2018-12-04 at 5:21 PM UTC
a friend of a friend of a friend of a friend of a friend of a friend of a friend was browsing a popular dnm the other day and came across a couple vendors who sell gift cards to restaurants and stores for very cheap. like $100 to a restaurant for $10-15. after some research this person found that these gift cards are most likely purchased with stolen credit card information, and need to be used very shortly after buying before the theft is discovered and the gift card is deactivated.
it seems like a pretty good way to get really cheap good food, but can you get in trouble for doing this? i mean if you got caught somehow couldn't you just say you bought the gift card on craigslist or something? it seems like you could get away with it easy, as long as you don't do it all the time
2018-12-04 at 5:35 PM UTC
YES there was an olive garden counterfeit never ending pasta pass scam going around also
2018-12-04 at 6:06 PM UTC
Here is a similar scam a colleague at compaq used to do.
He'd go in the system and get a customer credit card number along with their info etc.
He'd set up a hotmail address named something like "Prizewinner@hotmail.com" and an amazon account using the above info.
He'd create a 2nd hotmail account for himself.
Using the first account he'd buy a $500 gift card from Amazon using the 'stolen cc' info. Amazon allowed you to redeem these electronically rather than sending you a physical card...you got a "redemption code".
Then from the "prizewinner@hotmail.com" email address he'd send an email to himself (The 2nd hotmail account he created) saying something like
"Congratulations from Amazon! you have been randomly selected to receive a $500 gift redemption code as part of our latest promotional program! Simply redeem the below code and receive $500 credit to spend how you wish on Amazon"
He'd then create an amazon account using the 2nd (his) hotmail and redeem the code...then spend the $500 on stuff...when he showed me this it bought a DVD player and a bunch of movies (this was back in 2000/2001 when DVDs were the shit).
The stuff got delivered a few days later and he never heard anything about it.
Al this was done btw from different computers at compaq...he used one computer in one department to be the "buyer" and one in another department as the "seller" so if IP tracking etc was done he could act dumb and the "illegal" transaction couldn't be tied to him.
2018-12-04 at 8:32 PM UTC
I think the plot is thickening. lots of scammers out there. schemers and spammers.
apparently if it's not 900 dollars is what I was told. it's not a major felony. but what is a felony is ID theft.
2018-12-04 at 8:39 PM UTC
Narc
Naturally Camouflaged
[connect my yokel-like scolytidae]
I remember seeing these for sale on silkroad and every other feedback was saying theirs never worked and calling it a scam. Yet there were plenty saying it was good tho and thanking the seller.
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2018-12-04 at 8:42 PM UTC
Possession Of Stolen Property
If they are bought fraudulently, and you bought them, you better have a good alibi with evidence to back that you bought them. Your attorney will like this.
How likely will the gift cards be deactivated though?
Do they really even investigate that far?
What if someone uses the CC info to buy a Vanilla Visa, and then uses that to buy a gift card for Red Lobster? Will the Red Lobster gift card be tracked down and deactivated?
