Beware of Gift card Fraud

When purchasing gift cards for loved ones, associates, give aways....

Well the crooks have found a way to rob you of your gift card balance. If you buy Gift Cards from a display rack that has various store cards you may become a victim of theft. Crooks are now jotting down the card numbers in the store and then wait a few days and call to see how much of a balance THEY have on the card(what you've put on it in reality).

Once they find the card is "activated", they then go online and start shopping.

One Solution is:
You may want to purchase your card from a customer service person, where they do not have the Gift Cards viewable to the public. You may even pick one from the back or middle of the rack. Please share this with all your family and friends...

I thought you might find the following article from snopes.com interesting: http://www.snopes.com/fraud/sales/giftcard.asp

This was sent in by one of our faithful readers. Thanks so much Miss J-ville, Florida