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2. Target gift card scam lands man in Ocala jail facing ... - AOL

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   Gift cards: Officials said the gift cards were a mixture of Target and Visa cards whose value ranged from $50 to $500. Authorities said they found the compromised cards that Liao was carrying.

3. Phony $1,000 Target Gift Card is the Scam of the Year - AOL

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   A fake contest for a $1,000 Target (TGT) gift card has been declared 2012's "Scam of the Year" by online complaint resolution platform Scambook. The fraud, which Scambook spotted back in November ...

4. Gift Card Scams: What They Are and How to Avoid Them - AOL

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   If you plan to purchase a gift card this holiday season, beware: Scammers are now using them to swipe your money. A study by the Better Business Bureau (BBB) found that gift card scams nearly ...

5. Technical support scam - Wikipedia

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   The preferred method of payment in a technical support scam is through 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 ...

6. How Not to Fall for Gift Card Scams - AOL

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   However, there is a bad side to gift cards that everyone should be aware of: gift card scams. According to the FTC , consumers reported 48,800 cases of gift card fraud or reload card fraud ...

7. Strip search phone call scam - Wikipedia

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   The strip search phone call scam was a series of incidents, mostly occurring in rural areas of the United States, that extended over a period of at least ten years, starting in 1994. The incidents involved a man calling a restaurant or grocery store, claiming to be a police officer, and then convincing managers to conduct strip searches of ...

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

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9. Smishing Scams: Sorry, You Did Not Win a $1,000 Target Gift Card

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   Some big scams making the rounds these days are trying to lure naïve consumers with promises of $1,000 gift certificates to Best Buy , Walmart or Target . The appeal is clear. The appeal is clear.