Can I purchase and use iTunes gift certificates in my country?

Someone told me that there is a loophole in the iTunes Store ...
People living in countries where iTunes Store is not available (i.e. the entire Asia except Japan) can go on line to purchase Gift Certificates and then purchase music on iTunes Store.
Two questions: first can I use my credit card (the billing address is NOT amongst those listed in the iTunes Stores) to purchase the certificates. Second, if I receive the certificates electronically (say given to me from a friend in Australia where iTunes Store exists), can I (living in a country with no iTunes Store) use those certificates to purchase music?

No Gift certificates, like credit cards, are regionally enforces. You would still have to have a billing address in the country where the card was purchased in.

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