Acustomer is instructed by the perpetrator that they must go into a cvs/pharmacy store and purchase a green dot or vanilla visa for an undisclosed amount. once these prepaid cards are purchased, the customer must call the perpetrator immediately. the perpetrator then asks the customer for information over the phone which would allow the perpetrator to use the purchased cards and funds immediately. what type of scheme is this?

Any such kind of scheme where the instructed is told to carry activities via prepaid cards or one time usable cards by exchanging the info over call, it can be called as telephonic scams.

These kind of scams are very common as they cannot be traced back easily and the instructor get benefits due to the absence of mind of such recipient of the instructions.

Hence, the kind of scams which happen over telephonic conversation and include sharing of bearer information refers to telephonic card scams.

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