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

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    Visa was sued on Tuesday by consumers who said the card payments network failed to make prepaid "Vanilla" gift cards less likely to being drained by thieves. Ira Schuman, who leads the proposed ...

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

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    Report the gift card scam to the gift card company right away. ... Some scams include the use of a fake caller ID and a generated voice that looks and sounds like a loved one, urgently telling you ...

  4. Maker of popular gift cards sued over alleged ‘card draining ...

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    The reason why prepaid Visa Vanilla gift cards as well as other prepaid gift cards are being targeted by card draining scams is because of their versatility. These kinds of cards “can be used ...

  5. Real ID Act - Wikipedia

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    The Real ID Act of 2005 (stylized as REAL ID Act of 2005) is an Act of Congress that establishes requirements that driver licenses and identification cards issued by U.S. states and territories must satisfy to be accepted for accessing federal government facilities, nuclear power plants, and for boarding airline flights in the United States.

  6. Identify legitimate AOL websites, requests, and communications

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    • Don't use internet search engines to find AOL contact info, as they may lead you to malicious websites and support scams. Always go directly to AOL Help Central for legitimate AOL customer support. • Never click suspicious-looking links. Hover over hyperlinks with your cursor to preview the destination URL.

  7. GiftCards.com - Wikipedia

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    GiftCards.com is an online gift-card retailer based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. [1] [2] The company sells gift cards for thousands of different large corporate retailers and small businesses [3] including Vanillagifts.com, Best Buy, Barnes & Noble, Sephora, Coach, Amazon.com, and others.

  8. Carding (fraud) - Wikipedia

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    Another way gift card fraud occurs is when a retailer's online systems which store gift card data undergo brute force attacks from automated bots. Tax refund fraud is an increasingly popular method of using identify theft to acquire prepaid cards ready for immediate cash out. [4] [44] Popular coupons may be counterfeited and sold also. [45]

  9. 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. ... She bought $2,000 worth of Vanilla Visa gift cards at a CVS in New York City only to discover ...