Authorities arrest suspect in a statewide Target gift card scam

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6 ай бұрын

A man was arrested after authorities connected him to a scam involving more than 50 Targets across the state, including Sacramento.

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@kimking5928 5 ай бұрын

I’m so sick and tired of these damn scam artists. One of them somehow got into my account and stole money from me. Luckily my bank alerted and compensated me. I’m so sick of them all.

@AP90x 5 ай бұрын

Just tracked you ip address, hacking your internet activity now. Will be in your bank account by tomorrow morning 😊😘

@ggeorge4144 5 ай бұрын

This is what happens to countries who are soft on crime. The constitution was written to protect criminals. Every right in it is to protect criminals.

@NoName-hh5nq 5 ай бұрын

@@ggeorge4144so we shouldn’t have rights?

@mariakristinahawl1640 5 ай бұрын

Unfortunately, I had a visa gift card, money was put on it with a fee... and there was only 3 cents balance on it.

@julieinthenorthwest4594 5 ай бұрын

@@ggeorge4144 No! The constitution was written in opposition of tyranny, granting inalienable rights, and protecting its citizens (which include the innocent). However people like you want to tear down and eliminate the constitution under a facade of lies. Your first sentence states what the majority of people already know but then attack the constitution. The constitution isn't the problem, following the constitution, following the laws, and enforcing both ARE the issues.

@brendareed5050 5 ай бұрын

These should be sold in a vending machine that the store and employees cannot have access to.

@terenarosa4790 5 ай бұрын

Who stocks them?

@glock1inthetop45 5 ай бұрын

@@terenarosa4790company

@noseraph 5 ай бұрын

@@terenarosa4790 A single poorly-paid contractor who is being watched by a single poorly-paid security guard.

@macmiller1678 5 ай бұрын

A lot of places have digital gift cards that you can buy and scan on your phone.

@mkrp4 5 ай бұрын

Happened to me earlier this year

@TheBagjunkie 5 ай бұрын

It happened to me. Target doesn’t want to refund your money. Don’t buy gift cards! Give cash instead!

@winning3329 5 ай бұрын

Sue target It's their fault because the security people who watch the cameras are usually goofing off or staring at women. Because of their neglect you got your hard earned money stolen. Staring a class action suit

@bumblbesss 5 ай бұрын

give digital GC

@qrgaming1421 5 ай бұрын

Times like these target should change up their policy. Or they can lose alot of customers. But I highly doubt they ever care.

@sonyadrake7843 5 ай бұрын

@@winning3329 Exactly, this dude's criminal ring is just taking the Gift Cards and then return to put them back tampered 😳🤯 Target needs to DESTROY ALL OF THEIR EXISTING GIFT CARDS AND PROCESS A NEW BATCH THAT NEED TO BE LOCKED UP.

@terenarosa4790 5 ай бұрын

I've never understood gift cards. Unless you're giving it to a crack addict who you're afraid might spend the cash on drugs. But addicts are very resourceful and will probably find a way to sell it for drugs anyways. So with a gift card you're just being controlling and oppressive for no reason. Cash is always better.

@beautifulsky4481 5 ай бұрын

Its not just target. Last week a lady purchased 3 gift cards totaling a thousand dollars at walmart and when she went to check the cards balance before she gave them out, the money was gone. It's everywhere.

@notmebutyou8350 5 ай бұрын

Damn!!! That is awful!!

@MK-tq5ec 5 ай бұрын

Gift card maxes at 500 dollars. How can she put thousands

@MissCertifiedKicks 5 ай бұрын

@@MK-tq5ecthe pantry lady in Houston Tx purchased 10 gift cards at $100 each totalling $1k.

