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A man living in Virginia pleaded guilty to a complex scam where victims, including an Oakland County woman, were told to buy gift cards at Best Buy.
Here are some red flags to watch for when buying gift cards this holiday season and what to do if you’ve bought a card that has been compromised.
A not-so-fun twist on the fake check scam is the gift card scam. Scammers impersonate real companies and get mystery shoppers to send prepaid gift cards — only to steal them without ever ...
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]
This is a list of Ponzi schemes, fraudulent investment operations that pay out returns to investors from money paid in by subsequent investors rather than from any actual profit earned from the operation of a business.
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 ...
One of the first rules of avoiding scams is to not give out your Social Security number to anyone you don't know and trust -- especially on the internet. But that's what victims of a Walmart gift ...
Frank William Abagnale Jr. (/ ˈæbəɡneɪl /; born April 27, 1948) is an American security consultant, author, and convicted felon who committed frauds that mainly targeted individuals and small businesses. [1][2][3] He later gained notoriety in the late 1970s by claiming a diverse range of workplace frauds, [4] many of which have since been ...