Originally Posted by
pheoxs
Did she buy it used from someone? Or from the store.
Either way chances are someone grabbed a stack of gift cards, scratched off the code on the back to capture the pin and the card number, then put them back on the shelf. Then someone buys it and loads it up .... the thief then does a balance transfer to a new card in their possession.
It's a very common scam unfortunately. It's also common on kijiji too. You can buy the sticky/scratch shit from sites too so someone can even get a 500$ gift card, scratch it off, record everything, cover the code back up to make it look semi-legit and then resell it for 80% value. As you drive out of the parking lot they're in their car moving the balance.