@herculesbrofister265 5 ай бұрын

@@MK-tq5ec"3 gift cards totaling a thousand dollars" "A thousand dollars"= $1000 1000/3 = 333.33

@dunkinherdonut8471 5 ай бұрын

@@MK-tq5ec learn to read! He said she bought 3 gift cards that totaled (add up to) $1000. 🤦‍♂️ You voted for Biden didn’t you, no? I can tell….🤣😂

@RIfMlLVrdhpPYbHCcTqjnEFGgNyKku 5 ай бұрын

"Target isn't out anything" Except for the pissed customers never coming back 🤣

@Jorr235 5 ай бұрын

The stores don’t care because they are not at risk, it’s the consumer that loses here.

@mike8857 5 ай бұрын

Also, the charge backs.

@Salem_Wolf1107 5 ай бұрын

True I have bought 2 payed 150 each and when I tried using them it had nothing in it both times I call customer service they kept giving me attitude each time I called n when I called Walgreens they say we can't do anything about it...bc its not their problem once u buy it

@NotLikeUs869 5 ай бұрын

@@Salem_Wolf1107I just watched a news clip of a woman who bought a thousand dollars worth. She lost $800 from Walmart gift cards and Walmart won’t take accountability.

@naomiverdugo2180 5 ай бұрын

I was going to give out gift cards this year until i saw a video of a Texas lady that lost over $800 because of this. This is so sick.

@richarddeleon8601 5 ай бұрын

I wonder if HEB is safe?

@marysaade4343 5 ай бұрын

I saw that video also

@DokesConspiracyNetwork 5 ай бұрын

Gift cards are for people you hate. Thoughtless gift

@richarddeleon8601 5 ай бұрын

@@DokesConspiracyNetwork yes! It's for the company Christmas party. Lol

@RobimusPrime 5 ай бұрын

@@DokesConspiracyNetworkno, its not. SMH

@dmpi483 5 ай бұрын

He must be a low-level member of the crime organization since he's actually doing the real work.

@disguiseddv8ant486 5 ай бұрын

Do not believe this story. Why would this dude walk into Target and openly start switching cards right at the Gift card stands especially during the holiday when knowing that stores and authorities are on to them. Remember, the media is used to lie and manipulate the viewer. This story is to tell the people that "Hey everyone, we're doing our job running sting operations to crack down on this holiday scam so that you can feel safe spending your money on store gift cards."

@inthesun3884 5 ай бұрын

I stopped buying gift cards years ago. I can’t count the number of times empty ones were given to me. I thought maybe they were given by mistake. Apparently this has been going on for years.

@evilsharkey8954 5 ай бұрын

Maybe the people gifting them stole them or bought them at self checkout, not realizing they have to be loaded by a human being.

@Ms.RatherUnique 5 ай бұрын

Yep, I got a empty Subway card. Luckily, I had enough money on me or I'd have been embarrassed.

@brigreen689 5 ай бұрын

So he committed a crime and his identity is withheld?? Wow😒🙄

@j.trulyrandom 5 ай бұрын

Bad sign for the gift card industry

@randyearles1634 5 ай бұрын

Make retailers more responsible for what they sell.

@ZN-nz9uu 5 ай бұрын

I got scammed $200 on a target gift card target refunded me but it’s also targets responsibility to do something to prevent this

@user-qc6wi3dw5x 5 ай бұрын

And why dont they ever show the faces of these people🤷

@Jed67 5 ай бұрын

Makes you wonder

@phallondavenport470 5 ай бұрын

He's asian

@scooby2181 5 ай бұрын

If he was white, they would of.

@helenatube 5 ай бұрын

So what? You think the media protects everybody but the poor victimized white man, don't you? @@phallondavenport470

@lucycan6363 5 ай бұрын

@@phallondavenport470 American-Asian. Don't disown your citizens. The majority of crime in America is done by American citizens, not foreigners

@donsturtevant2396 5 ай бұрын

The gift cards need to be removed from public access until the packaging is replaced with tamperproof packaging. In the meantime, the only option is to pass.

@ganderson7790 5 ай бұрын

That’s correct the way they used to be

@babybirdhome 5 ай бұрын

These were in tamperproof packaging. They just replaced the packaging with counterfeit tamperproof packaging.

