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Victims receive postcards in the mail offering free gift cards, but when they try to claim, the scam kicks in.

Four suspects, hundreds of tampered gift cards, two Texas cities — and a scheme authorities say spanned state lines.

Scammers walk into stores, take dozens of gift cards off the shelves, and walk out without going through the checkouts.

Thanks to a quick-thinking shopper and a Target store clerk, an older woman was saved from a scam that could have cost her thousands of dollars. Karen Rodder was grabbing some items in a Target store ...

File this one under stories we love: a Target cashier and security specialist teamed up to save a Triangle elder from a gift card scam. "This is a perfect example of how we should look out for each ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. ATLANTA (WJBF) – A new Georgia law is giving law enforcement more tools to go after gift card scams, making it a crime to steal, ...