Monday, June 3, 2024

Scammed

 Well daughter L finally scratched her birthday gift card that we gave her from Walmart.  Her birthday was back in April.  It had a zero balance!  We were scammed!  Their customer service says the card was used the day after purchase.  They say the card was not tampered with and that we used it.  I feel they should remove the gift cards from the open shelves they are somehow being compromised. This happens a lot these days.  I called the customer care number at the back of my credit card and they have opened a dispute case for me.  Hopefully I can get a refund after investigation but nothing is certain.  

Be careful out there! My neighbour says she gets e-gift cards but I think those can get scammed too.    

23 comments:

Iris Flavia said...

How sad and scary.

Ivy's Closet said...

Oh, that is terrible. I hope you can get the money back. Lots of worries these days. And I thought it was bad when we didn't get our drink from KFC recently.

Kathy G said...

How awful!

Busy Bee Suz said...

That is terrible. I didn't think you could get scammed if the pin wasn't scratched off.

gigi-hawaii said...

Awful. So far, that has not happened to me.

Martha Jane Orlando said...

What is this world coming to? I sure hope you can get to the bottom of this, Christine.

Valerie-Jael said...

That's really disappointing, so sorry to hear it. Wish you in spite of it all a good week! Hugs!

CheerfulMonk said...

That's too bad! My daughter found out that someone managed to take money out of her bank account. The bank put a lot of it back, but she has to get a new account number and tell everyone who is doing ACH the new number. Yuck!

DUTA said...

Hopefully, you get a refund.

My name is Erika. said...

Sorry to read this. I've heard of this scam. Hopefully you can get your money back.

DrumMajor said...

Thanks for the heads up. I didn't know that could happen. Seems like green cash may still be a good idea. At a recent niece's graduation, it was funny watching her open gifts of cards with cash and checks in them from the elder folks. We almost had to tell her what to do with it all and how to deposit and spend it! Linda in Kansas

Hena Tayeb said...

Oh no.. that is horrible!

Jenn Jilks said...

I hear you.
We'v e been scammed out of $1550. I don't know how they got my bank card info. Jerks.

Christine said...

Linda cash is best for sure!

Christine said...

So sorry Jenn.

Bleubeard and Elizabeth said...

My friend Sally gave me a $50 gift card for my biothday one year. I didn't use it for six months and they denied it because I had not used it immediately. Sally and I got scammed in a different way. I feel for your daughter.

Christine said...

Elizabeth gift cards here now have no expiry luckily.

Pam said...

The world we live in just seems to get worse by the day

J.P. Alexander said...

Uy que pena ojala te den el rembolso. Te mando un beso.

Lowcarb team member said...

Oh dear, this is not good.
I hope you will get your money back.

All the best Jan

Kay said...

Oh no... We just bought one. I hope it's OK. Yikes!

baili said...

sorry for all the trouble
no such gift scammed here in our city until now

DeniseinVA said...

That's awful Christine! I'm sorry to hear this.