@sillyeve97 5 ай бұрын

@@ganderson7790yes I was going to write the same. I remember seeing them behind the cashier along with those calling cards too.

@ericknoblauch9195 5 ай бұрын

Several retailers now have what is called an e-gift card you purchase online, and is electronically sent to the recipient's e-mail. I've purchased some from Macy's this way, and there is no plastic card on display in some store that people you don't know have their hands on.

@janelbbuck 5 ай бұрын

Definitely not a new scam. It’s been going on with multiple brands for years. It’s the most annoying thing so I’m glad authorities are looking into it.

@lucycan6363 5 ай бұрын

Finally!

@selfmasterylife5851 5 ай бұрын

This isn't a new scam. My son brought his father and I a target gift card last Christmas when we tried to use them we were told we had a zero balance. I called corporate and they said it was nothing they could do. We haven't brought gift cards from target since.

@winning3329 5 ай бұрын

You could have sued target for negligence

@terenarosa4790 5 ай бұрын

@@winning3329 suing would probably cost more than the lost, but if I were rich I'D do it. It's about the principle.

@GorgieClarissa 5 ай бұрын

@@winning3329 read the terms and conditions..... you also have to consider the legal fees of going after a major corporation for a 20$ gift card....

@mewho8714 5 ай бұрын

That is wild. They sell them, they should stand behind them.

@azeleapark 5 ай бұрын

That must've SUCKED!! 😡👎

@b.b.s7545 5 ай бұрын

Target doesnt wanna monitor the giftcard section nor warn customers of the scams

@DaveW_googleplus 5 ай бұрын

I'd like to see at least two years in prison followed by permanent deportation back to China.

@kimking5928 5 ай бұрын

Or Africa.

@467076 5 ай бұрын

2 years? 2 fucken years? You’re to soft, you’re the reason these people do what they do. You’ll probably only want 3 years on someone with murder charges because he “might change.”

@o0R3stless0o 5 ай бұрын

More like 10 yrs

@Htl3648 5 ай бұрын

Nah, its just more taxpayer money wasted. Send ‘em back

@bone3594 5 ай бұрын

Life sentence or Capital Punishment.

@jasonbell5905 5 ай бұрын

That man should pay the price, take him for everything he has and then fine him 3 million dollars and 10 years in prison for every million.

@charles-cl6xj 5 ай бұрын

I would say deport him but, with the border that's not an option 🇨🇳

@briankachor566 5 ай бұрын

It's time say goodbye to gift cards nice knowing you 😮

@pornneliushubbard1967 5 ай бұрын

You need to blame target loss prevention. How in the hell do they steal all those gift cards and then put them back and not get caught

@b.b.s7545 5 ай бұрын

They are train not to care cause it's not a loss to target.

@TonioDC79 5 ай бұрын

@@b.b.s7545 Good answer, I worked for target many years ago. The one thing Target has better than any retail company was/is their surveillance system. When I tell you those cameras can read your credit card number off your card as you pull the card out of wallet. That was over 20 years ago, so I know the cameras are much better now. If the AP team wanted to, they could zoom-in and track every move, the major flaw is they are still human operated. So, your answer fits the narrative. Target should be ashamed of themselves.

@CSAccetura 5 ай бұрын

It's not that hard. Something that small is easy to manipulate

@sarahhuntington8595 5 ай бұрын

I bought a $500 gift card for Home Depot. By the time I opened it to use it it had $15 left on it. I was pissed. Lucky for me the guy used it for online purchases and they were able to get his name and everything he bought on it. The store even refunded me my $500.

@chaverarv 5 ай бұрын

You were really lucky 🍀… most stores don’t refund customers back their stolen money …

@lucycan6363 5 ай бұрын

They did q good investigation. Some merchants don't care to do all that

@singmysong1167 5 ай бұрын

Was he also a foreigner or Chinese illegal thief like this guy here?

@AdelineCowgirl 5 ай бұрын

@@karlwithak.Gift cards are manipulation!? Lmao!! What about traditional gifts? If I buy someone a sweater or a train set, am I manipulating them?

