While many gift card scams involve thieves demanding payments via prepaid cards, there's a less obvious type of fraud known ...

Authorities estimate that sophisticated organized criminal groups are “draining” gift cards before genuine shoppers ever use ...

A Lake purchased a gift card for Christmas, loaded $200 onto it, only to discover the card’s numbers had been scratched out, ...

Shop for gift cards at stores you know and trust. The FTC said consumers should avoid buying from online auction sites ...

It seems like there’s always a new DMV text scam or suspect website out there reaching out to you about unclaimed money. While there’s no official “scam season,” savvy scammers have honed in on some ...

It's not your run-of-the-mill scam – if there is even such a thing anymore. It starts out with a fake text, just like many scams do these days, but surprisingly morphs further into crooks even showing ...

Businesses across the UK have reported a rise in so-called "friendly fraud", or chargeback scams, where customers tell their credit card companies they haven't made the purchase listed on their ...

A new scam called ghost tapping is spreading across the country. The Better Business Bureau (BBB) warns that scammers are using this tactic to steal money from people who use tap-to-pay credit cards ...

Debit cards ranked as the top payment method for both attempted fraud and actual dollar losses in 2024. Consumers increasingly must realize that con artists are often impersonating banks, government ...