Everyone knows that you should never purchase gift cards on eBay or Craigslist, but it turns out that theme park passes in the form of gift cards are just as likely to be fake.

A couple in San Diego were arrested yesterday and accused of selling stolen gift card passes to Disneyland, Legoland, SeaWorld, and Universal Studios. Like other gift cards, they have to be activated first in order to work, so they were completely useless to victims who fell for the scam.

“Two accused of selling phony gift cards online” [SignOnSanDiego] (Thanks to Erik!)
(Photo: tracy the astonishing)

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