var json_comments = new Array("<div class=\"comments-content\">        <div class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-702207\">    <div class=\"inner\">	 <div class=\"user-pic\">                <a href=\"\"><img src=\"/css/images/default.gif\"         width=\"60\" height=\"60\" alt=\"user-pic\" /></a>            </div>        <div class=\"comment-header\">            <div class=\"asset-meta\"> <div class=\"vcard author\">homerjay    </div>				<div class=\"comment-date\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/2006/12/gift-cards-are-new-source-of-scams.html#comment-702207\"><abbr class=\"published\" title=\"2006-12-05T17:00:15-05:00\">December  5, 2006  5:00 PM</abbr></a></div>				<div class=\"comment-moderate\"><span><a href=\"javascript:moderateComment(702207);\">Moderate</a> |</span>	<script type=\"text/javascript\" src=\"http://consumerist.com/mt-static/plugins/Moderate/moderate.js\"></script>	<script type=\"text/javascript\">		successMsg = \"\";	</script><a href='javascript:void(0)' onClick=\"return moderate(this, 'http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=702207');\">Flag for review</a></div>            </div>        </div><!-- end comment header -->        <div class=\"comment-content\">            <p>Thats very smart. It makes perfect sense unless the card has one of those \"Scratch before using\" deals that hides the number. </p><p>The only drawback is that the purchase is tracable to the person getting the delivery.<br />I'm sure they've found a way around that.<br /></p>        </div>	<div class=\"reply\">	 <div class=\"reply-button\"><a title=\"Reply\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\" onclick=\"mtReplyCommentOnClick(702207, 'homerjay')\">Reply</a></div>		<!-- if it's a top level category ' -->		    </div><!-- end reply- button -->    </div></div>        <!-- Display comment (top level parent) -->    </div>","<div class=\"comments-content\">        <div class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-702327\">    <div class=\"inner\">	 <div class=\"user-pic\">        <a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;amp;blog_id=1&amp;amp;id=3187\"><img        src=\"/css/images/default.gif\"        width=\"60\" height=\"60\" alt=\"user-pic\" /></a>    </div>        <div class=\"comment-header\">            <div class=\"asset-meta\"> <div class=\"vcard author\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;blog_id=1&amp;id=3187\">nweaver</a>        </div>				<div class=\"comment-date\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/2006/12/gift-cards-are-new-source-of-scams.html#comment-702327\"><abbr class=\"published\" title=\"2006-12-05T17:21:57-05:00\">December  5, 2006  5:21 PM</abbr></a></div>				<div class=\"comment-moderate\"><span><a href=\"javascript:moderateComment(702327);\">Moderate</a> |</span><a href='javascript:void(0)' onClick=\"return moderate(this, 'http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=702327');\">Flag for review</a></div>            </div>        </div><!-- end comment header -->        <div class=\"comment-content\">            <p>Homerjay:  Yeah, they use/hire mules who think they have a \"cool job\" repackaging packages.  You spam to find mules to do that work.</p><p>Magstripe based ones are also duplicatable, you jsut swipe the stripe. </p><p>For in-store use, magstripe ones are easy to forge that way.  Barcodes aren't.  But for online purchases based on card number...<br /></p>        </div>	<div class=\"reply\">	 <div class=\"reply-button\"><a title=\"Reply\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\" onclick=\"mtReplyCommentOnClick(702327, 'nweaver')\">Reply</a></div>		<!-- if it's a top level category ' -->		    </div><!-- end reply- button -->    </div></div>        <!-- Display comment (top level parent) -->    </div>","<div class=\"comments-content\">        <div class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-702485\">    <div class=\"inner\">	 <div class=\"user-pic\">        <a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;amp;blog_id=1&amp;amp;id=1730\"><img        src=\"http://consumerist.com/assets_c/userpics/userpic-1730-100x100.png\"        width=\"60\" height=\"60\" alt=\"user-pic\" /></a>    </div>        <div class=\"comment-header\">            <div class=\"asset-meta\"> <div class=\"vcard author\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;blog_id=1&amp;id=1730\">Juancho</a>        </div>				<div class=\"comment-date\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/2006/12/gift-cards-are-new-source-of-scams.html#comment-702485\"><abbr class=\"published\" title=\"2006-12-05T17:42:12-05:00\">December  5, 2006  5:42 PM</abbr></a></div>				<div class=\"comment-moderate\"><span><a href=\"javascript:moderateComment(702485);\">Moderate</a> |</span><a href='javascript:void(0)' onClick=\"return moderate(this, 'http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=702485');\">Flag for review</a></div>            </div>        </div><!-- end comment header -->        <div class=\"comment-content\">            <p>Best Buy has the scratch-off extra identity digit, so you're safe there.</p>        </div>	<div class=\"reply\">	 <div class=\"reply-button\"><a title=\"Reply\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\" onclick=\"mtReplyCommentOnClick(702485, 'Juancho')\">Reply</a></div>		<!-- if it's a top level category ' -->		    </div><!-- end reply- button -->    </div></div>        <!-- Display comment (top level parent) -->    </div>","<div class=\"comments-content\">        <div class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-702698\">    <div class=\"inner\">	 <div class=\"user-pic\">        <a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;amp;blog_id=1&amp;amp;id=40931\"><img        src=\"/css/images/default.gif\"        width=\"60\" height=\"60\" alt=\"user-pic\" /></a>    </div>        <div class=\"comment-header\">            <div class=\"asset-meta\"> <div class=\"vcard author\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;blog_id=1&amp;id=40931\">aujahlisa</a>        </div>				<div class=\"comment-date\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/2006/12/gift-cards-are-new-source-of-scams.html#comment-702698\"><abbr class=\"published\" title=\"2006-12-05T18:11:03-05:00\">December  5, 2006  6:11 PM</abbr></a></div>				<div class=\"comment-moderate\"><span><a href=\"javascript:moderateComment(702698);\">Moderate</a> |</span><a href='javascript:void(0)' onClick=\"return moderate(this, 'http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=702698');\">Flag for review</a></div>            </div>        </div><!