As consumers lose millions to gift card scams, lawmakers pressure businesses • Stateline

"Once they see these displays, con artists get all the numeric information off those gift cards and then put them back," Kramer, a Democrat, told Stateline. "That's the scam. Because then the consumer comes, puts $500 onto the gift card and it immediately gets drained by the scammer, who's got all that information from when they pulled the gift card off the rack."…

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