With the holiday season comes more shopping and with more shopping comes more scams and fraudsters looking to take advantage of your holiday goodwill. From supposed charities looking for "donations" ...

Despite your best intentions, it can be difficult to get everyone in your circle a perfect – or at least personal – gift.So you turn to Plan B: gift cards. Easy to get. Easy to use. Usually ...

Gift cards are one of the most popular holiday presents to give, but they’re also one of the easiest for scammers to compromise. That leaves you with a gift card that’s already depleted by the ...

Millions of Americans will buy gift cards over the next few weeks — thinking it’s the safest, simplest holiday gift. But this season, one of the most widespread consumer scams is happening before you ...

Popular holiday scams include fake delivery notifications, gift card scams, charity scams and more. Scams seem to be getting more and more convincing each year, but learning to spot the signs can help ...

Millions of Americans fall for scams every year -- and unfortunately once bad guys get your money, it's usually gone for good. But not so for a Santa Cruz mother of three. She fell for a gift card ...

The hit: Once a cashier activates the card for a unknowing buyer, the crook drains it fast—often before it’s even used Avoid it: Check the PIN/scratch area for tampering, grab from the back, pay with ...

Missouri's attorney general is warning about scammers targeting consumers through deceptive and high-pressure gift card schemes. Catherine Hanaway said millions of dollars are lost to gift card fraud ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It seems like there’s always a new DMV text scam or suspect website out there reaching out to you about unclaimed money. While ...