📋 States Target Gift Card Scams With Penalties, Warnings (AARP Article/Advocacy)
FROM THE ARTICLE.
AARP has notched wins in 11 states this year as it fights back against gift card fraud.
By Miriam Cross, AARP. Published September 16, 2025.
Scamers who impersonate government agents, romantic prospects or IT specialists often use gift cards as a way to siphon money from their victims. Other times they bypass individual targets entirely and drain the value of the gift cards sitting on store shelves before an unsuspecting buyer has even taken one off the rack.
That’s why AARP is attacking the problem of gift card fraud from both sides.
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