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The Star (Canada) investigated the gift card draining epidemic after a man purchasing $1,000 in Walmart gift cards for a women's shelter found 7 of 20 cards had been emptied — even though he bought them from behind the service counter to avoid rack tampering. The piece noted the Retail Council of Canada estimates Canadians lost nearly $4 million to gift card fraud in 2021, with U.S. losses running into the billions according to federal investigators.