@bostongirl3507 5 ай бұрын

If the retailers are not somehow held responsible, then nothing will be done! Stop buying gift cards!

@wopalongcassidy 5 ай бұрын

He cannot be alone in this.

@janeclayton151 5 ай бұрын

Absolutely correct. This is organized crime & a network....big $$

@jamesrivera4947 5 ай бұрын

The technical term for this scam is called "card draining."

@EM-mw2qr 5 ай бұрын

It's about time they started arresting these scammers! It's crazy what they've been getting away with!

@DeepDishPizza 5 ай бұрын

This has been going on since the mid 2000s. Surprised law enforcement just caught on. Hmmm.

@kw9377 5 ай бұрын

Time to put these gift cards behind counter

@jimbronx-mb3ct 5 ай бұрын

Nice try. You work at target? Half the employees at target are thieves themselves.

@GenXLostInTx 5 ай бұрын

Good for this police dept. for stepping up and trying to combat this issue. I’ve not seen much concern from most police depts. around the country because of it being so hard to track.

@terihaynes-yf9jb 5 ай бұрын

3 million dollars stolen on gift cards. This has to stop. Customers beware. Retailer don't reimburse your stolen funds.

@Jane-yg3vz 5 ай бұрын

That would just be another way they can scam money. Tamper with the card yourself and go back and claim it was like that when you bought it.

@Wynner3 5 ай бұрын

With a potential cost of 3M dollars I hope they send him to prison on several counts of grand theft.

@JC-gs4fx 5 ай бұрын

Consumers should come together and file a lawsuit on this. Stores are negligent on not putting the gift cards in a protected areas.

@babehc 5 ай бұрын

Let’s just normalize gifting cold hard cash so people can spend it wherever they want. All I want for Christmas is groceries and I’m sure I don’t want to shop at target for that.

@weldinggirl 5 ай бұрын

🤣🤣you and me both

@KM-zu9we 5 ай бұрын

I do to my nieces and nephews close to where I live, but I can’t trust the US mail to deliver cash across the country.

@user-kr6gw8bq4o 5 ай бұрын

Some people are prone to save the cash instead of buying a gift. Gift cards make you spend it.

@maryricketts7337 5 ай бұрын

@@KM-zu9we and you trust the postal service with gift cards?

@KM-zu9we 5 ай бұрын

@@maryricketts7337 they are shipped via UPS

@perfecenglish7579 5 ай бұрын

Does the reporter actually have to be standing out in the rain or does that make for a more dramatic effect?

@happytimeharry363 5 ай бұрын

@perfecenglish7579,...pointless. He could have been inside the mall, in front of Target.

@johnnytran800 5 ай бұрын

Makes it look like hes doing some hardcore reporting at Target

@taotzu1339 5 ай бұрын

Target doesn't want news cameras in their stores. By allowing the cameras in the store to report the news, they are acknowledging the crime(s), and are now obligated to reimburse customers.

@stevenmitchell1 5 ай бұрын

I guess you have never seen or been in a Target store. Most Targets are in strip malls. It's actually part of their business strategy.

@stevenmitchell1 5 ай бұрын

@@happytimeharry363 Since when are Targets located inside a connected mall?

@donnyhud 5 ай бұрын

imagine... if they just had this kind of wisdom in the form of working skills!!!

@TheRealdal 5 ай бұрын

Target still needs to be responsible for paying these people back. They weren’t controlling the cards, who had access to them . And they were the ones selling them and are ultimately responsible for. I’m sure the same thing has been happening to Walmart.

@Nomeonportaloquesogas 5 ай бұрын

No people are aware at thier own risk

@RedsHitpostMedia 5 ай бұрын

I say screw it this year just go to easy route and give your loved ones cash

@grandmapamm 5 ай бұрын

It is sad that nothing is safe anymore. I am on hard times but I would never stoop to stealing from others. I remember when my .Amazon account got hacked and someone spent over $400. Of my money and this was right after my husband died of cancer. I never got my money back and I just couldn’t believe how low people can go to steal from others it is sickening.

