gift card scams
By Selena Maranjian, The Motley Fool
| 3:38PM 5/30/2012
Cyberspace is full of scams, and the con artists keep developing new ones. One of the latest is "smishing": It's like a phishing email that comes as a text message on your cell phone, and there's more than one way it can cost you.
| 9:00AM 12/14/2010
We're almost to Christmas, but first, there's Free Shipping Day -- the next all-important holiday/marketing event. That's the day retailers will offer some or all of their inventory shipped for free when purchased online hopefully to arrive in time for the holiday. But what if you're trying to pay...
| 3:00PM 12/08/2010
Gift cards are the most popular and requested item this holiday season, but so too are scams designed to take advantage of unsuspecting shoppers. The National Retail Federation estimates we'll spend close to $25 billion on gift cards this year, and thieves are anxious to get a piece of the...
| 5:00PM 9/23/2010
As we barrel on toward the holiday and gift-giving season, our friends at Mint.com created this infographic to help us understand how to best use gift cards, and avoid being ripped off. Now would be a good time to check your wallet or purse for unused cards, and cash in on their remaining value....