Here's how gift cards bought by unsuspecting customers were allegedly used in $13M Apple iPhone scheme tied to a warehouse in ...
Developer Paris Buttfield-Addison lost 25 years of data after redeeming a $500 Apple gift card. This cautionary tale reveals why Apple’s zero-tolerance fraud algorithms are a hidden risk for loyal ...
Unwittingly, Holley followed the instructions laid out by the scammer. He withdrew $7,000 from his account, drove to the ...
Report Fraud, the national body for fraud reporting, believes it has increased by about 25% over the past two years. New figures from the organisation show they had 9,386 reports of gift card fraud in ...
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Why gift card fraud victims almost never get their money back
The AARP runs ads claiming that any request to pay by gift card is always a scam. Patrick McKenzie, writing at Bits About ...
Gift cards are key. They’re fast, hard to trace, and irreversible once the code is shared. By asking for photos or digital ...
Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway is urging Missourians to stay vigilant this holiday season as scammers increasingly target consumers through deceptive and high-pressure gift card schemes.
Americans aged 60 and older lost $4.8 billion last year to scams, according to a report by the FBI (1). A Massachusetts couple’s story shows just how quickly carefully amassed savings can disappear.
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