[ajross]

Walmart (like all large retailers) spends a ton of effort trying to address e.g. laundering efforts with gift cards, actually. Google around for all the press releases about how they partner with the FBI, etc... They absolutely recognize that they're part of the laundering chain (and that this makes them liable to punishments under AML statutes, of course).

[reaperducer]

Walmart (like all large retailers) spends a ton of effort trying to address e.g. laundering efforts with gift cards, actually

For example, you can't buy a gift card in an Apple Store without signing a statement promising that you're not buying the gift card because a stranger online told you to.

Sounds ineffective on the surface, especially to jaded tech-types, but it's enough to give real people in the process of being scammed an opportunity to think about what they're doing.