$8,500 in gift cards bought fraudulently at Rockville area Target
 

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The two women moved fairly quickly as they left the Target store with about $8,500 worth of gift cards. The problem: The gift cards were purchased with credit cards belonging to someone else, Montgomery County police say.

Authorities said the incident occurred on Dec. 5. A 39-year-old woman was eating dinner at a restaurant in the White Flint area when she got a series of text messages and phone calls from her credit card companies, alerting her to several large purchases being made on her cards. One purchase was for $4,000 on a Visa card, another was for $4,000 on an American Express and another for $530 to a MasterCard.

The woman looked in her purse and realized her wallet was missing.

$8,500 in gift cards bought fraudulently at Rockville area Target, police say - The Washington Post

How does target let two $4000 purchases go through without checking id?

the cashier was in on it or knows them. :2 cents:

can you normally even buy gift cards with a cc? what's stopping someone from buying 8k in giftcards then charging back claiming their wallet was stolen?

i buy gift cards with a cc all the time. you can even do it online via many retailers like amazon and giftcards.com

In the signature area on the back of my credit card I wrote "ASK FOR ID"
Nobody has ever ask for my ID yet:disgust

The card numbers are documented. Target should cancel the cards. The victims are not responsible for unauthorized charges on their stolen credit cards. Law enforcement catches the 2 thieves.

Identity thefts.

how bout some news from the cincinnati area