Gift Card Scams
AARP Washington State Podcast
English - June 26, 2021 00:46 - 13 minutes - 12.4 MB - ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsPersonal Journals Society & Culture Education aging crime healthyaging agefriendly finance fraud happiness health healthyliving scams Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Con artists asking for your money via pre-paid gift cards are one of top ways to spot a rip off before it happens. Scammers will ask their victim to buy gift cards at a retail store and read off the number. Within seconds, your money is gone forever. Another twist is demands to pay in cryptocurrency like Bitcoin. In this episode, our Fraud Watch volunteers Jean and Debby fill us in on the details.