Originally Posted by
cdancer20
The purchase point of the GCs are irrelevant. They are all equally at risk. However, I can see there be a slightly higher risk to buying 3rd party if you have a crook that sells the same GC number to several people. That's true of any 3rd party GC purchase though. However, all cards are getting compromised. Even those sold directly by Hyatt. You would probably have a better recourse of reimbursement though through Amex than a 3rd party reseller.
I'd say the third-party once are significantly more risky - especially now.
If some joker buys a Hyatt GC at OfficeDepot and then sells it to CardCash or one of the many retailers, but holds onto the number, then there's someone else who has that specific info.
Sure, this might seem like a consistent risk with any gift card, but add in that Hyatt is now known for making these bad GC holders whole. So there's potentially less risk to the original buyer and to CardCash since Hyatt may just pick up the cost. If Hyatt eats it, there's no pushback to the reseller and the original buyer.
Scammers recognize this and buy more Hyatt GCs to offload.