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the email took about a week to send for me

it's possible that  they misspelled my email but i said it multiple times before they made the purchase. also the friend says they were immediately billed after the purchase was made.

i doubt that

he already has

getting pirated isnt a thing, pirating means illegally distributing something that isn't approved by the creator (like a free version of among us)

that looks like a scam

someone went on the purchase website and, putting my email address in the "purchase as gift" option,  bought among us as a gift (I'm on Windows) and there aren't any among us files or any emails even mentioning a gift. i didnt have an itch account at the time of the purchase but it says that you don't need one in order to receive the gift.