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"Gift Card" Scam,,,?? |
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desertjoe
Orange Level Access Joined: 23 Sep 2013 Location: New mexico Points: 13571 |
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Posted: 30 Jan 2020 at 3:32am |
Bout 8-9 months ago, I purchased a "something" from "Somebody" and received a $100 VISA gift card as a carrot for purchasing the first item, The problem is that the younger I get,,,the more I remember,,,!!! CHIT,,!! I stuck the gift card in my wallet and ,,,,,promptly forgot it or prolly planned to use it to buy presents for my friends or ,,?? Thing is,,,,it stayed in my wallet till I did a wallet lightenin last week and I fount it way back in the back.So, I go to walmart thinkin I'm gonna buy something for the wife,,and to my shock,,the card has a "ZERO" balance,!! WTF,,?? The expiration date is 05/25 and thet card had never seen a card reader before and after several tries at other stores I call VISA and am told they had NOTHING to do with this card as they sell several hundreds of thousands of these "Gift Cards" to numerous banks all over the world. They suggest I call "Card Services" number on the back. They also tell me the card has ZERO balance and cannot or WOULD not tell me how it come about with a "zero" balance,,,why not a $11 balance or a $3.21 balance,,,how do you get to a zero balance? They did tell me the card did go thru MetaBank in South Dakota, so I get on internet and find a number for one of the VP's and send him a text asking for help. He responds that he cannot help as he is in different dept but does NOT offer to give me the number of the right dept. I have texted him 4 times to ask him WHO in his bank I need to talk to to resolve this and now he will not respond. HMMMmmmmmm,,,?? The person at Card Services tells me that until I tell em WHO I purchased the card from, they cannot tell me any more info than thet. I think there is a SCAM goin on with these gift cards as this goes on deeper,,,the 2nd person I talk to at Card Services tells me the 3 digit "security code" on back does NOT match the 16 digit card number in front,,,,,HOW BOUT THAT CHIT,,????? I told her I have no control with thet number, so again she tells me card has zero balance,,,, Anybody had a similar experience? I'm fixin to send all this to the State Attorny General's office for their investigation as they have a special dept for just this thing. Somebody needs to invent a memory pill,,,,
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jaybmiller
Orange Level Access Joined: 12 Sep 2009 Location: Greensville,Ont Points: 22449 |
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Well VISA CAN track every transaction that was done on that card.. IF it's a legit card. If 'they' can't help, report/charge Visa with fruad and wirefraud( internet..).Also I'm thinking it's a FEDERAL crime, not just State. Too late now, but for all future 'cards', take to bank or business, have them 'scan' it and report what the balance is.
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DiyDave
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Or just consider all such gift cards as a scam...
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desertjoe
Orange Level Access Joined: 23 Sep 2013 Location: New mexico Points: 13571 |
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Best advice is to use them dang promotional gift cards AS SOON as you get one. I am almost positive this was a scam as the woman at card services told me the 3 digit code on the back does NOT match the 16 digit number on the front,,!!!! ALSO,,the bank that allegedly issued the card now will nOT answer my calls for assistance,,!! I'll bet they answer the State Attorney General's calls.
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Hubert (Ga)engine7
Orange Level Joined: 12 Sep 2009 Location: Jackson Cnty,GA Points: 6290 |
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Did your card require "activation" before you could use it? I got two of these gift cards in the last month or so, $300 from DISH for signing up and $50 from S&W. On both of them I have to call or go online to activate. Granddaughter took care of most of the DISH card on back to college clothes and I haven't even activated the other one yet. But yes, a lot of those cards are scams. One of the ways these companies benefit from legit cards is that people forget to use them or don't use the entire balance and a lot of them are limited as to where they can be used.
And Joe, definitely contact the attorney general's office because you shouldn't need a 3 digit code to use one of these cards. Yours is very likely a scam. Edited by Hubert (Ga)engine7 - 30 Jan 2020 at 9:27am |
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john(MI)
Orange Level Joined: 12 Sep 2009 Location: SE MI Points: 9262 |
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They also all have different fees. Some charge a monthly fee and transaction fees. You need to buy something immediately with the card to use the entire balance on the card. Then after a couple days return the item and get the cash. Most of them you can't use in an ATM. But in your case there probably wasn't anything on it from the get go! I got one for Xmas for Amazon. I went on Amazon and it took my information and put the card balance into my account. What was really sweet was that I found out I had over a hundred already in my account!
Edited by john(MI) - 30 Jan 2020 at 6:24pm |
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Ted J
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Yup, I've had that TRY to happen to me. When I bought "something" and got the card, I turned around and went to buy something from them worth $10 more than the card. They said I couldn't use the card there. DING,,,,,a light bulb goes on,,,,,,,,well then, I don't want that "something". Really made them mad at me. AW,,,,,,too bad.
