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

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    If you plan to purchase a gift card this holiday season, beware: Scammers are now using them to swipe your money. A study by the Better Business Bureau (BBB) found that gift card scams nearly ...

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

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    Card draining. "Card draining" is a popular scam that leaves gift card purchasers with an empty balance despite having paid for the card. Several local and national law enforcement agencies have ...

  4. 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 ...

  5. 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 ...

  6. What is phishing? - Engadget

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    1. Email Phishing. The basic phishing email is sent by fraudsters impersonating legitimate companies, often banks or credit card providers. These emails are designed to trick you into providing ...

  7. What is gift card draining? How to prevent getting scammed - AOL

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    Gift card draining is a way to steal funds off of gift cards. Here are ways to avoid the scam. ... Gift card and reload card fraud cost $228 million last year, according to the Federal Trade ...

  8. 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 ...

  9. Internet fraud - Wikipedia

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    Internet fraud is a type of cybercrime fraud or deception which makes use of the Internet and could involve hiding of information or providing incorrect information for the purpose of tricking victims out of money, property, and inheritance. [1] Internet fraud is not considered a single, distinctive crime but covers a range of illegal and ...

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