How to avoid falling for a gift card draining scam

Gift cards remain one of the most popular holiday gifts, but scammers are finding new ways to steal before you even buy them.
WLWT

Kentucky man out hundreds of dollars after falling victim to gift card scam

A Kentucky man is out of hundreds of dollars after a scammer replaced real gift cards with fake ones.At first, the man thought Kroger and Home Depot were to blame for his blank gift cards, but it was ...
KGW8

New scam: Cloned gift cards, spyware that tracks reloading

BEAVERTON -- A Beaverton man has been accused of creating the latest scam to steal people s money -- cloning gift cards. By electronically copying one gift card to another he stole more than $7,000 ...
WAVE3

‘You feel like you are being robbed’: Louisville man victim of in-store gift card scam

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - A Louisville man is out of hundreds of dollars in gift cards after a scammer replaced the real ones in a Kroger store with fakes. “This is a 200-dollar piece of plastic,” said ...
turnto10

I-Team: Gift card scams cost consumers

A new scam is popping up all over New England: criminals taking advantage of everyday gift cards. A former hacker interviewed by NBC 10's I-Team said gift cards can also be an easy way for high-tech ...
HeraldNet

Suspect says he figured out how to hack retail gift cards

He stole at least $249,000 from Target alone, say police, who think he’s part of a fraud ring. LYNNWOOD — Hundreds of thousands of dollars were stolen from Target in a scam by a Snohomish County man, ...
WPXI

Man buying gift cards at Giant Eagle says cashier tried to steal from him

HEMPFIELD, Pa. — A local man is warning consumers to check their receipt twice when purchasing gift cards this holiday season after an incident at the Giant Eagle in Hempfield Township. Patrick ...