@marlonmoncrieffe0728 5 ай бұрын

I am so sorry! How awful!

@rosep8481 5 ай бұрын

Im sorry that happened to you at such a bad time. Amazon should have refunded you

@OB.x 5 ай бұрын

Your amazon account was "hacked" probably in one or a few ways. You used the same password for everything (judging from your username, you are older and probably did). Not judging, just this happened to a coworker, who is 80+ and he couldn't understand how something like that could happen. It sucks, but truth is e-fraud/crimes aren't really saught after as they fall under FBI, not local police, and FBI doesn't have time for "small cases" like this. While you may say "you can't believe how low ppl can go", the 12 year old from Africa who stole your money, now has enough to feed his extended family and buy a car, probably thought "I cannot believe this lady has all her passwords her husbands name, without 2 factor authentication". Not to victim blame, but I kinda agree (like 5%) there are a lot of features on amazon ppl don't use that would stop this. It's mind-numbing how many ppl I tell them there's "literally nothing I can do to help them get their stuff back, but all of this could have been prevented if you just followed the alert/notification to do so"

@davidswanson5669 5 ай бұрын

Criminality isn’t something that desperate people resort to just because they are desperate. The rich and the poor can possess morals, and can also be devoid of morals. That determines how you’ll act.

@evilsharkey8954 5 ай бұрын

The people doing this aren’t doing it as a side hustle to make ends meet. They’re professional crooks doing it for the money.

@chrmurr1 5 ай бұрын

Operation bad elf. Good job officers.

@janetr5929 5 ай бұрын

Maybe stores would take better precautions if they were responsible for scammed gift cards. Keep them behind lock and key like they do tobacco. Thieves really need harsher penalties and restitution. Scammers are out of control.

@stevenmitchell1 5 ай бұрын

Exactly, or in glass cases.

@mnmz6934 5 ай бұрын

Something is not right...I've been scammed of Target gift card twice now. I've always bought the gift cards from the cashiers. Not at the gift card isle. Must be an inside job as well

@kirbywaite1586 5 ай бұрын

Why aren't the cards locked up like cigarettes?

@codingvio7383 5 ай бұрын

If only people used these forms of skills on benefiting society and doing something that isn't illegal. Like a job.

@bear1776. 5 ай бұрын

Lock the cards up

@saylsen 5 ай бұрын

All you need is a shirt or vest that shows a giftcard vendor. Nobody questions them.

@sedmitch3311 5 ай бұрын

So we don't get to see his face? But they show crime that's way less than $3-Millon dollars. Face all on TV as if they robbed a 1000 banks nope just clothes.

@gasmith7486 5 ай бұрын

Happens with all kinds of gift cards. I saw a video yesterday on here about a woman who got ripped off by the same scam at Walmart

@kurtdowney1489 5 ай бұрын

What exactly does Chinese National mean. And what is the punishment for this kind of crime in CA?

@RBzee112 5 ай бұрын

A Chinese citizen here a work or student visa.

@cornondacob 5 ай бұрын

Its someone who supports their own country while being in another. Get that man tf out.

@467076 5 ай бұрын

A communist spy.

@Sidicas 5 ай бұрын

Child of rich criminals in China

@nedtaylor1983 5 ай бұрын

Lord forbid he be convicted of the crime he obviously committed. But it is California where the criminals run free. @@Mario_M1989

@MeepMeep88 5 ай бұрын

Target letting this happen. Blame the criminal but blame the retailors more.

@lucycan6363 5 ай бұрын

😅😅😅😅😅😅

@digdug23 5 ай бұрын

Probably gets a slap on the wrist and back out doing it

@DrTLEvans 5 ай бұрын

This is why I purchase virtual gift cards. Ridiculous!

@takishasmith1080 5 ай бұрын

Why didn’t they show his face?

@knotthemstudios 5 ай бұрын

Because he was a scamming asian and wasn’t black

@zerotodona1495 5 ай бұрын

Got to protect the enemy.

