scammer asked for a photo of my card. OK; no problem. He can't use it without the Redemption Code, r

[ry-998401]

Everyone needs to know this. Do not fall for the eBay gift card scam

[ry-998401]

scammer asked for a photo of my card. OK; no problem. He can't use it without the Redemption Code, right? So this should be safe.

But wait, then he asks me for the last 4 digits of the Redemption Code. Which, as we all now know, gives him the keys to the kingdom, and my card, which once had $100 on it, now has $0. Because the other digits are all in plain text on the card!!!

Bottom line: it's ingenuous for Ebay to say the card can't be used without the Redemption Code, implying that you'd need the ENTIRE coe. True, you need the entire code, but eBay GIVES AWAY the first 9 characters unmasked, in plain text, in plain sight.

[eburtonlab]

@ry-998401 

Why are you posting an exact copy of another user's post from 2021 without attribution?

https://community.ebay.com/t5/Payments/Gift-card-scam-asking-for-last-4-digit-code/m-p/32456659#M145...

Never reveal any gift card codes or provide photos of gift cards to anyone. Gift cards are for giving as gifts to people you know, or else for making purchases on ebay.com by entering the code directly into the checkout page.

The folks reading here already know this.

Anyone you do not know asking you for gift cards or gift card codes is trying to take money from you.