The scam is known as “card draining.” Visa was sued on Tuesday over a gift card scam. Asia Grace. Schuman, of Scarsdale, New York, said Visa and two Vanilla card issuers knew or should have ...

It'll just move online, where anyone can use stolen card data for purchases that only require static credit card numbers. Hence, the value in a dynamic CVV code (that number on the back of your card).

An Irvine woman thought she had $500 loaded onto a Visa Vanilla gift card given to her a year ago. It was empty. 24/7 Live Los Angeles Orange County Inland Empire Ventura County California ...