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Monday, December 17, 2012

Here’s Another Reason To Avoid Giving Gift Cards

By this point, we’ve probably all given or received gift cards during the holidays. But most consumers don’t know how easy it is for scammers to steal value from these cards, and what a pain in the butt in can be to get that money back.
See, around this time of year, scam artists are going around and getting peeks at the numbers on cards available for sale at stores. They record these numbers, and then a few months from now they’ll go online or call up the 800 numbers for these cards to see if they have been activated and if they have been used.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

How about just purchase a Gift Certificate for your LORA (local owner restaurant association. These have no expiration, they are used as cash when purchasing. If you have change coming back you get it in cash. So purchase local, eat local keep your money here. Purchase on line at www.lorarestaurants.org. Special for the month of December is Purchase $100.00 receive $20.00 for free. No strings no small print.
See there is a better way.

Anonymous said...

Thanks for the great idea 1:53.