New Gift Card Scam Uses Barcode Stickers to Steal Your Cash Scammers cover up real gift card barcodes with custom codes, allowing them to quietly load your cash onto their cards at checkout.

ARAPAHOE COUNTY, Colo. — The Arapahoe County Sheriff's Office (ACSO) warned Tuesday of a recent scam involving gift cards. A scammer will print out their own barcodes and place them over the real ...

(WHDH) — Police are warning Christmas shoppers to beware of scammers who are placing fake barcodes on gift cards this holiday season. Scammers are printing out their own barcodes and placing them over ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Getting the perfect gift during the holidays can be difficult. Giving a gift card, whether it be a Visa or one to the recipient’s favorite store, is usually a safe option.

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - An Alabama woman is alerting others to a gift card scam. In a message posted on Facebook, Kandi Tucker said she was given a Visa gift card that was purchased from the CVS ...

EMBARRASSMENT OF GIVING A WORTHLESS GIFT. GIFT CARDS EXPECTED TO BE THE MOST POPULAR TYPE OF PRESENT HOLIDAY SEASON. FOR THE 16TH CONSECUTIVE YEAR, ACCORDING TO WALLETHUB. BUT UNFORTUNATELY, CROOKS ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. ATLANTA (WJBF) – The FBI is warning of an uptick in holiday gift card scams. Investigators say scammers are placing fake barcodes ...

For years, consumers have been warned about gift card scams, but now there’s a whole new gift card headache – the actual racks that hold those gift cards at a retail store. A leading cybercrime ...

Police are warning holiday shoppers about ongoing scams where gift card barcodes are tampered with so that scammers keep the cash value of the card. We spoke to experts about what to watch for while ...