I have read so many of the scammers asking for payment via steam, iTunes, and other gift cards. How does that make them any actual money? Short of on selling the codes for less than their worth…

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I have read so many of the scammers asking for payment via steam, iTunes, and other gift cards. How does that make them any actual money? Short of on selling the codes for less than their worth…

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>Short of on selling the codes for less than their worth…

There you go; that’s the answer. They scam someone for a $100 gift card, then they sell the $100 gift card for $80 cash as a “great bargain”. Now they have cash in hand, and they have multiple layers of innocent victims to cover up their tracks.