BEWARE: Scammers tracking gift cards before you buy them

249

Thinking of buying the easiest gift to give…a gift card for someone this holiday season? Beware of a scam that could end up with you giving a gift worth zero dollars and zero cents.

The Better Business Bureau is warning gift card buyers to be on alert. So these Scammers are grabbing cards off the rack scratching off the film that covers the pin number and then taking a picture of the card.  They do this to all gift cards and Visa prepaid cards with higher limits.  They go from store to store doing this.  They cover their tracks with a replacement sticker they can buy online.

Thieves then monitor the cards, checking daily when the cards are activated. Once money is loaded on the card scammers use it immediately.  Leaving you looking like the biggest A-hole of the Holiday Season.

Comments