Because example steam kids want steam funds but their parents are scared to use their credit cards so they buy a giftcard wich you can reedem...without using a credit card get it? For online stuff but if youre buying a food restreraunts giftcards thats just idiotic
Loke said in the news report the use programs that continuously enter the code until its been activated then when they enter the code and it works it will stop
@@iconicmoments1428 sometimes the scammers don't even wait for you to open it. It happened to me i was like wtf 😒 they stole $100 I will never buy no gift cards they are not safe I called customer service they said to investigate we need your name number address your day of birth I was like no way I don't give my personal information to some unknown representative who knows what they will do with my personal information I don't trust no vanilla Gift cards I don't trust no Visa gift cards they are not safe I hope all this scammers get caught and put in jail where they belong.
Best way is to buy the ones in the back n get cards that are sealed. Most retailers fo not offer fraud protection or refund. So u pretty much buy on ur own risk.
That's why I prefer gift cards that hide the barcodes and have a magstripe instead even though Mag stripes are still skimable thieves are less likely to swipe a gift card and you have to scratch to reveal the code to enter online
We just gifted a Home Depot gift card that was purchased at a Fred Meyer store for $100. When they used it, there was only 17 cents in the card. We went back to Fred Meyer where we purchased it. They said they are aware of that problem. They did not refund our money, but gave us a phone number to call. I will report this to our local law enforcement and our local news stations. And, no more gift card purchases from us from here and on until a better system can be put in place to avoid this problem.
Lol, My dad bought a gift card 10 years ago and it said it was expired, so he told me to bin it so I tried to redeem it cause I thought it wouldn't work anyway so i got £15 LOL I told my dad he said keep it
It's best to use a credit card? lol don't listen to this lady unless y'all wanna be in debt. NEVER purchase a credit card. If you're not using cash or your debit card then you're already at risk. Go ahead and purchase a credit card because having one already says you already can't afford that item and that's why you're borrowing the money in the first place.
Uhm NO. A credit card is safer than a debit card since it is not connected to your bank account. You don't need to carry around a thousand dollars in cash....get mugged......use your credit card, the purchase is insured with many card companies in the event something happens with the purchase or the transaction. When the card bill shows up....pay it with the thousand dollars which has been sitting safely in your bank account.
+Tyler Campbell Pretty much every wealthy person in the world has multiple credit cards. Having a credit card does not mean you cannot afford something. Your post is sheer ignorance. Many people use it for convenience, pay it off at the end of the month so there is no interest and get 1-2% cash back, along with other perks that you will not get with cash. Sounds like you have never owned a credit card.
a credit card is better then handing a 100 dollar bill to a McDonald employee just to get an ice cream so u can get change, but then getting rejected because they don't have change for a 100 dollar bill because cash registers only have a minimum of about 100 dollars in cash because of robbery's. ._.
In the UK, you have to scrape off a metallic strip on top of a number, which makes it incredulously obvious if it is stolen, as it cannot be replaced or repaired easily.
it's pretty simple to see if the gift card has been tampered with the piece of paper is taken off or the numbers have been scratched off it doesn't take no common sense
Here in Sweden, the gift card does not work until you pay the money and then they activate the code so it works, here is a simple fact. Non-paying gift cards will still be inactivated until you pay the money. after you pay they will activate it and the money that you paid goes to the gift card itself. Paid gift cards is an activated one and mostly secured ones, and the code will work, because you have exchanged your cash to an digital money. If you don't use your gift card for 48 hours then there is a change that is has been expired and mostly are no longer valid for use.
From the buyer's perspective, giving money as a gift isn't even HALF as fun as buying gift cards for the person. Also by giving a gift card, you're helping the store of said gift card to stay in business.
If you use the gift card to buy something online instead of putting ur real credit card info it’s safer to use a gift card you just put the numbers of the card and ur address and that’s all.
I don’t normally do this but the vendor proved himself and i was happy. He’s a legit and reliable vendor. He sold for me sometimes ago and it worked well... HMU for details
In the UK when you get gift cards there's just a piece of card in tell you go to the cash point were they print a recitet of the gift card which has the code in
Why are Apple and Walmart saying they cannot give your money back? Their saying well you lost out on your money and cannot get it back even though you did not use it! WTF what do you do?
Well... you can always go to the store again and get a new card. This happened to me and I just went back to the store and the nice lady gave me and my younger bro new gift cards.
I was scammed as well. I bought a 30$ Xbox gift card and only one of the 3 cards were activated and the other two were deactivated. So sketchy I was pissed and they didn’t get my money back but I got it back another way so I ain’t tripping.
