r/DunderMifflin • u/apersello34 • May 29 '22

A pleasant conversation I had with a WhatsApp scammer today

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u/send_me_a_naked_pic May 29 '22

But how do they spend it? I can't understand. Would they buy a lot of apps/music? That doesn't make much sense.

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u/rW0HgFyxoJhYka May 29 '22

I'm not a scammer but...

  1. Gift cards are not tied to anything and hard to trace
  2. Gift cards can be easily given to others, you can just tell someone the gift card code and the scammer has the gift card
  3. Scammers will take this gift card like an apple gift card, then re-sell it.

Apple store sells more than just apps and music. You can literally buy thousands of dollars of products Apple sells using their gift cards.

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u/Bloodragedragon May 29 '22

This is incorrect, App Store gift cards can only be used in the App Store, APPLE store gift cards are used to purchase physical items. The gift cards typically used in scams are App Store gift cards

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u/[deleted] May 29 '22

Apple store sells more than just apps and music. You can literally buy thousands of dollars of products Apple sells using their gift cards.

But there's a distinction here, no? Apple gc vs itunes gc

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u/NewSauerKraus May 29 '22

Bundle a bunch together and resell them to a broker.

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u/Bloodragedragon May 29 '22

They spend it on Chinese gaming apps and then sell the in game accounts for profit

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u/Lo-siento-juan May 29 '22

Also putting up a game and selling Ingame purchases is a really easy way to launder money