Apple Cracking Down on iTune Gift Card Hacking/Fraud

Apple Cracks Down on Gift Card Fraud - PC World

Apple Cracks Down on Gift Card Fraud - Ginny Mies, PC World

It all seems innocent enough: Someone received an iTunes gift card for their birthday, but they don't have an iPod, so they're selling it on eBay. And to encourage you to snap it up, they're offering the gift card at a price that's $10 or $20 less than its face value. Sounds like too good a deal to pass up, right? Unfortunately, there's a strong possibility that the gift card was bought with a stolen credit card or was hacked (see "Hacked: $200 iTunes Gift Card for Only $2.60"). For a while, people appeared to be using such gift cards without repercussion. But more recently, Apple seems to be quietly mounting a campaign against fraudulent iTunes gift card offenders.

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