Requests For Payment In Gift Cards Likely A Scam: Shelton PD

SHELTON, CT — That caller or stranger who asks that you pay for something using gift cards? It's likely a scam, Shelton police warn.

"Gift cards are the #1 payment method for imposter scams," police officials wrote in a statement on Facebook. The post links to a Federal Trade Commission video about such scams.

More scammers are demanding payment with a gift card, police say, because once these criminals obtain the code on the back of the card, the money is gone "and almost impossible to trace."

Always beware if someone requests you to pay them by buying a gift card and then give them the codes on the back of the card.

If that happens, hang up or stop the deal.

"It's a scam."