Gift Card Fraud
Posted: Wed Oct 30, 2019 4:11 pm
https://ca.yahoo.com/news/lot-people-ge ... 00214.html
This happened to me twice before with Canadian Tire gift cards purchased at Shoppers. This was before they switched over to the more secure ones where you have to peel open the tab to get the magnetic strip. In any case, after that change I haven't had any other problems, but nowadays when I buy any gift card I always check their security level to ensure they weren't the "bare" cards like the old CT cards. Those were too easy to copy for scammers!
This happened to me twice before with Canadian Tire gift cards purchased at Shoppers. This was before they switched over to the more secure ones where you have to peel open the tab to get the magnetic strip. In any case, after that change I haven't had any other problems, but nowadays when I buy any gift card I always check their security level to ensure they weren't the "bare" cards like the old CT cards. Those were too easy to copy for scammers!