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So, you’ve been using Bluebird for a while and you have maxed out your monthly limit of $5,000 worth of Vanilla Reloads. Are you going to wait the rest of the month and not do any manufactured spending? Of course not! There are many other ways to MS.
In fact, there are hundreds of different prepaid cards that work similar to Bluebird. Visa and MasterCard Gift Cards Bluebird is definitely the greatest MS machine, however, gift cards are the next best thing. The process is relatively simple. First, you need to find a store selling Visa or MasterCard gift cards that you can buy with a credit card. This is much easier to find than a store selling Vanilla Reload cards that can be bought with a credit card. Also, note that the above picture of a Visa gift card, is actually a Vanilla Visa gift card, because it is sold by the Vanilla Reload Network.
This is why it is very easy to mistake the different types of Vanillas when you are first starting out. Gift cards have a higher fee than VRCs. It is usually somewhere between $4.95-$6.95 per card. Some gift cards can be loaded with $20-$500, however, some are a flat amount such as $50, $100, $200.
After you have some gift cards in your possession, you will want to get a PIN on each gift card so you can liquidate them. How you put a PIN on the card will depend on the gift card.
Some you have to call a number and set up a pin, some let you type in any PIN when you use it to buy something, some use the last four digits of the card number for the PIN, some will print a PIN out on your receipt and some need you to set the PIN up on their website. This will vary by gift card, so make sure to read the pamphlet that comes with the card. Once you have a PIN on your card, it is time to liquidate them. My personal preference is to buy money orders with the gift cards and cash out the money order.
To do this you go to Meijer, Walmart, or any other supermarket or gas station that offers money orders. The cost and limits differ per store, but I found Walmart to be the cheapest option. They charge $0.70 per $1,000, whereas Meijer charges $0.65 per $500.
Most stores will take debit cards as a form of payment for a money order and since your gift cards have a PIN, they are basically debit cards. Just make sure to let the cashier know, if you will be paying a certain amount on multiple cards. During Office Max’s great promotion last week, I was able to buy 6 – $200 MasterCard gift cards for $1161.70. With those gift cards I went to Meijer, since it is much closer to me than Walmart, and asked for two money orders in the amount of $499.35 and one money order in the amount of $199.35, to counteract the $0.65 fees.
I simply swiped all six gift cards for $200 and was good to go. Once you have the money orders you can deposit them into your bank.
If you are like me, you probably have never had a money order and you don’t know how to use it. It is basically a check that you can make out to yourself and then deposit it into your bank account, like you would a normal check. Is a good article on filling out a money order if you have any issues.
As a side note, money orders are commonly used for money laundering, which is illegal, however you ARE NOT doing anything illegal by buying money orders with gift cards. That does not mean the bank will know this. If they see you depositing $3,000+ a day the bank will fill out a SAR (Suspicious Activity Report) that will inform the IRS that you are depositing large amounts of money orders. Again, what you are doing IS COMPLETELY LEGAL, so you technically have nothing to worry about if they fill out an SAR, however I wouldn’t want the IRS looking into my finances. What I do to avoid this is only deposit $1,000-$2,000 a week, in three different checking accounts.
That way I have a smaller chance of something like this happening. Amazon Payments is the cheapest MS method, however, it has a much smaller monthly limit than the other options. With Amazon Payments you are able to send or receive $1,000 per month via a credit card. They don’t even charge you a percentage for using a credit card! You do need a legitimate reason for sending money via Amazon Payments to avoid the risk of being shut down, but it could be any reason, such as to lend someone money, pay a friend back, or something similar. You will also need a friend for this method, but it is the easiest way to get $1,000 worth of MS. You cannot send a friend $1,000 and then have them send it right back, or you will likely have your account shut down.
You also cannot sign up for multiple accounts and send yourself money or you will likely have your account closed. You can sign up for Amazon Payments. Other Prepaid Cards There are hundreds of different prepaid cards that work similar to Bluebird.
A few examples are My Vanilla Debit, Momentum, PayPal Prepaid, Moneto, GoBank, and Serve. I will be posting in-depth reviews on a few of these prepaid cards and how they compare to Bluebird, however, if you are itching to learn more about these prepaid cards, check out. They have a lot of first person experiences that are very informative. Notes. Use your credit card for everything.
Pay off your bill in full every month and do not miss a payment, otherwise manufactured spending will turn into real spending. Stay organized. Organization is key in the game of manufactured spending. if you have any questions, don’t be afraid to email me.
Gift cards have caused quite a headache for retailers in the last month, exposing another way that fraudulent activity can eat into razor-thin profit margins. Gift card fraud can range from physical theft to cloning to exploiting programming errors on the merchant side. The methods of attack are very similar to what is seen with credit card fraud, but gift card fraud is less widely reported in the news. The reason is that, unlike data breaches that involve credit cards, personally identifiable information (PII) is rarely disclosed.
Regardless, it is important for both merchants and customers to know how gift card fraud occurs, so they can recognize the behavior and protect themselves. On June 1 st, Australian retailer Woolworth’s that led to AUS $1.3 million worth of gift card numbers being leaked online.
Several weeks prior, Starbucks had two high-profile gift card incidents – one involved a security researcher that that allowed him to transfer card balances between cards without deducting any value, and the other involved the auto-load feature on cards that allowed fraudsters to quickly drain attached bank accounts. According to by Brian Krebs, Starbucks itself was not hacked – the customers were. The article goes on to explain that customers often use the same username/password combination across multiple sites and when a website is hacked, cyber criminals will often take the password dumps and try them on multiple sites. This is what most likely happened to the Starbucks customers; it’s very inconvenient and costly to the victim but avoidable, if good password habits are used. There are many ways to commit fraud using gift cards and they are very alluring, for many reasons.