@crush9197 5 ай бұрын

At this point just sell the cards at banks. I don’t trust that target could handle this or any other retail store.

@jamesnguyen_1 5 ай бұрын

Digital cards my dude.

@randosando44 5 ай бұрын

What is the purpose of a gift card? You take perfectly good money that can be spent anywhere and then make it only available to spend at one place.

@gabby30m 5 ай бұрын

Gift cards are for gifts for people that you don’t persay know their taste but know they are frequent shoppers at [insert store name].

@qrgaming1421 5 ай бұрын

Lazy folks shop online chose not to use debt/credit card. But also sometimes for other gift cards like game cards and stuff... that's like Gaming Addicts..(including Google play cards) its somehow a way people think they saving money but they are really not 😂😂

@bpxl53yewz29 5 ай бұрын

It's not tacky like giving cash

@Pinky-lg3lz 5 ай бұрын

and what dribbles are left you can't redeem, they keep. Multiply that by millions and its sweet change.

@pppaaattt8401 5 ай бұрын

Targets will sometimes sell the gift card with a 5% discount on the amount you pay for them. I was going to get a few for Xmas, it’s going to be cash from now on.

@carlotaestrada9869 5 ай бұрын

I NEVER SHOP TARGET AND NEVER WILL!!!!

@J4sse 5 ай бұрын

Yet another reason not to shop at Target 💀.

@Thunder-sf4qy 5 ай бұрын

This has been going on for a while! Not just this year. Especially at Target 🎯. One group walks out with the gift cards, another separate group enters store and re- hangs gift card on pegs. Customers then purchase the tampered gift card thinking the cash is loaded to the card, but nope, a fraudulent bar code is replaced and that cash is going to unknown bank accounts, possible outside of U.S.. Retail treats cards like cash in respect to property so once you leave store with it, its all on you not them! And Retail is not doing anything about it because they made their money in advance. And its getting difficult to identify if the package has been tampered with. Cards should be sold from behind counter only, and inside locking cases to help eliminate folks walking out with them before they get scanned for actual legit purchases. Customers should demand retail stores take more responsibility for sales with these cards only behind Guest services desk or inside of individual locked cases. Thousands-Millions are being ripped off. Crazy its just now making the news. 💯. Its Organized retail electriconic theft. At your own risk, buyer beware.

@DecrepitBiden 5 ай бұрын

I agree with karl. Gift card is sorta a scam in itself by the seller. You trade cash for a fund that has restrictions, blackout dates, can't use on certain items, expiration dates, blah blah blah. Just give cash to the person instead of gift cards, so they could spend how they want it, instead of going to a particular store or seller.

@krislarsen6546 5 ай бұрын

Or make sure in order to actually put the gift cards back on the shelf you have to use a key or something. In other words a redesign of the shelf

@dannydaw59 5 ай бұрын

There's a barcode sticker over the real barcode right?

@rogerrosen2323 5 ай бұрын

i didnt know they were changing the bar codes and it still loaded the caard amazing some are just capturing the same codes and then packing them back and stealing pin if they need to in some cases the purchase can be racked and its in the usa and drained that way

@rogerrosen2323 5 ай бұрын

the scam dosent slways use a new bar code a cop showed the card is cut and put back in package

@Mr.SparkleOG 5 ай бұрын

I work for a delivery company and ive seen people many times swapping the cards out. Always check the back of the card before purchasing. This is getting out of hand

@solomonoverhead 5 ай бұрын

Give these fools, even with a plea, a minimum of 30 years.

@Cutie11083 5 ай бұрын

He can’t be working alone.

@CA-tk8yn 5 ай бұрын

Then they let him bond out using said gift cards. All retailers should cover the thefts. It's their carelessness that contributed to this. I've heard of this for a long time and am stunned the cards are still out in the open. They sure protect things like shaving razors so why not gift cards.

@johnferguson6389 5 ай бұрын

Put a picture of the person arrested on this video so people will know who it is.

