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The Hidden Market: “SNAP Points for Uber Credits”

In a Houston WeChat community, there’s a secret exchange: 100 SNAP points → $50 in Uber credits. The system works like this: You give someone your SNAP card info; they use the balance to buy groceries, resell them for cash, and then send you Uber ride codes. One woman said she trades half her monthly SNAP balance every month because she works far from home. But then someone exposed the scheme: The reseller wasn’t actually reselling anything— he’d drain the whole balance and send fake Uber codes. The community exploded. Some said people were exploiting each other; some blamed the system’s loopholes; others claimed “still safer than selling for cash.” But the truth is: nearly everyone was participating in some level of wrongdoing— just in different forms. #SNAPFraud #UndergroundTrade #UrbanStruggles #TransportVsFood #WelfareReality