Cheryl Parson: Gift card fraud - The Lima News
Cheryl Parson: Gift card fraud Gift cards. They are everywhere! According to a 2013 Smithsonian Magazine, it was Neumann Marcus stores that first introduced the gift card; however, the article also says the company didn’t advertise or display them. The article goes on to explain it was Blockbuster that first displayed gift cards in its stores to counteract the widespread counterfeiting of their paper gift certificates. Starbucks soon followed suit, introducing gift cards that could be reloaded. An AARP survey found that two-thirds of the public intended to buy them for the 2020 holiday seas...
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