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2. What is gift card draining? How to prevent getting scammed - AOL

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   Here’s how it works: Someone steals a gift card and then copies the card number and security code before resealing it, making it difficult to notice it’s been compromised. When another person ...

3. 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 ...

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

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   These thieves then wait until the card is purchased and activated – finding that information online – and use the card until the balance is depleted, leaving the buyer with a worthless gift card.

5. Technical support scam - Wikipedia

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   The preferred method of payment in a technical support scam is through gift cards. 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. Common gift card scams and how to avoid them this ... - AOL

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   The Oregon Division of Financial Regulation offers these tips to keep scammers from stealing your money via gift cards.

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

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   Impersonation Scams: This is the most common type of gift card scam, where scammers may impersonate a trusted individual or organization, such as a government agency, a utility company, a tech ...

8. Overpayment scam - Wikipedia

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   An overpayment scam, also known as a refund scam, is a type of confidence trick designed to prey upon victims' good faith. In the most basic form, an overpayment scam consists of a scammer claiming, falsely, to have sent a victim an excess amount of money. The scammer then attempts to convince the victim to return the difference between the ...

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

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   December 13, 2023 at 5:14 AM. With the holiday season comes more shopping and with more shopping comes more scams and fraudsters looking to take advantage of your holiday goodwill. From supposed ...