Apple Gift card refund

Hi, Unfortunately, it happend to me and I lost around 2000 $ by the same trick. Did you manage to refund some of the money?

I’m fairly sure no company will reimburse you for getting scammed. As other end users we cannot know if Apple can trace a card number but we do know they are not in the law enforcement business. Report the scam to the proper authorities and consider yourself now educated.

I got scammed with apple gift card 775.00 how I get it back

See -> About Gift Card Scams -> About Gift Card Scams - Official Apple Support

Contact Apple

• If you have additional questions, or if you've been a victim of a scam involving Apple Gift Cards, App Store & iTunes Gift Cards or Apple Store Gift Cards, you can call Apple at 800-275-2273 (U.S.) and say "gift cards" when prompted, or contact Apple Support online.

You should just chalk it up to a valuable lesson learned. You should never purchase a gift card and provide the codes to anyone unless you are planning on giving that money. Only you can stop yourself from giving an unknown person your money and there is no one else to blame. See this article to avoid phishing scams as well as the Gift Card scam already posted.

Recognize and avoid phishing messages, phony support calls, and other scams - Apple Support

It is unlikely you will be able recover the money as the possible recourse would be finding who this person is and charging them in court. Apple may be able to provide where it was redeemed, but the investigation would be on you and you don't even know if the person can be charged in the courts of your region. Any investigation would include IP addresses of the scammer requiring court order for identity and possible camera footage if used in a retail location. You will end up spending more money in trying to find the person than the amount you would recoup.

I had the exact same scam happen to me. Were you able to get any of your money back?

You can report these Gift Card scams here:

https://consumer.ftc.gov/articles/avoiding-and-reporting-gift-card-scams

Getting your money back is unlikely.

I was able to call apple before the cards were used. Had to read them one by one to them took about 2 hrs. All I could get was apple credit.

the credit card company will not refund gift cards.

I received an email from someone pretending to be my co-worker and asked about my phone number. Both of us then started a conversation on i-message. He then asked me to buy gift cards. The reason given was to surprise the employees for their valuable work done by gifting them those gift cards. I genuinely believed him because he even named out some other co-workers. He made me scratch those gift cards and reveal the digits of those gift cards. It made me suspicious when I ended up spending $ 1800 worth of gift cards and he was not reimbursing that amount by wnd of the day. Then I talked to him in person, and then I came to know it wasn't him. and I was scammed.

Guys don't trust anyone, have a conversation in person before spending any amount for others.

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This happened to me today. I’m just sick about it. $4000.

I reached out to my bank and credit card company and am awaiting correspondence. Has Apple helped you all? Please let me know. I spoke with them today and they were apologetic but that was all.

Tboyd2024 wrote:

I got scammed with apple gift card 775.00 how I get it back

You probably won't. But start by contacting the police.