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Harvesters are scammers who collect gift card numbers and access codes while posing as a legitimate source for a guest to check their balance. Only check your balance on the target site at https://www.target.com/guest/gift-card-balance.
Target gift card scams include any scheme that requests Target gift cards as payment, or tricks you into purchasing gift cards that have already been emptied. Scammers want gift cards because they’re easier to steal than cash and harder to trace than online payments.
Target gift cards totaled $35 million in payments to scammers -- two times more than any other brand of gift cards.
Scammers steal gift card information from store racks and leave them for unsuspecting shoppers to buy. A Colorado woman bought a Target gift card only to find it already drained of money.
In 2022, nearly 65,000 consumers were swindled out of more than $228 million in gift card scams, according to the FTC. "Did someone tell you to buy a gift card and give them the numbers?...
In the first nine months of 2021, people who reported losing money buying gift cards mentioned Target stores more than other retailers. Reports suggest that Walmart, Best Buy, CVS, and Walgreens stores are also popular with scammers. Scammers use lots of tricks to avoid detection.
Target has built a multi-layered approach to stopping fraud, including gift card scams. Our group of hundreds of cybersecurity experts enables Target to identify and mitigate fraud, proactively monitor trends and create solutions to prevent fraud before it happens.