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How Much Do You Know About Gift Cards and Scams?

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April 01, 2022

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How Much Do You Know About Gift Cards and Scams?

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  "question" : "Legitimate uses for gift cards include:",
  "answers" : [ {
    "answer" : "Paying the IRS for taxes due",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "Paying the Social Security Administration to get larger benefit checks",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "Bailing a favorite grandchild out of jail",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "Sending a birthday present to a friend or relative",
    "correctAnswer" : true
  } ],
  "multiSelect" : false,
  "explanation" : "Anyone who demands to be paid with a gift card is a scammer, federal officials warn.",
  "hint" : "",
  "hintLink" : "",
  "questionImgCaption" : "",
  "questionImgCredit" : ""
}, {
  "question" : "An AARP survey in 2021 found what percentage of U.S. adults had been asked — or knew someone who had been asked — to buy a gift card to pay a bill, fee or other obligation or to claim a prize?",
  "answers" : [ {
    "answer" : "31 percent",
    "correctAnswer" : true
  }, {
    "answer" : "62 percent",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "75 percent",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "99 percent",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  } ],
  "multiSelect" : false,
  "explanation" : "More than 1 in 10 complied with the request, according to the survey.",
  "hint" : "",
  "hintLink" : "",
  "questionImgCaption" : "",
  "questionImgCredit" : ""
}, {
  "question" : "How much money did fraud victims lose to criminals in 2021 by buying gift cards, or prepaid debit card in scams?",
  "answers" : [ {
    "answer" : "$39 million ",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "$188 million",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "$233 million",
    "correctAnswer" : true
  }, {
    "answer" : "$1.1 billion",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  } ],
  "multiSelect" : false,
  "explanation" : "The figure is from reports to the Federal Trade Commission’s Consumer Sentinel Network. Actual losses may be much higher.",
  "hint" : "",
  "hintLink" : "",
  "questionImgCaption" : "",
  "questionImgCredit" : ""
}, {
  "question" : "How much was spent in 2021 on retail gift cards such as those used in stores and restaurants?",
  "answers" : [ {
    "answer" : "$376 million",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "$695 million",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "$7 billion",
    "correctAnswer" : true
  }, {
    "answer" : "$150.1 billion",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  } ],
  "multiSelect" : false,
  "explanation" : "The estimate, from Mercator Advisory Group in Marlborough, Massachusetts, does not include American Express, Mastercard or VISA gift cards.",
  "hint" : "",
  "hintLink" : "",
  "questionImgCaption" : "",
  "questionImgCredit" : ""
}, {
  "question" : "Yes or no: Gift card issuers are required by law to refund money to a fraud victim who gave away gift-card redemption code numbers to a criminal, but only if a police report is filed.",
  "answers" : [ {
    "answer" : "Yes",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "No",
    "correctAnswer" : true
  } ],
  "multiSelect" : false,
  "explanation" : "Criminals drain the value of gift cards quickly, so merchants often say there are no funds left to return to victims.",
  "hint" : "",
  "hintLink" : "",
  "questionImgCaption" : "",
  "questionImgCredit" : ""
}, {
  "question" : "AARP’s Fraud Watch Network helpline has heard from people who bought gift cards because they were deceived into thinking they were:",
  "answers" : [ {
    "answer" : "Assisting a pastor, rabbi or other religious leader",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "Helping a suitor met while online dating",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "Preventing fraudulent charges on a credit card from being processed",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "All the above",
    "correctAnswer" : true
  } ],
  "multiSelect" : false,
  "explanation" : "You can call the helpline at 877-908-3360.",
  "hint" : "",
  "hintLink" : "",
  "questionImgCaption" : "",
  "questionImgCredit" : ""
}, {
  "question" : "What was the most popular brand of gift cards that fraudsters obtained from victims during the first nine months of 2021?",
  "answers" : [ {
    "answer" : "Disney",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "Target",
    "correctAnswer" : true
  }, {
    "answer" : "White Castle",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "Fandango",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  } ],
  "multiSelect" : false,
  "explanation" : "Target cards were tops, followed by Google Play, Apple, eBay and Walmart cards, according to the Federal Trade Commission.",
  "hint" : "",
  "hintLink" : "",
  "questionImgCaption" : "",
  "questionImgCredit" : ""
}, {
  "question" : "Asking to be paid by gift card is always a scam.",
  "answers" : [ {
    "answer" : "True",
    "correctAnswer" : true
  }, {
    "answer" : "False",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  } ],
  "multiSelect" : false,
  "explanation" : "Gift cards cannot be used to make payments. They are only for gifts.",
  "hint" : "",
  "hintLink" : "",
  "questionImgCaption" : "",
  "questionImgCredit" : ""
} ]

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