About 26% of people reported being surprised to learn that they gave away or received a gift card with a zero balance, zip, not a dollar left ... s," states the back of one $25 Mastercard gift ...

Some of those cards are for set amounts – a $25 gift ... If the gift card you want to buy is not in this packaging, check the back of the card to make sure the PIN hasn’t been scratched ...

The new scam to look out for has to do with gift cards. One local woman bought a gift card from a local Dollar Tree before ... code and card number had been scratched out — making the card ...