The WORST Gift Card Scams Explained 😱 (Here's how you can avoid them)

Gift card scammers are raking in hundreds of millions of dollars, and trying to take YOUR MONEY! From anything like pretending to be the IRS, to accusing you of a crime and arresting you - here's how gift card scams work, and how to avoid them.

00:26 Cost of Gift Card Scams
00:43 Scam #1: Posing as Government or IRS official
01:40 Scam #2: Friend or Family Emergency
02:04 Scam #3: Posing as a Retailer Offering Deals
02:50 Scam #4: Fake Tech Support
03:31 Scam #5: Romance Scams

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