Warning as £6.5m lost to gift card fraud

    Photo Credit - WYP

    West Yorkshire Police has issued a warning over gift card fraud.

    Action Fraud launched awareness campaign #StayTunedToFraud, with support from retailers to combat the crime.

    Between 1 April 2015 and 31 March 2018, 11,329 reports of fraud involving iTunes gift cards were made to Action Fraud.

    In the same period, £6,561,380 was lost to this type of fraud, with the average person losing £579.

    Action Fraud has warned the public to never provide the numbers on the back of iTunes Gift Cards to someone you don't know.

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