As the holidays approach, online shoppers are advised to be cautious of scams and fraud when buying gifts for their loved ...

Black Friday brings a spike in scams: ghost deal sites, fake delivery texts, bogus “store closing” ads, counterfeit ...

When scammers planned their next gift card fraud meeting, they didn’t expect a hacker to show up. In this story, one man takes over their Google Meet, exposes all five participants, and leaves them ...

CHICOPEE, Mass. (WWLP) – Vanilla gift cards have emerged as the most popular gift card brand in Massachusetts, with an average of 21,383 monthly searches, according to a new study by Giftwhale. The ...

ATLANTA — A Cherokee County woman is still battling to get a replacement for a $200 Vanilla gift card stolen from the mail nearly a year ago. Despite reaching out to InComm Payments, the company ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — For a few hours, Patrick Crumback thought he was one of the lucky few chosen by Publishers Clearing House for a grand prize. “You get all excited thinking you're going to be a ...

Authorities in Santa Clara County say they have broken up a huge theft and fraud ring that targeted major retailers, along with hundreds of elderly victims across the country. The Santa Clara County ...

MANHATTAN, Kan. (WIBW) - Riley County police were investigating an incident in which a man was reported to have been scammed out of thousands of dollars worth of gift cards. The fraud report was filed ...

*** promise of *** free $100 gift card. All you have to do is scan *** QR code. West 2's Lindsay Silo found out who's behind these and if they're legal. Congratulations on your new home call today for ...

BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) -- Several members of a Bend church have become the latest intended targets of a gift-card scam that has been around for years but appears to be getting more sophisticated all the ...

Our Unclaimed Property and State & Local Tax teams follow up on their 2024 advisory by reviewing the state legislation impacting businesses’ gift card programs so far in 2025. This year, there has ...

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. Gift card scams are a growing problem. The method of separating consumers and their money used to be by ...