First, and foremost, there’s a low chance of being prosecuted. The dollar amounts on each individual transaction are relatively small and not enough to garner the attention of large law enforcement agencies that have the ability to catch the perpetrators. Second, it’s very easy to commit fraud. Lastly, it’s easy to convert gift card value into money or merchandise. How is gift card fraud commonly committed? There are three primary categories of fraud: Hacking accounts As described earlier with the, thieves can hack into gift card accounts and quickly drain them of money.
If the auto-load feature is turned on, within seconds, a cybercriminal can quickly rack up charges and start the process of moving money off the compromised gift card account. Another common route is using gift cards to quickly monetize the value in other hacked accounts, such as credit card rewards programs or hotel points. This is how it works:. A cybercriminal will obtain the username and password to a person’s credit card rewards program, usually through reused credentials or malware. They will log in and check the value of the account.
For example, let’s say it’s $5,000. Credit card redemption programs offer many different items they can redeem in exchange for points.
Several problems exist for the fraudster. They can’t exactly redeem for golf clubs – where would they ship them? Cash back is either redeemed as statement credit or sent as a check to the cardholder – also no good. Gift cards, however, are a perfect way to quickly monetize the hack. The redeemer instantly gets an e-gift card number that can be spent immediately, meaning the fraudster can exchange $5,000 worth of points for $5,000 worth of value on an e-gift card.
The site will give the fraudster a gift card number on the spot, which can be printed out and used in-store or online. The fraudster will then use a service that converts gift cards into cash, such as. One can usually get 60% of the face value of typical gift cards on sites like this. There are also physical kiosks in malls that offer the same service. The fraudster can now effectively convert a point or rewards on a hacked account into real cash.
Stealing numbers and cloning cards Another very common method of gift card fraud is committed is through stealing numbers off physical gift cards. Gift cards work essentially the same as credit cards with a mag stripe—the gift card number is printed on the card for manual key entry and is also encoded on a mag stripe on the back of the card. The mag stripe number is plain text and can be read with a mag stripe reader purchased for $15 from eBay or an electronics store. Gift cards may or may not have an additional level of security, a PIN number covered with a coating, similar to a lottery ticket, that needs to be scratched off. Mag stripe reader from an Ebay auction; June 20, 2015 Some merchants, such as Starbucks, do not require the customer to enter in a PIN number when using the card. The customer simply swipes the card and they’re good to go.
Other merchants do use PIN numbers, which offers an additional layer of protection – the redeemer needs to have the physical card in possession in order to use it. Gift cards are not usable until they are activated at the cash register. In many stores, gift cards are sitting out in an accessible place. People have been known to steal a stack of cards, bring them home, write down the numbers (or script it out using a mag stripe reader) and then sneak them back into the store and place them on the shelf.
Brazen criminals can write down or take pictures of the numbers down right in the store. From there, it’s a waiting game. Most merchants offer a way to check gift card balances online – the fraudsters will repeatedly check balances on the merchant’s website and wait until they are activated by a legitimate purchase.
When they are, transferring balances to another card or converting into cash by using a third-party redeemer drains the balances out. There are no reported incidents of POS skimmers used to grab gift card numbers, but this attack would work as well. The addition of a PIN number can delay a fraudster, but not deter them entirely. They can scratch off the coating, revealing the PIN and replace it with a new sticker easily purchased from eBay. Scratch-off stickers for sale on Ebay; June 20, 2015 This type of fraud is fairly low-level and does not result in a huge loss to the merchant, but is quite a shock to the customer when the recipient of a gift card tries to redeem it and finds that the balance is zero. Some retailers will reimburse the customer with the face value of the gift card, but this ends up being a reputational hit for the retailer, as well as a headache for the consumer.
Acquiring numbers in bulk Slightly more difficult, but much more rewarding, is to acquire gift card numbers in bulk from the issuers, merchant, reward redemption program, etc. This can be done through a multitude of methods, including phishing, SQL injection, social engineering and accidental disclosure.
Accidental disclosure is exactly what happened at Woolworth’s, where an employee at the company had a spreadsheet with 8,000 gift card numbers, totaling AUS $1.3 million. The employee accidentally sent the email to more than 1,000 people. Anyone who received the email could immediately go shopping or start to convert the gift card numbers into cash. Advice for retailers In-store security is important. Store gift cards behind the counter or locked in a cabinet. It’s not advisable to leave them out in an area that is publicly accessible because of the high probability someone will perpetrate one of the scams described above. It’s even more important to have good policies and procedures in place for the central handling of gift cards numbers.
First, require a PIN for the use of a gift card. Next, on a corporate policy level, never store the gift card PINs with the gift card numbers – keep the two separate. Last, limit online balance look-ups to several per hour, maximum.
Advice for customers The best advice for customers buying gift cards is to only buy gift cards from reputable merchants. Always look at the physical card and look for signs of tampering, such as a scratched off and/or replaced PIN number. Most importantly – keep your receipt. If you get the card home and find it drained of funds, you may be able to recoup your losses by going to the merchant that sold the card or the store where the gift card is redeemable. Gift card fraud is pretty unsexy when compared with the latest nation-state threat actors exploiting multiple 0-day vulnerabilities, but it is a significant problem that drains money from retailers and consumers alike. By being aware of how this fraud is committed, we can spot the scams and protect ourselves.
See how solutions like Tripwire equipped the Walgreens-Boots Alliance to continuously monitor and protect the business, while ensuring systems are reliable and secure. About the Author: Tony Martin-Vegue is a 20-year Information Security veteran with expertise in network operations, cryptography and. He’s worked for large global organizations, leading cyber-crime programs, enterprise risk management and security programs. He is a blogger and host of The Standard Deviant Security Podcast, a podcast that, with candor and cleverness, holds up a mirror to industry truths. Tony holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Economics from the University of San Francisco and has many certifications such as CISSP, CISM and CEH.
