Apple Gift Card scam concerns for elderly senior citizens

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Seatim1957a Author

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Apple Gift Card scam concerns for elderly senior citizens

I purchased a $25 gift card for Apple for someone that was wanting to see me. I’m at elderly senior citizens and they talked me into buying them $25 gift card and $110 gift card and I wanted to find out how to use that because I never saw a person in my house and the person never did anything, but blow me up online and gaslight me whatever that means, so I am out all this money and I have lost over $80,000 in the last four years

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iPad, iPadOS 17

Posted on Oct 21, 2024 1:54 AM

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Answer 1

varjak paw

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Oct 21, 2024 4:45 AM in response to Seatim1957a

Goverments and consumer agencies have been trying to educate people for years about these scams, but unfortunately people do still fall for them. For information, see:

https://consumer.ftc.gov/articles/avoiding-and-reporting-gift-card-scams

As Yer_Man said, this is not really an Apple issue as such, though you can report the scam to them:

About Gift Card Scams - Official Apple Support

but it's really a matter for the police, though it's unlikely that there will be anything they can do to help you.

Regards.

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Yer_Man

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Oct 21, 2024 1:58 AM in response to Seatim1957a

Call the police. It's a police matter.

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