Don't give a scammer the gift of your Christmas funds this season. Instead, stay aware and keep these tips in mind. The card draining scam leaves gift card purchasers with an empty balance despite ...

She regularly appears on CBS News 24/7 to discuss her reporting. Gift card companies are adding protections for consumers, who are increasingly being duped into sending funds to online scammers ...

While consumers can fall victim to a variety of scams, experts say gift card draining was one of the most common scams that affected people's lives in 2023. What's worse, just about any gift card ...

If you plan to purchase a gift card in the near future, beware: Scammers are now using them to swipe your money. A study by ...

In the case of the holiday season, getting anybody on your list a gift card is a great bet. These days, pretty much every retailer out there offers gift cards to customers, making it easy to snag ...

As the holiday season approaches, a familiar yet unwelcome threat returns—not the green Grinch of storybooks, but a more elusive threat to consumers and retailers alike: gift card fraud.

Joan Oanes says she was baffled to learn a gift card she had purchased had been drained of all its money. The $50 Lululemon gift card was bought last October at a Shoppers Drug Mart location in ...

Maryland Gov. Wes Moore recently signed the Gift Card Scams Prevention Act of 2024, creating the country’s first law aimed at curbing a rising form of gift card fraud called card draining.