He can be found on the web at and on Twitter. Editor’s Note: The opinions expressed in this guest author article are solely those of the contributor, and do not necessarily reflect those of Tripwire, Inc. Title image courtesy of. Another common gift card fraud is for criminals to buy gift cards with stolen/fraudulent credit cards and then either resell them at a discount on a gift card site, or use them immediately. It generally takes a few days for the credit card fraud to be detected and by then, the card may have been passed on to a third party (who then has a useless gift card that has been cancelled by the retailer) or they've used up the gift card at a nice restaurant or expensive merchant.
Buyers should beware – why is someone selling a gift card at 15% off or 20% off? Who would buy a gift card and then sell it such a steep discount? Someone who is laundering money or who bought the card with a fraudulent credit card – that's who. Tony, Thank you for this! I'm a UX architect designing interactions for an online retailer. I'm getting some background on whom I need to protect my client against and how they get in. Can you clarify one thing?
When you say 'They will log in and check the value of the account' do you mean a human logs in and actually looks at each account (and I need to design for a human), or do you mean a hacker writes a script to automate logging into as many accounts as possible and checking the value (so only threat protection technology will help)? I had my $300 target gift stolen too.
I had it added to my target.com account. Today there was $0 balance on it. I called the gift card department and reported it stolen.
I was told that it was used in a physical store about 350 miles from where I live. The problem with target giftcards is that the gift card codes and bar codes can be accessed via mobile app. I am suspecting someone hacked into my account using a mobile app and got access to gift cards there. Just wondering if you have received a replacement card from target?
Back in Nov 2015, I had bought a $100 gift card for a friend baby shower at Target in Irvine. There was nothing wrong with the card. Everything was still in-tact, no tampering whatsoever. My friend then went to the Target store and try pay with the Target gc I bought for her and the clerk told her it’s has zero balance.
I’ve spent almost 2 hours talking to different customer support from Target gc, and they told me that someone has converted the gift card into a mobile gc. Therefore they cannot replace the gc for me since it’s has zero balance. Obviously there is some type of fraud going on here. If a person were to steal the gc, they will definitely spend it all so how can there be any balance left. I even gave them my friend mobile number to the representative. After verifying the system, the target rep told me the number that the gc was converted was not the same number as this one.
I already know it’s not going to be since my friend has no idea how to convert the gc into a mobile gc. What frustrated me the most was there was some type of fraud and Target is not willing to take any responsibility for it.
How can I trust buying any gc from the store when there is absolutely zero balance? You would think a store as big as Target would help consumer like us. Instead they just told me to file a police report about the gc and that was it. Luckily I was able to call my Chase credit card. I explained to them the situation and they are willing to credit back $100 to my account.
From now on, I would be hesitant to buy any gc from Target even if it’s at the store. I was given a card as going away gift at a job I worked for 18 years last week. I found it was a generous amount of $210.00 (the amount was written on the front of the package because it can be loaded for $20-500). Tonight about 6 days later, I removed it from the packaging, and I didn’t notice any signs of tampering. The sticker on the front of the card did say it was active & ready for use. I found that statment odd because I’ve always had to activate the ones I’ve been given in the past.
So I went to the website, I wasn’t able to log in because it said the card number & security number do not match. I called the 866 number tried entering the same info, no luck. I get a person on the phone & she tells me she doesn’t find any info on the card number.
She can’t tell me if it was ever loaded or reported stolen or ever had a balance. She kept telling me to read the terms and conditions.
I read every page plus the FAQ on the site, and no where does it address this situation or how to go about fixing it. I feel terrible thinking about my coworkers all chipping in to get me this card–and frankly I need all the help I can get until I have income coming in again–but I’m not sure what happened to their $210 or why they cannot give me any info whatsoever regarding their card number they manufactured & sold.
The website is mygiftcardsite.com & it has the VISA logo. I recognize the packaging, and I am fairly sure I’ve received or given this brand’s card in the past. I don’t know what to do. I feel embarrassed contacting my past employer asking about it. How awkward that would be. My brother gave me a Target gift card for my birthday.
He didn’t write an amount on the back so I called the number on the back of the card, got the balance ($50.00) and put the card in my wallet. Two days later, I did a little shopping online, got my gift card out, proceeded to complete my purchase and discovered my gift card balance was now $0.00.
I called Target and was asked if I photographed my card with the access number visible and posted it online. UmNo, I wanted to use the card, why would I do that? Why would anyone do that?
I was asked if I tried to sell the card. Again.I wanted to USE the card. I was told I may or may not get a new card. The card number was used in Brookhurst, CA.
I live in Dade City, FL (was visiting family in Orlando, FL when I received the card). Don’t understand how someone got my card access number when I’m the one that pulled the strip off the back so I could enter the number into the target system to find out the amount. Also don’t understand why it’s my fault.
And why I’m out $50.00 because their are assholes out there that would rather steal from people than get a job.
Vanilla Reload Scam Vanilla Reload Scams: How They Works (with videos below) Vanilla Reload is a convenient way to load funds to your prepaid cards or online accounts. Unfortunately, criminals found alternative ways to turn this into their advantage by victimizing people all over North America. There are five variations of the scam. Feel free to read, educate yourself, and make your family and friends aware of these scams by sharing them, using the buttons provided.
