to have TB of unique content. So checksum it all and anything that matches, store one copy instead of 500+.
Lots of people, especially enterprises, can find themselves buying subscriptions and then forgetting about them, or not using them to the full extent.

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#2144464 12-Dec-2018 20:04

So people sign up for a Google suite account and sell access to the account and you will get some random email address.
The scammers set it up as a company and add you as an employee to that company.
Normally done via stolen credit cards and get people to pay 100US or so then run away with the money.

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#2144498 12-Dec-2018 20:14

That's a point. Buying digital goods with stolen CCs then reselling them is a common scam. Then the original CC gets revoked, and either Google/MS takes the loss, or they cancel the service you bought and you have no recourse.