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When someone is legitimately trying to redeem 25-35 gift cards bought over time for a total of $2k, it is dastardly and horrible of Apple to block him. When sc
by pwinnski 4y ago
When someone is legitimately trying to redeem 25-35 gift cards bought over time for a total of $2k, it is dastardly and horrible of Apple to block him.
When scammers trick people into buying gift cards for them, and the scammers later redeem them, say 25-35 of them bought by victims over time for a total of $2k, it is dastardly and horrible of Apple to not work harder to stop the scammers.
I happen to believe the OP here, but it's really easy to see how this happened, and why Apple's people could feel like they're doing a Good Thing™ here.
- alymaly 4y agoMy colleague recently bought a phone and also activated gift cards. There were about 10-12 of them (it was an iPhone 13 Pro) and there were no problems at all.
- pwinnski 4y agoTo be honest, that doesn't make you sound less likely to be a scammer. But more to the point, it could easily be that it takes 15 or 20 cards within a short amount of time before the automated systems are triggered. Apple has a lot of data on how scammers operate, and has dealt with scammers many, many, many times, and probably continues to refine their checks periodically. Still assuming you are not a scammer, you are definitely unlucky.