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[aikman]

Any stories of tampered Mastercards yet from today?

 

[Chicken]

Any stories of tampered Mastercards yet from today?

Got 5 , all look OK. Going to get another 5 later

 

[lovestotravel]

Got 5, grumpy Front Desk Manager wouldn't let me get my other 5 in one go. My regular Manager wasn't there who lets me get 10 in one go.

Back later, but wasn't much stock so some have been frozen for later

I had my first hacking attempt on a gift card I found in a drawer, from a purchase in May 2025




I've now used the $100 on it

 

[NoName]

Sometime timing is everything. Walked into my local store to find a gift card rep restocking the shelves. Grabbed my allocation, paid and left. Nice.

 

[MooTime]

got my 5, but the staffer didn't allow me to open them after scanning, but before paying, she was a bit with the fairies, a manger type swung over, cheerfully said paraphrasing if you open it you can change your mind & not purchase it, I said I'd only not purchase it if it was found to be fraudulent, I understood her view & she stated she knows the hassle of contacting customer service if card is tampered with.

I said I've opened them prior to purchase previously & it's recommended, but accepted I won't this time to avoid creating an issue.

@lovestotravel I do like your 'frozen' for later line.

I haven't run into a store recently that's run out of $100 cards for quite some time, maybe the fraud scam incidents scared a few nancy pants away.

 

[Happy Dude]

No issues, including opening the cards after scanning, other than the three interventions from the staff required to complete the purchase. Strewth!

 

[VantageXL]

got my 5, but the staffer didn't allow me to open them after scanning

I recommend going through the self checkouts and just opening them yourself. Asking permission is never a good idea because they’re more likely to say no. Far better to present them with a fait accompli.

 

[Chicken]

Went to 2 stores, self check out machines would stop after 2 cards, so non stop waiting for staff members to flash their log in, and no one said anything about me pulling the packagings apart. They were all the younger generation thou.

The machines have also now been re-programmed, they would pop up saying limit reached after 5 cards.