Beware of Gift Card Fraud

Many of you may be giving your friends and family members gift cards this time of the year, so be aware of the following:
If you buy Gift Cards from a display rack that has various store cards you may become a victim of theft. Crooks are now jotting down the card numbers in the store and then wait a few days and call to see how much of a balance they have on the card. Once they find the card is "activated", and then they go online and start shopping. You may want to purchase your card from a customer service person, where they do not have the Gift Cards viewable to the public. This has been confirmed by snopes.com as a real fraud.
http://www.snopes.com/fraud/sales/giftcard.asp