"We don't want anyone impersonating us and disappointing our customers, and we do everything we can to prevent this," Trader ...

2. Fake e-gift card offers In some cases, you won't be asked to buy a gift card, but will actually be sent what appears to be an e-gift card. At the start of the new year,experts were warning ...

ATLANTA — In a series of Channel 2 Action News investigations, we’ve shown you how gift cards can be drained and emptied by thieves before the gift recipient ever gets a chance to use the card.

They also said I should send the gift card to a Gmail address that used a woman’s name. “Amount needed: $250 Message: Happy Birthday from Sweet Ed ! Cheers to your new age,” they wrote.

See, e.g., United States v. Daramola, 2024 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 168969 (D. NM 2024) (gift card fraud in the context of the application of the Federal sentencing guidelines); United States v.

She was a victim of a gift card scam. “l read the text and recognized it said Amazon and, you know, there's been a fraudulent charge for a phone, an $800 phone," Okrent said.

How gift card scam works Oftentimes, criminals will walk out of a store with a whole sleeve of gift cards from a display. They’ll use a portable air heater to soften the glue in the card’s ...

Scammers are able to access a gift card PIN before it’s purchased by tampering with it after grabbing it from the in-store displays. This gives them access to the funds if the card is activated ...

Shoppers targeted by gift card scam in Newton by: Sarah Bawden Posted: Mar 13, 2025 / 07:11 PM EDT Updated: Mar 13, 2025 / 07:11 PM EDT ...

The lead plaintiff, Ira Schuman, of Scarsdale, New York, sued Visa and two Vanilla card issuers in January 2024, after learning that eight $500 cards he bought as holiday gifts for employees in ...

If you received a gift card during the holidays and can't wait to use it, be aware—scammers are still on the prowl. Many scams exist to target consumers looking to buy gift cards, use new cards ...