It’s amazing how much of the fraud-economy is enabled by Gift Cards.
I wonder if removing gift cards would stop fraudsters or what they’d move onto next.
I wonder if removing gift cards would stop fraudsters or what they’d move onto next.
Gift cards are just too easy to buy and use, and the people selling them aren’t paid to care what you do with them. Bitcoin ATMs might be what would replace gift cards for scams, but these are harder to use than gift cards
Gift cards are not fool proof either, anyone who touches it along its existence can extract funds, as everyone who touches it would see the card number and pin. so there is implied trust what dealing with them.
Cloned valid cards are where it’s at nowadays.
Cloned debit cards, credit cards, or gift cards? And if debit or credit, how could they be cloned if they have a chip? I assumed chips protect cards from that and skimming.
I wonder if those "discounted" cards you see are actually an artifact of money laundering where illicitly-obtained cards (from victims of phone scams?) are being laundered.