Fake gift card balance checker websites may be used to steal card details
SCAM ALERTredteam/daily · 1 source
- Severity
- Medium
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What happened
Fraudsters are creating fake gift card balance-checker pages that appear in search results and ask users for card numbers and PINs, which are then harvested to drain the card's value. No CVEs or specific affected platforms are described. The source excerpt is truncated, so the full mitigation guidance is not available here.
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What to do
- Only enter gift card numbers and PINs on the retailer's official website, typed in directly rather than reached through search results.
- Be wary of unfamiliar balance-checker sites that ask for card details and treat unexpected results with caution.
- If you have already entered card details on a suspicious site, contact the card issuer or retailer to check the balance and report the card.
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