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2. Holiday Scam: What Is Gift Card Draining Plus 4 Red Flags to ...

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   Holiday Scam: What Is Gift Card Draining Plus 4 Red Flags to Watch For. As Americans continue to slide through holiday mode, they’re going to get more calls, emails and texts for legitimate ...

3. I’ve been scammed — will my bank refund the money? - AOL

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   Scammers typically want you to send them money as quickly as possible, before you have a chance to catch on. Dig deeper: 5 places you shouldn’t use your debit card (and 3 situations when you should)

4. Scam Alert: IRS Warns of Scammers Asking for Gift Cards for ...

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   How Scammers Try To Collect Gift Cards from Taxpayers. Although this scam can happen year-round, it frequently occurs during the holiday season. The IRS recently released a notice to warn ...

5. Technical support scam - Wikipedia

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   The preferred method of payment in a technical support scam is via gift cards. [41] Gift cards are favoured by scammers because they are readily available to buy and have less consumer protections in place that could allow the victim to reclaim their money back. Additionally, the usage of gift cards as payment allows the scammers to extract ...

6. Carding (fraud) - Wikipedia

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   Carding (fraud) Carding refers not only to payment card based fraud, but also to a range of related activities and services. Carding is a term of the trafficking and unauthorized use of credit cards. [1] The stolen credit cards or credit card numbers are then used to buy prepaid gift cards to cover up the tracks. [2]

7. Scam Alert: Why You Should Think Twice Before Grabbing That ...

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   Gift card payment scams are expected to rise this year, according to CNBC. As the Better Business Bureau (BBB) warns, holiday shoppers have to be extra vigilant when dealing with companies using ...

8. Friendly fraud - Wikipedia

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   Friendly fraud. Friendly fraud, also known as chargeback fraud occurs when a consumer makes an online shopping purchase with their own credit card, and then requests a chargeback from the issuing bank after receiving the purchased goods or services. Once approved, the chargeback cancels the financial transaction, and the consumer receives a ...

9. Maker of popular gift cards sued over alleged ‘card draining ...

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   The reason why prepaid Visa Vanilla gift cards as well as other prepaid gift cards are being targeted by card draining scams is because of their versatility. These kinds of cards “can be used ...