I thought this article was appropriate to share here, please see link below. It is unbelievable how creative people are to scam others. I never particularly liked gift cards, but now I have one more reason...
"A hacker takes the card off the rack, writes down the gift card's number, and scratches off the strip on the back of the card to get the security code. "
"The crooks can see as soon as someone activates the card"
"the crook then starts a roundabout process of laundering the money"
"he might place an ad on a site such as eBay for an item that he doesn't actually own"
"The crook, meanwhile, uses the money loaded onto the stolen gift card to purchase the console from, say, Amazon, which ships the game player right to the buyer."
https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/gift-card-scam-crooks-drain-182052432.html
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"A hacker takes the card off the rack, writes down the gift card's number, and scratches off the strip on the back of the card to get the security code. "
"The crooks can see as soon as someone activates the card"
"the crook then starts a roundabout process of laundering the money"
"he might place an ad on a site such as eBay for an item that he doesn't actually own"
"The crook, meanwhile, uses the money loaded onto the stolen gift card to purchase the console from, say, Amazon, which ships the game player right to the buyer."
https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/gift-card-scam-crooks-drain-182052432.html
Mods: please remove this thread if it already exists or is against the rules.