If the PIN is already exposed, it's been compromised.And there's another gift card rip-off that is happening more often: Scammers are printing their own bar codes on stickers and placing those ...

ATLANTA (WJBF) – The FBI is warning of an uptick in holiday gift card scams. ... Another scam is when scammers take off the gift card pin code and leave you without a way to redeem the card.

Check the gift card for signs of tampering. If the card looks like someone removed the seal hiding the gift card PIN, alert a cashier or manager and don’t purchase it.

A Chip and PIN card requires the cardholder to enter a four-digit PIN similar to the ones used in ATM with debit cards. However, not every institution accepts CHIP and PIN cards.