Apple Gift Card Scam?

[Oldfart]

Lately I am seeing ads on Facebook promoting massage services.
When I ask for details they reply that they only accept payments via Apple Gift Cards.
This was a red flag for me, so I did not pursue them any futher to see how it actually would play out.
Is there a scam involving Apple Gift Cards, and if so, how does it work?

 

[Forum mod]

Total scam. You buy a gift card and they want you to send them the numbers from the back. Once they have them, you never hear from them again and the card is drained immediately.

 

[asf_post]

As Forum Mod said, that's how the scam works. Apple Gift card is one of the most popular these days, so that's what they use. Other times they will prefer other cards. As long as people stick with cash only, and exchange the cash in person, it is safer (that still doesn't eliminate cases where the scammer use other excuses to get you out, once they get the money though).

 

[MikeHawk696]

Total scam. You buy a gift card and they want you to send them the numbers from the back. Once they have them, you never hear from them again and the card is drained immediately.

wasn't this topic brought up in the past?

 

[Forum mod]

It's been discussed over and over. Almost no legitimate use of gift cards exists, except for a few providers who will take one for a deposit. Absolutely NEVER use them with randoms, especially those posting on Facebook. No legit sex worker posts about services on social media sites, they know they will get banned.

 

[MikeHawk696]

It's been discussed over and over. Almost no legitimate use of gift cards exists, except for a few providers who will take one for a deposit. Absolutely NEVER use them with randoms, especially those posting on Facebook. No legit sex worker posts about services on social media sites, they know they will get banned.

yet some people still are naive and fall for it.

 

[Larry's Torch]

wasn't this topic brought up in the past?

It's hard to find a topic that hasn't been.

 

[MikeHawk696]

It's hard to find a topic that hasn't been.

i guess i hit a deja vu then...

 

[Larry's Torch]

i guess i hit a deja vu then...

Where have I herad that before?

 

[MikeHawk696]

Where have I herad that before?

🎶Don't you know that I heard it through the grapevine (oh, I heard it through the grapevine)🎶

 

[Lady Companion]

I don’t think there is any Scam specific to Apple, but with gift cards in general, once you send the code and it is applied, there is no recourse in getting the money back.

The reason Apple may be showing up more often in scams is because it’s a gift card that can be used internationally. Whereas if somebody was to send an Uber gift card, that specific to the country where the gift card was purchased.