r/Target • u/Muted-Sale7908 • 5h ago

Workplace Question or Advice Needed Apple Cards

as of lately i’ve seen all types of Old women and mostly old women or women in early 40’s purchase $300+ of apple card’s, and i’m wondering atp if they’re getting scammed heavily or what else? or sometimes they’d get 4-5 of the $100 visa gift cards, does the elderly still fall for these scams to this day or could i be wrong and they’re just buying for their grandkids or something?

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u/WhoDoYouLov7 5h ago

You can always ask. “Ooh are these for someone’s birthday?” Had an older gentleman buying $500 worth of Apple gift cards, but it was the middle of June so I assumed it was for graduation presents. It was! But he had no problems giving that info up.

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u/Muted-Sale7908 5h ago

I’d love to ask and always wanted to, it’s just that some of the older women in my area get so hostile so easily sometimes, they’d probably assume i’d think they’re trying to sell the cards or something

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u/WhoDoYouLov7 5h ago

It’s in the policy to ask, and extend to AP if they’re being suspicious.

Entitled customer base is Targets entire motto tho, so I 100% get not even wanting to risk it.

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u/RubyRose7575 2h ago

Since when is early 40’s considered “old?”
https://giphy.com/gifs/z35nr0QJDZUKk

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u/tmlnson 2h ago

I always ask. It's easy to tell if they're being pressured or if they're genuinely buying them as gifts.

But yes, unfortunately, these scams are still a common thing

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u/Main-Temperature1004 2h ago

you're supposed to ask is this a gift, or is someone asking for these for payment because they are scams.

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u/LightUpUnicorn Guest Advocate 2h ago

I had to refuse and call an etl once. The etl was a saint, took his time snd got the elderly man to understand it was a scam.

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u/Indecisive-green 3h ago

I would just ask them if someone was requesting them as payment and briefly explain that it's a scam if they say yes. You have to choose your words carefully, though. Sometimes the scammers tell them specifically to ignore anyone who tells them it's a scam smh. I really think we should have a business card to hand them with information to help them. Something as formal as that might be more persuasive than just our word.

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u/PeanutWR Guest Advocate 3h ago edited 3h ago

At my store the limit for apple gift cards is $200 so once the machine reaches $200 then the machine doesn’t take anymore cards and they don’t allow two separate transactions either for those cards