One day I went yo Wal-Mart to buy a Google play gift card, when i was there i saw a 7 year-old Girl grabbing and putting a gift card of Roblox in her backpack, then i follow the girl quietly and then i said to her mom that her daughter steal a gift card, the mom grab her backpack and the girl was crying and then the mom punish her, and the mom gave me money to buy the gift card by warning her lol.
Editing Queen.17 What is your point? Its exactly the same in the U.S. they even explained how it works in this video, just because you live in Canada doesn't mean your gift cards are different from the U.S. your gift cards are still made by the same companies as us.
The gift cards in the UK are suppose to be scratched off to get the number. It will be impossible for the thieves to actually take the number unless they scratch it.
*Go to the official site of top 10 American department stores for distributing $100 gift cards and coupons* twitter.com/CouponsAuctions/status/708922676790829057
most places that have gift cards you can check the balance online or transfer the balance onto another card so you don't have to carry around a few cards with a few dollars on each.
well... im still a kid and I dont have any credit cards to buy apps from itunes so i think for kids is better of to buy giftcards cause WE know that if our mom saw us holding their credit cards BOOM! were dead
This is why in Indonesia, we have guards protecting stores, set up dummies so people won't just steal stuff and security scanners on every single opening
In Game they now don’t have gift cards on the shelf they just have the card saying how much it is so when you buy it they give you a receipt with the code on instead
Sameul Ahmed They take a pic of the code and gift card codes only work when it is payed for so the thieves wait for someone to buy the card to be activated and they spend it
Now you've told more crooks how to steal gift cards slow claps to you!
BRANDO lkr
I'm here reporting for duty!
BRANDO
Lol ya ima try this
they haven't and giftcard don't work that way there is a reason you have to scratch a security code to use
yeah after watching this im totally not going to buy another gift card.... because now i can just steal them.
lel jk
Just give money. Problem solved
ye i dont understnad why need gift card when its only 100$ u couldve just used money
Mets 170 yes that is true.
It's for online sometimes
SCISSORKICK104 not if u wanna buy something online and u don't have a credit/debit card
Because example steam kids want steam funds but their parents are scared to use their credit cards so they buy a giftcard wich you can reedem...without using a credit card get it? For online stuff but if youre buying a food restreraunts giftcards thats just idiotic
1:02 Damn lady cant press the button 😂
xd
Question, how does the scammer know when it's gonna be activated ? Typically I use 100 % of my pre paid card less then an hour after purchase
Loke said in the news report the use programs that continuously enter the code until its been activated then when they enter the code and it works it will stop
Just spend it quick
@@iconicmoments1428 sometimes the scammers don't even wait for you to open it. It happened to me i was like wtf 😒 they stole $100 I will never buy no gift cards they are not safe I called customer service they said to investigate we need your name number address your day of birth I was like no way I don't give my personal information to some unknown representative who knows what they will do with my personal information I don't trust no vanilla Gift cards I don't trust no Visa gift cards they are not safe I hope all this scammers get caught and put in jail where they belong.
They scratch the back of the card take a pic and enter it in when the card is bought they redeem it
Thats why its better with scratch off gift card like steam does
Also playstation
except all giftcards have a scratch security name. ALl major ones at least
Drew W. in japan it's all scratch
Drew W. gaben is a gaynius
And robux cards
Costco solved this by using cardboard on their shelves and than they give the actuall card at checkout
I thought they did it only with online game codes.
Wait NVM
Same even over here in the UK Asda aka Walmart but just UK's version did that to.
Always shop at costco
That’s really smart I would have never thought of that. All stores should do that.
Oh that’s why they did it
Buy one from the middle.
Calvin behind
or the back it's what i do
Calvin yociukv
Calvin kksv
More complicated than that. The tampered cards come from foreign countries as entire shipments.
Just keep gift card at a safe place and get them when someone want to buy them...
Problem solved
Yea
Just grab the card at the very back problem solved
Steeel whole stack is cloned son
Steeel gu,cci
Steeel then u gotta remove them all
Ajay Parthibha so that doesent really matter. But good point.
I was thinking that too
"Your better off using cash" then use fucking cahs
I use roblox cards
Best way is to buy the ones in the back n get cards that are sealed. Most retailers fo not offer fraud protection or refund. So u pretty much buy on ur own risk.
Gift cards are a joke
DeezNutzz Gaming - ps4 games debit cards are better, credit is only used in a rush if you know how to use them.
