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Everything you need to know about gift card scams
State and local governments, law enforcement officials and consumer advocate groups are warning holiday shoppers this year to be aware of a popular gift card scam that involves tampering before ...
• Fake email addresses - Malicious actors sometimes send from email addresses made to look like an official email address but in fact is missing a letter(s), misspelled, replaces a letter with a lookalike number (e.g. “O” and “0”), or originates from free email services that would not be used for official communications.
If you feel like you have been scammed or have purchased a gift card and are worried it might be a scam, always contact the BBB at their website or this number (256) 533-1640.
"Postcard" or "Postcard from Hallmark" Unknown: Unknown: A series of e-mails first sent in February 2006. The "virus" referred to by the e-mail does not actually exist. The hoax e-mail warns recipients of a recent outbreak of "Olympic Torch" viruses, contained in e-mails titled "Invitation", which erase the hard disk of the user's computer when ...
Another way gift card fraud occurs is when a retailer's online systems which store gift card data undergo brute force attacks from automated bots. Tax refund fraud is an increasingly popular method of using identify theft to acquire prepaid cards ready for immediate cash out. [4] [44] Popular coupons may be counterfeited and sold also. [45]
If you plan to purchase a gift card this holiday season, beware: Scammers are now using them to swipe your money. A study by the Better Business Bureau (BBB) found that gift card scams nearly ...
According to a recent survey from the Blackhawk Network, 84% of respondents had planned on purchasing a gift card for the holidays. The data also found that 72% of American consumers were aware of...