• elliot_crane@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    From the article…

    Card draining is a scheme in which thieves remove gift cards from stores, capture their numeric codes or swap them out for counterfeit cards, and place the products back on display. When an unsuspecting customer loads money onto a tampered or counterfeit card, criminals access it online and steal the balance.

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      3 months ago

      I’ve experienced this in the past. Luckily the store Winners (a Canadian chain) was good enough to replace the cards.