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

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   A study by the Better Business Bureau (BBB) found that gift card scams nearly tripled between 2017 and 2020, making them the second-highest fraud type behind credit cards.

3. Gift card scams 2023: What to know about 'card draining' and ...

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   Card draining. "Card draining" is a popular scam that leaves gift card purchasers with an empty balance despite having paid for the card. Several local and national law enforcement agencies have ...

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

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   According to the FTC, consumers reported 48,800 cases of gift card fraud or reload card fraud totaling more than $228 million in losses last year. That's more cases than the following other types ...

5. Internet Crime Complaint Center - Wikipedia

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   Internet Crime Complaint Center. The Internet Crime Complaint Center ( IC3) is a division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) concerning suspected Internet-facilitated criminal activity. The IC3 gives victims a convenient and easy-to-use reporting mechanism that alerts authorities of suspected criminal or civil violations on the Internet.

6. 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 ...

7. Scam Alert: IRS Warns of Scammers Asking for Gift Cards for ...

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   'Tis the season -- for financial scams of all kinds, when hackers and thieves attempt to separate well-meaning, hard-working people from their money. See: IRS Offers Advice on How You Can Avoid ...

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

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9. Beware of gift card fraud — don't let it hijack your perfect ...

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   The Federal Trade Commission reports that gift card fraud has been on the rise since the pandemic started. In the first nine months of 2021, more gift card fraud was reported than in all of 2020 ...