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IRVINE, Calif. (KABC) -- An Irvine woman is warning consumers after she claims funds in a gift card were stolen while she had the card in her possession. Renee Venezia was saving a Vanilla...
(Reuters) - Visa was sued on Tuesday by consumers who said the card payments network failed to make prepaid "Vanilla" gift cards less likely to being drained by thieves.
Like most ways to pay for goods and services, gift cards are susceptible to scammers trying to obtain funds for their own use. While there is no one way for a gift card connoisseur to prevent a scam, we want to equip buyers with tools to protect their assets.
More people than you might imagine discover that their gift card is worth nothing, thanks to scams. What to do if the gift card has a zero balance.
"Did someone tell you to buy a gift card and give them the numbers? That's a scam," the FTC warned in a recent blog post.
The lawsuit, filed last month by San Francisco City Attorney David Chiu, alleges Incom's "Vanilla Gift" and "One Vanilla" non-reloadable cards featured "insufficient" packaging and "lax security...
Did someone tell you to buy a gift card and give them the numbers? That’s a scam. Your money was gone the moment you gave someone those gift card numbers. But now, some gift card companies might be able to get your money back.