Stealing gift cards

To most people, un-activated gift cards hanging on a rack in a store are worthless. But to hackers, those cards are just cash waiting to be stolen. Gift cards have weaker security measures than debt or credit cards , cyber researcher William Caput, tells Wired.

Deter thieves from stealing by using PIN numbers with scratch-off labels. Since most gift cards use a human readable for those making online purchases, a PIN number provides an added level of security since a missing scratch-off label can be easily spotted by the cashier.

Gift card fraud can range from physical theft to cloning to exploiting. Three postal workers have been charged with stealing gift cards from mail at a processing station at the Greater Rochester International Airport. Scammers sometimes target holiday gift cards and steal money, according to new report. As last minute shoppers rush to grab gift cards , find out important information about guarding your purchase. Some consumers claim the gift cards they sent vanished in the mail.

We first reported claims of stolen gift cards in May. Postal worker admits stealing more than 0greeting cards filled with. Is it a federal crime to traffic in stolen gift cards ?

Credit card fraud is a federal . AP) — A Massachusetts woman who stole gift cards donated by a furniture store to a homeless shelter has pleaded guilty. Giving or getting gift cards this Christmas? In this look at gift card scams, Consumer Reports warns that thieves can steal the value off those . This makes them very easy to steal.

Three of the four postal employees who have been charged with stealing gift cards or cash from the mail worked in the same Wauwatosa post . Postal Service worker faces federal criminal charges after she stole more than 2gift cards from . One newer gift card scam involves gift card cloning. To clone a gift card , thieves steal information from inactivated cards on stores shelves, . Video surveillance and “trash runs” turned up evidence of dozens of stolen gift cards , graduation gifts and checks, documents say. A local postal worker is charged with stealing from the mail.

An indictment issued in federal court Wednesday says Keoni Uehara, identified as . Maclin, 4 of Greer, was charged with theft of mail matter by officer or employee in a seven-count indictment. If a gift card goes missing, does that mean the money on the card is gone forever, too? The DOJ said the indictment alleges that the men opened containers of mail and stole items, especially greeting cards , removing cash and gift.

Target gift cards in states, including Colorado, stealing nearly $80000. If your card is lost or stolen , .

He said he used the cards to fund his fantasy sports gambling habit. How an Employee Stole $490in Amazon Gift Cards From a Survey . Thomas Scott Taylor agreed to . A Lackawanna County man is charged with stealing student incentive gift cards. Avolese had been stealing mail visited him at his . Joel Hunsicker of Scranton was in charge of . An Evansville woman says the gift card she mailed to her granddaughter was stolen and used before it even made it out of town. In February, CareerSource Pinellas learned of stolen gift cards after two job seekers reported that the $cards they received from the agency . SCRANTON — As a counselor at Pennsylvania CareerLink, a Scranton man stole more than $5in gift cards intended for student incentives .