The email warned the recipients about gift card scams, but the email itself sounded like a scam ... receive it is through gift cards. Hundreds of other people on Reddit said they received similar ...

Photo by Quinn Rooney/Getty Images In a strange ... Insider tells us that one Reddit user even mentioned receiving the emails just 20 minutes after purchasing unrelated gift cards.

Capitol One estimates that 64% of U.S. consumers purchase gift cards as holiday gifts, which is why scammers have figured out how to steal money from them. It’s called the Drain Scam.

This gift card scam will leave you angry and your gift card recipient very disappointed. Credit: Jeff Greenberg / Universal Images Group ... pocket numerous cards, and tamper with the packaging ...

Across the country, thieves are removing gift cards from in-store gift card displays, scanning the barcode, and returning them to the shelf. Called the “zero-value” gift card scam, when ...

A nationwide gift card scam linked to Chinese organized crime involving gangs prompted law enforcement and Homeland Security to take action. Donald Trump's Approval Rating Shows Worrisome Trend ...

According to the Federal Trade Commission, some gift card companies have begun freezing fraudulent gift card funds so criminals can’t collect, and they often allowing scam victims to get their ...

A gift card issuer is facing a lawsuit over allegations it failed to make its popular prepaid cards less susceptible to a common scam. The lawsuit, filed last month by San Francisco City Attorney ...

The scam involves the gift cards being emptied before they are redeemed. Getty Images It seeks compensatory and punitive damages for people who bought Visa-branded Vanilla cards in New York since ...

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 discovering it had been tampered with and the money stolen.

"He tells victims he’s selling the cards as a fundraiser for his baseball team." Police are looking for a young boy -- estimated to be about 6-years-old -- who is thought to be at the center of ...

When time’s running short to finish your holiday shopping, buying gift cards from the local big box ... But the thieves behind a relatively new scam are making it a less-than-holly-jolly ...