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New Scam - 11/29/2006 7:46:00 AM

LotusSong

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No this is just LOW!!!

Interesting info for all of you who buy gift cards, especially this time of year.

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FYI

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

You may want to purchase your card from a customer service person, where they do not have the Gift Cards viewable to the public.

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RE: New Scam - 11/29/2006 7:49:53 AM

r4l884slave

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Wow-I never even considered that-How awful-to give a gift card and they go to spend it and the money is gone! People go to any lengths to rip others off.

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RE: New Scam - 11/29/2006 7:52:48 AM

jezzabelle

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That's really rotten. The level some will stoop to is really sickening.

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RE: New Scam - 11/29/2006 7:56:33 AM

popeye1250

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Just buy gift certificates instead that can't be accessed through a computer.

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RE: New Scam - 11/29/2006 7:57:50 AM

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Thanks for the heads up on this!!

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RE: New Scam - 11/29/2006 8:21:20 AM

Lorelei115

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Or buy the sealed kind that you cannot see the number until activation.

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RE: New Scam - 11/29/2006 8:23:46 AM

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Or give the preferred gift - CASH

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RE: New Scam - 11/29/2006 9:11:00 AM

toservez

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Buy the gift cards online. Everyone I have bought that way has been delivered very quickly.

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