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by reaperducer 1570 days ago
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.