Apple gift card scam: Gold Coast woman scammed out of $3500 by fake email ... trends now
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An Australian woman has shared her experience of being swindled out of thousands of dollars by scammers who claimed to be her boss just days into starting her new job.
Gold Coast woman Jackie, 27, took to TikTok on Friday to reveal how the scammers first made contact.
She received an email from someone impersonating a director at her new company asking if she was free.
'They said "please don't tell anyone and keep it a surprise but I want you to purchase 15 Apple gift cards for staff members for Christmas",' she said.
Jackie said she quickly responded, asking if they had a company credit card she could use but was instead told to purchase them with her own money, with the company reimbursing her when she sent receipts.
Gold Coast woman Jackie (pictured) said she got an email from her new boss about buying staff Christmas presents
'I'm not going to argue back - it's the third day of my new job, I'll do what I'm told, so I purchased the 15 Apple gift cards for $1,500,' she said.
Her 'boss' then thanked her for buying the gift cards.
Less than half an hour later, the scammers sent her another email asking to send though her bank details to transfer the reimbursement money and asking if she could get another 20 for the remaining staff.
'So that's $3,500 worth of Apple gift cards,' she said.
After sending all the gift cards through, she then received a third email which was when alarm bells began ringing.
'You think "hmm, that's weird" so you message
