Topic: Gifting Scams
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How to Avoid Gift Card Scams
Scams are everywhere, but one that you can avoid is gift card scams. If you are aware of the problem, you can take action to correct it. When dealing with gift card scams, the card identifying information is copied and then checked to see i... Read More »
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How to Recognize Online Gift Scams
The scam starts with an email offering: a free gift of a laptop computer, a hot-selling toy for your child or a 50-dollar gift certificate if you complete an online survey. Usually, you never receive the gift, but you may get unexpected cha... Read More »
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How to Avoid Gift Card Trading Scams
You have heard about fake money scams fake Money Order scams. According to Allssa Ponchlone and AARP Magazine (Jan/Feb 2009), you can now add gift card scams to your "be aware" list. This article IS NOT about the email that circulates telli... Read More »
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Whether it's for a birthday or other special event, consumers love to give and receive gift cards. Scam artists, however, have put a kink in this popular gift-giving venture by stealing the numbers from inactivated cards, waiting for them t...
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I have heard of this. It's a deceitful way to get you to attend a hard-sell marketing presentation for timeshare/vacation programs. I checked just now and there are several complaints on the internet. This one is typical: I am amazed at the...
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Buy only gift cards that have a PIN associated with them and inspect the card for signs of tampering before you buy. If the gift card has been removed from its protective case or the cards PIN has been exposed, do not buy it and report the ...
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Cash gifting is essentially about placing ads on the internet. First you gift the person that owns the website you went to. Then you pay another fee for your own website with your own name on it and contact details for you. Next you promote...
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Is that a serious question ?? How should we know that, When we know, that it is an internet scam, is it then still a scam.??. No, because we know what they intend to do. Scam us. So nobody can know how many there are. Lets say, more than on...
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Brian Beck was arrested on two counts that he illegally bought and sold gift cards Fraud investigators from the Portland Police Bureau said Friday they're searching for more victims of a man who they say scammed people out of thousands of d...
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They took a gift card as form of payment? - Stupid is as stupid does. Take your card and go to the nearest store and buy merchandise with it... and empty the card.
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