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

There’s no foolproof system,” says Daniel Tsai, founder of ConsumerRights.ca, who notes “it’s a wild west when it comes to ...

Catherine Hanaway said millions of dollars are lost to gift card fraud every year. The Federal Trade Commission released data ...

Are gift cards on your holiday shopping list? Beware, there’s a new scam where the balance on cards you buy may disappear ...

The scam involved websites which advertise paying a person in exchange for unwanted gift cards but, ultimately, do not pay up ...

Gift card scams often involve fraudsters impersonating trusted organizations or individuals and pressuring victims to purchase gift cards and share the codes. Nessel said the schemes can result in ...

If you fall victim to a scam and lose any money, contact your bank immediately using the number on the back of your bank card ...

The cards claim to offer a free product that you can claim by scanning a QR code - a 2D barcode image made up of black and ...

Giveaway and survey scams weren’t the only patterns observed this year. Bitdefender Antispam Labs also tracked several ...

Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway is urging Missourians to stay vigilant this holiday season as scammers increasingly target consumers through deceptive and high-pressure gift card schemes.

Fraudsters are sending out scam postcards featuring dodgy QR codes. Pretending to be from Amazon, the scammers claim that the ...

The purpose of the Crime Beat is to educate and inform the public about some of the property crime trends occurring in South Delta and other files of interest ...