How to Avoid Gift Card Fraud

For the holidays, many of you gave gift cards and many of you got gift cards. Consumer investigator Chris Chmura’s team says: beware. Clever thieves are targeting those cards.
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[@RockFan89]

And I used to think those displays were convenient. Stores need to keep them behind the counter now.

[@Sekhubara]

Perfect way to avoid gift card scams: send cash instead.

[@PhillipMorris758]

Don’t buy gift cards at all

[@nz6241]

simple, don't buy any giftcard. no problem.

[@hgdvl8811]

That happened yo me years ago at Target , i paid cash so i was out $700 dollars. And had to buy new gifts. Terrible Christmas that tear i think they were taking pictures of them probably while in the store or they worked at Target. Sucks when you buy them then after Christmas theyve been used pretty much the night or days after you bought them.

[@aprilhunter1550]

I bought a vanilla card and it was 0 dollars when I loaded it up to $200.00. I bought at a shoppers drug Mart store in Canada.🇨🇦.

[@user-sg3lz6er1l]

🙏🏼 for information thanks for let us know

[@gco1040]

Is anything being done?

[@sandman3126]

why is it best to use your gift card quickly to prevent fraud?

[@braumenheimer9607]

Catfish try to get you to get gift cards for them for hundreds.

[@vicki4493]

Oh my didn’t know anything of this

[@kathymorris1750]

Every card they sell on racks are scammers toy not just just a gift cards.