A 75-year-old Cleveland man was trying to buy Apple gift cards for people he did not really know when a Westlake police ...

About one in four people who reported losing money to fraud told the Federal Trade Commission they paid with a gift card, a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Every holiday season, you hear about it: Gift cards that have a zero balance, even though they've been loaded with money for a ...

A San Diego contractor says a fake federal-agent call drained $4,000 from him in minutes after he was pushed into buying Lowe ...

The investigation began in December 2025, when staff at a Burlington Walmart reported a man removing gift cards from his pockets.

Would you ever dream of buying a beautiful gift, maybe a cashmere sweater or a diamond necklace, and have it gift-wrapped at the store, only to watch your special someone open the box and discover it ...

In gift card fraud, everybody but the victim makes money: fraudsters, gift card companies and retailers. The criminals exploit a rapidly evolving payments industry that's shrouded in secrecy, designed ...

Gift card companies are adding protections for consumers, who are increasingly being duped into sending funds to online scammers through store credit. In 2022, nearly 65,000 consumers were swindled ...

The Oregon Division of Financial Regulation is warning of gift cards scams that convince victims to use gift cards that are activated and loaded with cash as a form of payment. Some of the scams ...

A San Diego commercial flooring contractor is sharing how he lost $4,000 in a gift card scam, saying he wishes merchants did ...

Gift card draining scams by Chinese organized crime are costing consumers millions. Learn how the scam works and how to safely buy and protect gift cards.

A Florida pastor says scammers used his name to target church members with fake text messages asking them to buy Macy’s gift ...