-- end comment header -->        <div class=\"comment-content\">            <p>Snopes.com did an article about this on Nov 20, 2006.<br /><a href=\"http://www.snopes.com/fraud/sales/giftcard.asp\" rel=\"nofollow\"><a href=\"http://www.snopes.com/fraud/sales/giftcard.asp\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.snopes.com/fraud/sales/giftcard.asp</a></a></p><p>They also included common sense tips on how to avoid being defrauded. </p>        </div>	<div class=\"reply\">	 <div class=\"reply-button\"><a title=\"Reply\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\" onclick=\"mtReplyCommentOnClick(702698, 'aujahlisa')\">Reply</a></div>		<!-- if it's a top level category ' 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href=\"javascript:moderateComment(703521);\">Moderate</a> |</span><a href='javascript:void(0)' onClick=\"return moderate(this, 'http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=703521');\">Flag for review</a></div>            </div>        </div><!-- end comment header -->        <div class=\"comment-content\">            <p>Another reason giftcards suck.  If you want to give the purchaser a gift that they can choose, give a bank gift card or cash.  Don't tie someone to a store and then loan the store the money intrest free with them hoping the gift card is lost or forgotten.</p>        </div>	<div class=\"reply\">	 <div class=\"reply-button\"><a title=\"Reply\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\" onclick=\"mtReplyCommentOnClick(703521, 'jwissick')\">Reply</a></div>		<!-- if it's a top level category ' -->		    </div><!-- end reply- button -->    </div></div>        <!-- Display comment (top level parent) -->    </div>","<div class=\"comments-content\">        <div class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-706913\">    <div class=\"inner\">	 <div class=\"user-pic\">        <a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;amp;blog_id=1&amp;amp;id=1486\"><img        src=\"http://consumerist.com/assets_c/userpics/userpic-1486-100x100.png\"        width=\"60\" height=\"60\" alt=\"user-pic\" /></a>    </div>        <div class=\"comment-header\">            <div class=\"asset-meta\"> <div class=\"vcard author\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;blog_id=1&amp;id=1486\">comedian</a>        </div>				<div class=\"comment-date\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/2006/12/gift-cards-are-new-source-of-scams.html#comment-706913\"><abbr class=\"published\" title=\"2006-12-06T16:10:10-05:00\">December  6, 2006  4:10 PM</abbr></a></div>				<div class=\"comment-moderate\"><span><a href=\"javascript:moderateComment(706913);\">Moderate</a> |</span><a href='javascript:void(0)' onClick=\"return moderate(this, 'http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=706913');\">Flag for review</a></div>            </div>        </div><!-- end comment header -->        <div class=\"comment-content\">            <p>Home Depot lost a ton of dough to scammers pulling this back four or five years ago.</p><p>The number showing on the back of the card was exactly the same as the mag-stripe encoded information.</p><p>Thieves would re-encode the mag-stripe with the numbers they'd recorded from as-yet-unsold cards, and once those copied-from cards were sold they had access to the amount bought against the compromised cards' numbers.</p>        </div>	<div class=\"reply\">	 <div class=\"reply-button\"><a title=\"Reply\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\" onclick=\"mtReplyCommentOnClick(706913, 'comedian')\">Reply</a></div>		<!-- if it's a top level category ' -->		    </div><!-- end reply- button -->    </div></div>        <!-- Display comment (top level parent) -->    </div>","<div class=\"comments-content\">        <div class=\"comment last\" id=\"comment-708983\">    <div class=\"inner\">	 <div class=\"user-pic\">        <a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;amp;blog_id=1&amp;amp;id=5270\"><img        src=\"http://consumerist.com/assets_c/userpics/userpic-5270-100x100.png\"        width=\"60\" height=\"60\" alt=\"user-pic\" /></a>    </div>        <div class=\"comment-header\">            <div class=\"asset-meta\"> <div class=\"vcard author\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;blog_id=1&amp;id=5270\">Mr. Gunn</a>        </div>				<div class=\"comment-date\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/2006/12/gift-cards-are-new-source-of-scams.html#comment-708983\"><abbr class=\"published\" title=\"2006-12-06T20:35:41-05:00\">December  6, 2006  8:35 PM</abbr></a></div>				<div class=\"comment-moderate\"><span><a href=\"javascript:moderateComment(708983);\">Moderate</a> |</span><a href='javascript:void(0)' onClick=\"return moderate(this, 'http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=708983');\">Flag for review</a></div>            </div>        </div><!-- end comment header -->        <div class=\"comment-content\">            <p>This has to be the third article I've seen on this \"potential\" danger, and none of the articles cite a single case where this did, in fact, happen. They go on at length about how it could, in principle, happen, but provide no evidence that it has actually happened to anyone.</p><p>The closest snopes gets to to reporting similar kinds of scams.</p><p>Can we go back to worrying about shark attacks or something?</p>        </div>	<div class=\"reply\">	 <div class=\"reply-button\"><a title=\"Reply\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\" onclick=\"mtReplyCommentOnClick(708983, 'Mr. Gunn')\">Reply</a></div>		<!-- if it's a top level category ' -->		    </div><!-- end reply- button -->    </div></div>        <!-- Display comment (top level parent) -->    </div>");