Gift Card Use In Scams Is Skyrocketing

Consumer Watch, The Clarion-Ledger
Mon, 10/22/2018 - 3:00am

Federal Trade Commission issued a report showing that the use of gift cards as a payment vehicle in scams had more than tripled since 2015

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