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

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

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   Gift cards: Officials said the gift cards were a mixture of Target and Visa cards whose value ranged from $50 to $500. Authorities said they found the compromised cards that Liao was carrying.

4. Here’s How to Avoid Falling for a Mystery Shopper Scam - AOL

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   Fake Company sends you a check for $500. They instruct you to buy a $500 value Target gift card with the money they sent. Then, they ask you to send pictures of the gift card redemption codes.

5. List of scams - Wikipedia

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   Examples include the diamond hoax of 1872 and the Bre-X gold fraud of the mid-1990s. This trick was featured in the HBO series Deadwood, when Al Swearengen and E. B. Farnum trick Brom Garret into believing gold is to be found on the claim Swearengen intends to sell him. This con was also featured in Sneaky Pete.

6. Carding (fraud) - Wikipedia

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   Carding (fraud) Carding refers not only to payment card based fraud, but also to a range of related activities and services. Carding is a term of the trafficking and unauthorized use of credit cards. [1] The stolen credit cards or credit card numbers are then used to buy prepaid gift cards to cover up the tracks. [2]

7. List of Ponzi schemes - Wikipedia

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   МММ was a Russian company that perpetrated one of the world's largest Ponzi schemes of all time. By different estimates from 5 to 40 million people lost up to $10 billion. The company started attracting money from private investors, promising annual returns of up to 1,000%.

8. Visa is sued over 'Vanilla' gift card scam - AOL

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   Ira Schuman, who leads the proposed class action in the White Plains, New York, federal court, said he bought eight $500 Vanilla cards as holiday gifts for his employees in 2022 and 2023, only to ...

9. Advance-fee scam - Wikipedia

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   An advance-fee scam is a form of fraud and is one of the most common types of confidence tricks. The scam typically involves promising the victim a significant share of a large sum of money, in return for a small up-front payment, which the fraudster claims will be used to obtain the large sum. [1] [2] If a victim makes the payment, the ...