Beware Texts About Fake Gift Cards

The Bucks County Office of Consumer Protection offers advice to a Warrington man who got a text claiming that he had won a $1,000 gift card.

Q.      I have been holiday shopping at various locations throughout Bucks County ever since Black Friday. It has been a hectic few weeks but I am close to finishing up getting all the items on my list. Then yesterday I received a text message on my cell phone from Best Buy letting me know I had won a $1,000 gift card! What great news; just in time for the holidays! The text directed me to follow the link to their website in order to enter the code number that was included in the text message. I have not done this yet because, when I shared the text with my wife, she said it was a scam and that I did not win anything. I disagree.  I think I did win.  D.M. Warrington A.      In this instance, your wife is correct. After a review of the text…

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5 Things You Need to Know

Nov. 14: Learn to Protect Yourself from Identity Theft

Here are five things to know today.

1. The library will host a free identity theft seminar tonight at 7:30 p.m. Ray Leichner, a manager of Fox Chase Bank, will lead the free workshop on this rising crime. 2. The Board of Supervisors will discuss the 2013 budget tonight. The meeting starts at 7:30 p.m. 3. At 10 a.m., parents and their babies are invited to story time at the library. 4. The Newtown Campus of BCCC will screen 'The Invisible War,' a documentary on the epidemic of rape in U.S. military at 6 p.m. 5. Weather: Today will be sunny with a high near 49 degrees, according to the National Weather Service. The low in the evening may drop to 32 degrees.

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