You want to turn some crypto into a gift card. You search, click a promising result, and land on a site that looks polished and legitimate: a dark theme, trust badges, and promises of instant delivery and no ID checks. You wouldn’t think to question it.

But a professional-looking website isn’t proof that it’s legitimate.

What’s going on

Crypto gift card sites are an easy category to fake.

Several legitimate platforms let people convert Bitcoin, Ethereum, and other cryptocurrencies into gift cards for major brands. They also tend to look similar: a dark theme, a bold “Pay with crypto” message, trust badges, and a grid of popular gift card deals.

That makes them easy to imitate.

Scammers build…