Let's take a closer look: Variation 1: Offered Loan Scammers impersonate loan companies willing to help you with cash. In order to get your loan you are required to pay fees for transactions and insurance. The company will justify that by saying they want to ensure you are not a criminal trying to get the money and run. Watch the video below to see in detail how the prepaid card scam variation 1 occurs - not only with Vanilla Reload cards, but also with Green Dot/ MoneyPak or Ukash cards. Variation 2: Adding Credit To Your Card - Extra Zeroes This variation itself has two ways to unfolding: a.
If you are an avid Twitter or Instagram user, you might notice tempting posts (or comments posted on purpose on celebrity pictures, so millions of people can see them) stating: 'Real People Making Real Money Guaranteed' or 'How I Will Make You Money Quick'. The scam is mostly aimed at people who are naive, need money, and actually click on the links provided to follow the instructions.
Scammers have their profile pictures typically full of images showing cash and promising to create the same wealth for you. A phone number is provided, as well as several fake testimonials from others who apparently benefited from their services. As soon as those interested in 'making money guaranteed' contact the 'seller', he instructs them to purchase a Vanilla Reload debit card, then add money to it. The owner of the card has to scratch off the back, and give him the security PIN. By doing so, it gives him access to all the money on the card. Here is how he says he'll make you money: 'I have a specific computer software that I use. Once I access your Vanilla Reload account, and the time on the receipt when the card was purchased, I'm gonna simply add zeroes in the system. Once I add a zero to that amount, it's going to turn hundreds into thousands.
It's going to cost you $50 per card' says the scammer. In a nutshell, the crook admits to jailbreak the system, but the victims don't mind, as long as they are promised to make money. The issue is, once users give away the PIN on the back of the card, scammers wipe and steal the money linked to the card.
Not only the victims lose all the money transferred to the card, but another $50 sent to the scammer beforehand. The second way you can get scammed by this variation is when the criminal impersonates somebody working for Vanilla Reload or any other reloadable card (MoneyPak/Green Dot). Watch the video below to see a victim explaining exactly how she got scammed. Variation 3: Awards, Lottery, Prizes Scammers call hundreds of households per day with various fake offers, sweepstakes and prizes – and give the recipients the whole speech about 'not needing a credit card or debit card to redeem it'. Typically, the fraudsters require the 'winner' to pay only a small 5% of the whole amount, representing an 'admin fee'. 'We only take Vanilla Reload cards, for the safety of our customers', they might say.
Relieved by the fact that they don't need to provide personal info or bank account numbers, several victims give their card code for phony registration fees, fines, or any other redeemable prizes. Variation 4: Purcahsing Stuff on eBay, Craigslist, Gumtree Whatever item scammers 'sell' on these sites, they require the payments via Vanilla Reload, persuading the victims to load money into their card and then to send along the serial number. If you do that, your card will be emptied almost instantaneously. Justifying this, scammers come up with a good reason for requesting the payment. 'I just got my wallet stolen and had to cancel all my accounts, sorry for the inconvenience'. Variation 5: TV Channels Upgrade The scam involves calls to customers, offering every channel DirecTV offers for only $365, or a dollar a day, for a year.
The customer is even offered a free preview of all the channels as 'proof' that the caller is really from DirecTV. The victims, now with the proof they were looking for, agree to the terms of payment, which involves using Vanilla Reload to transfer the money to the 'company' for the additional channels.
The caller tricks the victim into giving his DirecTV account information. Another accomplice in his gang then calls DirecTV and pretends to be the customer asking for an immediate upgrade to all channels. Therefore, when the customer wants proof, they are able to offer it by showing accessibility to all channels. The scammers will tell the victim that they will be out in a few days to complete the upgrade. Of course, no one shows up.
How To Avoid The Vanilla Reload scam: Internet software might be a beautiful thing, but don't be naive. Money are not made that easy. You should never do illegal things anyway. On the other hand, you can't win a lottery you never entry for. Always refuse to pay somebody you never seen before with the Vanilla Reload card.
However, keep in mind that the same scam could pulled by criminals not just asking you to use Vanilla Reload, but other reloadable cards as well, such as MoneyPak, Ukash, or Green Dot. Treat these cards like cash - you give it away, you won't have it anymore. How To Report The Scams Make your family and friends aware of this scam by sharing it on social media using the buttons provided.
You can also officially report the scammers to the Federal Trade Commission using the link below: How to protect yourself more: If you want to be the first to find out the most notorious scams every week, feel free to subscribe to the. You'll receive periodical emails and we promise not to spam. Last but not least, use the Comments section below to expose other scammers. Related Articles and Pages. Africans are scammers and I pray to become the world president some day where I can deal wih Nigerians. They are rippers. I lost a whole lots of money to this criminals who scammed me.
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I bought 6 One Vanilla Prepaid Visa Cards in the amount of $500 Each on June 7, 2016. I gave the Card Numbers to a man who called himself 'Dave,' who said he was an Ebay Motors Representative. I thought I was purchasing a vehicle through Ebay for $3,000. On Wednesday, June 8, 2016, he told me that I would have to deposit another $1,500 for 'Shipping Insurance.' I got suspicious, and, after repeated calls to him, and hang-ups from him, I requested a full refund.
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Concerning these Vanilla Reload Cards. The check was drawn on US Bank. I called them and they stated to me that while the routing number on the check is theirs, the check # and account number listed is not valid. They hold no account for Farmers Group Survey. So.then I called the number provided and told the guy that answered what I did.
He yelled at me and said I was supposed to call them first. I informed him, I was sending the check to US bank and they were going to inform the FBI and start and investigation for mail fraud. He hung up on me. So for anyone wondering.it is indeed a fraud. It works like this.you deposit the check, your bank gives you the money, then you go and buy the cards for 3,000.00 and resend them and the survey where you're told to send it. In the meantime you are contacted by your bank saying the check was fraudulant and now you have to pay your bank back the value of whatever the check was.
