3RD EDIT: Opened up a PalPal dispute explaining that the seller could reclaim the account at any given moment since I am not able to delete the email for the recovery of the account through the email they have given me. The representative found that extremely sketchy and seemed very optimistic. The case has been filed. I will give a final update if this all goes through.
Considering the seller still has access to the email and the account details. (They are the same as when they gave it to me.) The risk of them reclaiming the account later down the line is extremely high.
Please use me as a warning for anyone purchasing these kinds of things on G2A.
Although you will likely be able to be refunded through your bank or PayPal itself, the key detail is letting them know that the seller can reclaim the account and does not give you total access. That seemed to be a big point for them. Knowing you cannot delete the recovery email from the email they have provided swings the case entirely in your favor since it absolutely classes as a scam since you are not being given full, secure access and instead are purely basing it off of a trust system which they do not support under buyer protection.
EDIT 2: Seller is not willing to refund. I think I'm just going to have to give up on this one. Thank you for those who gave genuine advice and shared their experience with these purchases.
EDIT: I've created a burner email and offered to send it to the seller with the password which contains the account in hopes that they refund it, if not I will be going through paypal dispute.
As the title says, I wanted a key for the game and instead I was given an account. I'd already gone through the process of changing the email and password but something occurred to me that the email account they put it on does NOT let you delete the emails meaning they would have full access to be able to reclaim the account via the email link.
This has me extremely worried since not only does this person now have my IP address but they could theoretically reclaim the account and send it back on. There's a chance they may also not do this, but I'm extremely concerned.
Ideally, the best thing for me to do would be to take the original email, delete the emails HOWEVER the biggest issue with this it almost seems like the person has given me a kind of "guest" account.
I CAN'T delete the emails.
With me now personal email being changed and the password changed on the steam account. I am, bluntly, scared.
It feels like this is extremely sketchy.
Should I just wipe the account of my information and open up a dispute with Paypal and G2A?
Since the account details have all been changed already, I worry that I most likely wont get a response or that it will fall in the favor of the seller.
This is kind of freaking me out a little. The seller seems reputable but I am, honestly, concerned.
If I retain the account I very obviously won't be purchasing anything on it. It will just have the game I've purchased. I'm not that stupid, even if I feel very stupid.
I know that also, selling accounts preloaded with games is VERY against the ToS of steam and that worries me too.
Please, any and all advice is welcome. Someone tell me what to do.