AT&T Warns Consumers Against Common Gift Card Scams

"If someone tries to sell you services or an upgrade" via prepaid gift card, it should raise "a big red flag," blogged AT&T Friday. AT&T and DirecTV won’t ask for that form of payment, it said. Scammers are “tricky” and may call consumers with the fake message they were approved for a discount or upgrade if they pay in advance on a gift card, said AT&T. A scammer can get enough information from a customer to access an account, then make visible real-time changes such as adding an upgrade, it said.