And as another pointed out, this scam involved no actual crypto.
Yes, actually.
While a complete gift card ban is possibly not necessary, I do think there is a strong need to place legal limitations on their use and transferability to reduce or eliminate the degree to which they enable scammers.
Stores have done a little bit to try to combat this at the point of sale but it isn't nearly enough.
On the telephone side, I think we need to start holding phone companies liable if a spoofed number was used in a scam. It is ridiculous that they still haven't been able to solve that issue after years of effort and legistlation.