Scammers are trying to get Instacart shoppers to buy gift cards that the scammers use — but don't pay for, leaving others on the hook for the cost.

NEW YORK (Reuters) -Visa defeated a proposed class action lawsuit on Monday by consumers who accused the world's largest card payments network of failing to warn that its prepaid "Vanilla" gift cards ...

NEW YORK • Visa defeated a proposed class action lawsuit on Monday by consumers who accused the world's largest card payments network of failing to warn that its prepaid "Vanilla" gift cards were ...

Visa (NYSE:V) dodged a consumer lawsuit over its Vanilla gift cards after a federal judge found buyers should not assume the cards are immune to fraud or that Visa's logo guarantees protection, ...

A New Yorker represented by Wolf Popper had argued that he had bought Visa Vanilla gift cards, believing that the payments giant had taken measures to protect its cards from widespread card draining ...

Visa Inc. (NYSE:V) is among the 13 Best Big Name Stocks to Buy Now. Last week, a U.S. district judge dismissed a class action lawsuit by consumers, accusing the company of failing to warn that its ...

HONOLULU (KHON2) — Thieves stole more than $100-million dollars this year in the latest gift card scam. One Honolulu woman is out $500, and shocked because she’s the only person who had access to the ...

Readers contact the Bamboozled column for lots of reasons. To report scams. To ask for consumer advice. To share experiences and comment on past columns — usually with kind words, but not always. But ...

The most common variant of the gift card scam is a form of extortion. A criminal will contact someone by phone or email, often pretending to be a police officer or government official, and tell the ...

Whether you've received a Vanilla Gift Card as a gift or bought it yourself as a way to pay for transactions without using your personal credit or debit card, at some point you may want to use it for ...