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  2. Police Send Warning About Gift Card Scam During Holidays

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    According to USA Today, a California man was arrested for tampering with gift cards in a Target in Sacramento last week, and police officials found more than 5,000 gift cards from Apple and Target ...

  3. Holiday Scam: What Is Gift Card Draining Plus 4 Red Flags to ...

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    These thieves then wait until the card is purchased and activated – finding that information online – and use the card until the balance is depleted, leaving the buyer with a worthless gift card.

  4. Gift card scam linked to California crime ring nets Chinese ...

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    Attorney Thomas Kollin with client Ming Xue Thursday in Coshocton County Common Pleas Court. Xue received 4 to 6 years in prison for his participation in a gift card scam that had him charged with ...

  5. Telemarketing fraud - Wikipedia

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    Scam Likely [26] is a term used for scam call identification, the term was originally coined by T-Mobile for the scam ID technology created by First Orion. [27] First Orion's scam blocking technology uses a combination of known bad actors, AI powered blocking including neighborhood spoofing and unusual calling pattern.

  6. Voice phishing - Wikipedia

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    Voice phishing is typically used to steal credit card numbers or other information used in identity theft schemes from individuals. Usually, voice phishing attacks are conducted using automated text-to-speech systems that direct a victim to call a number controlled by the attacker, however some use live callers. [1]

  7. Maker of popular gift cards sued over alleged ‘card draining ...

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    A Georgia-based company that makes many popular gift cards faces a lawsuit in California alleging it failed to take precautions to prevent scammers from draining gift cards of their value – a ...

  8. Technical support scam - Wikipedia

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    The preferred method of payment in a technical support scam is via gift cards. [41] Gift cards are favoured by scammers because they are readily available to buy and have less consumer protections in place that could allow the victim to reclaim their money back. Additionally, the usage of gift cards as payment allows the scammers to extract ...

  9. Scam Alert: IRS Warns of Scammers Asking for Gift Cards for ...

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