Yep..got burned once and will never buy another and will discourage anyone from buying them.
shrewdmeister no they are cards lol (sarcasm)
shrewdmeister what if you don't have a credit card use a gift card
no gift cards gave me robux
I thought I was the only person that knew about this until I saw this video.. Thanks a lot!
That's why I prefer gift cards that hide the barcodes and have a magstripe instead even though Mag stripes are still skimable thieves are less likely to swipe a gift card and you have to scratch to reveal the code to enter online
Lol did they have to get money for that?😂 1:07
They probably just flexing on us y’all, showing us some cheap money while my mom here rolling on 100 bucks 😂
Thanks now i can do that (sarcasm)
you can't though
Gabzo Avro Unless ur Anonymous. I'm sure they can hack anything :D! even impossible codes.
Battlebro56 😂
LightningKraze u ignorant.
Battlebro56 Yu Fatygay
Wow crooks steal gift card numbers because they can't afford stuff themselves
Nebby and The cosmog revolution no shit...
I bought one at Shoppers Drug Mart in Canada and I phoned the toll free number and disputed it and they sent me one through the mail.🇨🇦.
We just gifted a Home Depot gift card that was purchased at a Fred Meyer store for $100. When they used it, there was only 17 cents in the card. We went back to Fred Meyer where we purchased it. They said they are aware of that problem. They did not refund our money, but gave us a phone number to call. I will report this to our local law enforcement and our local news stations. And, no more gift card purchases from us from here and on until a better system can be put in place to avoid this problem.
Lol, My dad bought a gift card 10 years ago and it said it was expired, so he told me to bin it so I tried to redeem it cause I thought it wouldn't work anyway so i got £15 LOL I told my dad he said keep it
LoL
Gift cards have an expiration date 😑
2017 goes to u dude
@@moabdullah9453 yeah they expire
@@Babumoshai.. not always some of them last along time
Simple Solution: Instead of making gift cards peelable, make them required to be scratched.
Thanks to this video i actually think my credit card may have been scammed. This video taught me about credit card scams
Lmao that google duo ad where the dude is waving his finger in front of her face pretending to be touching her face
It's best to use a credit card? lol don't listen to this lady unless y'all wanna be in debt. NEVER purchase a credit card. If you're not using cash or your debit card then you're already at risk. Go ahead and purchase a credit card because having one already says you already can't afford that item and that's why you're borrowing the money in the first place.
Uhm NO. A credit card is safer than a debit card since it is not connected to your bank account. You don't need to carry around a thousand dollars in cash....get mugged......use your credit card, the purchase is insured with many card companies in the event something happens with the purchase or the transaction. When the card bill shows up....pay it with the thousand dollars which has been sitting safely in your bank account.
I do it for google play
what about cards that are for games?
+Tyler Campbell
Pretty much every wealthy person in the world has multiple credit cards. Having a credit card does not mean you cannot afford something. Your post is sheer ignorance. Many people use it for convenience, pay it off at the end of the month so there is no interest and get 1-2% cash back, along with other perks that you will not get with cash. Sounds like you have never owned a credit card.
a credit card is better then handing a 100 dollar bill to a McDonald employee just to get an ice cream so u can get change, but then getting rejected because they don't have change for a 100 dollar bill because cash registers only have a minimum of about 100 dollars in cash because of robbery's. ._.
this was 7 years ago! look at the whole different classic look and style of everyone in the video... it’s really 2021 now!
Ye
In the UK, you have to scrape off a metallic strip on top of a number, which makes it incredulously obvious if it is stolen, as it cannot be replaced or repaired easily.
Am having an apple bee's gift card but no one can redeem it for me
Can you help me redeem it please
It does not matter if you buy them with a Credit or debit card.
Well I can trust roblox gift cards
XDDD
daryllee roblox gaming lol
daryllee roblox gaming same
daryllee roblox gaming LOL
daryllee roblox gaming same
so that's why my redeem code didn't work
edi. 乡 not yours lol
edi. 乡 shit nigga take that shit back🤣
i can’t be the only one who misses 2013 so muchhh😩😩
Why not just put them behind the cash register?!
1 Like = 1 Scammer Gets Arrested.
No oder.
MossRBLX & KillaRBLX & iiHorsez RBLX 🤣
77 scammers are now jailed **claps**
MossRBLX & KillaRBLX & iiHorsez RBLX nooooo
but the problem is that they wont to get arrested cuz of likes.
Sometimes you can’t tell if a gift card has been tampered. Your dough on those cards could fall into the wrong hands.
