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  2. Target gift card scam lands man in Ocala jail facing ... - AOL

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    October 20, 2023 at 9:51 AM. Ocala police officers arrested a Dallas man earlier this week and accused him of participating in an elaborate scheme to cheat Target and its customers in a gift...

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

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    Gift card draining” involves criminals recording numbers and PINs from unpurchased gift cards, then placing them back in the packaging.

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  5. Why scammers love gift cards and what to watch out for ... - AOL

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    Target says it takes gift card-related crimes seriously and offers these tips for shoppers: Do not purchase, sell or check your balance outside of Target.com.

  6. Technical support scam - Wikipedia

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    The preferred method of payment in a technical support scam is through gift cards. 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 ...

  7. How Not to Fall for Gift Card Scams - AOL

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    Impersonation Scams: This is the most common type of gift card scam, where scammers may impersonate a trusted individual or organization, such as a government agency, a utility company, a tech ...

  8. Gift Card Scams: What They Are and How to Avoid Them - AOL

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    What is a gift card scam? There are two types of gift card scams, according to experts. The first involves trying to trick you into paying an impostor with gift cards.

  9. Strip search phone call scam - Wikipedia

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    The strip search phone call scam was a series of incidents, mostly occurring in rural areas of the United States, that extended over a period of at least ten years, starting in 1994. The incidents involved a man calling a restaurant or grocery store, claiming to be a police officer, and then convincing managers to conduct strip searches of ...

  10. Police Send Warning About Gift Card Scam During Holidays

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    According to USA Today, a California man was arrested for tampering with gift cards in a Target in Sacramento last week, and police officials found more than 5,000 gift cards from Apple...

  11. Gift card scams 2023: What to know about 'card draining' and ...

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    If anyone tells you to pay with a gift card or to buy gift cards for anything other than a gift, it’s a scam. You’ll lose your money, and you won’t be able to get it back. Receiving a...