PURPOSE Gift card scams pressure people into buying gift cards and sending the codes to an attacker. WARNING SIGNS Urgent requests, secrecy, executive impersonation, personal favors, or requests to send photos of gift card codes. WHAT TO DO Do not buy or send gift cards based on email, text, or chat requests alone. VERIFY Contact the supposed requester through a known trusted method. BEST PRACTICE Legitimate business payments should not require gift card codes. Ever.