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Send these few details to the email. Name: Age: Gender: Country: State: Phone number: await your reply soon. @ Tammy I will like to know as well because I have received a similar amount and I am hesitant on going to cash it. I told the guy from 'Principal Survey,' that I did not have a bank account and he said ok I will cancel that check and send you a money order. My question would be is this check really cancelled? Do he have the power? After the fact they actually sent it to me.The check is real and I know because a few stores verified it.
I just did not cash it because it was this past weekend. Moreover, if anyone knows of this 'secret shopper' Principal Survey please let me know. If you’ve lost money in a Moneygram or western union scam, here’s what to do: If you have already filed a complaint with Moneygram or Enter your comment here.western union, there is no need to do anything further at this time. If you have NOT filed a complaint with Moneygram or western union you need to do so. Call Moneygram or western union to file your complaint. The FTC is working on developing a refund program to appropriately distribute the $18M, however, given that the settlement is capped at $18M, the FTC is alerting consumers to that fact that they will only be eligible for a partial refund (i.e., so don’t expect to recover all monies you may have lost as a result of the scam).
If you do participate in the refund program, you will not give up your legal rights (translation: you can still pursue legal recourse). I was scammed by Dennis Price as well. He says he works for incomm and can load pre paid netspend cards with $800.
You must first buy a one vanilla gift card and load it with $120 as a good faith payment to him. After he gets your money, he strings you along saying that in the next couple of hours you should receive 4 emails from netspend.
The emails never came. After a couple of days he says that the system is under maintenance and to wait another day. Then he says that he can manually load the money if you give him your netspend card #, exp date and cvc code on the back. He also needs your full name and all of the info on the receipt. By this time I've had enough and knew that he was trying to scam me out of more money.
Moral of this story. If it sounds too good to be true, then it is. Also, here is another scammer: Dennis Price at allocatedstipends. Friday 27 Mar 2015 got a letter in the mail from a Bert Bell Survey Inc. With a check for $3742.50. It gave instructions on calling a number to activate the check so I get deposit check into my account.
Then I would be paid the $700.00 that is left over after I purchased 6-$500.00 vanilla reload cards at 6 different Walgreens or other Grocery Store, and that it was a secret shopper kinda thing. And to call same number with all the prepaid numbers with my agent. It just wasn't worded right. Because it was 'Your special assignment is.or your agent will advise you on how to conduct your assignment' LOL I was born at night but not last night. Ashley IG Collegegirlgettingmoney; said and I quote ' Hey Love??????All you need is a 'reloadit pack' from Walgreens or Cvs and we can make it happen; Well A 'reloadit pack' allows you to reload a prepaid card. I alter my cash card transactions.
Once you purchase the my cash card you get a transaction number. With that transaction number, I enter it into the reloadit database and alter the amount from $500(You load) into $5500.All unclaimed funds are being given to new clients as a incentive to get them to regularly use the product. You don't really have to. I mean I don't really care if you do lol but I make a $1300 commission everytime I close a deal' and her contact number is 3. After I 'get' the money in hand 'she' wanted me to Western Union it!
And when I asked questions like where do you live, and how you got Into this job, she ignored and asked if I wanted to do business or not! I think it's a scam.
I have had people contacted me on Instgram toogay name by HECTORHUSTLE PHONE NUMBER 313 282 4593 and said he will ad zero at the end of my 100's and I have to buy Vcard and give him the acct number and I told him BS am not stupid and he never came back to me. The other one name FOREIGNBEAUTEE PHONE NUMBER 510 327 8153. Also Riobanks Phone number 518 261 2729. I DM them on Ig and talked to them while knowing they are scammers to collect some info its stupid I wish there is some low to prevent such evil people using innocent people out there who is going through crisis. Me personally I love doing some researches and I never believe there is such an easy money this is actually non sense why would somebody you don't even know give you a free money?
Think about it so please people be smart and work hard to earn your own money don't lose it to these idiots. Hey you scammers you can never get a broken penny from me for sure am way smarter than you can imagine or your trashy brain. Stay safe you good people out there and may God forgive you the bad once or go to hell:D lol.
Wow thank god for google didn't go thru with this because it sounded to good to be true. So there's this pretty girl on instagram by the name of 'Bri.inc' and her number is (347) 590-4835 she told me about the business because I was curious as to how they make that work. She told me'Ok boo the process is really simple Your going to want a vanilla reload card which cost about 4 bucks at cvs pharmacy or Walgreens after you buy the card you can load between $100-300 on it at the register. This is where it happens. From a refunding software at my job I'm going to repeatedly refund the initial funds load by you into a set amount.
So for example say you add $200 on the card (you don't have to this is just an example) when I run the 10 digits that's located on the back of the card In the computer I'm able to configure the amount making it $2000. The process takes no longer than 24 mins and I require a cut out of whatever you make!! With all that being said NO BS OR SCAMS EVERYTHING IS CLEARED AND LEGAL. I have no access to the money so I'm counting on you to send my cut'. This doesn't have to do with vanilla reload or anything but another scam that's going on is someone telling you that you don't need a vanilla reload card just an i.d.
Her boyfriend apparently works for Western Union and hacks into it and do what they say 'flipping your money'. You send them any amount of money, let's say 150.00 they say that 150.00 will give you from 1,500 to 1,900 hundred.
The way they supposedly make the money by getting a cut. This persons cut was 800 from whatever amount of money. Now that right there should have raised a red flag but I'm not employed at the moment and the only income coming in its my sisters so I was desperate. I have credit cards to pay off.
Granted the fact that they said send the money through Western Union should have raised the first red flag. Anyway I sent the money and then she blocked me off iG and deleted her responses to me. She took my 150.00 and left. Her IG name is get money with ice. Its a black female she was wearing a white crop top and her underwear which is a teal color.
