Why would Amazon or Flipkart block your account? Unless you are engaged in some unauthorised activity.
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Purchasing Amazon Gift Vouchers? Beware of This Serious Fraud 🚨
- Thread starter TechnoFino
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That's a terrible idea.
RAMESH BABU N
TF Legend
Ex-employees know the loopholes and the trap doors / triggers.
They gain access while in service and quit at the appropriate time. Do such pilferages from outside - either on standalone basis or as a part of a fraudulent hacking group.
BhaiyaJi
TF Legend
Very big claim, are you sure these kind of things happen?
RAMESH BABU N
TF Legend
In my 30+ yrs of service, I saw such cases.
BhaiyaJi
TF Legend
Added money should be safe, and would be now Amazon's responsibility. You just hope the GVs you added are not delivered to some else, otherwise they might raise cyber complain.
Since 2015 till now I have always used my GC the moment I saw it or added it and kept 2FA active. But mostly I buy and use immediately. Buying and adding at later date also has risk of forgetting to use the card itself. Even the banks that send vouchers are used by me immediately.
Make a habit. Buy only when you need. Never leave unused balance in any wallet. I know adding on requirement add extra minutres but for your own hard earned money, you should always be cautious and never give chance to other. In most cases it is the employees of companies itself who exploit system and use GCs of others. Don't want to name but people of a special community in India are behind every scam and they do such stuff to infidels. Most of companies hire not much educated so that they don't have to pay high salaries and poor are kept on job who then exploit other's money to live lavish lives. India is filled with scums.
This is a serious problem and should be recitifed by Quicksilver/Pine.
Make a habit. Buy only when you need. Never leave unused balance in any wallet. I know adding on requirement add extra minutres but for your own hard earned money, you should always be cautious and never give chance to other. In most cases it is the employees of companies itself who exploit system and use GCs of others. Don't want to name but people of a special community in India are behind every scam and they do such stuff to infidels. Most of companies hire not much educated so that they don't have to pay high salaries and poor are kept on job who then exploit other's money to live lavish lives. India is filled with scums.
This is a serious problem and should be recitifed by Quicksilver/Pine.
dexter_greycells
TF Premier
This happened to me in 2023 when I bought Rs 1k HP Pay vouchers from Rewards 360 by redeeming HDFC RPs. When I went to use my voucher after a couple of months it turned out they had been used. Customer Support revealed that the vouchers had been used at a petrol pump in Gurugram. I live in Mumbai.
Around the same time this news came out -
timesofindia.indiatimes.com
I wrote-off my loss and learnt the same lesson that day - that I should use the vouchers as soon as possible.
Around the same time this news came out -
Bangalore Cybercrime News: BTech grad hacks into reward system, steals 4.5L vouchers in Bengaluru | Bengaluru News - Times of India
A 23-year-old BTech graduate has been arrested for allegedly hacking into a reward-point website associated with a private bank, stealing 4.5 lakh gif
timesofindia.indiatimes.com
I wrote-off my loss and learnt the same lesson that day - that I should use the vouchers as soon as possible.
RAMESH BABU N
TF Legend
I never purchase any Gift Vouchers or Shopping Vouchers nor give them away on Special Days (I give cash).
If at all I get any such vouchers, I encash them at the earliest. And, spend. I NEVER TRUST anyone holding MY MONEY - except my bank. No wallets, no infotech firms, no prepaid cards, no digital cash, no virtual cash.
I am very happy with my approach.
Not greedy about 3-5% discounts. More concerned about NOT LOSING 100%.
If at all I get any such vouchers, I encash them at the earliest. And, spend. I NEVER TRUST anyone holding MY MONEY - except my bank. No wallets, no infotech firms, no prepaid cards, no digital cash, no virtual cash.
I am very happy with my approach.
Not greedy about 3-5% discounts. More concerned about NOT LOSING 100%.
BhaiyaJi
TF Legend
W o W
What if the script on every collect now button has different destination link? 🤣 This can work only till Collect now has same .js or .py query link.
What I've noticed is you don't even need to collect rewards.
As long as it shows on the rewards page and you make the transaction, you should get them automatically! 🙂
I have also seen reports of Amazon freezing accounts, making the entire added amount useless.
I started saving unused vouchers since then
JavaScript:
document.querySelectorAll(".collect-coupon-btn button").forEach(button => button. click());I am only clicking the collect now button. Currently All of them have same style. It does not have anything to do with JS or Python.
I missed cashback few times just because i forget to collect the reward before the transaction.
Something unusual happened to me today. I purchased a ₹1000 BB voucher from HDFC Gyftr, and when I tried using it within the first 5 minutes of issuance, Big Basket kept showing an "invalid voucher/code details" error.
However, to my surprise, the voucher worked after about 10 minutes. I'm not sure how this process works, but this was a first-time experience for me.
However, to my surprise, the voucher worked after about 10 minutes. I'm not sure how this process works, but this was a first-time experience for me.
