On 29/05/2021 13:25, Tim+ wrote:
John Rumm wrote:
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.
So given the possibility that there are genuine cases where this might
not be a scam, you accept that calling a poster an idiot for *asking the
question* was rather hash?
It was Rod. I wouldnt normally make such accusations but I make exceptions
for him. ;-)
If it was, sorry I had not realised that was one of his socks... in
which case feel free to call him anything you like :-)
John, you are without a doubt the fairest minded and most reasonable person
in this group but I think youre bending over backwards to legitimise what
is 99.9% certain to be a scam in this case.
Yes, there is a tiny possibility that its not but given the amount of
money, for a relation of a friend, by a means that most folk are not
familiar with and requesting the codes by photograph is just waving so many
red flags that Im a bit amazed that you consider it possibly legitimate.
I fully agree that it sounds scammy (and as you might expect with my
job, I do spend lots of time looking at such things!) however since
there was scope for it being legit I was reserving judgement until more
was known.
(also Steam gift cards seem a less ideal way of recovering useable cash
when compared to many of the other more easy to spend or refund options
available)
--
Cheers,
John.
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