It was asked to be sent to Chaddric Fontenette in Houston Texas. Stay away from her.
Literally just about 20 minutes ago me and lavishlily were setting up plans but my good faith always investigates things that sound too good to be true and I found this page.it's sad that she was really gonna take from me knowing I have children and what not smh.I screenshotted one of the comments with her name in it and sent it to her.told her don't even worry about blocking me on IG cause like this scam I was ten steps ahead of her lol.couldn't play me for a fool. PPL PLEASE BEWARE OF LAVISHLILY ON INSTAGRAM LAVISHLILY LAVISHLILY LAVISHLILY BEWARE!!!! Someone (well, Direct TV) just called me today introduced himself as Direct TV representative and offered me a deal which was hard to refused asking me to pay for 6 month of Direct TV service upfront and they will paid less than half I am paying now.
They instructed me that this promotion is sponsored by “Vanilla Network” and ask me to use “Vanilla Prepaid Reload Card” and deposit $450 at time of purchase of the card at Seven Eleven or Walgreens etc. They know that I am paying my bill by credit card, they know my last 4 digit of my credit card, they know what channels I subscribe to, they were able to call Direct TV and introduce themselves as me and change my plan to Premium, they simply hack my Direct TV account. They ask me to call back once I have the card to complete this promotion. There was something strange about the this “promotion” I did not do it and called Direct TV to learn that my account was changed, they change my email address to e mail I have never had Direct TV agent switch me to “attention department” made note of my report and said someone will get back to me in 5 to 10 DAYS. In 5 to 10 Days I was asking Someone just hacked my Direct TV account in few minutes and it will take 5 to 10 days for Direct TV to get back to me Direct TV should be doing more to inform their subscribers about this SCAM. They could have send e mail to every subscriber to stop it, since they already know about his scam. Good thing I do my own research before committing to anything.
I saw a tempting post on Instagram of a young pretty female making a lot of cash. My initial thought was wow that's a lot of money and she's young.
My second thought was How Is She Making All This Money, I want that too! So I dm'd her that I was interested in making money and how she does it. This is her text she sent me responding, 'Basically I wrk in a cvs and here at cvs we have a money network which is used to load prepaid cards I wrk thru vanilla debit cards because their cheaper to purchase. Anyway 2 yrs ago I discovered a glitch in the money network. Vanilla debit cards are only supposed to hold $500 max but the glitch allows me to exceed that $500 limit. U can purchase the cards at any cvs walmart walgreens rite aid Duane reade or 7eleven stores.
It's 100% legit just a simple system error So if ur interested in makinq this kind of quick cash u must purchase a vanilla debit card and a vanilla network reload card. Alls I need is the numbers on front of the debit card and the numbers on your vanilla network reload card so you just Put the money on the vanilla network reload scratch the back of the reload and send me the confirmation code And your debit card number I put that code into my system glitch the balance to the transfer the cash to your card thru money money network.Then you go to the ATM to get the cash But I will only help u if u promise to send me my cut which is 20% off w.e u make. A lot of ppl think this stuff isn't real but I can assure you that you'll believe. The Lowest amount I can glitch is $200. Turn $200 INTO $2000 $300 INTO $3000 $400 INTO $4000 $500 INTO $5000.'
Her Instagram name is shyrackzZ and shyyrackz. Keep yourself educated and aware before making any decisions regarding YOUR MONEY and spread the word to family and friends! There is a guy steve that didn't give me the money he said he would. He could flip your $200 to $2000 with the vanilla reload card. I didn't do as I was told and I tried it out with him and it's the worst mistake of my life. I don't understand how stupid I am.
But he asked for the pin so he could redeem the money. The first time he said that the process was successful but the network kicked him out and couldn't 'flip' my money. The second time he could refund my money if I buy another vanilla reload. This time I only reloaded $100 and gave him the Pin since he said he could refund it and he never did. I have been contacting him and he doesn't respond.
Now he unfollowed me and I cannot see his profile. ON INSTAGRAM AS WORLDWIDESTEVE. Someone called me yesterday saying I was approved for a loan up to $5000. There is a girl that didn't give me the money she said she would. She said she could flip your $200 to $2000 with the vanilla reload card. I didn't do as I was told and I tried it out with her and it's the worst mistake of my life.
I don't understand how dumb I could be but she asked for the pic so she can redeem the money. The first time she said that the process was successful but the network kicked her out and couldn't 'flip' my money.
The second time she said she could refund my money if I buy another vanilla reload. This time I only reloaded $20 and gave her the Pin since she said she could refund it and she never did.
I have been contacting her and she doesn't respond. Now she unfollowed me and I cannot see her profile. Luckily I screenshot her profile. Her name is Bee.Tefull on IG. Be careful out there. I'm still trying to find out how to get her to return my money. I was on facebook and a person named 'Tim Guwop' asked meeh if im trying to make some quick money.
I asked him how. And he told meeh to give him my number so he can fill meeh in.
He mentioned something about quick cash flips. And ii told him to rather fill meh in on facebook. He told meeh he's been working for the company for 5years nd just to prove he's legit my first time will be free of charge. So ii had to google search this company. And boy am ii glad ii did. Because ii wouldve been another naive teenager who's been scammed by a fraudulent. @bambamthagoddess on INSTAGRAM tried to scam me!
Her cell 347-913-1941 'I am a Loan System Advisor at Western Union. First you must go purchase a Vanilla Reload Card and load $105-$500. Then you send me the 10 numbers from the scratch off, I will then enter the money into the system as a loan and access the denomiantions and flip your $105 into $1,050 or however much you want to flip. The flip will take 45 minutes, I will then load the flipped money back onto your Vanilla Reload Card.
