Gift cards are a very popular and convenient way to give a gift this holiday season to your friends or family, but they can also be a target for scammers who want to steal your money or personal ...

If the gift card you’re about to buy isn’t for a gift, put it down and walk away, the Federal Trade Commission warns. If someone on the phone with you as you’re checking out is telling you what to do ...

Question: How and why are gift cards used by scammers to steal money? Answer: The use of gift cards is a favorite vehicle to extract money from victims for a variety of reasons: they are available ...

Scammers seeing a goldmine when they look at gift cards, as this kind of fraud is hard to trace. (Photo: Getty) The past few years have been a wild ride for online shoppers, and the 2022 holiday ...

WHY GIFT CARDS COULD BE YOUR TIP OFF. FOLKS, I’VE TOLD YOU BEFORE, THERE ARE ALL KINDS OF SCAMS OUT THERE, BUT THE COMMON DENOMINATOR AMONG MANY OF THEM IS HOW SCAMMERS ASK FOR YOUR MONEY GIFT CARDS.

Gift cards are a very popular and convenient way to give a gift this holiday season to your friends or family, but they can also be a target for scammers who want to steal your money or personal ...

EMBARRASSMENT OF GIVING A WORTHLESS GIFT. GIFT CARDS EXPECTED TO BE THE MOST POPULAR TYPE OF PRESENT HOLIDAY SEASON. FOR THE 16TH CONSECUTIVE YEAR, ACCORDING TO WALLETHUB. BUT UNFORTUNATELY, CROOKS ...

The Oregon Division of Financial Regulation is warning of gift cards scams that convince victims to use gift cards that are activated and loaded with cash as a form of payment. Some of the scams ...