Gift Card Scam Reported In Lower Southampton Township

LOWER SOUTHAMPTON TOWNSHIP, PA —The Lower Southampton Police Department is warning residents to beware of several scams taking place recently.

Lower Southampton Police said they have investigated a variety of scams over the previous few weeks.

One scam involves contacting Russian and/or Ukrainian residents and convincing them to buy Bitcoin cryptocurrency while promising tremendous returns on investments, police said.

"Never send money for investments without confirming the identity of the person and business conducting the transactions," police warn.

A second scam taking place nationwide is a gift card scam.

Individuals are going into major retailers and bringing in what appear to be legitimate Visa, Apple, and other gift cards, police said.

They place these gift cards on the rack along with the other legitimate cards. Once a customer pays for and activates the gift card, the scammers get a notification and immediately spend the money that was on the gift card. This leaves the customer/victim with a gift card with no money left on it, police said.

Police recommend buying gift cards from online retailers or from local stores with gift card racks that are not accessible to the public.

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