Food stamps are less easily scammed than you might imagine. i’d go into that in some depth but having worked with those folks over the years off and on to improve the security of the program I probably shouldn’t. Odds are good I’d give away something.
I see it all the time. Someone sells food stamps for half the value by buying food for someone else, getting cash and going home with someone elses’ prescription Xanax.
It used to be for the very poor and they advertise that family of four making $30,000 or something can be eligible. lol.
Back when it was the coupons it was pretty easy - people were always selling them for half-face-value in the bars I worked at. One time when someone stole a huge quantity from the main office, they were selling for ten cents on the dollar. And you CAN SO buy cigarettes with them; I've seen it. People confuse 'legal' with 'possible' all the time.
I remember a story a couple of months ago about the cops being called on a guy dumping something behind a building.
turned out he bought cases of bottled water with FOOD STAMPS and was pouring them down the drain. Why? So he could get the 5 cents per bottle refund and buy cigarettes.
Perfectly legal. The cops had to let him keep pouring.