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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 ...
Nov. 22—With holiday shopping about to kick into high gear, safety experts warn of online scams and advise caution when clicking the buy button. Scams involving gift cards increased ...
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As the amount fraudulently claimed from each victim is relatively low, some will give the scammers the benefit of the doubt, or simply seek to avoid the nuisance of further action, and pay the claim. The scam's return address is a drop box; the rest of the contact information is fictional or belongs to an innocent third party.
The use of high pressure sales tactics by sending its main sales item, Christmas card packages to consumers via unsolicited direct mail with an option to pay afterwards. [10] The secrecy maintained by the company. No claims have been made suggesting any illegal activity by AMFPA. The criticism has been centred on what is perceived as bad ethics.
It was first noticed in late 2015, and returned in the Christmas season each year after that. [2] [3] [4] In a typical post, participants are given a list of six names and are asked to send one gift (or book, or bottle of wine) valued at about $10–15 USD to the person at the top of the list. They are then asked to remove the person in the top ...
When real estate agent Jenny Smith ordered too many holiday cards, rather than toss them, she decided to spread joy to 50 random people in her work database. The inside read, “Merry Christmas!
Return fraud is the act of defrauding a retail store by means of the return process.There are various ways in which this crime is committed. For example, the offender may return stolen merchandise to secure cash, steal receipts or receipt tape to enable a falsified return, or use somebody else's receipt to try to return an item picked up from a store shelf.