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Giant_Aspirin
12/07/22 12:15:38 PM
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saw a post on reddit where some lady is talking about how she almost bought a gift card with a fake barcode. apparently a scammer glued a fake barcode on top of the physical card, so when it gets activated at the register, the money goes to the scammer account instead of the gift card.

video: https://www.reddit.com/r/interestingasfuck/comments/zf0xuy/how_scammers_get_your_gift_card_information/

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Alucard188
12/07/22 12:18:59 PM
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Shit, this happened in Ontario? Good way for them to get free booze I guess. Geez.

Just to expand on OP here, it's not going into the scammer's account, per se. What the person did was take a barcode from another gift card and paste it over top of one that is far more likely to get purchased. The LCBO is the Liquor Control Board of Ontario - a crown controlled dispensary of liquor. They have stores all over the place.

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__starsnostars
12/07/22 12:42:46 PM
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I have friends (who happen to be in Ontario by the way) who purchased psn cards that were already used up with a fake bar code stickered over the new one. It took a long time but they eventually got a refund through Shoppers Drug Mart for the fraudulent cards.

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Questionmarktarius
12/07/22 12:44:48 PM
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Just give cash.

All a gift card is, is less-useful money.
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Stagmar
12/07/22 1:26:10 PM
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Questionmarktarius posted...
Just give cash.

All a gift card is, is less-useful money.
How do I get my PS4 to accept cash? I tried putting it in the slot, but my balance wont increase.

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Questionmarktarius
12/07/22 1:30:00 PM
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Stagmar posted...
How do I get my PS4 to accept cash?
https://www.playstation.com/en-us/support/store/ps-store-paypal-payment/
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Stagmar
12/07/22 2:54:32 PM
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Questionmarktarius posted...
https://www.playstation.com/en-us/support/store/ps-store-paypal-payment/
I was joking around, but now I have to seriously ask how would that answer my joke question? As far as I know Paypal doesn't accept cash.

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EyeWontBeFooled
12/09/22 4:08:56 PM
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Stagmar posted...
I was joking around, but now I have to seriously ask how would that answer my joke question? As far as I know Paypal doesn't accept cash.
PayPal accounts can be tied to a bank account.

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Stagmar
12/09/22 6:51:21 PM
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EyeWontBeFooled posted...
PayPal accounts can be tied to a bank account.
Ah, that makes sense. Thank you.

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EyeWontBeFooled
12/10/22 2:19:43 PM
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The convenience store nearest my place just swipes the mag stripe and gets signatures.

She's pretty good at her job

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