[mtriano]

So he had no money, but he had an apple card for $477 and your $250 card with the balance? Sounds like evidence that he's scammed other people with this scam. Sounds like there are already other victims out there, sans justice.

[ryhamz]

The author has 2 x $250, so $500 total.

The scammer had spent $23.

[mtriano]

Yes, but the story said the scammer wanted to repay Haschek with 1 card worth $477 (note that $477 is greater than $250, this will be important in the next sentence) and another card worth the difference. You can't add money to an Apple gift card after the initialization of the card.

Therefore, the $477 card wasn't one of the 2 cards that the scammer scammed from Haschek. It was separate, and evidence of another crime. Hence my post.

[tzakrajs]

And accepting it as payment would make him complicit in harboring stolen property.

[criddell]

You know, I'd be surprised if this is his first scam. I hope it is, but I probably would still tell his parents because apparently they still have a lot of influence. They guy is 22 but he's acting like he's 14. Time to grow up and start seeing consequences for bad decisions.