You till then go to Western Union and give then the same 10 digits. You can find these cards at CVS, Rite Aid, Walgreens, K-Mart, Dollar General, Krogers, Super America, and Family Dollar You send me my cut to my name and address. Amber Dawkins, 395 NW 177th St, Miami, FL.
So how soon do you think you can make it to a store? Watch out for instagram!!! Added one person beautyandbands and direct messaged her because who's not interested in making fast cash! Wanted to see what it was about.It was all over the page how easy, safe and legal it is! She gave me similar instructions like the ones above!
ALMOST convinced myself It wasn't a scam but thank good im Googler and read up on anything before I do it. Never even heard of a vanilla card glad I did my research before going through with it and found this and as dumb as these people are they all start following you in a herd which made it feel even more like a scamlol CRAZY if life was that easy we'd all be rich. B.
told me to put 200 on the card lol she's not getting a penny from me! Watch out and Be safe people. I seen Alexis Banks Williams post of Facebook about doing money flips. I am in a financial hardship and thought nothing of it. I contacted her and she provided me with her phone number.
She stated that I would give her $150 or more and she would add a zero to it using a green dot money pak, pay pal reload able card or vanilla reload able card. She would ask for 20% of what she would have sent me. She sent me videos and pictures of proof that this was not a scam. As the days gone buy, she asked for more and more money. Towards the end, she ended up with $900 and wanted $50 more. Her excuse was this was the last step to send me the money.
I told her that I was done and this was sounding like a scam. I still have not revived any money. Once I even asked for my money back. She completely ignored my question. Even to her I know police and she still scammed me.
I fell for it yes but all I want is my money back. She blocked me on FB and I reported her to FB. She needs to be stopped! I looked up her phone number and her number is connected to a mans name in bel air, Maryland!
HER NUMBER +1 (443) 356-1532. There's a guy who contacted me Named Andy Brown, posing as a loan officer, stating I was approved for $1,000 installment loan. He stated to load a vanilla reload card with $175 and give him the last 4 numbers from the back to verify. Now, supposedly that was a requirement to insure I wouldnt take the money and run!
Huh, needless to say this didnt sound right. So Im not going any further with this bs but, I wanted to share my story. These criminals are out and trying to scam everyone in everyway!! There is an IG user by the name of @rich.fame, claiming that she works for the company. She'll start off by commenting on your picture and if you tell her you're interested, shell say' I work for a prepaid card company called vanilla i am able to access the account and make it larger can do it tonight all you half to do is go to cvs or walgreens and buy a vanilla relaod card for $3.95 and once you do that i can access the card and flip your amount only takew approx: 15 mins once its done I'll send you a confirmation and pin to withdraw the money or i can put it on a prepaid visa if you have one' it's a fake. I knew right away, be careful with users who claim they can make you rich. Has anyone heard of creamBritt on IG??!!
She talks about making flips all day and showing pics of people with hundreds of dollars spreaded out in their hands, on the floor and all. I was curious to how real it all was, so I sent a message asking information on how it all works and she told me that I had to load a vanilla card with any amount I'm ready to get started with, once I load the card, she told me to give her a call when I get the card loaded.
I have not done so but something made me want to Google vanilla card and BOOM, I see this post!! This is called a 'pigeon drop'!
Omg, the madness is REAL out hear!! These scams have been around for years but just have taken on a new form!
Today Lashawnda contact me on IG saying she can turn 200 to 500 dollars into 2000 to 5000 dollars with a vanilla reload card. I went got the money out the bank and went to get the card. Didnt purchase it cause first my skepticism kicked in. I started asking all kinds of questions. I asked the lady at the store how the card works. It was contrary to what Lashawnda was telling me.
She said load the card scratch off the 10 digit code and give it to her and she will add a zero to what ever I load on the card theb send her a cut. 'Red flag' send her a cut. Then Me I research everything and came across this post. That said the samething she told me to do. I wasnt nasty. I just told her, as a 42year old it doesn't seem logical to give you the pin # to a card I just loaded money on and I dont know you from honey boo boo and im not the fool. No thank you.
I am not the Boo Boo either. I got scammed by the guy on instagram saying he could change my 50 to 100 and like everyone else when I done it and he got the number he vanished phone number and all! Now there's a company saying they are cash advance and want to give me $1000 for a loan but I have to 'prove' I have the first months payment and put $100 on a vanilla card and then il get the money back of course he's screaming oh my no its not a scam I am not going to steal ur money! If I knew it was a way I could set him up with the cops and get him busted I swear I would!!!! Realistically speaking, why go for that stuff. These task companies would catch you anyway. GreenDot you give your info to in order to use the card.
Not sure about the others but Even if it c we're legit,when the shit hit the fan these companies Wouldnt have far too look. Plus don't you think a multimillion/billion dollar company would notice large chunks of money being reallocated.
That's why they have lost prevention. Lost prevention is in every store and every store report its losses to higher lost prevention in every avenue of sales. Got a follow request from @gstarcapo on IG and approved it and decided to follow back. Seeing his posts and how he would say he could help people making money, I automatically thought it could be a scam.
After a week or two, I decided to ask him what it is he does. He asked for me to give him my number so he could contact me with full details. Of course, I was not about to give my number out so I asked if I could DM him and he said 'yes'. He told me exactly what Variation 5 says. From what he said, I decided to Google.
I know what Vanilla Reload is since I have had one before. When I Googled 'Vanilla Reload' this page came up on the results. So now my suspicions of @gstarcapo being a scammer are answered. Be careful, rather work my ass off than get scammed. My Vanilla Reload Card Scam came last week when speaking to a Loan Manager name Mark Watson at Advanced America Cash Advance (818)945-1008 X225. I was asked to provide a good faith payment of $131.25 toward a loan with this company. I was asked to load the funds on this Vanilla Reload Card and provide the approval number on the back.
