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  2. BBB Consumer Alert: Gift card scams - AOL

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    Here’s how the gift card scam works: Scammers tamper with gift cards in stores using handheld scanners to capture card information, then periodically check the balance by calling the retailer ...

  3. What is gift card draining? How to prevent getting scammed - AOL

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    Gift card recipients should also check the balance and use the cards quickly to lower any risk. When buying a gift card, use a credit card to make your purchase. That will boost the odds of ...

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

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    The reason why prepaid Visa Vanilla gift cards as well as other prepaid gift cards are being targeted by card draining scams is because of their versatility. These kinds of cards “can be used ...

  5. GiftCards.com - Wikipedia

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    GiftCards.com is an online gift-card retailer based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. [1] [2] The company sells gift cards for thousands of different large corporate retailers and small businesses [3] including Vanillagifts.com, Best Buy, Barnes & Noble, Sephora, Coach, Amazon.com, and others.

  6. Gift card - Wikipedia

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    Gift card for a U.S hardware store. A gift card, also known as a gift certificate in North America, or gift voucher or gift token in the UK, [1] is a prepaid stored-value money card, usually issued by a retailer or bank, to be used as an alternative to cash for purchases within a particular store or related businesses. Gift cards are also given ...

  7. Payment card number - Wikipedia

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    A payment card number, primary account number (PAN), or simply a card number, is the card identifier found on payment cards, such as credit cards and debit cards, as well as stored-value cards, gift cards and other similar cards. In some situations the card number is referred to as a bank card number. The card number is primarily a card ...

  8. Visa is sued over 'Vanilla' gift card scam - AOL

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    Visa was sued on Tuesday by consumers who said the card payments network failed to make prepaid "Vanilla" gift cards less likely to being drained by thieves. Ira Schuman, who leads the proposed ...

  9. Credit card balance transfer - Wikipedia

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    A credit card balance transfer is the transfer of the outstanding debt (the balance) in a credit card account to an account held at another credit card company. [1] This process is encouraged by most credit card issuers as a means to attract customers. The new bank/card issuer makes this arrangement attractive to consumers by offering incentives.