Steam Gift Card scam?
On 29/05/2021 11:58, tim... wrote:
"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".
some people like the idea of giving gift cards instead of money, they
consider it a more thoughtful gift.
gift cards wouldn't exists if there weren't such people
gift cards are, in the majority of cases, only in existence because
unimaginative people "have" to give a present to someone that they do
not care about and the shops know that..
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Adam
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