A shopper is warning others to be careful after his mother bought a gift card which turned out to be fake. Jake Eden said she ...

As of October 1, Florida has made large-scale gift card fraud a third-degree felony. Scammers who steal $750 or more through ...

Scammers now ask their victims to pay them with gift cards because they're a convenient way to steal money and they're ...

A carefully orchestrated “gift card draining” scam allowed two men from Southern California to access the funds from activated gift cards that were sold at more than 200 CVS stores across California, ...

The Gift Card Fraud Prevention Alliance is launching a nationwide social-media campaign to combat gift card fraud this holiday shopping season. The campaign, which runs from Oct. 1 through Christmas ...

(WJAR) — Scammers love gift cards. Americans are losing hundreds of millions of dollars a year because of it. But that won't stop us from buying millions more gift cards as the holiday shopping season ...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV/Gray Florida Capital Bureau) - Just in time for the holiday shopping rush, Florida is cracking down on criminals who target gift cards. Gift cards remain one of the most ...

SANTA ROSA, Calif. -- Two Southern California men have been arrested in connection with a massive "gift card draining" scam that spanned dozens of California communities, the Santa Rosa Police ...

Iron Hill Brewery & Restaurant’s abrupt closing of all locations leaves gift card holders mostly out of luck. Iron Hill announced on Sept. 25 at 9:45 a.m. that it was closing all 16 of its locations ...

Debit cards ranked as the top payment method for both attempted fraud and actual dollar losses in 2024. Consumers increasingly must realize that con artists are often impersonating banks, government ...