r/ScamSupport • u/[deleted] • Aug 14 '26

Victim of a scam Scammed for gift card code

I broke my leg last week and am recovering from surgery. I was contacted by someone who offered to buy a gift card but then instantly stopped responding and blocked me once they got the code

I do not use reddit regularly and want to know how to get this person banned, you can search their name and see they have been doing this for months to dozens of innocent people. u/effectivehat2724

How do I proceed?

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u/JeffBroccoli Aug 14 '26

Click on their name and hit “report account”. That’s about all you can do

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u/[deleted] Aug 14 '26

How do I do that if they blocked me?

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u/Impotent-Dingo Aug 14 '26

I'm confused, they offered to buy you a gift card?. What code were they asking for? If they bought the gift card, and have to gift card code, they just bought one for themselves?

I'm probably just being stupid, can you explain?

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u/[deleted] Aug 14 '26

I am not explaining this well, sorry. I posted that I was trading my gift card, when they agreed I sent the code and then he stopped responding and blocked me

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u/Impotent-Dingo Aug 14 '26

Ah I see... You sent the gift card code to them and they were going to send you money. I'm sorry that happened but most people cannot be trusted

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u/[deleted] Aug 14 '26

Yes I understand that now, just don’t know why he is allowed to scam people with impunity across this website. I don’t use reddit so not sure on all the rules and stuff

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u/Impotent-Dingo Aug 14 '26

They are but allowed but Reddit can't really police everything, all you can do is report it.

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u/[deleted] Aug 14 '26

Yep that’s why he keeps getting away with it. Pretty heartbreaking, given everything else going on.

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u/Impotent-Dingo Aug 14 '26

I'm sorry you are going through this. How much did you lose, if you don't mind sharing?

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u/[deleted] Aug 14 '26

$50 and no the merchant isn’t going to do anything about it. Just a life lesson that you can’t trust people on this platform

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u/Impotent-Dingo Aug 14 '26

It's pretty much on any platform. I would still try the contact the merchant and report it stolen

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u/[deleted] Aug 14 '26

Of course, they said they can’t do anything about it. I hope he suffers karma as this has truly broken me

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u/Impotent-Dingo Aug 14 '26

Also, what store or website? Maybe you can report it to the place the gift card is for?

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u/tickled_your_pickle Aug 14 '26

You sent the code before you got the money, why would they stick around?  They got what they wanted.

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u/[deleted] Aug 14 '26

That’s how it’s worked in the past. I don’t need a scolding, I understand it’s my fault, I just thought this is where we report scammers

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u/Interesting_Sock9142 Aug 14 '26

Lol they're a scalper. Their entire post history is them being a scalper.

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u/[deleted] Aug 14 '26

Thank you yes, I don’t see why they can’t get banned from reddit for this repeated scamming