Steam Gift Card scam?
"Rod Speed" wrote in message
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"ARW" wrote in message
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On 29/05/2021 08:24, Tim+ wrote:
John Rumm wrote:
On 28/05/2021 17:23, Tim+ wrote:
Davey wrote:
A friend has asked me to buy £00 worth 0f Steam gift cards as a
present
for her niece, and asks that I scratch off the backs to reveal PIN
numbers, and then send a photo of them to her. This sounds weird to
me,
is it some kind of scam?
Its a scam, 100%. Been covered on several radio programs.
Tim
Given the information presented so far - that is not at all clear. Yes
it could well be, but it could also be legit depending on the
circumstance.
If the friend had asked face to face I doubt the OP would have posted
here. The requirement to send photos of the numbers rather than posting
to
a known address is also a huge red flag.
Yes, remotely it could be legitimate but given that this is a well
recognised scam doing the rounds at the moment leads me to strongly
suspect
that this *isnt* genuine.
+1
If it was legit then a normal person would ask for a bank transfer of
£300 to a known bank account and not use "scratch cards".
Plenty dont. A mate of mine repays me cash instead of using
an instant bank transfer even tho I have told him about the
better way more than once now.
until we recently changed the system, bank transfers ran the risk of you
accidentally transferring the money to the wrong account number and having a
mare are getting it back
handing over folding money has no such risk
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