India Gift Card and Incentive Card Market Intelligence Report 2025 Featuring Reliance Retail, Amazon, Flipkart, Tanishq, Croma, BigBasket, Myntra, Nykaa, Shoppers Stop, and Lifestyle ...

Gift cards are more vulnerable to bad actors than some expect. There are ways that consumers can fight back against the gift card-draining scams that are out there.

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 ...

Gift card buyers and users need to be especially vigilant about this type of scam, said Christopher Peltz, cyber security expert with Guidepoint Security. “So far, card draining is the most ...

Gift card and reload card fraud cost $228 million last year, according to the Federal Trade Commission. What is being done about this scam? The Retail Gift Card Association and Vanilla Gift tell ...

Most consumers purchase gift cards for retail stores, about 57%, while 52% buy restaurant gift cards, the Capitol One report said. In 2023, 32% of consumers purchased online gaming gift cards.

While my gift card did not show signs of tearing, opening, or tampering, its package design left the barcode and PIN sticker visible. I no longer purchase gift cards in this type of packaging.