1:34 I come home after school and check your channel every day. I love you bro
Mom-"get one from all the way in the back honey so you dont get robbed of your allowance"
Me-"how is that supposed to help???"
your profile picture matches lmao
That Happened To Me But In New York City!!! They toke my $100!!!😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
anyone who give a gift card as a present over cash deserves this
My friend did but it was a google play card but i have apple
If you know someone loves a particular store then why not
@@xidiamond6851 because its dumb
This is why I get the ones in the back instead
it's pretty simple to see if the gift card has been tampered with the piece of paper is taken off or the numbers have been scratched off it doesn't take no common sense
I’m the U.A.E where I live when the cashier scans it you get an extra receipt with the numbers
Same
1:10 “Hey hold up cash when you say ‘your money’ it’ll look cool”
Just look if the behind is scratched or not.
Someone just stole over 150 dollars from mine. I’m devastated
Just get the last card on the rack and it's not opened the end
Is nobody going to talk about the man in the background just looking at the camera 1:40
Why should we stay away from auctions giving away gift cards? Is it like a fake card that you pay for, then it doesnt work, is that why?
Here in Sweden, the gift card does not work until you pay the money and then they activate the code so it works, here is a simple fact.
Non-paying gift cards will still be inactivated until you pay the money. after you pay they will activate it and the money that you paid goes to the gift card itself.
Paid gift cards is an activated one and mostly secured ones, and the code will work, because you have exchanged your cash to an digital money.
If you don't use your gift card for 48 hours then there is a change that is has been expired and mostly are no longer valid for use.
Ok, wtf why pay for a gift card, your limited on where to buy stuff with cash you can go where ever you want and buy what ever you want
People buy gift cards as GIFTS for other people. Handing someone 50 bucks and saying "happy birthday" is viewed as tacky by most people.
Rainbow Room ok then get them a Visa card so it's not "tacky" and it's not limited to one areal
I think GC is as tacky as cash. If not more
From the buyer's perspective, giving money as a gift isn't even HALF as fun as buying gift cards for the person. Also by giving a gift card, you're helping the store of said gift card to stay in business.
If you use the gift card to buy something online instead of putting ur real credit card info it’s safer to use a gift card you just put the numbers of the card and ur address and that’s all.
I don’t normally do this but the vendor proved himself and i was happy. He’s a legit and reliable vendor. He sold for me sometimes ago and it worked well... HMU for details
They should put the gift cards behind glass with lock and so that when shoppers want one they will need to get a employee to open it
stephanie romero that is a pretty good idea
I mean at the Walmart I go to they have the razors behind glass and then they have batteries behind glass
>Talks about gift card thieves
>Demonstrates stealing one
1:00 that lady is the crook!
SCREAMS
IM CALLING DA COPS
Yeah but how do you know when it's activated?!
Snoop keep trying the code hourly ig
It's when they scan it. That's why a gift card won't work unless it's scanned by the register guy
krushil jariwala he asked : how does he know when he can use it cause someone needs to buy it and the thief doesn’t know when he can use it.
He can keep a close eye on the buyer and when they purchase it he can walk away as if nothing happened
In the UK when you get gift cards there's just a piece of card in tell you go to the cash point were they print a recitet of the gift card which has the code in
Half of these people watching are scared that they are gonna buy a gift card for vbucks and think someone is gonna steal it
Ohhhh so that's how, thank you for the tutorial, I subbed :) and I put a like
Y’all just gave them ideas-
Now that’s why when you buy them they activate from the store
Why are Apple and Walmart saying they cannot give your money back? Their saying well you lost out on your money and cannot get it back even though you did not use it! WTF what do you do?
0:57 the reporter actually steals the card
It’s a joke
Forgot to switch accounts?
Inky the Ghost lmao
This showed up in my recommended after listening to Teejayx6
Wait can u still buy them?
Lol
But he does credit card fraud
Well... you can always go to the store again and get a new card. This happened to me and I just went back to the store and the nice lady gave me and my younger bro new gift cards.
Why do they even let the number be seen without purchasing it first
I was scammed as well. I bought a 30$ Xbox gift card and only one of the 3 cards were activated and the other two were deactivated. So sketchy I was pissed and they didn’t get my money back but I got it back another way so I ain’t tripping.
She probably blinks in her sleep to LMAO
One day I went yo Wal-Mart to buy a Google play gift card, when i was there i saw a 7 year-old Girl grabbing and putting a gift card of Roblox in her backpack, then i follow the girl quietly and then i said to her mom that her daughter steal a gift card, the mom grab her backpack and the girl was crying and then the mom punish her, and the mom gave me money to buy the gift card by warning her lol.
