haha..Nothing is going to happen..I wouldnt even worry about it.
So its fine if I buy and sell? ?!?
I know, I'm dumb. But I'd rather be clear then stretched.
haha..Nothing is going to happen..I wouldnt even worry about it.
So its fine if I buy and sell? ?!?
I know, I'm dumb. But I'd rather be clear then stretched.
Selling stolen ones could land you in some trouble...but buying them online from people that you have no clue how they got them...I wouldnt worry about it.
I bought myself a $200 iTunes card more three years ago. I id some digging and found the original thread (...link iLounge, I'm thenerd). While my credit was fine through the couple years I worked through the credit, I later learned that it looked like stolen credit cards were the source. If you look on page 4, you will see that one person's credit was removed. Purchases were left on the account.
One person out of how many buyers?!?
I posted that to question the legitimacy of the source of the iTunes credit more than the chances of of the credit being removed. Still, it is a very tempting offer.
I ran across this thread while researching iTunes gift card fraud, and felt I needed to share some informtion with all of you, especially those of you who think nothing of purchasing these deeply-discounted cards from online auction sellers because you believe that the seller is buying in bulk or has made a deal with Apple.
This week, over $500 worth of fraudulent iTunes purchases appeared on my bank account. The majority of the transactions were in increments of $50, with a few at $100 and $200. I contacted my bank to dispute the transactions, and they said that it- to state the obvious- that someone stole my debit card number. I had to cancel my card, file complaints, and am still going through the hassle of not only the inconvenience of not having easy access to my bank account, but also of waiting to get my stolen funds refunded.
I contacted Apple, and the customer service representative told me that the person set up a fake account and used my card to purchase online gift cards, which are basically just a code used to add funds to an iTunes account. He said that there's a widespread problem of people doing this and then selling the gift card codes on ebay, usually at a steep discount. He advised me to contact my bank to report the theft, and that Apple would work with them to be sure that I get my money back. Also, he had access to the gift card numbers purchased with my stolen credit card number and said they'd be cancelled.
So, here I am, waiting for my money... my money... to be returned to me while some thief is profiting on ebay.
I hope that all of you continue to purchase these stolen cards will realize that Apple isn't the only one who's harmed by this new form of black market sales. (And just because it's on ebay doesn't make the sale of stolen goods any better or more legitimate than buying it from the guy in the van on the corner. It's still considered receiving/purchasing stolen goods, and it's still illegal.) Innocent people are harmed, too. Granted, yes, the person whose card number is stolen will get his money back- eventually, but stop and think about this before you hit "Buy it Now" to get one of these cards: Would you want someone you love, or even yourself, to have to go through the inconvenience that these thieves are putting a lot of people through just so you can pay $95 for a stolen $200 iTunes gift card?
Luckily I have enough in the bank to get by until I get the money back, but what if this was your 90-year-old grandmother on a fixed income or a single mom who's barely scraping by as it is? Imagine how a theft of $500 from their bank accounts might effect them? The fact that the money is refunded after the theft has been discovered in no way lessens the impact of the crime, and it in no way makes it any less serious. Theft is theft, and these people who sell these stolen gift cards, as well as those who knowingly support their trade by purchasing these cards, will hopefully be prosecuted to the full extent of the law.
Apple does not "discount", have "sales" or anything else on these cards. Anyone that has been working with Apple products long enough knows that.
It was eight years ago and the scam has long since been shut down.Hi, I can't find this guys on eBay now. Could you send me their email address or anything I can contact them? Thanks.
Is it a hoax? Why do people still bought this apple gift card.It was eight years ago and the scam has long since been shut down.