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."…

https://stateline.org/2024/04/15/as-consumers-lose-millions-to-gift-card-scams-lawmakers-pressure-businesses/

Amazon customers report false email confirmations for gift cards

One representative said that the company is looking into the cause of the faulty emails, but that accounts are safe and customers can ignore the messages...

https://www.cnbc.com/2023/10/01/amazon-customers-report-false-email-confirmations-for-gift-cards.html