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Gift Card Scams Are on the Rise
FromThe Daily Dive
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20 minutes
Released:
Jan 2, 2020
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Scammers are always looking for new ways to cheat you out of your money. And one scam in particular that is ramping up are gift card scams. People are posing as grandchildren, government officials, and tech-support agents and ask for payments through store gift cards. Gifts cards are the choice of scammers because purchases can be made immediately and anonymously. Julie Jargon, family and tech columnist at the WSJ, joins us with a story of how one family learned the hard way.
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Next, cannabis restaurants are coming to California and if all goes well, this could be a model you start seeing in other states. The now open Lowell Farms Cannabis Café is pairing a farm to table meal with “flower service” so you can pair your meal with the perfect weed strain. Even though the state has legalized recreational marijuana, running a cannabis restaurant is nothing like running a typical restaurant and there are a lot more regulations to follow. Maura Judkis, reporter for the Washington Post, joins us for some of the creative ways this will all work.
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Released:
Jan 2, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode
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