Is someone offering to boost my gaming account for money legitimate?

Paid account boosting — where someone else plays on your account to raise your rank — is prohibited by the terms of service of most competitive games and can result in a permanent ban. Beyond the rules issue, the boosting industry has a significant fraud problem: services that require your account login credentials can simply steal the account, change the email and password, and demand ransom for its return.

The theft is often delayed, which is what makes it effective. The booster may deliver exactly what was promised, keep the credentials, and come back weeks later — after you have stopped watching — to strip tradeable items, hijack the account for resale, or use it for cheating that earns the ban in your name. An account that has accumulated years of purchases, progress, and linked payment methods is worth far more than the boosting fee, and you have handed over the keys with no contract and no recourse. Even 'honest' services trip automated defences with logins from unusual locations and sudden skill changes.

If you want to improve your rank, coaching services that watch you play and advise — without ever needing your login — achieve the improvement legitimately and carry none of these risks. If you have already shared credentials, change your password and linked email now, enable two-factor authentication, check for unauthorised purchases or trades, and unlink payment methods until you are sure the account is fully back under your control.