The new way to take advantage of gift cards. Thieves fradulantely using credit cards to purchase gift cards and then selling the gift cards for cash, usually 50% or less of their face value. Others are taking down the info from gift cards on the racks at stores and then tracking when they are sold and the making copies and using the cards for purchases unsuspecting to the real purchaser.

Do not buy gift cards from someone off the street. Someone is paying a price.

Crime rings are involved.

Steal barcodes and pin cods.

List of tips when buying gift cards