In Canada you can't use a gift card without scanning it at the Register yeah
Tabbycat. Slimes should i buy vanilla gift card from seven eleven?? Is it fast to register?
Editing Queen.17 I am guessing that it is also in USA. I know that it detects if the card was already tampered with at checkout in canada
Same in Ireland
i dont think u understand this video at all
Editing Queen.17 What is your point? Its exactly the same in the U.S. they even explained how it works in this video, just because you live in Canada doesn't mean your gift cards are different from the U.S. your gift cards are still made by the same companies as us.
I never thought of that
BRUH 😭 YALL CAN'T TAKE THIS SERIOUS ''steal the whole stack'' 😭😭😭
Thanks now I know how to buy my family Christmas i wait to spend somebody else's money lol.
Check if the piece that cover the barcode is ripped off before buying it
2019 no one 😭
Sleepy Poo me
2039
ahhh 2013 when life was good🥺
Wrong life was good back in the 2000s and the 90s and '80s. 2013 is when everything started going downhill.
And she just took a picture when you spending all their money so who is the thief now😂😂😂
The gift cards in the UK are suppose to be scratched off to get the number. It will be impossible for the thieves to actually take the number unless they scratch it.
how do they steal it just with the barcode? I dont ge it!!
*Go to the official site of top 10 American department stores for distributing $100 gift cards and coupons*
twitter.com/CouponsAuctions/status/708922676790829057
+Tsachev Power put $100 on one, give me the bar code and I'll show you before you get home.
most places that have gift cards you can check the balance online or transfer the balance onto another card so you don't have to carry around a few cards with a few dollars on each.
Tyler Campbell lmao
i have figured it out and i stole already a few...
well... im still a kid and I dont have any credit cards to buy apps from itunes so i think for kids is better of to buy giftcards cause WE know that if our mom saw us holding their credit cards BOOM! were dead
Minty Anim
Lol ya
Minty Anim Save ur money. Spend it wisely :D.
Even if you use your parents's credit card, they'll get an email or bill so you would be caught and probably grounded anyway :(
exactly! when i save up enough i go get an american express gift cards and spend it on things i need 😩
This is why in Indonesia, we have guards protecting stores, set up dummies so people won't just steal stuff and security scanners on every single opening
In my country they only sell gift card at the cashier so no thieves can steal code.
Thanks! Can't wait to shoppin' with mom! Lol
i bought a roblox card at walmart. said it already got used
xx Lollipop Pups xx rip
xx Lollipop Pups xx it yourself use on your computer
You can look back at code see it right
Buying a roblox card was the problem in the first place /s
Dang sorry..
In Game they now don’t have gift cards on the shelf they just have the card saying how much it is so when you buy it they give you a receipt with the code on instead
Police: how can we stop theft of gift card money
News: how about we show them how to do it!
Wow I got scammed
Raven Official same
1:00 (Leaves it there for someone to get scammed smh)
SmilerRyan But she left the tab open for another person to see or take a picture of the code.
SmilerRyan yeah most likely
So. Not only have you prevented a few people from not buying gift cards, but provoked even more crooks to start doing this. Cheers to you 🤨
Yet, they are still sold with a reputation like this. Go figure..
look left on 1:40 he is blushing so hard XD
buttkick3000 XD
buttkick3000 Lol poor guy
MochiChuz Sansy! Maybe its so cold
XD
buttkick3000 hahahahhah
Happening in Canada too but they make fake gift cards
In Sweden you have to scrape of a layer to get to the code
I can't stand scammers
Well shit
I’m surprised nobody figured that out before now all u do is take a pic of the bar code like if u agree
Mr SaltShaker123 not anymore you gotta scratch it to reveal the serial and pin
Me: Ha! Scammer get scammed.
Scammer: but my finger slipped.....
Only some people will understand this comment save the world
stw is kinda ded now
...and NOW how in the hell am I suppose to pay my taxes when the IRS calls me up????? 😟
I Always buy gift cards from the End of the back
Logic idea ever I have seen
How the fuck they can spend it but they did not look at the number
Sameul Ahmed
They take a pic of the code and gift card codes only work when it is payed for so the thieves wait for someone to buy the card to be activated and they spend it
they can't though as most have a scratch security code. Something the news failed to mention
Not all gift cards
look back before you buy
razor blade dumass
Singapore used gift card that needs to be scratched and sticker but once u remove the sticker it can’t stick
Thats exactly what my best friend did on my birthday. She gave me a $25 Amazon gift card, but when I redeemed it, all the money on it was used...
Durv what the fuck are you doing here?
ZaZ TV lol