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re: Chinese nationals arrested in AL, charged with having over 5,000 counterfeit gift cards
Posted on 7/28/25 at 4:46 pm to East Coast Band
Posted on 7/28/25 at 4:46 pm to East Coast Band
This is why I said in that other gift card thread to never buy gift cards just sitting out in the open at stores.
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Posted on 7/28/25 at 4:53 pm to East Coast Band
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Cao and Zheng are in custody in the Shelby County Jail, and federal investigators allege Cao is in the U.S. illegally, and Zheng is here on a status of Protected/Asylum.
Why is a Chinese national here on asylum?
What are we even doing?
Posted on 7/28/25 at 4:55 pm to jmarto1
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Gift cards are a hige problem for businesses. I wish one would never walk through my door
Wrong. Half the time, the balance isn't redeemed. Free money for the business.
And when the card balance is redeemed, people often spend more than the card value.
This post was edited on 7/28/25 at 4:58 pm
Posted on 7/28/25 at 5:02 pm to Shexter
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Wondering how this works. The real gift cards don't load until at the register.
There are a couple of ways they do this.
One is you just go grab a bunch of cards off the shelf and walk out with them. Record all the numbers off them, go put them back on the shelf and wait for them to be loaded. You then use the card number to purchase stuff online. And you can either resell the items or just keep them.
The other way is they make the counterfeit cards with the real numbers but keep the real card and put the counterfeit card back on the shelf. When that counterfeit card gets loaded its actually loading the real card that the criminal now has in possession. This way you can then go to the kiosks and get cash from them or resell the cards.
This post was edited on 7/28/25 at 5:03 pm
Posted on 7/28/25 at 5:15 pm to East Coast Band
This is horrible.
Explain to me again just what they were doing.
Explain to me again just what they were doing.
Posted on 7/28/25 at 6:10 pm to ATrillionaire
I am very aware of what i have sitting out there not redeemed. I am also very aware of the scams and the responses by the gift card companies to said scams
Posted on 7/28/25 at 6:12 pm to jmarto1
Posted on 7/28/25 at 6:17 pm to East Coast Band
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The next day, Saturday, June 21, Pelham Police spotted the SUV and pulled it over after a traffic violation.
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two Chinese citizens
No way!
Posted on 7/28/25 at 6:21 pm to jmarto1
So that would be a problem for you, not the business.
Posted on 7/28/25 at 7:34 pm to dgnx6
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is a Chinese national here on asylum?
He probably got caught scamming in China and they sent him here to scam for China
Posted on 7/28/25 at 7:49 pm to diat150
I remember in The Sopranos someone in Tony’s crew was doing this. He was a low level guy but brought in some decent money so they tolerated him.
Posted on 7/28/25 at 8:25 pm to ATrillionaire
I operate the business so it is a problem for me
Posted on 7/28/25 at 11:41 pm to deltadummy
Here's a youtube link explaining the gift card scam.
Posted on 7/28/25 at 11:50 pm to East Coast Band
Ho Lee Fuk
Posted on 7/28/25 at 11:55 pm to East Coast Band
We need to deport every Chinese national in this country. Every single one is a spy or a crook.
Posted on 7/29/25 at 1:22 am to LCA131
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The next day, Saturday, June 21, Pelham Police spotted the SUV and pulled it over after a traffic violation. quote:two Chinese citizens
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No way!
It was a fun case for this area.
Posted on 7/29/25 at 2:06 am to East Coast Band
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Cao is in the U.S. illegally, and Zheng is here on a status of Protected/Asylum.
A stop over at Aligator Alcatraz for a few mosquito bites and then back to
chi-naa ! for these two a-holes…
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