A shopper is warning others to be careful after his mother bought a gift card which turned out to be fake. Jake Eden said she ...

A judge has decided a Chinese national charged with taking part in a gift card tampering scheme in Louisville will soon be ...

Florida is cracking down on gift card fraud with a brand new crime and penalties starting at a potential jail sentence of up to one year. It went into effect Wednesday, Oct. 1.

PINOLE, Calif. -- Police are warning about an innovative gift card scam that's going around this holiday season. Shoppers in California recently lost hundreds of dollars to the scam. They bought gift ...

The Gift Card Fraud Prevention Alliance is a public-private partnership comprised of retailers—including national chain stores, grocery outlets, and specialty merchants—state retail associations, and ...

As of October 1, Florida has made large-scale gift card fraud a third-degree felony. Scammers who steal $750 or more through ...

Santa Rosa police arrested two Southern California men and confiscated more than 25,000 compromised gift cards related to a fraud operation potentially spanning hundreds of CVS locations across ...

Gift cards are one of the most popular gifts to give, but more and more, gift cards are being used as the No. 1 tool for scammers. Vanessa Hale learned that the hard way after losing $800 to a gift ...

Each card has a slightly different message, but they welcome the new homeowner and offer a complimentary $100 gift card to ...

WASHINGTON, Sept. 4, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The Gift Card Fraud Prevention Alliance (GCFPA) today announced major progress in state-level efforts to combat gift card fraud, with 11 states (Arizona, ...

Starting Wednesday, Florida is cracking down on gift card fraud under a law that defines the crime in statute and establishes a schedule of penalties, the least of which is a first-degree misdemeanor ...

Florida has enacted a new law making gift card fraud a specific crime with penalties up to a year in jail. Scammers often demand payment via gift cards for fake debts, fines, or emergencies.