It's not your run-of-the-mill scam – if there is even such a thing anymore. It starts out with a fake text, just like many scams do these days, but surprisingly morphs further into crooks even showing ...

Are gift cards on your holiday shopping list? Beware, there’s a new scam where the balance on cards you buy may disappear before it can be used. It’s called gift card draining. According to a news ...

Criminals have quietly turned everyday debit cards into a direct pipeline to people's checking accounts, using tactics that are harder to spot and faster to cash out than traditional card theft.

If you received gift cards over the holidays, don't throw them in a drawer and forget about them. While many gift card scams involve thieves demanding payments—for everything from taxes and fines owed ...

ALERT, A WARNING TONIGHT FOR THOSE LOOKING TO SELL GIFT CARDS ONLINE. THE BETTER BUSINESS BUREAU IS INFORMING CONSUMERS OF A SCAM CALLED GIFT CARD DRAINING. WESH 2’S DAVID JONES SPOKE WITH THE VICTIM, ...

Fairfax County Police and the U.S. Secret Service found 20 credit card skimming devices during a countywide detection operation.(Courtesy Fairfax County Police) Police in Fairfax County, Virginia, are ...

A Giant Eagle store in Verona, Pa., has been targeted by what is reportedly a nationwide scam in which thieves are able to drain the balance from customers’ gift cards almost instantly. According to a ...