User level: Level 1 (4 points)Hi I have a woman that has had an Apple gift card from me and she wants me to send her more. She said that she loaded the Apple gift card in on Apple Pay. She said that she can use the proceeds of the card to buy medicine. I thought you can only use Apple gift cards to buy Apple products?
please help me to understand what’s going on with this woman from the USA.
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Original Title: Apple gift card
Posted on Oct 19, 2026 6:19 AM
User level: Level 10 (462,771 points)Oct 19, 2026 6:31 AM in response to Rocbore03
Gift cards get redeemed for balance with Apple. This article broadly outlines what one can buy with Apple Account [Apple ID] balance --> What you can buy with your Apple Gift Card or Apple Account balance - Apple Support
• In countries and regions where Apple Gift Card is available, you can use your Apple Gift Card or Apple Account balance to buy products and accessories at apple.com, an Apple Store, or in the Apple Store app. In these countries and regions, your Apple Account balance includes the balance from any Apple Gift Cards or App Store & iTunes Gift Cards that you have redeemed.
• Buy apps, games, or in-app purchases from the App Store.
• Buy music, movies, and more from the iTunes Store, Apple TV app, or Apple Books.
• Pay for subscriptions like Apple Music, Apple Arcade, and Apple TV. Or pay for subscriptions to apps from the App Store.
• Pay for iCloud+, Apple's premium cloud subscription.
Basically Apple Account balance can only be used to buy products sold by Apple which does not include medicines.
User level: Level 9 (64,078 points)Oct 19, 2026 6:45 AM in response to Rocbore03
Rocbore03 wrote:
Hi I have a woman that has had an Apple gift card from me and she wants me to send her more. She said that she loaded the Apple gift card in on Apple Pay. She said that she can use the proceeds of the card to buy medicine. I thought you can only use Apple gift cards to buy Apple products?
please help me to understand what’s going on with this woman from the USA.
Some people are confused about multiple Apple products and services and how they relate. The women is confused about Apple Card, Apple Cash, Apple Pay, Apple Account card and Apple Gift card.
Apple Gift cards can be redeemed into an Apple Account card that appears in their Apple Wallet app. Funds redeemed off an Apple Gift card or transferred from the bank account can only be used for the purchase of Apple products and services. Apple Account funds cannot be used to purchase medications etc.
The woman is confusing Apple Account with Apple Cash. Apple Cash is a prepaid debit card and can be used at merchants that accept Visa card payments.
Apple Pay is a technology that makes Tap-To-Pay more private and secure. Apple Card is a credit card issued by Goldman Sachs Bank on the Mastercard network.
User level: Level 10 (268,198 points)Oct 19, 2026 6:21 AM in response to Rocbore03
You are being scammed.
End all contact with this person.
Originally posted at discussions.apple.com/thread/256378904