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  2. Visa is sued over 'Vanilla' gift card scam - AOL

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    Visa was sued on Tuesday by consumers who said the card payments network failed to make prepaid "Vanilla" gift cards less likely to being drained by thieves. Ira Schuman, who leads the proposed ...

  3. Maker of popular gift cards sued over alleged ‘card ... - AOL

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    The reason why prepaid Visa Vanilla gift cards as well as other prepaid gift cards are being targeted by card draining scams is because of their versatility. These kinds of cards “can be used ...

  4. What is gift card draining? How to prevent getting scammed - AOL

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    Gift card recipients should also check the balance and use the cards quickly to lower any risk. When buying a gift card, use a credit card to make your purchase. That will boost the odds of ...

  5. GiftCards.com - Wikipedia

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    GiftCards.com is an online gift-card retailer based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. [ 1][ 2] The company sells gift cards for thousands of different large corporate retailers and small businesses [ 3] including Vanillagifts.com, Best Buy, Barnes & Noble, Sephora, Coach, Amazon.com, and others. [ 4][ 5][ 6] The company also offers prepaid Visa and ...

  6. Card security code - Wikipedia

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    There are several types of security codes and PVV (all generated from DES key in the bank in HSM modules using PAN, expiration date and service code): . The first code, 3 numbers, called CVC1 or CVV1, is encoded on track one and two of the magnetic stripe of the card and used for card present transactions, with signature (second track also contains pin verification value, PVV, but now it is ...

  7. Visa Electron - Wikipedia

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    Visa Electron was a debit card product that uses the Visa payment system. It is offered by issuing banks in every country with the exception of Canada, Australia, Argentina, Ireland and the United States. [ 1] The difference between Visa Electron and Visa Debit, a similar product, is that payments with Visa Electron always require on-line ...

  8. Woman alleges Visa gift card from CVS was a ‘scam ... - AOL

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    A woman claimed that after she was allegedly scammed at CVS, CVS then accused her of being the scammer.

  9. Authorization hold - Wikipedia

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    Authorization hold (also card authorization, preauthorization, or preauth) is a service offered by credit and debit card providers whereby the provider puts a hold of the amount approved by the cardholder, reducing the balance of available funds until the merchant clears the transaction (also called settlement), after the transaction is completed or aborted, or because the hold expires.