@milfyymunch32 5 ай бұрын

my mom was a victim and it was heartbreaking that she couldn't get any of those funds back.

@charlenemocksing6909 5 ай бұрын

And it’s nearly Xmas, how heartless.

@heather1506 5 ай бұрын

This happened to me. Glad they caught him

@inthesun3884 5 ай бұрын

I don’t think they caught him, they are just looking for him.

@Shinemylight 5 ай бұрын

In short do not buy gift cards. This happened to guy at my walmart. He said before he even left walmart each 250.00 dollar gift card had ready been drained. He was an elderly man and I feel bad for him. Walmart wouldn't do anything even though he never left the store like he just bought them 😢😮

@stevenmitchell1 5 ай бұрын

Then he should have filed a police report at the time and taken Walmart to small claims court. I think a judge would have been sympathetic, especially if he had documented it when it had happened.

@lokokrz.gaming 5 ай бұрын

@karlwithak. Didnt they day cash will be obsolete someday

@deneenogbeide5087 5 ай бұрын

These thieves should get serious jail time. This kind of crimes make consumer stopping shopping at the store because of PTSD. GOOD LUCK GETTING YOUR MONEY BACK.

@jaymoor8995 5 ай бұрын

Before long the grocery store is going to look a lot different. The store is going to be a line of people waiting at a desk asking if what they’re looking for is in stock. No shelves. No picking your own stuff out. That’s gonna be gone in a matter of a few years at this pace.

@BitSmythe 5 ай бұрын

1:56. Gift cards are actually *quite expensive.* But they are easy/convenient. Not only do you pay the $$, but an extra expense is charged by the vendor to enable the card. Give actual cash instead. And it’s more versatile.

@Light23K 5 ай бұрын

Could this be the reason the gift card a customer gave me had a zero balance? I just assumed he gave me the wrong card and I didn’t tell him about the zero balance.

@singmysong1167 5 ай бұрын

Yes, my friend Pam, who works at WAL-MART, said that many people are embarrassed to tell the gifter that the card has 0 balance. So the blatant theft is never reported or investigated. God forgive them!

@benderbendingrodriguez6697 5 ай бұрын

That's actually really elaborate and I'm equally disgusted as impressed.

@eunicevillaneda-bolanos8474 5 ай бұрын

We lost like $200 worth of gift cards from our baby shower because of these fraudulent activities. It really really sucks. I'm glad they're cracking down.

@tylerkinley268 5 ай бұрын

Bought an apple gift card for someone, and the card had been swapped out. So the card tied to the package got the money, and the one I bought remained empty. Pretty common nationwide these days.

@user-dc2ei6dk6z 5 ай бұрын

I’m sick of this scammers… I’m a victim too. This person used my wedding gift card and I’m just finding out this is what actually happened.. it made no sense bc I’ve never been in California before plus I know the gift card was new smh

@dennisku3709 5 ай бұрын

I wish I could see this person in handcuffs.

@ghazman6141 5 ай бұрын

Sad how mankind continues to digress.

@jerseyjoyride1316 5 ай бұрын

"These cards need to be locked up where this thing can't happen!" Also police.. "Target isn't out any money in this scam." I think we see why it's happening..

@dquan731 5 ай бұрын

How hard can it be to our all gift cards behind a customer service register? Then make Target accountable for any fraud.

@cathysisneros4076 5 ай бұрын

Some one needs to get a lawyer and sue these retailers that allow cons to drain these cards!

@MrDarren5012 5 ай бұрын

Shouldn’t be shopping at target anyway…

@MrJLee-ri3so 5 ай бұрын

Few years in jail max, think he’s a flight risk…

@LovelyLisha3 5 ай бұрын

This is crazy... Then every story I see where shoppers can't get their money back off the gift cards is even crazier. Like y'all really not refunding people for something that was no fault of their own? I see two scammers here, the gift card thieves and the cash thieves. Don't want to refund, then make it harder for this to happen in the first place.

