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Originally Posted by SmokeyTheBear
yes they need to verify who you are but that is just plain shady.
Imagine you went into a store and they said " sorry we dont take cash , but now that we have yours we aren't going to give it back until you show 2 forms of id and a letter addressed to you.
and besides that why would they need your id anyways. they cant legally verify any of it , nor do they seem to care when fraud is committed on a massive scale.
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Its because his giftcard is a prepaid thing. Not attached to his address, he isn't going to receive monthly bills for it. Its basically a debit card, not a credit card. Anyone can buy prepaid cards easily, and anonymously. I see them at gas stations all the time.
Whats to keep someone from buying a prepaid card with cash at a gas station, opening up an epassporte account and defrauding a bunch of people? It wouldn't be attached him him by a credit card because that card is prepaid and he paid with cash. Kind of the same reason why criminals like to use prepaid tracfones that they paid for in cash.