They're hoping like Hubert says, that you forget about it and don't use it. Then all of a sudden, poof, it's gone... |
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desertjoe
Orange Level Access Joined: 23 Sep 2013 Location: New mexico Points: 13571 |
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Well,Guys,,,a bit of an update,,,,I got on the phone this mornin and after several hours and many,,many calls,,I finally reach a pretty little lass that gave me the best "tip" that I needed to start unraveling this clusterF***. She gave me a way to get past this Bank in South Dakota that initially purchased these gift cards from Visa, prolly by the hundreds of thousands. But you had to have the info to get past their road blocks to gain the info of where the particular card wound up at. I then called up that company's web site,,entered the 16 digit card number, and lo and behold there is a company I vaguely remember,in Calif.,,,, I call up their web site and there are several sites where they have been reported to the BBB for bogus gift cards and a few entries of one of the better known Home Security Companys,,,,DING, ding, ding,,,them little memory bells start going off in my head,,,then of a sudden I remember when we had a falling out with our THEN home security company,,,,they hooked me back up with a "new" permanent monthly rate,,,,,,PLUS,,,plus ,,,a Free $100 VISA gift card,,,!! AND that ain't all,,,I am now able to access their files for the transactions on "MY Card" that DO NOT show any actual charges or transactions, but do show a "ZERO BALANCE" for the first month and every month there after til Jan 30 2020. CHIT FIRE Almighhty,,!!! I immediately call ADT and am lucky to reach a sympathetic agent that has obviously been thru this CHIT before and she pulls up my file and there it is,,,,but,,,but,,,she does tell me that I have to call this company in Calif who ADT authorized to send out the promotional Gift cards as ADT has no control over that vendor. We figured out that the reason the gift card had a "zero Balance" was due to the 3 digit security code not corresponding to the 16 digit card number,,,henceforth,,there was never any money loaded into the card from the company in Calif,,!!!!! That may or may not been intentenal on their part but none the less they should have notified the end user,,,ME,, but like ole Hubert says,,,their MO is that people do not ever try to cash em in asap and they rely on that to make their money,,, The ADT agent is suppossed to call them first thing and submit a "claim" to get a new card issued to ole Joe in the next 2-3 days. They don't call me TJ for nuttin ,,,(thas TENNACIOUS JOE),,, Moral of this story,,if you ever get one of them Gift Cards,,,for goodness sake,,,use it up post haste or lose it for sure. Many THANKS for all the advise and support,,,I Love Ya'll,,,
Edited by desertjoe - 30 Jan 2020 at 7:58pm |
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Ted J
Orange Level Joined: 05 Jul 2010 Location: La Crosse, WI Points: 18821 |
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Well I'll be!! TJ.....hahaha, thas what they call me for short...first initial and last initial...I knowed we was brothers or sumptin. Wooeeee
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desertjoe
Orange Level Access Joined: 23 Sep 2013 Location: New mexico Points: 13571 |
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Yeah,,Ted,,,, TJ for short,,,,,But you know there ain't no tellin how many hundreds of thousands of times chit like this happens and most times companies profit from people waitin or like me just flat forgettin,,but I think they all in this together,,,Ya see,,the bank in SD just would not help me in any way tellin me over and over that they could not do anything and hiding behind the fact that I could NOT remember where or who I had got the card from,!! They had access to the info I needed all the time,, yet , I got no help for the consumer. I still plan to gather all the info with all the names of people I talked to and present it all to the State Attorney General who in NM has a "Task Force" for scam efforts against seniors. The Lady at ADT had already run up against this exact same thing and was more then happy to assist me, This must be a HUGE business as you see everywhere companies offerin "Free Gift Cards" which is OK as long as the populous redeem them as soon as they get em but first Write everything down somewhere cause you prolly gonna need to refer back to it later,,,,fact IS,,I was gonna place an order at Amazon and guess what,,,they offer a "Free $50 Gift Card" just for getting an Amazon Credit Card and reduces your order amount by that amount which in effect is a good deal cause you get the savings up front,,,then get the Amazon CC and don't use it then cancel at the end of the month,,,,,,
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shameless dude
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once a year our local farm store puts out gift cards right before Christmas, you give them $25.00 for a $30.00 gift card. but they can't be used until after Christmas. that is pretty good interest on your money if you go to that store a lot. a lot of farmers and business people will buy $1000.'s of dollars worth of them. I usually buy $500. of them, that's equal to $100. interest on your money. so for $500. I get $600. worth of cards. all good after about 2 weeks after purchase.
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Boss Man
Orange Level Joined: 03 Mar 2018 Location: Greenleaf, WI Points: 616 |
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I had 4 of them gift cards for Home Depot. 3 worked, 1 didn't. Lady told me to call the company because the 1 that didn't probably didn't get loaded right
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