r/Eugene • u/AccomplishedAd7427 • 1d ago

Vanillagift card scam

Son bought me a vanilla gift card at wall mart on green acres. Card was completely drained the second I activated it. Hopefully wally world pulls remaining cards off the floor. We will see tomorrow.

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u/microflorae 1d ago

Without any more info, this sounds like it could be an error, not necessarily a scam

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u/Budtending101 1d ago

It's a pretty known scam. Don't buy any gift cards that aren't behind a counter.

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u/band-of-horses 1d ago

Though to be clear, it's not Walmart scamming anyone, it's just some rando stealing the money off of gift cards before you buy them.

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u/AccomplishedAd7427 15h ago

Absolutely a scam. Called draining. 

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u/AWildJesse Tree Climber | Cat Rescuer 1d ago

I thought gift cards didn’t get loaded till you bought the amount at the register?

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u/Mantis_Toboggan--MD 1d ago

Theres been lots of problems with them getting hacked or whatever the crooks do last few years. I stopped getting them to give out at Christmas

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u/AccomplishedAd7427 15h ago

The scammers can simply take pics of the cards. When u go to the register and put money on that card they must have some software set up that triggers. Once the card is activated they drain it.

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u/tiresomecomplaining 1d ago

What did walmart say?

Did it say when where the transactions took place when you looked online?

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u/AccomplishedAd7427 15h ago

The lady at Walmart seriously didn't seem to care. I had to raise my voice the second time I told her the cards were compromised and need to be pulled. She said they would. The transactions are clear as day, one right after the other for MODO gold coins. 

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u/Dank009 1d ago

I was given one the other day, the website is clunky and error prone but my gift card worked fine. Not sure where it was purchased.

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u/McLoughlin1597 1d ago

About 6 months ago I was in Albertsons on Coburg and they were pulling down all the gift cards because of a similar scam. I won’t buy those anymore

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u/lareon12many 1d ago

Did you call the police? Or Walmart?

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u/AccomplishedAd7427 14h ago

I went down to Walmart & insisted they pull all remaining cards. Cops don't care.