I had received approval documents with Advanced America Cash Advance logo and the full contract information attached. After the payment was provided and I was told my funds would be sent to my account, I did not receive the loan payment at all. My bank confirmed nothing was sent to my account. After I spoke back to Mark Watson he then told me to speak to his supervisor Stephen about the reason for the delay. After speak with Stephen was then told my account had some past due amounts attached to IRS or Medical Bills that I had to be paid before I could receive the loan.
Apparently this a government requirement. I was then asked to load $267.00 on another Vanilla Reload card to clear up this balance and they would fund my account. At this point I told Stephen that this is a fraud and I would not pay them another penny toward any IRS or Medical fees as I do not owe IRS anything nor do I owe any Medical bills, none of which has anything to do with getting a personal loan. I was then told to speak to the person in the debt department and he would explain this to me.
I told him this a fraud and I'm going to report them and this company for SCAM! My loan documents below: Consumer Loan Agreement # 32526730 LOAN AGREEMENT AND PROMISSORY NOTE Borrower's Information: Lender: Borrower's Name: Cassandra JXXXXX Loan Approval Code: Niw55051 1 American cash advance Origination Date: Borrower's ID: Due Date: 11/30.and so on! This is a SCAM! I fell for this too. I needed money to pay my rent and electric. I feel so dumb right now.
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I don't know what to do with myself. I won't get got any more. Professional marketing got me on instagram for $700. And the worst part about is everytime I would talk to somebody different they would constantly call me sir and I'm a female all day long. Everytime I would tell them I was a woman they would apologize and then 2 seconds later would call me sir again. Yes I have a deep voice but if I tell you once I shouldn't have to tell you again. This Vanilla Card has logos of companies printed on the card back and forth: The American Express, Mastercard, VISA.
A first time customer falsely is led to believe that the Vanilla Card would stay behind its customer and protect him against FRAUD, at the very least. It was revealed to me that the company does not offer that despite listing credit cards on its own card and fully knows that the credit cards do offer protection against FRAUD. The parent company, Incomm, is not even a Bank; it is described as 'A Financial Institution'. Perhaps, the CFPB accepts complaints but FDIC probably would not.
There is so much room to commit financial fraud using Vanilla Card, I fail to understand absence of any regulatory agency to turn to today. If you fell for this scam, SHAME ON YOU! You need to really look deep within yourself and do a very much needed self evaluation. I just ran across this Bull&$!@ on instagram and texted this number 347-980-5184 out of curiosity saying I was interested in making money.
They texted back and asked me if I was near a CVS. Then they said for me to load the card, give them the code and in 30 minutes, they'll send me a new code!
I thought, You'll send me a new code when dinosaurs return! In other words, alot of you should know the old saying, IF IT SOUNDS TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE, IT USUALLY IS!!! Glad I didn't fall for it. I am a college graduate with a 3.71 GPA who remained on the dean's list for 8 consecutive semesters. I'm working on my Master's degree now.
But good luck to all. There are many desperate individuals in this world ready to prey on the naive, vulnerable and uneducated. And if you ARE educated, SHAME ON YOU for not using that special kind of common sense and your God given instinct!
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Hopefully this message helps someone. It's the only reason I texted the scammers. To help prevent someone from losing money. Hello community, Thank you for taking the time to educate consumers. We are doing everything we can to reinforce the anti-scam messaging on our web-based and social media platforms.
Subsequently, we are sending reports of scam via social media to our legal team who are working with law enforcement officers to address this important matter. Feel free to send us any scam activity you view in your social channels and will forward this information to the appropriate department. Finally, we are asking our consumers to contact their local law enforcement agency and file a police report and have the officer contact us. And just as a reminder, if you or someone you know are contacted by anyone claiming to work for MyVanilla or Vanilla Reload an offers to add funds to your accounts in exchange for a fee, that it is an attempted scam. At no time should you give unknown individuals information about your MyVanilla account.
Our paramount goal is to keep your funds safe and secure. Like us on Facebook at Vanilla Reload, follow us on Twitter @VanillaReload, Instagram @VanillaReloadNetwork, Tumblr at Vanilla-Reload and add Google+ at Vanilla Reload. Best, Team Vanilla. I'm glad I read a bunch of reviews on this vanilla card thing and scammers. I was on Instagram tonight and got a personal message from a beautiful young woman, username: successfulbeautiful. She's very convincing that's why I had to look this up!
I sat there for hours asking her all these questions and the one that caught my eye was when I asked, how do I know this isn't a scam? And she replies, well if you can't tell from my pictures on instagram then idk what to tell you. I can't believe some ppl. Actually do this! Just got hit by a person posing as Alexis on instagram using the InstaGram ID of @lexisbby187.
This person also uses the phone number and to text only but never for calls. She/He tried to get me to invest as much as I could muster up via a vanilla reload card purchased at CVS. I told her I only had $50 for the supposed flip after a little pressure, but she indicated that it was a little low, and convinced me to buy a $100 vanilla reload card at the minimum, which she promised would be flipped to $1000 with a $200 commission for her after the transaction.
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To cut the long story short, she took 4 hours to get back to me after initially being given the card details and then she said the money had been flipped to $1000 but the transaction was still 'pending', therefore she would need another vanilla card with another PIN in order to push the current one through. I requested my money back but this person so called Alexis refused to respond to demands for the original funds of $100 only and proceeded to unfollow me on Instagram.
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When I checked the PIN online after her first response almost 4 hours later, it said my PIN had already been redeemed!
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