@josephtpg2205 5 ай бұрын

I think it might be in walmarts in utah. Customer service needs to have a list of people who may have been scammed and submit to law inforcement

@wendy833 5 ай бұрын

Target and Macys don't want employees to stop thieves. And if an employee calls the police, they're fired. Don't shop at either place.

@nyancatnatalie 5 ай бұрын

We have to keep our gift cards locked up in a bag because of this.

@debjh8983 5 ай бұрын

Do not buy any gift cards. None of the stores provide any security measures for these gift cards and many will leave with paying for nothing as the card has already been scammed! The stores are out of nothing and they could care less if you lose your money. Please only give gifts to family and friends in cash!

@chumbawumba1959 5 ай бұрын

There was a recent video news story of a Church group that was burned by this Target scam - they had bought gift cards to give to poor families for Christmas, but found out there were no funds on the cards (had been drained). They eventually noticed that the gift card details on the receipt didnt match the details on the actual gift cards. Target told them there was nothing they could do. I hope this helps them recover the losses.

@JohnSmith-nj4zq 5 ай бұрын

If he had 200 on him, 5000 in his car then there must be 100,000 of them in his home. They should get a search warrant for his home.

@ginger6582 5 ай бұрын

Buy money cards at the dollar tree and put money in them to give out at Christmas time. My mother did this, thus no money stollen. When you buy gift cards you are aiding the criminals. Share this video all across America. People need to know.

@lucycan6363 5 ай бұрын

Absolutely! Nothing wrong with giving cold hard cash, directly into the hands of the recipient for Christmas. They'll be happy and so will you!

@3x3mm 5 ай бұрын

Simple smart mom my mom does same

@stevenmitchell1 5 ай бұрын

So you can only buy gift cards for people who live with you? How do you mail them?

@ginger6582 5 ай бұрын

@@stevenmitchell1 Don't buy gift cards period.

@Mlogan11 5 ай бұрын

Anything that is cash fungible needs controlled access. Thieves are going high tech.

@lindaeasley5606 5 ай бұрын

The cop said the retailer isn't out anything . So there's no incentive to keep the cards in a secure manner 😡

@KimberlyMcQueen 5 ай бұрын

Oh thats why they're always at Casinos spending loads of money 😂😂😂

@John-pz6nm 5 ай бұрын

Target must be held responsible They leave them uncontrolled out in the open not monitored Yet another reason to not shop at Target Target is absolutely horrible

@winning3329 5 ай бұрын

The security people will only watch the women and not the men because they are scared of the men

@karendjohn8803 5 ай бұрын

This is just not a Target problem. It’s happening at any store that sells gift cards. Also, this gift card scam has been going on for years. This is nothing new.

@lIlIlIlIlIlIIIIIIII 5 ай бұрын

Won’t happen. Sorry kiddo, better luck next time 😂

@CYRUSTHEVIRUS. 5 ай бұрын

But they have 5 dollar t shirts with pictures on them f what you talking about

@lucycan6363 5 ай бұрын

@@karendjohn8803💯! It's just getting worst now

@tamarar.4642 5 ай бұрын

This is crazy! Somebody has purchased gift cards for Christmas and probably don’t know they’ve been scammed. I usually buy digital gift cards for my birthday every year from target when they are on sale. Even though it’s digital, I want be buying anymore. Some thief will come up with a way to take that too. I usually just give cash for Christmas since everybody comes home.

@jeffzebert4982 5 ай бұрын

They need to start treating gift cards the same way that they USED to treat merchandise in general: keep ALL gift cards inside a high-security kiosk, one that customers are NOT allowed to enter. Instead, such a kiosk would have at least one shop front that comes in the form of a cashier window with bars in it. The customer comes up to a window, pays the cashier however much money they wish to load onto a gift card, and then that cashier takes the desired gift card from within the kiosk, loads that gift card, and passes it to the customer through the cashier window. In the old days, ALL stores were like that. Each store had barred cashier windows, as well as professional shoppers who did the shopping for the customers. The customers themselves NEVER entered the stores.