Payment demanded by gift card? It's a scam - From Scamwatch 26.03.2019

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In case it is not obvious, the change here is that the warning now covers all types of gift cards. Supermarkets have had warnings about e.g. iTunes cards for quite some time.

You would have thought that it would not be necessary to issue that elaboration. :frowning:

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Thank you, Person! I was wondering why this was news, as giftcard scams have been aorund for a while. They are now targeting all kinds of giftcards. Coles may need to update their awareness campaign about the iTunes giftcard scams.

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Coles staff prevent a gift card scam.

https://www.oversixty.com.au/finance/money-banking/coles-staff-rescue-woman-from-costly-scam

Well done Coles.

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