These scams can also do serious damage to your wallet. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) reports that consumers lost a total of $233 million to fraudsters in 2021, thanks to gift card scams.

Tech 6 sneaky gift card scams to watch out for this holiday season How to detect, defend against gift card scams By Kurt Knutsson, CyberGuy Report Fox News Published November 27, 2024 10:00am EST ...

If anyone tells you to pay with a gift card or to buy gift cards for anything other than a gift, it’s a scam. You’ll lose your money, and you won’t be able to get it back.

The gift card wasn’t usable because it had a zero balance, even though it hadn’t been redeemed yet (55%). The gift card was counterfeit or fake (18%). They couldn’t remember the issue (5%).

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MILWAUKEE — Consumer experts and law enforcement have an important gift card scam alert as the holiday shopping season begins. In the quiet Village of Grafton, a major bust in early November.

A year ago we reported on a scam that cost churchgoers thousands of dollars. “If you get an email from someone that you have emailed before and they are asking for help and request you buy gift ...